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Open-source alternatives to Substack

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Ghost
Difficulty: Hard

Publishing platform for blogs and paid newsletters, run with Docker Compose.

Replaces: Paid newsletter and blog publishing services, such as Substack and Medium.

9 services (1 database or broker: mysql), 9 volume mounts, 4 env values to set, no elevated host access. Heuristic score 8 of 11: hard. A source checkout is needed, so the rating is at least medium.

License: MIT. Compose file: config check passed.