Open Source Alternatives to Ghost

A blogging platform for professional publishers to create, share, and grow a business around their content. The software provides a comprehensive set of tools to build a website, publish content, send email newsletters, and manage paid subscriptions for members. It includes a professional editor with support for rich media and dynamic cards, native signup forms for lead generation, and detailed engagement analytics to track audience growth. The platform allows users to apply custom themes from a marketplace or build unique designs from scratch. It is available as a fully managed service called Ghost(Pro) or as open source software that can be self-hosted. The system integrates with various payment gateways and social tools to help creators turn anonymous views into logged-in members and paying subscribers.

Whether you want to cut software costs or escape vendor lock-in, these open source alternatives to Ghost give you an option you fully own. You can self-host them, so your data stays on infrastructure you control. This page lists 3 open source alternatives to Ghost. The most popular are Halo, HTMLy and Zenblog. Most use the AGPL-3.0 or GPL-2.0 license, and 3 offer an official Docker image.