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Ghost or WordPress on a 128MB OVZ VM?
So, I made the stupid decision of putting my blog on a 128MB NATted VPS and my homepage (which is literally a 1KB HTML file) on a 1GB VPS :P
Now I want to know: Should I use Ghost or WordPress? I am basing this comparison solely off of performance (which one is more lightweight?), not features and etc (as long as I can post stuff, I'm happy 
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No option for "you could easily do both and still have some overhead".
I posted a similar thread a few days ago. I like Ghost, but initial setup was 80 MB. WordPress takes up about 40 MB (no plugins and default theme).
I know my reply doesn't offer a lot of help, but Ghost is new(-ish) and WordPress has a pretty huge following. Security isn't as bad with WordPress as people make it out to be as long as you're smart about what you install with it.
WordPress will run on a 128 MB system if you keep it lean and page views are reasonable.
Ghost I have no idea about so I'm interested in seeing what others say as well.
tried install ghost on a 128MB w/128 MB swap KVM box but it always get killed when running
npm --productionIf you nginx and php fpm and latest php7.0 you can get away with it
Also install some sort of caching if not static files
Note:
Performance of leb boxes depends upon the configuration and the technical abilities of sysadmin
I don't understand why you can't install the blog on the 1GB VPS
It really depends on how well you are going to optimize the chosen platform.
Me too, I tried install ghost on LES Japan VPS (128MB RAM). Seem need more memory for npm command.
I guess 256MB would be the minimum requirement.
Use Jekyll or Pelican instead if you're going to be offering static content.
Far more light weight.
That issue doesn't occur for me. If you're on KVM, just add a temporary 1GB swapfile and it'll go just fine.
An alternative to this is npm installing on a VPS with more than 512MB RAM, zipping it up, and transferring the files over to the LES box.
Please read the OP
I guess 256MB would be the minimum requirement.
It's 512MB
I've considered Jekyll and Pelican, but I like the admin interface + Ghost and WP have better support imo.
Wasn't Lowendbox running on a vps with wordpress also with limit of 68mb of ram? I swear to the tree gods, that i read a blog post somewhere about that. And or, i could be mistaken.
Ghost will struggle on install even with 512mb, you would need some swap to be safe.
Developers of Ghost, might need to get to work on optimization. I mean hell, windows XP, the only decent windows OS that Microsoft ever created (in my opinion) can run on 64mb of ram.
Oh how i miss the days of windows XP. and windows 98
@Landofnone
That's the sticking point for me. I like Ghost but compared to other products it does very little yet uses quite a bit more RAM.
I did. And like I said I don't understand.
You know you can put more than one thing on a VPS right?
Remember though that the memory usage here is related to Node.js and all associated modules rather than Ghost itself which is just built on it.
If you want something that uses little memory then stick with a static website or something using PHP/MySQL. It's just not the same to compare WordPress with Ghost as an example.
I am sure that there are improvements that can and will be made in time.
It is a memory and in fact CPU hog on initial install, I have tested it several times on 512MB of ram, mostly it worked OK, sometimes it died out of memory. Best to at least have 512MB ram and another 256MB swap to be sure.
This is one I have running under a very light load on a DO 512MB. All that is installed is Node, Ghost and PM2.
[root@ghostpanel ~]# free -m total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 489 141 83 4 264 324 Swap: 0 0 0 [root@ghostpanel ~]#I'm using Open VZ
Yes, I know that...
Never saw Node go beyond 70MB RAM and 5% CPU for me. Hm.
I understand. Thanks for sharing.
Nevertheless, while it might not be fair to compare them directly (apple to oranges) since they're running on different code bases, I am comparing them based on end result: A blog web site. By that comparison, Ghost accomplishes about the same end result but uses greater resources than something like WordPress.
Personally, I love the simplicity of Ghost. The UI, especially the editor, is exactly what I want. But I just find it hard to justify the increase in resources for my limited viewership.
For the record, I tested it locally in a VM with 512 MB of RAM and 512 MB of swap. I never experienced any out of memory issues so I have no doubt my production VPS (with greater resources) could handle it.
You could always ask your provider if they'd be willing to up your RAM for a short period of time so you could do the install. Doesn't hurt to ask.
I was referring to the actual install stage of ghost rather than just installing node or idling.
Once you get by the install stage it should not use more than 100MB with light use.
And what about with a lot of visitors and 1000's of posts? (Asking for curiosities sake..)
I just did the install on a 4GB KVM VPS I have, zipped up the files, and transferred them to my UltraLowEnd VPS. It works well.
Yes, the 70mb/5% includes the install stage.
@DigitalFyre Yep (Windoge XP worked on 128MB RAM IIRC :P)
And Server 2003
Yup. Those were the days..