# Ghost

Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.

Repository: https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ghost
Homepage: https://ghost.org
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: journalism, publishing, blogging, javascript, web-application, cms, nodejs, ghost
Last push: 2026-08-27T00:30:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4869, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 8, "gap_med": 3.0, "n_releases_24m": 197}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 55065, forks 11924 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:18.371878+00:00)

## What it is
Ghost is an open-source, headless Node.js CMS for professional publishing, supporting blogs, memberships, subscriptions, and newsletters. It ships with a default theme (Casper) and can also be used headlessly with frontends like Gatsby.

## Use cases
- start a self-hosted blog or publication
- run a paid membership and subscription site
- send newsletters to subscribers
- use a headless CMS with a Gatsby frontend
- build a journalism or news site

## When to choose
- you want a modern publishing platform with built-in memberships and newsletters
- you need a self-hosted headless Node.js CMS
- you want an alternative to WordPress for blogging

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose CMS with heavy plugin ecosystems
- you want a fully static site generator
- you cannot run a Node.js server

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: web-framework, templating, auth, email, self-hosted, api-framework
- domain: cms, web-development, self-hosted, media
- platform: self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: blogging, memberships, subscriptions, newsletters, headless-cms, publishing-platform, publishing, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- TryGhost/Ghost (main) score 95
- TryGhost/Casper (plugin) score 99
- TryGhost/gatsby-starter-ghost (examples) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:18.371878+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:18:59.471289+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:18.371878+00:00, sha a67e9ecee12e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.