7 Best Free Ghost Themes

For the few who haven’t heard of it yet; Ghost is the latest, trendiest open source blog software available. Back in 2013, John O’Nolan conceptualised a simplified, content and writing focused blogging platform. In response to the massive amount of positive feedback received, he decided to bring it to life, starting a KickStarter campaign which raised nearly £200,000 for the development. Built on node.js Ghost was released to the public as an open beta on October 14th 2013, you can download the latest version here: https://ghost.org/download/.

Similar to WordPress, Ghost uses a theming system to alter the layout of your site and in keeping with it’s open source roots a number of designers have released free ghost themes for you to install. All the themes we’ve featured here embody what Ghost represents, a simple, minimal platform for your content. And with great typography, white space and minimalism these themes will suit your new Ghost blog very well. Let’s take a look at our top 7 free ghost themes:

 

1. Photo Ghost

 

Photo Ghost is a free responsive Ghost theme designed to put your images and content first.

[red_button url=”https://github.com/cvandonderen/photoghost” style=”black” size=”medium” type=”square” target=”_self”] Download [/red_button]  [red_button url=”http://photoghost-demo.azurewebsites.net/” style=”black” size=”medium” type=”square” target=”_self”] Demo [/red_button]

 

2. Swayzee

 

Swayzee is a ghost theme designed by the famous/infamous WordPress theme shop WooThemes. Simple but elegant.

[red_button url=”http://ghost.woothemes.com/” style=”black” size=”medium” type=”square” target=”_self”] Download [/red_button]  [red_button url=”http://ghost-demos.woothemes.com/” style=”black” size=”medium” type=”square” target=”_self”] Demo [/red_button]

3. Innocent

 

Innocent modifies the default Casper theme only slightly, with an alternate header, progress bars and some layout changes.

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4. Uno

 

Uno is a great ghost theme that adds some more features to the mix, including a cover page, disqus comments integration and more.

[red_button url=”https://github.com/daleanthony/Uno” style=”black” size=”medium” type=”square” target=”_self”] Download [/red_button]  [red_button url=”http://daleanthony.com/” style=”black” size=”medium” type=”square” target=”_self”] Demo [/red_button]

5. GhostRayder

 

Ghost Rayder features full screen posts and excellent mobile support. No demo unfortunately.

[red_button url=”https://github.com/k9ordon/ghostrayder” style=”black” size=”medium” type=”square” target=”_self”] Download [/red_button]

 

6. Edictum

 

 

With a focus on longer content, the Edictum theme puts typography and your writing first and foremost.

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7. Detox

 

Taking minimalism to new heights, Detox is a delightfully elegant ghost theme. Pay what you want to download, from $0!

[red_button url=”http://eatapapaya.com/Detox/detox.html” style=”black” size=”medium” type=”square” target=”_self”] Download [/red_button]  [red_button url=”https://gum.co/detox” style=”black” size=”medium” type=”square” target=”_self”] Demo [/red_button]

 

Check the ghost marketplace for more free ghost themes, and Themeforest for paid themes.