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Ghost vs beehiiv

Side by side, as alternatives to beehiiv. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.

Also replaces beehiiv: + listmonk+ Mautic+ Plunk+ Notifuse+ Keila+ SendPortal

GhostTryGhost/Ghost
beehiivpaid product
Cost and coverage
Price
$0 software; you run it
See pricing page source ↗
Subscriber lists and segments
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Campaign editor and templates
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Automations and drip sequences
No: No
Confirmed: Yes
Signup forms and landing pages
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Open and click analytics
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Paid subscriptions and newsletter website
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Jobs covered
5 of 6 jobs
All 6
Popularity and activity (from GitHub)
Stars
55,578
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Gain this week
Unknown
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Signal
Building history
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Commits / 4 wk
934
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Latest release
v6.72.0 · 2026-10-20
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Commits / 12 wk
2,115
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People committing / 12 mo
92+
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Issues opened / closed, 30 days
14 / 17
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Facts, with sources on each project page
Runs on my machine?
Confirmed: Self-hosted with Ghost-CLI (local dev or Ubuntu production), or hosted Ghost(Pro)
Hosted by the vendor
Code licence
Confirmed: MIT
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Model weights licence
Confirmed: No separate model weights
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Commercial use
Confirmed: Yes, MIT
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Paid services needed?
No: Newsletter delivery requires Mailgun (SMTP not supported for bulk mail); Stripe needed for paid memberships
Subscription
Hardware
Confirmed: Server with at least 1 GB memory for production
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Operating systems
Confirmed: Production on Ubuntu 22.04/24.04/26.04; local development install on macOS, Windows or Linux
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Setup effort
Confirmed: Medium; npm install ghost-cli then ghost install, with NGINX, MySQL 8 and a domain for production
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Stars over time

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  • Ghost
55,57854,233 2025-10-272026-10-21 Tracked daily begins 2026-10-16Ghost, 2025-10-27: 54,356 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2025-11-03: 54,375 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2025-11-10: 54,395 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2025-11-17: 54,406 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2025-11-24: 54,443 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2025-12-01: 54,457 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2025-12-08: 54,487 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2025-12-15: 54,511 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2025-12-22: 54,528 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2025-12-29: 54,554 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-01-05: 54,577 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-01-12: 54,602 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-01-19: 54,620 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-01-26: 54,638 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-02-02: 54,653 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-02-09: 54,670 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-02-16: 54,693 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-02-23: 54,716 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-03-02: 54,736 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-03-09: 54,753 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-03-16: 54,762 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-03-23: 54,775 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-03-30: 54,804 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-04-06: 54,828 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-04-13: 54,847 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-04-20: 54,860 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-04-27: 54,870 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-05-04: 54,876 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-05-11: 54,925 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-05-18: 54,962 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-05-25: 54,966 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-06-01: 54,971 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-06-08: 54,977 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-06-15: 54,980 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-06-22: 54,985 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-07-27: 54,986 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-08-17: 54,988 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-08-31: 55,090 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-09-07: 55,204 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-09-14: 55,296 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-09-21: 55,392 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-09-28: 55,450 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-10-05: 55,502 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-10-12: 55,565 stars, estimated from public star recordsGhost, 2026-10-16: 55,546 stars, trackedGhost, 2026-10-17: 55,552 stars, trackedGhost, 2026-10-18: 55,562 stars, trackedGhost, 2026-10-19: 55,565 stars, trackedGhost, 2026-10-20: 55,574 stars, trackedGhost, 2026-10-21: 55,578 stars, tracked
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