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Ghost vs analog
Ghost has 55,658 GitHub stars, 12,130 forks, 182 open issues and last shipped yesterday. analog has 3,201 stars, 338 forks, 44 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Ghost leads on adoption by 1,639% (55,658 vs 3,201 stars). Ghost is written in TypeScript under MIT; analog is written in TypeScript under MIT. Ghost has attracted 22% as many forks as stars, analog 11%. 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 | analog | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 56K | ★ 3.2K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 12K | ⑂ 338 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Ghost if
- You weight community size — 56K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick analog if
- You want the analog feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and analog fits your workflow better
About Ghost
Ghost.org • Forum • Docs • Contributing • Twitter [!NOTE] Love open source? We're hiring! Ghost is looking staff engineers to join the team and work with us full time The easiest way to get a production instance deployed is with our official Ghost(Pro) managed service. It takes about 2 minutes to launch a new site with worldwide CDN, backups, security and maintenance all done for you. For most people this ends up being the best value option because of how much time it saves — and 100% of revenue goes to the Ghost Foundation; funding the maintenance and further development of the project itself. So you’ll be…
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About analog
Analog Analog is the meta framework for building applications and websites with Angular. Similar to other meta frameworks such as Next.JS, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Qwik City, and others, Analog provides a similar experience, building on top of Angular. Documentation Visit the docs at Features Powered by Vite Supports Vitest/Storybook Server and deployment integrations powered by Nitro File based routing Server side data fetching Support for using markdown as content routes Integrated API/server routes Hybrid SSR/SSG support Supports Angular CLI and Nx workspaces Getting Started Use your package manager of choice to…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ghost or analog more popular?
Ghost has 55,658 GitHub stars and analog has 3,201. Ghost has the larger community by that measure.
Are Ghost and analog free?
Both are open source. Ghost is licensed under MIT and analog under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Ghost and analog?
Ghost is written in TypeScript and analog 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 analog?
Choose Ghost if you want the larger community (55,658 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose analog if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.