Ghost – not fitting as WordPress replacement

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.

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