<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Cloud Patron - Open source Patreon alternative]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a href="https://github.com/cloudpatron/cloudpatron" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">https://github.com/cloudpatron/cloudpatron</a></p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/2070/cloud-patron-open-source-patreon-alternative</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:47:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/2070.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2020 11:05:09 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Cloud Patron - Open source Patreon alternative on Fri, 09 Oct 2020 09:22:19 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/ruihildt" aria-label="Profile: ruihildt">@<bdi>ruihildt</bdi></a> said in <a href="/post/15248">Cloud Patron - Open source Patreon alternative</a>:</p>
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<p dir="auto">@atrilahiji You can use Ghost to do that, with the recent subscriber features.</p>
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<p dir="auto">I'd never heard of this before (never really used Ghost) and so I did a quick search and the top result says:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Subscribers was an experimental feature in Ghost, which has now been deprecated.</p>
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<p dir="auto"><img src="https://forum.cloudron.io/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f615.png?v=223f9defb2f" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--confused" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":-/" alt="😕" /></p>
<p dir="auto">But it looks like it's been replaced with Members (beta) which looks like pretty much the same thing! <img src="https://forum.cloudron.io/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f604.png?v=223f9defb2f" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--smile" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":-D" alt="😄" /></p>
<p dir="auto"><a href="https://ghost.org/docs/members/requirements/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">https://ghost.org/docs/members/requirements/</a></p>
<p dir="auto">But, from the same like, it seemingly requires you use Mailgun <img src="https://forum.cloudron.io/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f615.png?v=223f9defb2f" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--confused" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":-/" alt="😕" /></p>
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<p dir="auto">if you're self-hosting, you'll need to setup a Mailgun account in order to use the email newsletter feature in Ghost to send bulk mail. <a href="https://ghost.org/faq/mailgun-newsletters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">Read more</a> about why this is required.</p>
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<p dir="auto">If you click the link it explains:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Why can't I just use SMTP mail config to send email newsletters with Ghost?</p>
<p dir="auto">Sending a bulk email to many recipients using basic SMTP will result in your IP address being instantly blacklisted and marked as spam by all mail providers. You should never, ever send bulk mail using basic SMTP, which is why Ghost does not support it.</p>
<p dir="auto">More info <a href="https://serversmtp.com/smtp-server-newsletter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">here</a>, and <a href="https://help.campaignmonitor.com/how-why-isps-block-emails" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">here</a>, and <a href="https://www.mailgun.com/blog/email-blasts-dos-donts-mass-email-sending/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">here</a>, and <a href="https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/19168/how-to-send-mass-email-and-not-get-treated-as-spam" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">here</a>.</p>
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<p dir="auto">So I'm now also wondering if using MailTrain and/ or Mautic on Cloudron to send newsletters would also result in IP addresses being automatically blocked?!? <img src="https://forum.cloudron.io/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f615.png?v=223f9defb2f" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--confused" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":-/" alt="😕" /></p>
<p dir="auto">EDIT: ah, but also, seems could potentially use the Ghost Members feature but then send newsletters some other way (although maybe Mailgun is actually the best way to do it?)</p>
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<p dir="auto">I still want to use a different provider to send email newsletters, why can't I do that?</p>
<p dir="auto">You can. There is no requirement to use Ghost's built in newsletter delivery feature. Before we released this feature in beta, thousands of people sent their newsletter using all sorts of other services such as Mailchimp, Sendgrid, Convertkit, and many others. You can easily sync your members database to an external newsletter provider via <a href="https://ghost.org/integrations/zapier/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">Zapier</a>, or by following our <a href="https://ghost.org/integrations/email/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">detailed integration guides</a>.</p>
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]]></description><link>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/15303</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.cloudron.io/post/15303</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[jdaviescoates]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2020 09:22:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Cloud Patron - Open source Patreon alternative on Thu, 08 Oct 2020 22:41:48 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Oh wow I even use ghost already and totally forgot about members... ignore my rambling!</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/15261</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.cloudron.io/post/15261</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[[[global:former-user]]]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 22:41:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Cloud Patron - Open source Patreon alternative on Thu, 08 Oct 2020 22:20:21 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><img src="https://forum.cloudron.io/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f449.png?v=223f9defb2f" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--point_right" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title=":point_right:" alt="👉" /> <a href="https://ghost.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">Ghost</a> + <a href="https://gumroad.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">Gumroad</a> this area is a done deal already.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/15249</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.cloudron.io/post/15249</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[marcusquinn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 22:20:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Cloud Patron - Open source Patreon alternative on Thu, 08 Oct 2020 22:17:29 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">@atrilahiji You can use Ghost to do that, with the recent subscriber features.</p>
]]></description><link>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/15248</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.cloudron.io/post/15248</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ruihildt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 22:17:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Cloud Patron - Open source Patreon alternative on Thu, 08 Oct 2020 21:23:34 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Just came across this and am loving the idea. I use Ko-Fi now for a donation page but this would be a good way to do the same thing and own your data. Not that theres anything wrong with Ko-Fi as a service.</p>
<p dir="auto">Maybe I'll try my hand at packaging a Golang app?</p>
<p dir="auto">I jumped the gun a bit. Whoops... looks like its relatively unmaintained. Time to keep looking. I'd be very interested in something like this know so definitely let me know if you find a good one.</p>
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