# Building a Blog with Ghost CMS (Overview)

> Building a Blog with Ghost CMS (Overview)

- Canonical: https://neurohackingly.com/ghost-org-overview/
- Published: 2022-10-13
- Updated: 2023-10-06
- Author: Lukas Zangerl
- Tags: tools, ali-abdaal-original-ghost-theme

## 🔍 What is Ghost?

If you want to start a blog, you probably want to focus on the actual content production.

You'll need a **fast, reliable, and nicely designed website.** I want to introduce you to Ghost, an open-source platform written in Javascript. Just to make it clear, they do not sponsor me; they don't even know that I write this post. I genuinely **love this Creator Platform.**

Ghost is a [Content Management System](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content-Management-System) that consists of a front-end user interface that allows the user (without touching any code) to modify the webpage.

## ⚡ Core features of Ghost CMS

*   integrated **newsletter**
*   **paid and free membership subscription**, can use it like Patreon and get payouts via stripe
*   has **integrations** like Zapier or Google Analytics
*   **Markdown** so you can maintain your writing flow
*   creates **SEO-friendly** URLs
*   can insert custom **HTML and CSS** into a page
*   allows your readers to **search** across all published posts, keywords, and authors

How to get started with ghost.org CMS

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> I did not know where to start when I bought the Ali Abdaal theme for ghost CMS.  
> For hours I have laboriously tried by means of various tutorials to put together all the components. Now I want to help you set up your blog.

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## ☁ Hosting, not Ghosting

You can let ghost.org host you or self-host your site.

If you are running a self-hosted instance, Ghost recommends [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/) with at least 1GB to run Ghost. I decided to go with the ghost plan because it is the most convenient for me.

With Ghost Pro, you have Email support 24/7.

[Hosting](https://ghost.org/docs/hosting/)

I chose the creator plan, with the possibility to get custom integrations, like [Zapier](https://zapier.com/) and [GitHub](https://github.com/). Custom Themes like [mine from Ali Abdaal](https://ghost.org/themes/ali-abdaal/) are, too, only available with the Creator Package.

![Plans available on Ghost](../../assets/content-images/ghost-org-overview/ghost.png)

Plans available on Ghost

## 🌅 Conclusion

Ghost has an **aesthetic design, runs super fast and smooth,** and I like its **built-in newsletter.**

It is preferential to have little coding experience when starting with Ghost. If not, at least a little courage to read into the documents from Ghost.

👁‍🗨 If you are interested and want to read more about building your blog with Ghost, look at my latest post. [The Best Way To Get Started Learning About How To Build A Ghost Theme](/how-to-build-a-ghost-theme/)

**Resources**

[Ghost.Org](https://ghost.org/)

[Docs](https://ghost.org/docs/)