Ghost is a professional publishing platform built on a modern Node.js technology stack. It is incredibly fast, highly customizable, and contains built-in tools for SEO, email newsletters, and paid membership tiers with Stripe integration.
Why Host Ghost?
- Stunning Editor: A clean, distraction-free markdown and rich-text card editor that supports images, videos, bookmarks, and custom HTML cards.
- Built-in Newsletter: You can write a post once and deliver it both as a gorgeous web article and a rich, responsive email newsletter directly to your subscribers!
- Ditch Substack Fees: Unlike Substack which takes a 10% cut of all subscription payments, Ghost charges a flat 0% fee on self-hosted instances.
Getting Started
The Ghost foundation maintains an official Docker image and a CLI utility. Spun up on a basic cloud droplet, it runs beautifully behind Nginx as a reverse proxy!