Ghost (blogging platform)

Ghost
Developer(s)Ghost Foundation
Initial releaseOctober 14, 2013 (2013-10-14)
Stable release
5.80.2[1] / 2024-03-08[±]
Repository
Written inJavaScript
Operating systemCross-platform
PlatformNode.js
TypeContent management system
LicenseMIT[2]
Websiteghost.org

Ghost is an open source content management system platform written in JavaScript and distributed under the MIT License, designed to simplify the process of online publishing for individual bloggers as well as online publications.[3]

The concept of the Ghost platform was first floated publicly in November 2012 in a blog post by project founder John O'Nolan,[4] which generated enough response to justify coding a prototype version with collaborator Hannah Wolfe.

The first public version of Ghost, released October 2013, was financed by a successful Kickstarter campaign which achieved its initial funding goal of £25,000 in 11 hours and went on to raise a final total of £196,362 during the 29-day campaign.[5]

  1. ^ "TryGhost / Ghost". github.com. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  2. ^ "License". Ghost.org. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  3. ^ Pot, Justin (2 July 2024). "The Best Substack Alternatives". Wired. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Project Ghost". Archived from the original on 2013-12-15. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  5. ^ Gibbs, Mark (2014-11-09). "Ghost could scare off WordPress as the top blogging platform". Network World. Retrieved 2019-10-18.