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nuxt vs Ghost
nuxt has 61,025 GitHub stars, 5,839 forks, 480 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Ghost has 55,658 stars, 12,130 forks, 182 open issues and last shipped yesterday. nuxt leads on adoption by 10% (61,025 vs 55,658 stars). nuxt is written in TypeScript under MIT; Ghost is written in TypeScript under MIT. nuxt has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, Ghost 22%. nuxt 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
| nuxt | Ghost | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 61K | ★ 56K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-11-02 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.8K | ⑂ 12K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick nuxt if
- You weight community size — 61K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Ghost if
- You want the Ghost feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Ghost fits your workflow better
About nuxt
Nuxt Nuxt is a free and open source framework with an intuitive and extendable way to create type safe, performant and production grade full stack web applications and websites with Vue.js. It provides a number of features that make it easy to build fast, SEO friendly, and scalable web applications, including: Server side rendering, static site generation, hybrid rendering and edge side rendering Automatic routing with code splitting and pre fetching Data fetching and state management Search engine optimization and defining meta tags Auto imports of components, composables and utils TypeScript with zero…
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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Frequently asked questions
Is nuxt or Ghost more popular?
nuxt has 61,025 GitHub stars and Ghost has 55,658. nuxt has the larger community by that measure.
Are nuxt and Ghost free?
Both are open source. nuxt is licensed under MIT and Ghost under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between nuxt and Ghost?
nuxt is written in TypeScript and Ghost 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, nuxt or Ghost?
Choose nuxt if you want the larger community (61,025 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Ghost if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.