I've a Cloudron instance where I experiment various tools. This time, it was Ghost, as a replacement to WordPress, especially as Ghost was acclaimed by some folks I follow.
The good parts
- Simple and modern.
- The migration of content from WordPress, works great!
The worst parts
- I couldn't find a good theme for my taste.
- Distinct UIs for browsing your blog and quickly editing your posts. Far more complicated than in WordPress. If I want separate tools for editing and browsing content, then I just go with static site generators 🙂
- The extreme minimalism and simplicity makes it less appealing for me, I like to customize the content and web administration UI, I feel out of control here. For instance I dislike the appearance of my content in Ghost.
Conclusion for now
- Still looking for alternatives to WordPress. But likely thinking of scripting my own thing.