Ghost vs Wix
Ghost and Wix are both blogging and static sites software. Ghost is open source under MIT, with 56k GitHub stars. Wix is a commercial product from Wix.com.
Which to pick
- Pick Ghost when
- You publish content and want to run paid memberships or newsletters without taking a platform cut.
- Pick Wix when
- A small business owner wants to build and manage a site themselves with many add-on features.
Side by side
A publishing platform for blogs and newsletters with built-in memberships, paid subscriptions through Stripe, email sending and themes.
Drag-and-drop website builder with hosting, templates, online store, bookings and an app market.
Self-hosting requires Node.js and MySQL plus Mailgun for newsletters; Ghost(Pro) is the easier route.
Sites cannot be exported to another platform, and the free-form layout can get messy on mobile.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server and cloud service
Cloud service and mobile app
JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js and MySQL
Not published
Open source, MIT (permissive)
Closed source, sold by Wix.com
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
56k GitHub stars
4.3k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
Established: started 13 years ago, latest release v6.73.0.
Not known
Other comparisons
More blogging platforms and static site generators
Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.