This URL used to host an installation guide for Ghost CMS as a one-click TrueCore addon. We've removed Ghost from the catalogue and replaced this post with the reasoning. Updated 8 May 2026.
What changed
We added Ghost — the Node.js publishing platform — as a one-click installer when we launched. As of 7 May 2026 it is no longer in the addon catalogue. New customers can't install it; existing installations were notified directly with migration options.
Why we removed it
- Ghost requires Node.js. TrueCore is Node-free hosting by policy — Node application memory and CPU spikes are difficult to bound on a shared platform, and we'd rather not host a runtime we can't responsibly cap. Shipping a Ghost installer alongside that policy was a contradiction we should have caught earlier.
- The install was thin. The flow ran a setup script in the customer's shell. They were on their own for upgrades, security patches, and runtime maintenance. That's not the same operational quality as our other addons (WordPress, Adminer) — those we package, sandbox, and keep current ourselves.
- WordPress already covers the use case. Most customers reaching for "blog" want either a static site (Flameling, £10/month) or WordPress (Ember, £20/month). WordPress with the SQLite backend gives you a one-click blog with no separate database to manage — close enough to Ghost's defaults for the overwhelming majority of use cases.
- No customer demand. We added Ghost speculatively, not because anyone asked. With a few months of usage data in hand, we couldn't justify continuing to maintain it.
If you were planning to use Ghost on TrueCore
The closest equivalent on our platform is WordPress with SQLite, which is in the Add-ons tab on Ember and up. It gives you a clean install with no separate database to manage, runs in the same sandboxed environment as everything else on your account, and we package + maintain it ourselves.
If you specifically need Ghost-only features — managed memberships with tiered paid subscriptions, or Ghost's built-in newsletter delivery — we'd honestly suggest a Ghost-managed host (ghost.org) or a generic VPS where you control the runtime. Both are better fits for those features than anything we'd ship as a thin TrueCore addon.
Why we're keeping this URL alive
We could have 404'd this page. We didn't, because we'd rather be findable for "Ghost on TrueCore" with an honest "we used to, here's why we don't anymore" than leave dangling links elsewhere on the internet pointing at nothing. If we change our mind about Node-as-a-runtime in the future, we'll update this post again.