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# [Self hosting ghost blog on your home server](https://nikhildev.com/self-hosting-ghost-blog-on-your-home-server?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Ghost has one of most beautiful interface for both writing and reading post. The only downside that I found was that to leverage the full benefit I had to pay up. Of course Wordpress is an option to self host but only recently did I become aware that...

Sep 29, 2024 · 2 min read · nikhildev.com  
Updated Oct 26, 2024  
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## Written by

[Nikhil Dev Chunchu](https://hashnode.com/@nikhildev)

@nikhildev · Espoo, Finland

  
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[Richard](https://hashnode.com/@richiea1y)

[Oct 25, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/self-hosting-ghost-blog-on-your-home-server/671a298d4314c1dedbd3b5c0/comment/68fcb2252d004781577989d8)

I’m a newbie when it comes to Docker and backend. Could you explain what you mean by “a Linux server already set up”?