Ghost vs Grav

Ghost vs Grav
Fact	Ghost	Grav
Language	TypeScript	PHP
Licence	MIT	MIT
Stars	55k	16k
Latest	v6.68.0	2.2.4
Last push	2026-10-06	2026-10-05
Release cadence	about 7 days between releases	about 3 days between releases
Active contributors	30+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days	12 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days
Flags	none	none

How they relate

Both replace Squarespace. Alternatives to Squarespace →
PartialGhostA blog or publication with members and newsletters, not a drag-and-drop site builder or an online store.
PartialGravA flat-file CMS with an admin plugin and themes, no database and no hosted editor.

v6.68.02026-10-06✨ Released member location maps in Admin (#31185) - Peter Zimon
v6.67.02026-09-29🎨 Improved integration creation with keyboard submission (#31030) - Weyland Swart
v6.66.02026-09-29> [!WARNING]
v6.65.02026-09-22🎨 Updated Source to v1.7.6 - Ghost CI
v6.64.02026-09-15🎨 Updated Source to v1.7.5 - Ghost CI

1.7.53.52026-10-05[security] Updated the bundled DOM sanitizer from 1.0.11 to 1.0.18, bringing the fixes from the 2.x line for sanitized…
2.2.42026-10-02A page's Markdown version (<route>.md) and llms-full.txt include the full page again on sites running the Archives plug…
2.2.32026-09-29Updated Twig to 3.30 (through Grav's getgrav/Twig fork), which brings upstream's fixes since 3.29, among them faster ob…
2.2.22026-09-28The .htaccess and Caddy configs now let browsers keep the Admin panel's bundled files for a year, since their names cha…
2.2.12026-09-25The .htaccess files under user/ no longer use mod_rewrite, so hosts that broke on them, such as some shared Apache setu…

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