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Ghost vs actions-gh-pages
Ghost has 55,339 GitHub stars, 11,975 forks, 182 open issues and last shipped yesterday. actions-gh-pages has 5,362 stars, 450 forks, 95 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. Ghost leads on adoption by 932% (55,339 vs 5,362 stars). Ghost is written in TypeScript under MIT; actions-gh-pages is written in TypeScript under MIT. Ghost has attracted 22% as many forks as stars, actions-gh-pages 8%. Ghost was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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Side by side
| Ghost | actions-gh-pages | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 55K | ★ 5.4K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-15 |
| Forks | ⑂ 12K | ⑂ 450 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Ghost if
- You weight community size — 55K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick actions-gh-pages if
- You want the actions-gh-pages feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and actions-gh-pages fits your workflow better
About Ghost
Ghost is an open source publishing platform built in Node.js and TypeScript, designed for blogs, newsletters, and membership based content sites. It runs as a self hosted web application and also powers Ghost(Pro), a managed service where all revenue supports the Ghost Foundation. The project lives in the JavaScript/Node.js ecosystem and is licensed under MIT.
read the full Ghost overview →
About actions-gh-pages
This project is a GitHub Action that deploys static files to GitHub Pages. It lives in the GitHub Actions ecosystem, is written in TypeScript, and is distributed under the MIT license. The action takes a build output directory from a workflow and publishes its contents to a branch that GitHub Pages serves, so a repository can go from committed source to a live site without any manual upload step. It is designed to pair with static site generators rather than to replace them, and the topic list names Hugo, MkDocs, Gatsby, mdBook, Next, Nuxt, and VuePress among the tools it is used alongside.
read the full actions-gh-pages overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ghost or actions-gh-pages more popular?
Ghost has 55,339 GitHub stars and actions-gh-pages has 5,362. Ghost has the larger community by that measure.
Are Ghost and actions-gh-pages free?
Both are open source. Ghost is licensed under MIT and actions-gh-pages under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Ghost and actions-gh-pages?
Ghost is written in TypeScript and actions-gh-pages in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Ghost or actions-gh-pages?
Choose Ghost if you want the larger community (55,339 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose actions-gh-pages if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.