Complete guide to migrating your Ghost website to Docusaurus. Leave Ghost's limited to blogs and newsletters behind and get purpose-built for documentation with versioning, search, and i18n. Free migration tool included.
You can migrate from Ghost to Docusaurus for free using LeaveWP. Enter your site URL, choose Docusaurus as the destination, and download your content — posts, pages, and media — in minutes. No API keys, passwords, or CLI tools required. Difficulty: Medium. Estimated time: 20-40 minutes.
Official docs: Ghost Documentation
Modern publishing platform built for professional content creators. Professional writers, journalists, and newsletter creators who want to monetize content, but these limitations push teams toward modern alternatives.
Limited to blogs and newsletters — not a general CMS
This is the most common reason teams migrate away from Ghost. Docusaurus eliminates this issue entirely.
Small theme ecosystem compared to WordPress
With Docusaurus, purpose-built for documentation with versioning, search, and i18n.
Self-hosting requires Node.js server expertise
Modern architectures like Docusaurus are designed to avoid this from the ground up.
Managed hosting (Ghost Pro) is relatively expensive
After migrating, you'll no longer need to worry about this — Docusaurus takes a fundamentally different approach.
Meta's documentation framework built on React. Built with JavaScript/TypeScript (React), it's open-source projects and companies needing versioned technical documentation.
Purpose-built for documentation with versioning, search, and i18n
Used by major open-source projects (React, Babel, Jest, Redux)
React-based — extend with any React component
Algolia DocSearch integration for free search
Docusaurus is open-source and free to use. You own your code and data with no vendor lock-in. Deploy to any host that supports JavaScript/TypeScript, or use managed platforms like Vercel and Netlify for zero-config deployments.
Side-by-side comparison based on real platform characteristics
| Metric | Ghost | Docusaurus |
|---|---|---|
| Ease of Use | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 |
| Performance | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 |
| Flexibility | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Cost | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5/5 |
| Scalability | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Ecosystem | ⭐⭐ 2/5 | ⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 |
| Language | Node.js | JavaScript/TypeScript (React) |
| Pricing | Free (self-hosted) / $9-199/month (managed) | Free (open-source) |
| Open Source | Yes | Yes |
Ratings are based on publicly available data, documentation, and community consensus as of 2026. Individual experience may vary.
A detailed breakdown of how your Ghost content maps to Docusaurus
What may need manual attention
Custom server-side logic, third-party integrations, and platform-specific plugins will need equivalent solutions in Docusaurus. The core content (text, images, metadata) transfers cleanly.
Migrate your content in three simple steps
Enter your Ghost site URL — LeaveWP connects automatically.
Select Docusaurus as destination and choose content options.
Download your migrated content or preview it in your browser.
Migrating from Ghost to Docusaurus makes the most sense if you're experiencing limited to blogs and newsletters — not a general cms or outgrowing Ghost's architecture. Docusaurus is best for open-source projects and companies needing versioned technical documentation.
You should migrate if: your Ghost site is slow, your hosting costs are climbing, you need developer flexibility, or you want to adopt a modern JAMstack architecture.
You might want to stay if: your Ghost site benefits from beautiful, focused writing experience (markdown + rich editor) and you don't have JavaScript/TypeScript developers on your team. Ghost is genuinely easy to use, and that simplicity has value.
The migration itself is straightforward with LeaveWP — enter your Ghost URL, select Docusaurus, and download your content. The more important question is whether Docusaurus's architecture fits your team's skills and your project's long-term needs.
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