Ghost 🧰 Platform Open source
Open-source publishing with newsletters, memberships and paywalls built in; 0% platform fee, hosted from $9 a month.
- Web rank
- #4.2k
- This week
- ▲ 15
- 30 days
- ▲ 15
- Fee / share
- No revenue share; Ghost(Pro) hosting from $9/mo or self-host free
- Payout schedule
- Via your Stripe
- Paid via
- Stripe
- Pricing
- Open source, paid cloud from $9/mo
- Type
- Newsletter platforms
- GitHub stars
- 55k
- Licence
- MIT
- Last push
- 2026-09-28
- Company
- Ghost Foundation
Methods Ghost pays for
Niches accepted
Accepts 1 restricted niche that most networks refuse.
About Ghost
Ghost is an open-source publishing platform that combines a fast website, an email newsletter, a metered or hard paywall and paid memberships billed through your own Stripe, with no revenue share. Managed hosting starts at $9 a month; self-hosting is free. It is the choice of publishers who want ownership and a real site rather than a hosted feed, at the cost of the discovery features Substack and beehiiv offer.
Pros
- Website, newsletter, paywall and memberships in one place with no cut of revenue
- Self-hostable and fully yours; excellent SEO and speed
Cons
- Fewer growth tools than Substack or beehiiv (no built-in network or ad marketplace)
- Self-hosting requires technical comfort
Latest from Ghost
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- 🙏 Saving your subscribersGhost · 2026-04-05
- 🤝 Crafting your collabsGhost · 2026-03-22
- ❤️🔥 Rekindling your writingGhost · 2026-03-01
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