Ghost for Journalists

The platform designed for modern, independent professional publishers. Open source, sustainable, and owned by you.

Why should journalists use Ghost?

Stop fighting tired software & enjoy a modern platform, with a familiar editor and membership models built-in.

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Own your content

Because the software is open source, you always own your content and your site can be completely customised with beautiful themes.

Everything you need

Popular features for journalists

Ghost has the tools you need to get your work done and build meaningful relationships with your audience – from beautiful editorial workflows to full-featured membership software.

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Ghost is focused on doing one thing really well: Publishing. The platform takes care of things like performance & SEO, so you can concentrate on your writing.

The rich editor allows you to do exactly that, while also supporting dynamic cards for when you need to include image galleries, markdown, HTML and more.

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Develop a direct relationship with your audience with memberships & subscriptions. Ghost allows you to transform anonymous views into registered members, and generate predictable revenue from your digital journalism.

The best part? All the features you need are ready to go, and we never take a percentage of your earnings.

You’re in good company

Thousands of professionals rely on Ghost

The platform is trusted by a growing number of publishers and journalists because it's completely open source, which means you always own your content, and even the technology itself.

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Everything your team needs

All the features you need are ready to use, without the need for additional downloads or bloated plugins.

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Rich editing

Experience a productive environment that allows you to focus on writing, with easy ways to add dynamic content to your work.

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Optimised distribution

Your work is set up to be discovered, with built-in SEO, detailed structured data, social sharing, native email newsletters and more.

Tools for the team

Collaborate with a team of journalists, or invite a guest editor - or assign multiple authors to a piece of work.

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Customisable & open source

Add your own branding, styles & domain and always retain ownership of your content, subscribers and even the code.

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Memberships & subscriptions

Introduce sustainable business models with built-in member management and paid subscriptions, with 0% transaction fees.

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Real content gating

Publish premium content that is protected and accessible only to member accounts. Even if JavaScript is disabled.

What They Say

Hundreds of thousands of happy users

Since 2013 people have been telling us how Ghost has helped them get more done. Here are a few of the highlights:

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We set up 7,054 new publications in the last week. Yours will be up and running in minutes!

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