Fiercely independent, professional publishing
Last week 3,673 new sites were made with Ghost by people who publish content for work.
Today, we’re making yours.
- Free 14-day trial
- Easy setup
- Open source

Fast. Open. Simple. Secure.
Ghost is the platform your team has been asking for — it’s the platform editors need, built with technology developers prefer, and it works with all your other tools
Made for creators building the future of media
Stop fighting tired publishing software
Sick of confusing, broken website builders and social networks? Us too. Ghost is the antidote to all the painful alternatives out there. Great technology meets great design.

- An intuitive, minimal editor
- Ultra-fast content management
- All SEO features built-in natively
- Native desktop & mobile apps
- Publish once, distribute everywhere
Build a real audience with memberships
There’s no point in getting lots of anonymous traffic — build a real audience who sign up and log into your site to engage with you directly about your work.

- Free member registration & login
- Launch paid publications & newsletters
- Subscription payments with Stripe
- No transaction fees, you keep your revenue
- Turn any subscriber list into a members site
Enjoy a powerful headless CMS
Ghost is the world’s most popular open source headless Node.js CMS — it ships with a default admin client and front-end, but you can also swap them out with your own JAMstack.
# install the cli
npm install ghost-cli -g
# install ghost
ghost install local
# you're all set
http://localhost:2368/ghost
# you can do everything else
# directly in the browser!
- Headless CMS with Node.js REST APIs
- Over 19x faster than WordPress
- Secure & independently audited
- The #1 CMS on Github
- Custom theme or any JAMstack front-end
Work with all your existing tools
Explore hundreds of integrations for Ghost to speed up your workflow, or build your own custom integrations with our open source developer SDKs.

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See real customer sites running on GhostHere's what our customers say
In 2019 we ran a survey asking Ghost users to share their experiences about what's improved since switching to Ghost, this is what they said:
97% of people report an increase in their site’s overall performance
"Ever since I switched my blog over to Ghost, the page speed has gone through the roof. Like really. It's just so much faster than I have ever achieved with a WordPress website. Also, writing posts in Ghost is just an amazing experience. It just works."
"I've almost doubled my page views and visits. Performance is really great. Now I have no problems with SSL and CDN."
98% of people say their SEO is the same or better than before
"Ghost has been a truly game-changing product for me. Unlike many other publishing platforms, Ghost supports all components of running a successful online publication, from technical SEO to a surprisingly clean editing interface."
"Using Ghost has been a dream — no effort and no stress, fully hosted but with no loss of performance. It looks great and does the SEO lifting for me, saving me time to do what I should be doing."
72% of people say they have fewer problems with their site now
"Life is simpler and you're not tempted to continuously dabble with unnecessary plugins and add-ons that really don't improve your content any. Back-to-basics done in a beautiful, user-friendly way."
"I don't have to spend my time managing unreliable plugins and my SEO optimisation has improved drastically. Ghost gives me time to focus on my writing and content."
Get started with Ghost today
We set up 3,673 new publications in the last week. Yours will be up and running in minutes!
- Free 14-day trial
- Easy setup
- Open source