Open-source social media scheduling and management tools in 2026
8 open-source projects, ranked by GitHub stars and how recently each was worked on. Postiz-app leads with 41k stars, ahead of BrightBean Studio. 7 had code pushed in the last three months. Most common licenses: AGPL-3.0 (5) and MIT (3). Commercial social media scheduling and management tools are listed separately.
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37Studio Shaitrish
Open-source AI alternative to Buffer and Opus Clip: Claude Code makes on-brand videos, posts them to 9 platforms and drafts replies. Self-hosted, your own keys.
Complete system Experimental A small business already uses Claude Code and wants to experiment with AI-made social video.
★ 56 MIT Go Active, pushed 9 days ago -
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CogSend cogsend
Self-hosted social media scheduler. Write once, publish to any connected platform. Runs on your own Cloudflare account.
Complete system Experimental You want cheap self-hosted scheduling without managing a server and already use Cloudflare.
★ 253 MIT TypeScript Active, pushed 11 days ago
All open-source social media scheduling and management tools, ranked
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Postiz-app gitroomhq
📨 The ultimate agentic social media scheduling tool 🤖
Complete system Usable You manage several social accounts and want a Buffer alternative you can self-host or buy hosted.
★ 41k AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed today -
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BrightBean Studio brightbeanxyz
Open-source, self-hostable social media management platform. Schedule, publish, and manage content across 10+ platforms from a single dashboard. Free alternative to Buffer, Sendible, and SocialPilot.
Complete system Experimental An agency wants a self-hosted Buffer or Sendible replacement and can run a Django app.
★ 2.6k AGPL-3.0 Python Active, pushed 8 days ago -
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Mixpost inovector
📅 Schedule, 📢 publish, and ⚡ manage your social media content on your server. No subscriptions, no limits. (Buffer alternative)
Complete system Usable You want a self-hosted Buffer alternative and already run Laravel or PHP hosting.
★ 3.9k MIT Vue Slowing, pushed 8 months ago -
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OpenPost getopenpost
Create, adapt, schedule, and track social posts. Open-source, hosted or self-hosted.
Complete system Experimental A small team wants Buffer plus basic Canva and CapCut features under its own control.
★ 845 AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 2 days ago -
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TryPost trypostit
Open-source social media scheduler built for AI agents and the teams behind them. Create, schedule and publish posts to every network through MCP or the REST API, or write them yourself in a composer your team will love.
Complete system Usable Your team wants agents to queue social posts while people review them, on your own server.
★ 764 AGPL-3.0 PHP Active, pushed 6 days ago -
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CogSend cogsend
Self-hosted social media scheduler. Write once, publish to any connected platform. Runs on your own Cloudflare account.
Complete system Experimental You want cheap self-hosted scheduling without managing a server and already use Cloudflare.
★ 253 MIT TypeScript Active, pushed 11 days ago -
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Openquok-monorepo Ratimon
All-in-one Content OS: social scheduling and directory launch in one workspace. Calendar, kanban, and product profiles. Extension autofill for directory listings; you approve every post and submit. Agents via CLI, MCP, and public API. Cloud or self-host.
Complete system Experimental An indie maker launches products often and wants scheduling and directory submissions in one place.
★ 96 AGPL-3.0 TypeScript Active, pushed 11 days ago -
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37Studio Shaitrish
Open-source AI alternative to Buffer and Opus Clip: Claude Code makes on-brand videos, posts them to 9 platforms and drafts replies. Self-hosted, your own keys.
Complete system Experimental A small business already uses Claude Code and wants to experiment with AI-made social video.
★ 56 MIT Go Active, pushed 9 days ago
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Open-source licenses
- Network copyleft: 5. Like GPL, and running a changed version as a web service counts as distributing it, so its users get the source too.
- Permissive: 3. Use it anywhere, including in closed products. You keep the copyright notice; Apache-2.0 also grants patent rights.
Languages
TypeScript 4, Python 1, Vue 1, PHP 1 and Go 1.
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