The project is maintained by a non-profit organisation called the **Ghost Foundation**, along with an amazing group of independent [contributors](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/contributors). We're trying to make publishing software that changes the shape of online journalism. - [Ghost.org](https://ghost.org) - [Latest Release](https://ghost.org/developers/) - [Help & Support](http://help.ghost.org/) - [Theme Docs](http://themes.ghost.org/v1.0.0/) - [API Docs](https://api.ghost.org/) - [Contributing Guide](https://docs.ghost.org/v1.0.0/docs/contributing) - [Feature Requests](http://ideas.ghost.org/) - [Developer Blog](http://dev.ghost.org) - [Self-hoster Docs](http://docs.ghost.org/v1.0.0/) **NOTE: If you’re stuck, can’t get something working or need some help, please head on over and join our [Slack community](https://ghost.org/slack/) rather than opening an issue.**   # Hosting a live Ghost site The easiest way to deploy Ghost is with our official **[Ghost(Pro)](https://ghost.org/pricing/)** managed service. You can have a fresh instance up and running in a couple of clicks with a worldwide CDN, backups, security and maintenance all done for you. Not only will it save you [many hours per month](https://ghost.org/pricing/#why-ghost-pro), but all revenue goes to the Ghost Foundation, which funds the maintenance and further development of Ghost itself. So you’ll be supporting open source software *and* getting a great service **at the same time**! Talk about win/win. :trophy: ## Self-Hosters Other options are also available if you prefer playing around with servers by yourself, of course. The freedom of choice is in your hands. - [Self-hosting Guide](https://docs.ghost.org/v1.0.0/docs/getting-started-guide) # Theme Developers If you are developing a Ghost theme for your own site or creating themes for others to use we recommend installing Ghost on your own local machine. Luckily we have a brand new Ghost CLI to make this really easy 😄 - [Installing Ghost via the CLI](https://docs.ghost.org/v1.0.0/docs/installing-ghost-via-the-cli) - [Theme Developer Docs](http://themes.ghost.org) # Contributors & Advanced Developers For anyone wishing to contribute to Ghost or to hack/customise core files we recommend following our development setup guides: - [General Contributor Guide](https://docs.ghost.org/v1.0.0/docs/contributing) - [Developer Setup Instructions](https://docs.ghost.org/v1.0.0/docs/working-with-ghost) - [Admin Client development guide](https://docs.ghost.org/v1.0.0/docs/working-with-the-admin-client) # Staying Up to Date When a new version of Ghost comes out, you'll want to look over these [upgrade instructions](https://docs.ghost.org/v1.0.0/docs/how-to-upgrade-ghost) for what to do next. You can talk to other Ghost users and developers in our [public Slack team](https://ghost.org/slack/) (it's pretty awesome). New releases are announced on the [dev blog](http://dev.ghost.org/tag/releases/). You can subscribe by email or follow [@TryGhost_Dev](https://twitter.com/tryghost_dev) on Twitter, if you prefer your updates bite-sized and facetious. :saxophone::turtle:   # Copyright & License Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Ghost Foundation - Released under the [MIT license](LICENSE).