Creator
4 apps · curated stack
What this stack is
Creator Stack is the independent-creator infrastructure pack — one-click deploys a newsletter-first publishing platform (Ghost), privacy-friendly web analytics (Plausible), a self-hosted photo + video library (Immich), and S3-compatible object storage (MinIO) for assets and downloads. All on a single VPS under the creator's own domain.
For the hosting provider, this is a "creator economy" product: sell to writers, photographers, podcasters, course creators, indie consultants who want to own their audience, their content, and their analytics — without Substack's 10%, Squarespace's $50/mo, or Google Analytics' privacy issues.
What it's for
- Newsletter + paid subscriptions — Ghost handles email-first publishing, paid tiers, Stripe integration, member-only content. No 10% cut to Substack
- Privacy-friendly analytics — Plausible shows visitor numbers, sources, top pages, without cookies, without GDPR banners, without Google
- Photo + video library — Immich is a self-hosted alternative to Google Photos with face recognition, places, albums, sharing
- Asset & media storage — MinIO provides S3-compatible storage for podcast episodes, video files, course downloads, image hosting at zero per-GB egress fees
- Content sovereignty — creator owns the domain, the email list, the analytics, the media. No platform can shadowban or deplatform
Who it's for
- Newsletter writers building paid subscription businesses (Substack alternative, 100% revenue retention)
- Photographers & visual artists wanting a portfolio + photo library outside Adobe/Apple's walled gardens
- Podcasters self-hosting episodes + RSS instead of paying $40-100/mo to Buzzsprout/Transistor
- Course creators delivering downloadable course materials directly from MinIO
- Indie consultants & coaches running their entire content business off one VPS
- Privacy-conscious creators who care about visitor consent + zero tracker pixels
Apps in this stack
| App | Role |
|---|---|
| Ghost | Newsletter-first publishing, paid memberships, Stripe billing, email broadcasts |
| Plausible | Privacy-friendly analytics (no cookies, no banner, GDPR clean by design) |
| Immich | Self-hosted Google Photos alternative — photos + videos + face/place recognition |
| MinIO | S3-compatible object storage for podcast files, video assets, downloadable content |
Sizing & deployment
- Recommended VPS: 4 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 100 GB NVMe storage (plus object storage as media library grows)
- No GPU needed
- Storage scaling: MinIO can mount additional block storage volumes (Hetzner Volume / Contabo Object Storage / S3) as the media library outgrows the VPS disk
- Deploy time: ~15-20 min one-click, all SSL automatic via Let's Encrypt
- Backup profile: nightly Ghost DB dump + Plausible data export + MinIO bucket-to-bucket replication (off-VPS)
Why hosters sell this
This stack lets hosters tap into the creator-economy upmarket migration: creators who outgrew the cheap newsletter SaaS tier and want to own their stack but don't want to be DevOps engineers.
Common resale shape:
- Solo creator tier — newsletter + analytics, smaller VPS, no GPU
- Pro creator tier — newsletter + photo library + audio assets + object storage, full stack on a mid-size VPS
- Creator multi-property tier — multiple newsletters / course platforms / brand verticals on the same infra, isolated as separate Ghost installs
Stack retail pricing is set by the hoster based on their cost stack (VPS + Bluix license + support). See the suggested retail hint on this page as a starting anchor; refer to bluix.net/bluixapps.php for the Bluix module license layer.
Easy upsell from existing WordPress/email-hosting customer base. Cross-promote with affiliate programs for Stripe (creators need it for paid subscriptions) and the photography vendor ecosystem.
GDPR & compliance profile
- No cookies, no consent banner needed — Plausible is cookie-free by design
- No third-party trackers — visitors hit only the creator's domain
- EU hosting by default across all major regions in the catalog
- Creator-owned audience data — email list, subscriber payment info, analytics — never shared with platforms
- Right-to-be-forgotten trivially supported (delete subscriber row in Ghost, MinIO object, Plausible visitor)
- Stripe = the only third-party processor for paid subscriptions, with the creator as direct merchant of record
Deploy this stack on any BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |
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