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Ghost vs react-snap
Ghost has 55,339 GitHub stars, 11,975 forks, 182 open issues and last shipped yesterday. react-snap has 5,117 stars, 396 forks, 192 open issues and last shipped 8 months ago. Ghost leads on adoption by 981% (55,339 vs 5,117 stars). Ghost is written in TypeScript under MIT; react-snap is written in JavaScript under MIT. Ghost has attracted 22% as many forks as stars, react-snap 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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| Ghost | react-snap | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 55K | ★ 5.1K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-02-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 12K | ⑂ 396 |
| 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 react-snap if
- You want the react-snap feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and react-snap 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 react-snap
react snap is a JavaScript tool that pre renders a single page application into static HTML. It operates in the npm and JavaScript ecosystem as a framework agnostic prerendering utility, and it gives SPAs generated markup that search engines and social crawlers can read from static HTML.
read the full react-snap overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ghost or react-snap more popular?
Ghost has 55,339 GitHub stars and react-snap has 5,117. Ghost has the larger community by that measure.
Are Ghost and react-snap free?
Both are open source. Ghost is licensed under MIT and react-snap under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Ghost and react-snap?
Ghost is written in TypeScript and react-snap in JavaScript. 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 react-snap?
Choose Ghost if you want the larger community (55,339 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose react-snap if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.