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Ghost vs Serendipity: catalog facts
Ghost	Serendipity
Freemium Free to self-host; the hosted service is paid after a 14-day trial.	Free Free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Website, newsletter and paid subscriptions in one product Clean editor with rich media cards	Long track record since 2002 Plugin and theme repository installable from the admin
Hosted plans are paid after the trial Self-hosting requires running and updating your own server	Smaller community than WordPress Classic PHP blog design rather than a modern headless setup
Self-hosted, Hosted service	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: BSD-3-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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