AutoSocial

Judgement

What it is

Complete system

What it does

A local dashboard that schedules and uploads short videos to multiple TikTok, Instagram and YouTube accounts using Playwright browser automation.

Adopt it when

A creator managing several accounts wants local scheduling without a paid tool and accepts automation risks.

Watch out

Browser-automated posting may breach platform terms and break when sites change; no push since June 2026.

Ready for

Experimental

Runs as

Desktop app

Built with

JavaScript, Express and Playwright

How established

Young: started 7 months ago, no tagged release yet.

What the license allows

You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Follow it down: AutoSocial → V8 → LLVM project → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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