Open-source alternatives to Medium
3 open-source projects are offered as replacements for Medium. Ghost is the most starred. Running one yourself trades the subscription for your own hosting and upkeep, so the table below leads with what decides that trade: whether the project is alive, what its licence lets a business do, and whether there is a container command to start from.
Side by side
| Project | Stars | Activity | Licence | Self-host | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ghost | 55,566 | Active | Permissive | ○ | TypeScript |
 WriteFreely | 5,273 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | Go |
 Sigle | 489 | Active | Permissive | ○ | TypeScript |
Each one, briefly
- Ghost55,566 stars · permissive · active
Independent technology for modern publishing, memberships, subscriptions and newsletters.
Also replaces substack
- WriteFreely5,273 stars · network copyleft · active
A clean, Markdown-based publishing platform made for writers. Write together and build a community.
Where this comes from
Which projects are offered against Medium comes from opensourcealternative.to, re-read weekly. Every figure in the table is read from the project’s own repository. We have not run these projects, and we hold no price for Medium. Browse every open-source alternative.