idk if any mutuals have/want a newsletter and want to switch to Ghost, but I will literally help you migrate to Ghost from your static site, Substack, whatever for free; just because I think Ghost and its recommendation network and its ActivityPub features are all so awesome 🙏
I *really* want to get the network effect going with an open-source platform and leave Substack in the dust. So yeah hmu lol
I have been using Reverbnation for my free newsletter but it doesn't fit as well as it used to and it has a limit of 500 addresses without upgrading.
I run my own server with nginx on Ubuntu so it looks like I can install ghost.
Is this difficult or straightforward? Can I install to a subdomain?
Thanks
@hairylarry the Docker install is most recommended now https://docs.ghost.org/install/docker
It’s pretty straightforward. Subdomain works perfectly. (Subdirectory shouldn’t be used because it isn’t compatible with ActivityPub.)
I think you *definitely* get the most benefit by combining your blog and newsletter into a single Ghost site, but either way works.
For now you will need to use Mailgun to actually send emails from Ghost. But search for instructions to switch to Mailgun’s (unadvertised) “Flex Plan” which makes it free to send 1000 emails per month (and $1 for each additional 1000, still cheap).
The blog feature is good for me because it turns my newsletter into a monthly blog with a single place to find the newsletters.
Thanks for the install recommendations. The 1000 emails per month with mailgun will last me for a while.
Jonah Aragon 
hairylarry