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Ghost vs WriteFreely
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Ghost | WriteFreely |
|---|---|---|
| Language | TypeScript | Go |
| Licence | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Stars | 55k | 5.3k |
| Latest | v6.68.0 | v0.17.2 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-01 |
| Release cadence | about 7 days between releases | about 171 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 30+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 2 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace Substack. Alternatives to Substack →
Full replacementGhostPublishing with free and paid newsletter subscriptions on your own domain.
PartialWriteFreelyFederated blogs whose posts are emailed to subscribers, without paid subscriptions.
Ghost
- 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
WriteFreely
- v0.17.22026-08-10Our latest patch version contains a critical security fix for closed-registration instances, along with some minor bug…
- v0.17.12026-07-20Our latest patch version contains a few important fixes, including one for the Export page (#1703), which broke with ou…
- v0.17.02026-07-17V0.17
- v0.16.02025-08-29WriteFreely v0.16 is finally here, and it brings a ton of improvements, especially for the fediverse! We've also fixed…
- v0.15.12024-10-05Fix "subscribed" date not showing in Subscribers list
Ghost
unsigned The latest release, v6.68.0, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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WriteFreely
unsigned The latest release, v0.17.2, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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