💡 Summary
A skill to install and manage the Ghost open-source headless Node.js CMS via its CLI tool.
🎯 Target Audience
🤖 AI Roast: “It's a full-fledged CMS, not a simple skill, so asking an AI agent to 'install Ghost' is like asking a butler to build you a mansion.”
The skill involves installing and running a full Node.js application with network access (serves web content), filesystem access (for content and themes), and dependency on npm packages (supply chain risk). Mitigation: Run Ghost in a containerized environment with restricted network and filesystem permissions, and regularly audit dependencies.
[!NOTE] Love open source? We're hiring! Ghost is looking staff engineers to join the team and work with us full-time
The easiest way to get a production instance deployed is with our official Ghost(Pro) managed service. It takes about 2 minutes to launch a new site with worldwide CDN, backups, security and maintenance all done for you.
For most people this ends up being the best value option because of how much time it saves — and 100% of revenue goes to the Ghost Foundation; funding the maintenance and further development of the project itself. So you’ll be supporting open source software and getting a great service!
Quickstart install
If you want to run your own instance of Ghost, in most cases the best way is to use our CLI tool
npm install ghost-cli -g
Then, if installing locally add the local flag to get up and running in under a minute - Local install docs
ghost install local
or on a server run the full install, including automatic SSL setup using LetsEncrypt - Production install docs
ghost install
Check out our official documentation for more information about our recommended hosting stack & properly upgrading Ghost, plus everything you need to develop your own Ghost themes or work with our API.
Contributors & advanced developers
For anyone wishing to contribute to Ghost or to hack/customize core files we recommend following our full development setup guides: Contributor guide • Developer setup
Ghost sponsors
A big thanks to our sponsors and partners who make Ghost possible. If you're interested in sponsoring Ghost and supporting the project, please check out our profile on GitHub sponsors :heart:
DigitalOcean • Fastly • Tinybird
Getting help
Everyone can get help and support from a large community of developers over on the Ghost forum. Ghost(Pro) customers have access to 24/7 email support.
To stay up to date with all the latest news and product updates, make sure you subscribe to our changelog newsletter — or follow us on Twitter, if you prefer your updates bite-sized and facetious. :saxophone::turtle:
License & trademark
Copyright (c) 2013-2026 Ghost Foundation - Released under the MIT license. Ghost and the Ghost Logo are trademarks of Ghost Foundation Ltd. Please see our trademark policy for info on acceptable usage.
Pros
- Well-documented installation and management process
- Production-ready with automatic SSL setup
- Large, active community and commercial support
- Open-source and extensible via API and themes
Cons
- Heavyweight; a full application, not a lightweight skill
- Requires Node.js environment and server resources
- Self-hosting involves maintenance overhead
- Primarily a CLI tool, not an interactive AI agent skill
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