Ghost

Is Ghost actively maintained?

Over the last 11 months the project absorbed 4802 commits, of which 2123 arrived in the most recent quarter — roughly 708 commits a month.

The most recent tagged release, v6.65.0, shipped within the last month — a current, installable version exists today.

Among the 14 blogging platforms projects we track, Ghost currently has the highest health score.

What Ghost actually does

Ghost is an open-source platform designed for publishing blogs and managing content. Written in Node.js and distributed under the MIT licence, it provides a dedicated environment for creating and organising text-based articles.

Best fit: It suits individuals or teams who want a focused, self-hosted space dedicated specifically to publishing a blog without the wider scope of a general content management system.

Worth knowing: You will need to manage your own server updates, backups, and security hardening, as with any self-hosted publishing tool.

Deployment notes

As a Node.js application, it typically requires a process manager like PM2, a reverse proxy such as Nginx to handle TLS termination, and a persistent database backend.

Links

• Official website
• Source code