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Free alternatives to Ghost(Pro)
Find a free app for the parts of Ghost(Pro) you actually use.
Compare the free allowance and limitations on each app’s page. These are workflow alternatives, rather than identical copies.
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listmonkManage subscriber lists and send newsletter campaigns from your server.
Free self-hosted software · hosting and SMTP delivery cost extra.
Ghost (self-hosted)Publish articles, manage memberships and send newsletters from your own server.
Free and open source (MIT licence per GitHub). Self-hosted: you supply the server, domain and email deliverability — drop-in newsletter sending expects Mailgun per Ghost docs.
Publish newsletters and web posts and manage a subscriber audience.
Free-to-read publishing: no subscriber-count charge or email-send limit; paid subscriptions incur 10% plus processing fees.
WordPress.org (self-hosted)Build and publish websites or blogs with a block editor and installable themes and plugins.
Free GPL software; you supply hosting and a domain.