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New this week 🚀 We've added built-in support for llms.txt and markdown output of your posts to help AI search tools discover and recommend your content to more people Enable it in your admin area under Settings→Metadata ghost.org/changelog/geo/
Optimize your site for AI search
Give AI tools a clearer way to find and recommend your work
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Shipped: Gift links for Ghost 🎁 You can now provide free access to paid content with a custom link Great for when you want to share a premium post with specific people without needing them to sign up ghost.org/changelog/pu...
Publisher gift links
Gift anyone access to paywalled content
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Native automations and email sequences are coming to Ghost 🤖 We've been testing this with a handful of publishers for a few months, and now it's available for everyone More details here: ghost.org/changelog/em...
We just added a staff user toolbar to Ghost, to give you a quick way to get to your admin area Actions update based on the page you're on, so you can edit a post when you spot a typo, see your analytics, or access comment moderation area
We just shipped gift subscriptions in Ghost 🎁 Members can now purchase paid subscriptions for friends and family, and refer new people to discover your work ghost.org/changelog/gi...
Quick update this week: No more downloading and uploading zips — now you can make quick Ghost theme edits directly in your browser 🎨
We believe culture and media shouldn’t be controlled by any centralized tech platform or venture-backed corporation. As we continue to build open infrastructure for the future of publishing, Ghost is now recognized as a Digital Public Good 🪷 ghost.org/changelog/di...
Ghost is now a digital public good
Ghost has been reviewed and is now recognized by the Digital Public Goods Alliance (DPGA) as a digital public good. The DPGA is a multi-stakeholder initiative endorsed by the United Nations Secretary...
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A small change to help your work spread further: We've made it even easier for your audience to share posts they enjoy, with native sharing buttons in themes and email newsletters 🚀 👇
This is not an April Fools joke. I now have a graph of @aftermath.site's MRR along with modules for total members and Newsletter subs integrated entirely into Home Assistant. I could automate this so that every time we hit a milestone Abba's Money Money Money plays on every speaker in my house.
Ghost@ghost.org · 4mo agoWe shipped an official @home-assistant.io integration, so you can connect your Ghost data to devices in the real world. 🤖 Track your subscribers, MRR, or open rate, wherever you like. On your Apple Watch, Android phone, E-ink display, or IoT-enabled-carrier-pigeon. ghost.org/changelog/ho...
We shipped an official @home-assistant.io integration, so you can connect your Ghost data to devices in the real world. 🤖 Track your subscribers, MRR, or open rate, wherever you like. On your Apple Watch, Android phone, E-ink display, or IoT-enabled-carrier-pigeon. ghost.org/changelog/ho...
🚀 NEW: Podcasting is one of the most popular ways publishers share their work — and now you can run members-only podcasts on Ghost, with our brand new @transistor.fm integration Quality writing 🤝 Quality audio ghost.org/changelog/tr...
🚀 NEW: Podcasting is one of the most popular ways publishers share their work — and now you can run members-only podcasts on Ghost, with our brand new @transistor.fm integration Quality writing 🤝 Quality audio ghost.org/changelog/tr...
Today @ghost.org crossed $10M ARR, as a bootstrapped non-profit foundation building open source software. Indie publisher revenue earned with Ghost now ~$130M, and accelerating.
You: When can we finally have automated welcome emails in Ghost?? Us: Now ghost.org/changelog/we...
Welcome emails
Automatically email new free and paid members when they sign up
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Google search is broken. Social algorithms suppress links. Finding good independent writing online has never been harder. We built something to fix that: 🌍 ghost.org/changelog/gh...
Explore the independent web
Driving growth for Ghost publishers with a new discovery engine
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Today @ghost.org passed $9M ARR — the first time we've ever crossed a $1M milestone 2x in a calendar year 🎉 Publisher revenue is growing even faster! Now more than $120M GMV earned by writers and journalists using the product to fund their work
The haunting of @journalismnews.bsky.social… Over the Hallowe’en weekend @marcelakunova.bsky.social and team migrated the site from the custom CMS they’d been using for years to @ghost.org. And that means that not only do they have a new, modern website, but also a presence on the #fediverse…
Just added 1-click domains to Ghost(Pro), with a .link domain now included with every plan, for free! Thanks to our friends at @entri.com and .Link 🌐 ghost.org/changelog/fr...
Free domains on Ghost(Pro)
A faster setup experience with Entri, and free domains from .link
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I just moved Agents & Books from Substack to Ghost, too. LMK if you have any questions. The folks at @ghost.org made it completely painless!
Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 9mo agoAnne Helen Petersen’s Culture Study is moving to Patreon from Substack. It’s one of the platform’s most successful publications & a beneficiary of its six-figure development program. This is bad for Substack. (Why Patreon is a separate conversation.) www.instagram.com/p/DQXNyWyjv8...
After 3 months - counting by number of servers (unique domains) - @ghost.org is now the most-deployed piece of ActivityPub software out there 31% of all sites that interop with open social web standards are running on Ghost
Aggregate publisher revenue on @ghost.org is currently growing at ~$1M ARR per *week* The business of independent publishing and journalism is looking in better shape than it has in a very long time
We've now generated over $136M from free, open source software with @ghost.org 📈 $36M in revenue from managed hosting $100M in platform revenue for indie publishers The ecosystem is growing really quickly at this point, and really excited about where things are heading next:
Now through this weekend, I'll donate $1 to @51st.news for each: - person who reposts this post - new follower @51st.news ws gets - new follower @maustermuhle.bsky.social gets - new follower @christurdisani.bsky.social gets - new follower I get And tag/DM me your donation = I'll match it 1:1.
The 51st@51st.news · 12mo agoThree days remain to hit the goal in our campaign to hire @maustermuhle.bsky.social full-time. We know there's a ways to go, but with less than half left to raise...we could reach it easy peasy if each person who donated asked one friend to give too. givebutter.com/SsQ8CG
No need for 3rd party tools with Ghost 6.0 Ghost Analytics now gives you a complete overview of your traffic, engagement and audience. In real time 📈
Looking for a Substack alternative? What about @ghost.org? "Millions of people can discover, follow, like and reply to your posts from any supported social web client - including @bsky.app, Mastodon, Threads, @flipboard.com, @ghost.org, @wordpress.org, @surf.social, WriteFreely, and many more."
Ghost@ghost.org · last yr.Ghost 6.0 is here — meet our biggest upgrade yet 🫶 Reach millions of users across the social web 🔎 Understand what works with native analytics ➕ Powerful new creator tools 📈 $100M earned for indie publishers ghost.org/6/
Sifting through all the reactions to Ghost 6.0 and we can’t tell who’s more excited 🤔 Which are you? #TeamSocialWeb #TeamAnalytics
