Kevin Ansfield (@lookingsideways) 's Twitter Profile
Kevin Ansfield

@lookingsideways

Developer @Ghost. Specialising in front-end with React and Ember.js; deep into the editor rabbit hole with Lexical.dev

🐘 @[email protected]

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Ghost (@ghost) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"In the last year, we learned that the technical infrastructure exists now for even non-technical journalists to build a sustainable site that can receive money from subscribers" 404 Media, reflecting on their first year in business: 404media.co/what-we-learne…

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NEW: Native tips and donations in Ghost! 💸 Now you can accept 1-time payments from people who want to support your work, with or without a membership. ghost.org/changelog/tips…

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Very excited to welcome Mill Media to Ghost 🎉 Local news on Ghost has been growing like crazy over the past couple of years, and The Mill has been doing some of the best reader-funded sustainable news in the UK since they launched. pressgazette.co.uk/newsletters/mi…

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We're very excited to be partnering with The Social Web Foundation, which launches today, with a mission to build an healthier future for social networking. It's time to bring back the open web. socialwebfoundation.org

We're very excited to be partnering with <a href="/socialwebfdn/">The Social Web Foundation</a>, which launches today, with a mission to build an healthier future for social networking.

It's time to bring back the open web.

socialwebfoundation.org
John O'Nolan (@johnonolan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Alright, I'm publishing it. I've had a lot of questions over the last few weeks about how Ghost is going to avoid ending up in the same situation as WordPress. A lot of trust in open source has been broken. So, I spent some time writing up how we structure and think about

Scaling DevTools Podcast (@scalingdevtools) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New episode with John O'Nolan: - How Ghost grew to $7.2m ARR - How Ghost communicates the value of open source to non-devs - How the Ghost open source project aligns with the revenue-generating non-profit - John's thoughts on the Wordpress situation John is a legend, enjoy!

New episode with <a href="/JohnONolan/">John O'Nolan</a>:

- How <a href="/Ghost/">Ghost</a> grew to $7.2m ARR
- How Ghost communicates the value of open source to non-devs
- How the Ghost open source project aligns with the revenue-generating non-profit
- John's thoughts on the Wordpress situation

John is a legend, enjoy!
Ghost (@ghost) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Independent media requires independent technology Alongside Google News Initiative, LION Publishers & The Tiny News Collective — we're working to create a brighter future for journalism Publishers choose Ghost because they get to own the technology that powers their business → ghost.org/news

Independent media requires independent technology

Alongside <a href="/GoogleNewsInit/">Google News Initiative</a>, <a href="/LIONPubs/">LION Publishers</a> &amp; <a href="/tinynewsco/">The Tiny News Collective</a> — we're working to create a brighter future for journalism

Publishers choose Ghost because they get to own the technology that powers their business →

ghost.org/news
Àlex Rodríguez Bacardit 🚀 (@lexrodba) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Alright, this is a big one for us. John O'Nolan, CEO & Founder of Ghost joined me on the Life on Mars podcast to discuss values-driven entrepreneurship, Node.js, product rewrites, technical debt, how product roadmap is influenced by bootstrapping and hot salsas 🔥 Link below! 👇🏻

Alright, this is a big one for us. <a href="/JohnONolan/">John O'Nolan</a>, CEO &amp; Founder of <a href="/Ghost/">Ghost</a> joined me on the Life on Mars podcast to discuss values-driven entrepreneurship, Node.js, product rewrites, technical debt, how product roadmap is influenced by bootstrapping and hot salsas 🔥

Link below! 👇🏻
Ghost (@ghost) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today we shipped native support for custom fonts in Ghost ⬇️ One of the hallmarks of great editorial design is beautiful typography. Now you can finesse how your words look, as well as what they say, to perfectly match your style.

Today we shipped native support for custom fonts in Ghost ⬇️

One of the hallmarks of great editorial design is beautiful typography.

Now you can finesse how your words look, as well as what they say, to perfectly match your style.
Ghost (@ghost) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Publishers on Ghost are growing faster than ever in 2025, and keeping 100% of their revenue 📈 Tangle is an wonderful example of a sustainable modern media business that's doing things right, winning both admiration and respect. Congrats on hitting $3M ARR!

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Ever read your own post and spot a typo? Yeah, us neither. But for people who do, you can add /edit to the end of a Ghost URL to quickly fix it! 🧑‍💻

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Now in beta – increase your reach by connecting your Ghost website to the fediverse 🌏 Discover and follow your favorite people and publications across Ghost, Threads, Mastodon, BlueSky, Flipboard, WordPress, & more – all in one place.

Now in beta – increase your reach by connecting your Ghost website to the fediverse 🌏

Discover and follow your favorite people and publications across Ghost, Threads, Mastodon, BlueSky, Flipboard, WordPress, &amp; more – all in one place.
Ghost (@ghost) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New: Custom content for every subscriber 🎯 Now you can control where sponsored content shows up and who sees it — from a single post. Want to fine-tune the design? We added new settings for that too!

John O'Nolan (@johnonolan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Another year, and several milestones all at once. 12 years since Ghost launched on Kickstarter, now at $8M ARR, and powering almost $100M in revenue for independent publishers 📈 A few thoughts and reflections on building an open source publishing platform, for a long time.

Another year, and several milestones all at once. 

12 years since <a href="/Ghost/">Ghost</a> launched on Kickstarter, now at $8M ARR, and powering almost $100M in revenue for independent publishers 📈

A few thoughts and reflections on building an open source publishing platform, for a long time.
Ghost (@ghost) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: Even more email design settings Customize your newsletter colors, style buttons, tweak backgrounds, and keep your brand consistent from homepage to inbox 💅

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Ghost 6.0 is here — meet our biggest upgrade yet 🫶 Reach millions of users across the social web 🔎 Understand what works with native analytics ➕ Powerful new creator tools 📈 $100M earned for indie publishers

Ghost 6.0 is here — meet our biggest upgrade yet

🫶 Reach millions of users across the social web 🔎 Understand what works with native analytics  
➕ Powerful new creator tools
📈 $100M earned for indie publishers
Tinybird (@tinybirdco) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tinybird is the analytics platform for Ghost 6.0 👻 🤝 🐦 Earlier this week, Ghost announced their 6.0 release, with real-time web analytics powered by Tinybird. We're very proud to partner with Ghost and support their independent, open source publishing platform. Our favorite

Tinybird is the analytics platform for Ghost 6.0 👻 🤝 🐦

Earlier this week, <a href="/Ghost/">Ghost</a> announced their 6.0 release, with real-time web analytics powered by Tinybird. We're very proud to partner with Ghost and support their independent, open source publishing platform.

Our favorite