Deployment
Docker & GPU
Docker support: Yes (preview)
GPU: Not required
Check the source notes below before assuming a GPU, transcoding workload or machine-learning feature is included in the baseline deployment.
Web / Community / Collaboration
Ghost on VPS
Modern publishing platform with memberships and newsletters
- GitHub stars
- 55598
- License
- MIT
- Docker
- Yes (preview)
- GPU
- Not required
Requirements
Minimum and recommended VPS specs
Badges are attached to each value. An estimate is never presented as an official project requirement.
| Resource | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| RAM | 1GB Official | 2GB Estimated |
| CPU | 1 Estimated | 2 Estimated |
| Disk | 10GB Estimated | Not stated Not stated |
Disk figures describe the application footprint recorded in the dataset. Personal media, documents, backups and other user data can require substantially more storage.
RunOnVPS sizing suggestion
Suggested VPS tier
2 GB RAM tier
This is our sizing suggestion, derived from Ghost’s recommended RAM of 2GB. It is not an official requirement and it does not guarantee that every workload, plug-in set or media library will fit comfortably.
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Commercial alternative
What it can replace
Substack
Ghost is catalogued here as a self-hosted alternative to Substack. Feature parity varies, so compare your required workflow before migrating.
Source check
Important notes
Stars/license checked 2026-10-24. Official docs: strongly recommend Ubuntu server with at least 1GB of memory — min_ram 1GB is official. 官方未标明 CPU/磁盘及推荐配置，其余为估算. Official install docs list Docker Compose under Docker (preview); primary path is Ghost-CLI on Ubuntu.
Data source: https://docs.ghost.org/install/
Project repository: https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost
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