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Ghost vs zudoku
Ghost has 55,658 GitHub stars, 12,130 forks, 182 open issues and last shipped yesterday. zudoku has 613 stars, 94 forks, 92 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Ghost leads on adoption by 8,980% (55,658 vs 613 stars). Ghost is written in TypeScript under MIT; zudoku is written in TypeScript under MIT. Ghost has attracted 22% as many forks as stars, zudoku 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 | zudoku | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 56K | ★ 613 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 12K | ⑂ 94 |
| 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 zudoku if
- You want the zudoku feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and zudoku 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 zudoku
Zudoku API documentation should always be free. Installation · Docs · Examples · Contributing · Motivation Introduction Zudoku (pronounced "zoo doh koo") is an open source, highly customizable API documentation framework for building quality developer experiences around OpenAPI and, soon, GraphQL documents. Because great API documentation frameworks should be: 🌍 Free & Open Source ✅ OpenAPI powered 🔩 Extensible with Plugins ⚡ Easy to setup & blazing fast to work with 🔧 Easy to maintain 🤩 Try it, right now! You can test Zudoku with your own OpenAPI document at zudoku.dev and see how good your documentation…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ghost or zudoku more popular?
Ghost has 55,658 GitHub stars and zudoku has 613. Ghost has the larger community by that measure.
Are Ghost and zudoku free?
Both are open source. Ghost is licensed under MIT and zudoku under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Ghost and zudoku?
Ghost is written in TypeScript and zudoku 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 zudoku?
Choose Ghost if you want the larger community (55,658 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose zudoku if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.