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Ghost
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TryGhost / Ghost

Ghost

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

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

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 10:56:20 AM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year62 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2013-10-14 12:03:28 UTC to 2026-06-06 01:32:52 UTC.

0369122013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 1 submissions, 6 comments20132014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 11 mentions; 2 submissions, 9 comments2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 1 submissions, 2 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 0 submissions, 6 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 0 submissions, 6 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 1 submissions, 4 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20132013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC716
20142014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1129
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC505
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC312
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC312
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC606
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC606
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC514
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

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Ghost.org • Forum • Docs • Contributing • Twitter   NoteLove open source? We're hiring! Ghost is looking staff engineers to join the team and work with us full-time   The easiest way to get a production instance deployed is with our official Ghost(Pro) managed service. It takes about 2 minutes to launch a new site with worldwide CDN, backups, security and maintenance all done for you. For most people this ends up being the best value option because of how much time it saves — and 100% of revenue goes to the Ghost Foundation; funding the maintenance and further development of the project itself. So you’ll be supporting open source software and getting a great service!   Quickstart install If you want to run your own instance of Ghost, in most cases the best way is to use our CLI tool npm install ghost-cli -g   Then, if installing locally add the local flag to get up and running in under a minute - Local install docs ghost install local   or on a server run the full install, including automatic SSL setup using LetsEncrypt - Production install docs ghost install   Check out our official documentation for more information about our recommended hosting stack & properly upgrading Ghost, plus everything you need to develop your own Ghost themes or work with our API. Contributors & advanced developers To contribute to Ghost, start with the contributing guide. To work on the monorepo, see the codebase documentation.   Ghost sponsors A big thanks to our sponsors and partners who make Ghost possible. If you're interested in sponsoring Ghost and supporting the project, please check out our profile on GitHub sponsors ❤️ DigitalOcean • Fastly • Tinybird • BairesDev   Getting help Everyone can get help and support from a large community of developers over on the Ghost forum. Ghost(Pro) customers have access to 24/7 email support. To stay up to date with all the latest news and product updates, make sure you subscribe to our changelog newsletter — or follow us on Twitter, if you prefer your updates bite-sized and facetious. 🎷🐢   License & trademark Copyright (c) 2013-2026 Ghost Foundation - Released under the MIT license. Ghost and the Ghost Logo are trademarks of Ghost Foundation Ltd. Please see our trademark policy for info on acceptable usage.
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johnchristopher·Oct 11, 2024
That list isn't deep enough. These are CMS alternatives, not WordPress alternatives. I need a WordPress alternative to/with the following requirements: - self-hostable - opensource core (paid plugins are not a problem) - so it can be installed and intensively tested without shelling too much money just for R&D - has ACF equivalent - has a visual composer à la Gutenberg, a middle-ground between WordPad editing interface and Divi/Elementor - so the marketing/press department can push content fast - REST API - to hydrate stuff - optional: needs to have been around for 5 years - optional: needs to still be around in 5 years Ghost has no ACF apparently (https://forum.ghost.org/t/custom-fields-for-posts/1124/46 and https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/9020) and Astro is too custom as of now and I don't want another Gatsby (too shor
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