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Ghost vs vike
Ghost has 55,339 GitHub stars, 11,975 forks, 182 open issues and last shipped yesterday. vike has 5,824 stars, 396 forks, 89 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. Ghost leads on adoption by 850% (55,339 vs 5,824 stars). Ghost is written in TypeScript under MIT; vike is written in TypeScript under MIT. Ghost has attracted 22% as many forks as stars, vike 7%. 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 | vike | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 55K | ★ 5.8K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-14 |
| 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 vike if
- You want the vike feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and vike 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 vike
Vike is a TypeScript, MIT licensed full stack web framework distributed through npm, and it lives in the JavaScript and Vite ecosystem. It is developed in a monorepo that produces the vike package and the create vike core scaffolding package, while the project documentation itself is published from the docs/ directory as the website vike.dev. The repository describes itself as a replacement for Next.js and Nuxt, and it is tagged with topics covering full stack work on Node, server side rendering, static site generation, and Vite plugin integration.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ghost or vike more popular?
Ghost has 55,339 GitHub stars and vike has 5,824. Ghost has the larger community by that measure.
Are Ghost and vike free?
Both are open source. Ghost is licensed under MIT and vike under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Ghost and vike?
Ghost is written in TypeScript and vike 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 vike?
Choose Ghost if you want the larger community (55,339 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose vike if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.