Luxe Themes
Reru
Ghost 5.118+ & 6 · v1.0.1 · updated Sep 2026
$89
Best for: A gallery for your writing: icon rail, a masonry feed shaped by your images, six post layouts
- Icon rail navigation
- A feed shaped by your images
- Six post layouts
Premium Ghost Themes for Every Kind of Publication
Luxe Themes makes premium Ghost themes for publishers — editorial magazines, paid newsletters, membership sites, and personal blogs. Every theme is Ghost 6 ready, passes GScan with a 100/100 score, ships with dark mode and 46+ language translations, and includes documentation, lifetime updates, and email support. Browse the full collection below, or narrow it down by use case and feature.
Ghost is a publishing platform first: it gives you posts, members, and newsletters out of the box, and leaves design to the theme. That makes the theme the single biggest decision after choosing Ghost itself — it determines how your homepage is structured, how long-form posts read, whether readers get dark mode and search, and how convincingly your membership and sign-up pages sell. The themes on this page are built for professional publishers who need those pieces to work together without custom development.
Not sure which to pick? Start with the use-case guides, check the shared feature list and the differences table below, or read the best Ghost themes guide to see how our themes compare with Ghost's free official themes.
All Ghost themes
Every theme in the collection, with a live demo and full documentation. Prices are one-time; updates and support are included. Prefer everything at once? The complete bundle includes every theme here plus every theme released later.
Senna
Ghost 5 & 6 · v1.0.1 · updated Aug 2026
$89
Best for: Writing on paper: a sidebar that stays, serif headlines, seven color schemes, six post layouts
- Sidebar navigation that stays
- Serif headlines on warm paper
- Six post layouts
Tribune
Ghost 5 & 6 · v1.0.0 · updated Jun 2026
$89
Best for: The front page of a newspaper: lead stories, topic sections in three layouts, five post layouts
- Multi-column newspaper front page
- Topic sections in three layouts
- Five post layouts
Luno
Ghost 5 & 6 · v1.0.4 · updated Aug 2026
$89
Best for: A blog that works like an app: fixed sidebar menu, keyboard search, dark mode, six post layouts
- Fixed sidebar menu with groups and icons
- Search with a keyboard shortcut
- Light and dark switch for readers
Flow
Ghost 5 & 6 · v1.2.2 · updated Jul 2026
$89
Best for: A profile page for a creator: hero with your photo, round highlights, square post grid, six post layouts
- Profile-style hero, six layouts
- Round topic highlights
- Square post grid, pinned posts first
Rune
Ghost 5 & 6 · v1.1.3 · updated Aug 2026
$89
Best for: An editor's front page: cover hero with one action, Editor's Picks, five post layouts
- Cover hero with one action
- Editor's Picks from featured posts
- Five post layouts
Homa
Ghost 5 & 6 · v1.0.5 · updated Aug 2026
$69
Best for: A magazine built from your topics: featured grid, a section per tag, four post layouts
- Featured story grid up top
- A section for every topic you name
- Highlighted-topic carousel
Nio
Ghost 5 & 6 · v1.2.2 · updated May 2026
$69
Best for: A grid of squares: featured photo card, square post cards, four post layouts, dark mode by default
- Square post grid, four across
- Featured photo card up top
- Highlighted-topic band
Shiro
Ghost 5 & 6 · v1.0.3 · updated May 2026
$149
Best for: Starts with a search: search field on the homepage, nine post layouts, seven color schemes
- Search field on the homepage
- Search built into the theme
- Nine post layouts
Find a Ghost theme by use case
The right theme depends on what you publish. Each guide below ranks the collection for one kind of site and explains which features matter most for it.
Magazines & editorial
Multi-column front pages, featured stories, and grids built for volume publishing.
Newsletters
Sign-up pages, membership tiers, and subscriber-first layouts for paid or free email.
Writers & authors
Typography-led, distraction-free themes with reading progress and table of contents.
Tech blogs
Code-friendly typography, dark mode, and clean reading layouts for developer content.
Membership sites
How to set up free and paid tiers on Ghost. Most Luxe themes ship their own membership pages.
Free vs premium
What free Ghost themes include, what they lack, and when a premium theme pays for itself.
Compare Ghost themes by feature
The collection is built on one shared foundation, so you don't have to trade features for looks. Every theme includes the features below; the differences are design, layout personality, color-scheme options, and price.
Included in every Luxe theme
Dark Mode
Multiple Post Layouts
Image Lightbox
Reading Progress Bar
Comments Integration
Social Sharing
Featured Posts
Newsletter Integration
Multi-language Support
Where the themes differ
| Theme | Color schemes | Design personality | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reru | Light + dark | A gallery for your writing: icon rail, a masonry feed shaped by your images, six post layouts | $89 |
| Senna | Multiple schemes + light/dark | Writing on paper: a sidebar that stays, serif headlines, seven color schemes, six post layouts | $89 |
| Tribune | Light + dark | The front page of a newspaper: lead stories, topic sections in three layouts, five post layouts | $89 |
| Luno | Light + dark | A blog that works like an app: fixed sidebar menu, keyboard search, dark mode, six post layouts | $89 |
| Flow | Light + dark | A profile page for a creator: hero with your photo, round highlights, square post grid, six post layouts | $89 |
| Rune | Light + dark | An editor's front page: cover hero with one action, Editor's Picks, five post layouts | $89 |
| Homa | Light + dark | A magazine built from your topics: featured grid, a section per tag, four post layouts | $69 |
| Nio | Light + dark | A grid of squares: featured photo card, square post cards, four post layouts, dark mode by default | $69 |
| Shiro | Multiple schemes + light/dark | Starts with a search: search field on the homepage, nine post layouts, seven color schemes | $149 |
Feature data is maintained per theme release. See each theme's documentation for the full list and setup steps.
How to choose a Ghost theme
1. Match the homepage to how you publish
The homepage is where these themes differ most. A daily editorial site with several authors needs a front page that surfaces many stories at once, which is what Tribune is built for. A writer publishing one long essay a week is better served by a quiet feed with strong typography, the territory of Senna. A publication organized by topic gets a front page built from its tags in Homa, and an image-led one gets a masonry feed in Reru. If you expect the homepage to change with campaigns, Flow, Rune and Nio have a hero you shape from Ghost Admin.
2. Check the membership and newsletter pages, not just the posts
Ghost's built-in memberships and newsletters are the reason many publishers choose it over WordPress or Substack. But Ghost only supplies the data — the theme has to render the sign-up page, the pricing tiers, the "members only" teaser on gated posts, and the account page. Themes with purpose-built membership pages convert better than themes that bolt a generic form onto a post template. If you plan to charge for access, weight this heavily.
3. Look at reading features for long-form content
A table of contents, a reading-progress bar, sensible line length, and a dark mode are small features that add up over thousands of reads. They matter most for guides, essays, and documentation-style publishing, and less for short news items. The Ghost themes for writers guide compares the collection on exactly these points.
4. Insist on performance and clean SEO
Ghost is fast by default; a heavy theme can undo that. Look for themes that ship optimized images, minimal JavaScript, and correct structured data — and that pass Ghost's own GScan validator without warnings. Every Luxe theme is validated at 100/100 and built with SEO in mind; our Ghost SEO guide covers what else to configure once the theme is live.
5. Customize without touching code
Ghost 5 and 6 let themes expose settings — colors, fonts, layouts, toggles — directly in Ghost Admin → Design. Good themes put the decisions you will actually make there, so you never edit a Handlebars file. For anything beyond settings, Ghost's code injection lets you add CSS, analytics, and scripts without forking the theme, and our snippets library has ready-to-paste examples.
6. Decide between free and premium honestly
Free themes are a fine starting point for a hobby blog. The moment your site earns money, represents a brand, or needs membership pages, translations, and updates that track Ghost releases, a premium theme is usually the cheaper option once you count your time. Our comparison of free Ghost themes lays out the specific gaps, and the longer write-up covers when each choice makes sense.
7. Try before you buy, then install in minutes
Every theme on this page has a live demo you can click through on desktop and mobile. When you have picked one, installation is a single upload in Ghost Admin — the Ghost installation guide and each theme's documentation walk through it, and individual theme purchases carry a 14-day refund window if it turns out not to fit.
What every Luxe theme includes
The baseline, regardless of which theme you choose
Ghost 6 ready
Built for Ghost 6 and compatible with Ghost 5; updated when Ghost changes.
GScan 100/100
Passes Ghost's official theme validator with no errors or warnings.
Dark mode
System-aware dark mode on every theme, with manual toggle where the design calls for it.
Ghost members & newsletters
Works with Ghost's built-in members, Portal sign-up, and newsletters; most themes add dedicated membership and pricing pages.
46+ languages
Translated UI strings out of the box, with right-to-left layouts on some themes.
Documentation, updates & support
Step-by-step docs for every theme, lifetime updates, and email support included.
Ghost themes FAQ
What is a Ghost theme?
A Ghost theme is the design layer of a Ghost CMS site: a package of Handlebars templates, CSS, and JavaScript that controls how your homepage, posts, tags, authors, and membership pages look. Ghost handles publishing, members, and newsletters; the theme decides layout, typography, colors, and which features (dark mode, search, table of contents) your readers get. You upload a theme as a zip in Ghost Admin → Settings → Site → Theme and switch themes without losing content.
Are Luxe Themes compatible with Ghost 6?
Yes. Every theme in the collection is built and tested for Ghost 6 and remains compatible with Ghost 5. All themes pass GScan validation with a 100/100 score, and each theme is updated when Ghost ships changes that affect themes. Updates are free for the lifetime of the theme.
Can I use one Ghost theme on multiple websites?
Yes. A single purchase grants a license to use the theme on any websites you own or build for clients. There are no per-site or per-domain limits, and no separate pricing for personal versus client work. You may not resell or redistribute the theme files themselves.
How do I install a Ghost theme?
Download the theme zip, open Ghost Admin → Settings → Site → Theme → Upload theme, select the zip, and activate it. Ghost validates the theme on upload. Each Luxe theme includes step-by-step documentation covering installation, navigation, homepage layouts, and membership setup, and email support is included with every purchase.
What is the difference between free and premium Ghost themes?
Free Ghost themes (like the default, Source) cover the basics: post lists, single posts, and a simple homepage. Premium Ghost themes add the features publishers rely on: multiple homepage and post layouts, dark mode and color schemes, membership and newsletter pages, custom search, table of contents, translations, and ongoing updates and support. If your site earns money or represents a brand, a premium theme usually pays for itself in the time it saves.
Do Luxe Themes work with Ghost(Pro) and self-hosted Ghost?
Yes. Themes are hosting-independent: the same theme zip works on Ghost(Pro), DigitalOcean, Docker, or any other self-hosted setup. There is no plugin dependency and nothing to install on the server; you upload the theme in Ghost Admin exactly the same way regardless of where Ghost runs.