20 self-hosted Ghost alternatives

Halo is an open-source CMS and site builder with themes, plugins, an editor, backups, REST APIs, and optional AI extensions for content and knowledge sites.

39.6k stars10.3k forksGPL-3.0last commit 26 Aug 2026Actively maintained

WordPress is an open-source CMS for building and managing websites and blogs with themes, a block editor, and a large plugin ecosystem.

21.4k stars13k forkslast commit 27 Aug 2026Actively maintained

BroadcastChannel turns a public Telegram Channel into a fast, SEO-friendly microblog website with RSS feeds and minimal client-side JavaScript.

2.1k stars1k forksAGPL-3.0last commit 19 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Ech0 is a lightweight open-source, self-hosted federated publishing platform (ActivityPub) with a Vue-based UI, SQLite storage, Docker deployment and built-in Markdown editor.

2.1k stars158 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 22 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Open-source Ruby on Rails blogging and publishing platform (formerly Typo) with themes, plugins, multilingual support and an official demo.

1.9k stars3.6k forksMITlast commit 24 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Bludit is a simple, fast flat-file CMS that stores content as JSON, enabling database-free websites and blogs with themes, plugins, and Markdown/HTML editing.

1.5k stars334 forksMITlast commit 24 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Open-source publishing platform enabling multi-user blogs, status updates, and media on your own site.

1.1k stars197 forkslast commit 12 Apr 2026Actively maintained

Automad is a fast, lightweight flat-file CMS with an admin dashboard, block editor, in-page editing, theme/package support, and an optional headless JSON API.

927 stars55 forkslast commit 23 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Textpattern CMS is a lightweight, extensible PHP CMS for building blogs and websites with a tag-based templating system, plugins, and a streamlined admin interface.

881 stars110 forksGPL-2.0last commit 22 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Private, self-hosted blogging app with Markdown editor, private RSS, built-in reader, and Docker/Postgres deployment options.

801 stars48 forksMITlast commit 11 Aug 2026Actively maintained

WonderCMS is a tiny flat-file CMS for building fast websites and blogs with in-place editing, themes/plugins, and one-click updates and backups—no database required.

736 stars167 forksMITlast commit 25 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Minimal, accessible PHP blogging engine with Twig themes, modular Feathers and modules for media, tags, comments, and simple caching. Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite.

493 stars70 forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit 7 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Minimal Django-based blogging platform focused on writing. Markdown posts, per-user subdomains, RSS/email subscriptions, Hugo/Zola/EPUB exports, image hosting and API.

367 stars29 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 5 Aug 2026Actively maintained

A PHP flat-file CMS that stores content in XML files, providing a portable, database-free platform with themes, plugins, media manager, comments and multilingual support.

234 stars70 forksGPL-3.0last commit 3 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Serendipity is a PHP-powered weblog engine offering a lightweight blog platform with plugins, themes, media library, comments, and multi-database support.

226 stars93 forksBSD-3-Clauselast commit 13 Aug 2026Actively maintained

File-based PHP blogging engine that requires no database. Provides Smarty-powered themes, a plugin/widget system, comments with spam protection, and easy backups.

215 stars66 forksGPL-2.0last commit 24 Aug 2026Actively maintained

Web app and API server that publishes Markdown notes as websites and exposes REST APIs for programmatic access, with Obsidian-flavored Markdown and full-text search.

180 stars3 forksMITlast commit 21 Oct 2024Likely dormant

Antville is a high-performance, multi-tenant blog hosting system implemented in server-side JavaScript (Helma). It supports relational databases, RSS, comments, themes and SMTP notifications.

90 stars14 forkslast commit 30 Jul 2026Actively maintained

Faridoon is a lightweight PHP application for saving, moderating, and publishing favorite chat quotes. It supports user accounts, admin approval, Docker deployment and MySQL.

52 stars3 forksAGPL-3.0last commit 23 Aug 2026Actively maintained

A lightweight open-source PHP blog engine with multilingual support, themes/plugins, media manager, and multi-database compatibility (MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQLite).

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