I went through a bunch (including Ghost). Good product, but I eventually ended up using a static site with Netlify. For the static site I used Middleman. It is

I went through a bunch (including Ghost). Good product, but I eventually ended up using a static site with Netlify. For the static site I used Middleman. It is one of the older generators, but if you're familiar with a Rails environment you can do everything you'll ever need. Not for everyone, but super simple, extremely fast, and completely customizable. Netlify has also taken away all the pain. Simple build and deploy. Superfast DNS and CDN. LetsEncrypt out of the box. Worth a look. That said, the missing piece from Medium isn't the editor/hosting -- it's is the syndication.