Ghost is a professional open-source publishing platform powering independent journalists, newsletters, and membership sites reaching over 3 million readers. Built by the non-profit Ghost Foundation, Ghost processes over $200M per year in revenue for independent creators and is one of the most-starred projects on GitHub. Fully distributed since 2013 with a team of 60+ across every timezone, Ghost is genuinely mission-driven: it exists to support the creator economy, not to maximize shareholder value. For engineers and designers who want to work on something that matters in open source, Ghost combines sustainable structure with real-world scale.
Company Culture
- Fully remote since 2013, work from anywhere with wifi
- Non-profit foundation structure, mission over profit
- 60+ person team distributed across every timezone
- Open source at the core, among GitHub's most-starred projects
- Async-first with no mandatory time zone alignment
- Small, high-impact team serving 3M+ readers
Our Values
- Serve independent creators, not corporate publishers
- Stay open source and MIT-licensed by conviction
- Make decisions for the mission, not investors
- Enable sustainable income for independent media
- Build for long-term, not growth-at-all-costs
Benefits & Perks
- 100% remote worldwide, no country restrictions
- Non-profit structure with genuine social mission
- Competitive compensation despite non-profit status
- Annual full-team meetup
- Home office equipment budget
- Health and wellness budget
- Flexible hours, async-first communication
Tech Stack
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