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Hosted publishing platform for newsletters with free and paid subscriptions. A closed product from Substack.
| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost | Full replacement | 55k | MIT | Open source | Yes | TypeScript | v6.68.0 | 2026-10-06 |
| WriteFreely | Partial | 5.3k | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v0.17.2 | 2026-10-01 |
| Keila | Partial | 2.2k | AGPL-3.0 | Open source | Yes | Elixir | 0.30.3 | 2026-10-02 |
3 alternatives
Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.
Publishing with free and paid newsletter subscriptions on your own domain.
Migration notes → Official migration guide ↗
A clean, Markdown-based publishing platform made for writers. Write together and build a community.
Federated blogs whose posts are emailed to subscribers, without paid subscriptions.
Open Source Newsletter Tool.
Newsletter campaigns with sign-up forms and subscriber lists, without a publication website or paid subscriptions.