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Ghost

Publishing platform for creators, 0% cut on memberships

provisional — pending verificationMITself-hostable

Value Index

4.0 / 5

Transparency5

Value density4

Privacy4

Efficiency3

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Why it's listed

Ghost is listed in blogging & cms because it competes on utility: publishing platform for creators, 0% cut on memberships. It's stewarded by a non-profit or foundation, which structurally protects it from acquisition-driven enshittification. Licensed MIT; pricing: free (ce) / paid cloud. Its resource footprint is reasonable for what it does, though not featherweight. This entry is provisional — the scores are seeded estimates pending our full manual rubric pass, and the verification date will appear here once complete.

Facts

License: MIT
Pricing: Free (CE) / paid cloud
Funding model: Non-profit foundation
Self-hostable: Yes — deploy difficulty: medium
Replaces: Substack, Medium
Verification: Provisional — scores are seeded estimates pending manual verification

Evidence notes

Transparent finances (open dashboard)

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