Ghost - The Professional Publishing Platform

We're a non-profit organisation building open source technology for modern publishing.

Ghost was founded in April 2013 by John O'Nolan & Hannah Wolfe, with a mission to create the best open source tools for independent journalists and writers across the world, and have a real impact on the future of online media.

Today Ghost powers an incredible range of websites; from personal bloggers to large teams of writers and editors at some of the largest organisations in the world. We've built a sustainable business around a free core application, funded by a premium managed-service to run it on.

100,000,000+

Ghost installs to date

Behind the scenes, we're just a group of weird, fun-loving humans who enjoy experimenting with new technology. We believe in creating as much freedom in the world as we can, and everything we do is based on that core principle.

We set Ghost up as non-profit foundation so that it would always be true to its users, rather than shareholders or investors. Our legal constitution ensures that the company can never be bought or sold, and one hundred percent of our revenue is reinvested into the product and the community.

As a public organisation we also believe in being transparent and accountable for everything we do, so we publish our live financial data for all to see.

All of our company metrics are public.

Yes, this is a live feed of our real data.

ARR

$11,055,673

Annual Run Rate

$921,306

Monthly Run Rate

2.92%

Net churn

30,557

Active customers

9B

Requests/month

100M+

Installs

54,701

GitHub stars

We use our revenue to hire amazing developers who build really great, open software

Great software attracts people who are excited about using it to publish online

People who want the best experience pay for our premium Ghost(Pro) platform

The Ghost(Pro) platform generates revenue for the
non-profit foundation

It's a sustainable open source model.

The more people use Ghost, the more demand there is for our paid service, the more revenue we make, the more great people we can hire to work on Ghost full-time, the better the software gets, the more people use Ghostโ€ฆ and so on. It's a virtuous cycle that allows us to produce open source software and release it for free.

This sustainable funding model means that we don't rely on any external donations or grant funding. The Ghost Foundation is completely self-sufficient, and is able to employ a wonderful team.

The Ghost Foundation team

We've been a fully remote company since 2013, long before it was common. We've never had an office in the history of the business. These days we span 5 continents, 16 nationalities and 15 languages.

John

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John - Founder, CEO May, 2013

Hannah

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Hannah - Founder, CTO July, 2013

Sarah

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Sarah - Support May, 2014

David

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David - Infrastructure August, 2014

Kevin

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Kevin - Developer August, 2015

Aileen

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Aileen - Developer January, 2016

Zimo

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Zimo - Designer January, 2018

Fabien

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Fabien - Developer August, 2018

Beccy

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Beccy - Operations August, 2019

James

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James - Infrastructure August, 2019

Sam

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Sam - DevOps August, 2020

Sodbileg

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Sodbileg - Designer August, 2020

Paul

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Paul - Developer September, 2020

Peter

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Peter - Product May, 2021

Bob

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Bob - Support October, 2021

Matthew

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Matthew - Support October, 2021

Joe

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Joe - Infrastructure November, 2021

Filip

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Filip - Infrastructure August, 2022

Chris

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Chris - Developer January, 2023

Nick

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Nick - Product January, 2023

Steve

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Steve - Developer January, 2023

Alex

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Alex - Partnerships February, 2023

Sag

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Sag - Developer March, 2023

Mike

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Mike - Developer April, 2023

Princi

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Princi - Developer August, 2023

Erik

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Erik - Engineering December, 2023

Ricardo

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Ricardo - Infrastructure April, 2024

Leif

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Leif - Engineering December, 2024

Troy

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Troy - Developer June, 2025

Jonatan

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Jonatan - Developer August, 2025

Rob

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Rob - Developer September, 2025

Weyland

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Weyland - Designer January, 2026

Matthew

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Matthew - Brand January, 2026

Evan Hahn

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Evan - Developer January, 2026

Renato Costa

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Renato - Product May, 2026

Luis

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Luis - Product May, 2026

Austin

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Austin - Platform June, 2026

Zach

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Zach - Designer July, 2026

Louis

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Louis - Developer August, 2026

Canaan

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Canaan - Engineering August, 2026

Sound like the sort of life you would enjoy?

We're always looking for great people to join us, some benefits include...

Ghost Network Map

World class team & product

Work with a group of incredible people who are unbelievably excited about the work they do and the technology they use.

Explicit freedom

Choose where you work and how you want to work. It's entirely up to you. We really just want you to be happy.

Generous paid vacation

If you don't take a minimum of a 2 week break yourself, we'll kick you out of the office in December.

All costs covered

We'll set you up with the latest Macbook Pro, a home-office stipend, and help cover a co-working space if you'd like one.

Personal development

We'll coach you to help you grow your career and cover any costs for personal development, books or memberships.

Team trips

Each year we fly everyone to the same location so we can spend a week working together and collaborating in person.

Launch your big idea

Last week, 16,718 brand new
publications got started with Ghost.

Today, it's your turn.

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