Alternatives / Ordinal
Looking for an open source Ordinal alternative? We compared 4 open source social media schedulers by license, networks, and maintenance. Postiz and TryPost cover many networks, Mixpost offers a one-time payment, and Contentport focuses on Twitter and X.
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| Alternative | Best for | License |
|---|---|---|
| Postiz | Most complete multi-network scheduler | AGPL-3.0 |
| Mixpost | One-time payment for Pro; free Lite | MIT (Lite) + paid Pro/Enterprise |
| TryPost | Approvals and client links | AGPL-3.0 |
| Contentport | Twitter and X only | AGPL-3.0 |
We looked for open-source tools that plan and publish social posts like Ordinal. We verified each project's license, recent activity, stars, and self-hosting in its repository. See our methodology for the full criteria.
Postiz is the most popular, covering 30+ networks with AI drafting, MCP scheduling, and integrations with n8n, Make, and Zapier. TryPost schedules across about a dozen networks with a visual calendar, AI captions, and client approval links.
Mixpost has a free MIT Lite edition and paid Pro and Enterprise editions, with Pro as a one-time purchase. Its last commit was in March 2026.
Contentport focuses on Twitter and X with AI tweet creation and topic monitoring. Its last commit was in December 2025.
Postiz, TryPost, and Contentport are AGPL-3.0. Mixpost Lite is MIT.
Postiz and TryPost had commits within days of this update.
Ordinal is a proprietary scheduling service priced by seat. Open-source schedulers can be self-hosted, but you create developer apps for each network.
Postiz is a self-hostable social media scheduler for planning, generating, and publishing content across 30+ networks, with AI features, analytics, team collaboration, and an API for automation with tools such as n8n, Make, and Zapier. It is AGPL-3.0, with a managed Postiz Cloud also available.
Pricing: Free to self-host; Postiz Cloud plans are paid.
Mixpost is a self-hosted social media management platform with a scheduling calendar and queue, workspaces for teams, a media library, post versions and templates, hashtag groups, and analytics. Mixpost Lite is MIT-licensed, while Mixpost Pro and Enterprise add features and are sold separately, with Pro as a one-time purchase.
Pricing: Free Lite edition; Pro is a one-time payment and Enterprise is paid.
Contentport is an AGPL-3.0 open-source tool for managing X content, with AI-assisted tweets and threads, a visual editor, scheduling, multi-account support, and topic monitoring. It only covers X, so it is much narrower than other social media schedulers, and its last commit was in December 2025. It has free and pro tiers.
Pricing: Free and pro tiers; check the website for pricing.
TryPost is an open-source social media scheduler with a visual calendar, native publishing to 12 networks, an AI copilot for captions and carousels, brand profiles, workspaces with approval flows for agencies, analytics, and a REST API and MCP server so AI assistants can post for you. It is AGPL-3.0 and can be self-hosted or used in its cloud.
Pricing: Free to self-host; the cloud service is paid.
| Alternative | Type | License | Self-hosted | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postiz | Social scheduler | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | Teams and agencies |
| Mixpost | Social scheduler | MIT (Lite) + paid Pro | Yes | Self-hosted scheduling |
| TryPost | Social scheduler | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | Agencies |
| Contentport | Social scheduler | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | X-focused creators |
Want the broadest network coverage
Postiz covers 30+ networks with an API.
Want client approvals
TryPost has approval flows and shareable client approval links.
Want one-time pricing
Mixpost Lite is MIT and Pro is a one-time purchase.