Ghost

Open-source publishing platform for blogs and newsletters with built-in memberships and paid subscriptions.

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Where it fits

Newsletter · Writer's toolA publication with its own site, memberships and paid subscriptions, open source or hosted.Trade-off: Hosted plans are priced by member count from the start; self-hosting means running and updating the server yourself.

How Ghost itself is built

18 tools, from its own code, website and Product Hunt page.

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Who uses it

30 makers' products, each linked to the source that shows it, and 3 open-source projects that declare it in their code.

The maker says so 6Seen on the website 25Declared in code 3How evidence is collected →

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LaminarNative planetary imaging capture for macOS and Apple Silicon

“Powers my MacObservatory.com website!”

NewsletterMaker says so +1 · source ↗

IFTTTEvery thing works better together

“Ghost is an independent, open-source publishing platform that lets creators own their audience and their revenue. We chose it because content is one of the most powerful growth channels for small businesses, and Ghost gives you the tools to build a real media business without giving up control.”

NewsletterMaker says so · source ↗

Built for DevsBuilt for Devs helps dev-tool companies find out why developers don't adopt their produc…

“Blog surfaced via the Ghost content API, no better blog tool than Ghost!”

NewsletterMaker says so · source ↗

PoolsuiteThe ultra-summer music player

“Our favourite newsletter tool now powers out whole headless 'newsroom' feature”

NewsletterMaker says so · source ↗

Mailman

“…f choice Laravel Forge to deploy our product on servers Webflow to power our landing page Ghost to power our blog Transistor.fm to power our podcast Veed.io to create video content Cris…”

NewsletterMaker says so · source ↗

RittThe tag-centric file manager

“Great platform for creating blogs. Easy to learn and use.”

NewsletterMaker says so · source ↗

gitbutler The GitButler version control client, backed by Git, powered by Tauri/Rust/SvelteNewsletterIn its code · source ↗

sushiswap Sushi 2.0 🍣NewsletterIn its code · source ↗

CivicTechExchange NewsletterIn its code · source ↗

CrewAIPython framework for orchestrating role-based teams of autonomous AI agents (Crews) plus…NewsletterOn its website · source ↗

dustCustom AI agent platform to speed up your work.NewsletterOn its website · source ↗

CloudglueLet your AI understand videos and audioNewsletterOn its website · source ↗

falServerless GPU platform providing APIs for image, video, audio and 3D generative models…NewsletterOn its website · source ↗

logseqA privacy-first, open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration. Downlo…NewsletterOn its website · source ↗

chaskiqA full featured Live Chat, Support & Marketing platform, alternative to Intercom, Drift,…NewsletterOn its website · source ↗

KushoAIKushoAI uses AI agents to generate and run tests for web interfaces and backend APIs. It…NewsletterOn its website · source ↗

AskDeckCall an AI to get a PowerPoint and a narrated video backNewsletterOn its website · source ↗

DograhThe open source VAPI alternativeNewsletterOn its website · source ↗

iCustomerActivate Decision Loops for Growth MarketingNewsletterOn its website · source ↗

Athena IntelligenceNewsletterOn its website · source ↗

BriefyYour AI knowledge assistantNewsletterOn its website · source ↗

OctolaneSelf-driving AI CRM that you can talk toNewsletterOn its website · source ↗

rl-swarmA fully open source framework for creating RL training swarms over the internet.NewsletterOn its website · source ↗

Open source: a project that declares Ghost as a dependency in its public code — verifiable, but not necessarily a live product.

What makers say

4 makers on why they use Ghost, in their own words on Product Hunt.

Ghost is an independent, open-source publishing platform that lets creators own their audience and their revenue. We chose it because content is one of the most powerful growth channels for small businesses, and Ghost gives you the tools to build a real media business without giving up control.

IFTTT Sep 2026 ↗

…f choice Laravel Forge to deploy our product on servers Webflow to power our landing page Ghost to power our blog Transistor.fm to power our podcast Veed.io to create video content Cris…

Mailman Dec 2021 ↗

Our favourite newsletter tool now powers out whole headless 'newsroom' feature

Poolsuite Sep 2026 ↗

Blog surfaced via the Ghost content API, no better blog tool than Ghost!

Built for Devs Sep 2026 ↗

Alternatives to Ghost

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KitCreators who need automations and tagged sequences, like a course launch funnel.67 makers · newsletter

ButtondownDevelopers who write in Markdown and want a small, privacy-friendly tool with an API.

SubstackWriters who want discovery from Substack's own reader network and free sending.16 makers · newsletter

Questions makers ask about Ghost

Is Ghost open source or self-hostable?

Open source, and you can self-host it. source ↗

Can AI coding agents work with Ghost?

No llms.txt, official MCP server or CLI found yet.

Who uses Ghost?

30 makers' products we track, each with a source, and 3 open-source projects declare it in their code. source ↗