Replace Webflow CMS / Contentful with Self-Hosted Ghost / Payload CMS

# Production Docker Compose: Ghost / Payload CMS (Replaces Webflow CMS / Contentful)
services:
  caddy:
    image: caddy:2-alpine
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    volumes:
      - ./Caddyfile:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:ro
      - caddy_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

  payload-ghost:
    image: ghost:5-alpine
    container_name: stack-payload-ghost
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "url=https://blog.${DOMAIN:-yourdomain.com}"
      - "database__client=sqlite3"
    volumes:
      - payload_ghost_data:/data
    networks:
      - stack_net

networks:
  stack_net:
    driver: bridge

volumes:
  caddy_data:
  payload_ghost_data:

# Automatic Let's Encrypt HTTPS for Ghost / Payload CMS
payload-ghost.{$DOMAIN:yourdomain.com} {
  encode zstd gzip
  reverse_proxy payload-ghost:2368
}

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• ✓0% transaction fee on Ghost paid memberships
• ✓100% MIT licensed code-first CMS with Payload 3.0
• ✓Built-in SEO, sitemaps & newsletter delivery

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Sized automatically for Ghost / Payload CMS (512MB container RAM + OS overhead).