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Ghost vs elm-pages
Ghost has 55,347 GitHub stars, 11,975 forks, 182 open issues and last shipped today. elm-pages has 692 stars, 102 forks, 81 open issues and last shipped 4 months ago. Ghost leads on adoption by 7,898% (55,347 vs 692 stars). Ghost is written in TypeScript under MIT; elm-pages is written in Elm under BSD-3-Clause. Ghost has attracted 22% as many forks as stars, elm-pages 15%. 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 | elm-pages | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 55K | ★ 692 |
| License | MIT | BSD-3-Clause |
| Written in | TypeScript | Elm |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-05-22 |
| Forks | ⑂ 12K | ⑂ 102 |
| 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 elm-pages if
- You want the elm-pages feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the BSD-3-Clause license terms
- Your stack matches Elm
- You evaluated both and elm-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.
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About elm-pages
elm pages elm pages is a framework for building an Elm single page app that is able to seamlessly interface with data from an Elm Backend. elm pages is a hybrid framework, allowing you to define Routes that are either server rendered (for more dynamic content with user specific or request specific data) or pre rendered at build time (for generating static HTML files that are hosted through a CDN). You can mix and match server rendered and pre rendered routes in your app. elm pages also has a command for running pure Elm scripts with a single command. See the elm pages Scripts docs page. What's new in 12.2 Tui — b…
read the full elm-pages overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ghost or elm-pages more popular?
Ghost has 55,347 GitHub stars and elm-pages has 692. Ghost has the larger community by that measure.
Are Ghost and elm-pages free?
Both are open source. Ghost is licensed under MIT and elm-pages under BSD-3-Clause. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Ghost and elm-pages?
Ghost is written in TypeScript and elm-pages in Elm. 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 elm-pages?
Choose Ghost if you want the larger community (55,347 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose elm-pages if its feature set, stack or BSD-3-Clause licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.