Ghost

Our favourite newsletter tool now powers out whole headless 'newsroom' feature

The tool that I use for every new project. Can't live without Ghost.

Ghost offers a seamless and intuitive platform that is perfect for creators and entrepreneurs who want to publish content without the distractions of complex setups. Its open-source nature means I have complete control over my content, with no hidden fees or invasive advertising. The integrated membership and subscription features also make it easy to monetize content, making it a powerful tool for building an independent online business.

Ghost is my favorite publishing platform because it focuses on speed, simplicity, and clean design without unnecessary bloat. Unlike other CMSs, it’s built specifically for writers and creators who want to own their content and monetize directly. The integrated membership and subscription features make it easy to build a sustainable business, and the open-source core gives me full control.

Useful CMS, easy-to-use, it does have its limitations, but that's to be expected given the nature of the software. Useful for basic blog and email management.

Great platform but comes with limitation. Sending newsletter emails is strictly limited to MailGun. It's hard for new bloggers/publishers who don't use MailGun. Mailgun allows only 10/day for a new account, then you need to fix the email sending batch "in the code".

everything is brilliant. but one major drawback is dropdown menus/easy way to create a glossary/index. and setting up SPF/Dmarc to add a custom email sender

I've been a WordPress User for a while now, but Ghost takes the blogging experience one step further with newsletter integration. The interface is easy to use and great support!

Made it easy to integrate a blog for purposes of enhancing product SEO.

A tool of great value. Templates allow for quick launch of blog or newsletters. Documentation is available and makes it easy to review, add, create and adjust current newsletter.

We've been using ghost for over 2 years now and we regret the lockin. It does a lot and does many things well but even more so it does a lot of things very badly:

• The mariadb support drop was a major complication.
• The codebase is amateur with a lot of todo comments, non functional areas and
• The admin API is very limited, meaning you have to reverse engineer backend API yourself to do more complex tasks.
• The front end is slow and very difficult to extend. Theming is a real mess with a lot of hard coded areas that require very awkward patching.

The front-end is making any long-term support almost impossible:

• There's no version control for articles. There's no individual article backup for implementing your own version control and automation. The admin API is there but it's very difficult to use.
• There's no way to extend or modify UI. For example there's no mass modification, tagging or any advance features that you'd expect from a long-term CMS.
• It's really slow and most components are not compatible with the modern web. There's no predictable media naming for lazy preloading and other small issues that severely damages SEO potential.

Honestly, the value provided by Ghost is overshadowed by things that are just broken or badly designed. We regret basing our project on it.

It's a huge potential engine to easy start your media!

The email system exclusively supports Mailgun.