Open source publishing projects

Every project in the registry tagged publishing, ranked by real GitHub adoption.

projects 12 combined stars ★ 116K refresh nightly
01 Ghost ★ 55K

Publishing platform for blogs, newsletters, and paid memberships

last push3 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
02 lerna ★ 36K

Lerna is a fast, modern build system for managing and publishing multiple JavaScript/TypeScript packages from the same repository.

last push5 hours ago languageTypeScript licenseMIT
03 papermill ★ 6.5K

📚 Parameterize, execute, and analyze notebooks

last push2 months ago languagePython licenseBSD-3-Clause
04 writefreely ★ 5.3K

A clean, Markdown-based publishing platform made for writers. Write together and build a community.

last push13 days ago languageGo licenseAGPL-3.0
05 gradle-play-publisher ★ 4.3K

GPP is Android's unofficial release automation Gradle Plugin. It can do anything from building, uploading, and then promoting your App Bundle or APK to publishi

last push22 days ago languageKotlin licenseMIT
06 substance ★ 2.7K

A JavaScript library for web-based content editing.

last push6 months ago languageJavaScript licenseMIT
07 sile ★ 1.8K

The SILE Typesetter — Simon’s Improved Layout Engine

last push5 days ago languageLua licenseMIT
08 gradle-maven-publish-plugin ★ 1.7K

A Gradle plugin that publishes your Android and Kotlin libraries, including sources and javadoc, to Maven Central or any other Nexus instance.

last push3 hours ago languageKotlin licenseApache-2.0
09 Publish-Docker-Github-Action ★ 794

A Github Action used to build and publish Docker images

last push38 hours ago languageShell licenseMIT
10 feather ★ 607

Feather is a modern Swift-based Content Management System.

last push4 hours ago languageSwift licenseMIT
11 rentry ★ 594

Markdown pastebin from command line

last push11 hours ago languagePython licenseMIT
12 parsifal ★ 517

Parsifal is a tool to assist researchers to perform Systematic Literature Reviews

last push5 months ago languagePython licenseMIT

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Frequently asked questions

How many open source publishing projects are there?

This registry tracks 12 projects tagged publishing, with 116,216 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is Ghost at 55,339 stars.

Are these publishing projects free to use?

Yes — 12 of the 12 carry an explicit open-source licence across 4 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.

Which publishing project should I choose?

The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.

Are these publishing projects still maintained?

10 of the 12 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.