Ghost
Content Management
v6.73.0
Ghost is an independent, open-source publishing platform built on Node.js and MySQL that enables creators, publishers, and businesses to run professional…3d agoMITDockerModerate
Self-hosted alternatives to Patreon
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About these Patreon alternatives
2 open-source, self-hosted alternatives to Patreon are listed here, ranked by popularity, maintenance and documentation.
- Highest rated
- Ghost (55 642 GitHub stars, MIT license, written in Typescript), followed by cloudpatron
- Docker
- 2 of the top 2 ship an official Docker image
- Recently updated
- Ghost v6.73.0 on 2026-10-27
Patreon alternatives compared
| Project | License | Language | Stars | Docker | Setup | Latest release | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost | MIT | Typescript | 55 642 | Yes | Moderate | v6.73.0 | 83 |
| cloudpatron | MIT | HTML | 260 | Yes | Moderate | 40 |