Edition

Edition is a free, open-source newsletter theme for Ghost that gives publishers a clean, typography-focused front end for sharing stories with their audience.

What is Edition?

Edition is a Ghost theme built and maintained by the Ghost Foundation, designed specifically for newsletter-focused publications. It takes a standard Ghost site's content and renders it with a minimal reading layout; you upload the theme archive as a zip file through the Ghost admin's Design settings. The theme's demo is live at edition.ghost.io, and the full source is released under the MIT license.

Key Features

• Newsletter-first design — Edition is described as "the newsletter theme for Ghost," providing a beautiful way to share stories with a growing audience, as demonstrated by the live demo.
• MIT license — The theme is free to use, modify, and redistribute, with copyright attributed to the Ghost Foundation (2013-2026).
• Gulp/PostCSS build pipeline — Styles live in /assets/css and are compiled into /assets/built automatically when you run pnpm dev, using Gulp and PostCSS to polyfill future CSS syntax.
• One-command packaging — Running pnpm zip creates dist/edition.zip, a ready-to-upload theme file for any Ghost site.
• Translation-ready — Strings can be translated via the TryGhost/Themes theme-translations directory, and community contributions are accepted through the main repository.
• Official monorepo maintenance — Edition is developed alongside other official Ghost themes in the TryGhost/Themes monorepo, so its codebase stays aligned with Ghost's platform updates.

Who is it for?

Edition is aimed at independent writers, newsletter operators, and Ghost users who want a publication look without heavy customization work. Ghost site owners can install it in minutes to replace a default theme, while developers can fork the repository and use the Gulp/PostCSS pipeline to build a custom newsletter layout. Bloggers who publish on Ghost and email their posts to subscribers get a front end that matches that email-first workflow.

What can you do with Edition?

• Newsletter publishers: Launch a clean, story-focused website that complements your email newsletter, with a demo reference at edition.ghost.io.
• Ghost developers: Modify the theme's /assets/css source and rebuild it with pnpm dev, then package the result with pnpm zip.
• Open-source contributors: Translate the theme into other languages or report issues via the TryGhost/Themes monorepo, where official themes are developed.

How does Edition work?

To install Edition, download the zip from the repository, log into your Ghost admin panel, and navigate to the Design settings area to upload the archive. For local development, you'll need Node, pnpm, and Gulp installed globally; then run pnpm install and pnpm dev to start building and watching CSS changes. The compiled output goes to dist/edition.zip when you run pnpm zip.