Alternatives / SocialPilot
Looking for an open source SocialPilot alternative? We compared 3 open source social media schedulers by license, supported networks, AI features, team workflows, and self-hosting. They let you plan and publish posts from your own server, though none matches SocialPilot's agency tooling and white-label reporting in full.
Written by Maxime DERAME
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| Alternative | Best for | License |
|---|---|---|
| Postiz | Most complete scheduler with AI and agency workspaces | AGPL-3.0 |
| Mixpost | One-time payment for Pro; free Lite edition | MIT (Lite) + paid Pro/Enterprise |
| TryPost | Younger scheduler with AI captions and approvals | AGPL-3.0 |
We looked for open-source tools that cover SocialPilot's core job: scheduling and publishing posts across social networks, with calendars, team collaboration, and analytics. We verified each project's license, recent activity, stars, and self-hosting in its repository, and checked which parts require a paid edition. See our methodology for the full criteria.
Postiz is the most complete and popular: it plans, generates, and publishes content across 30+ networks, with AI captions and images, team collaboration, client workspaces for agencies, a public API, and integrations with n8n, Make, and Zapier. It can be self-hosted or used as a paid managed service.
TryPost is a younger scheduler with a visual calendar, AI captions, approval flows, shareable client approval links, and an MCP server, positioned for small teams and agencies. Mixpost is a self-hosted scheduler with a media library, analytics, and a two-step Docker install.
Mixpost's free Lite edition is MIT, while Pro and Enterprise add features and are sold separately, with Pro as a one-time purchase. Postiz's hosted plans are priced by number of channels, and self-hosting means connecting each network's developer app yourself.
Postiz and TryPost are AGPL-3.0. Mixpost Lite is MIT.
Postiz and TryPost had commits within days of this update. Mixpost's last commit was in March 2026, and TryPost is young with about 700 stars.
SocialPilot is a proprietary subscription service priced by number of accounts and users, with your social tokens and content stored on its servers. Open-source schedulers can be self-hosted, avoid per-account pricing, and keep access tokens on infrastructure you control, at the cost of setting up the platform apps and API keys for each network yourself.
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.
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 media scheduler | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | Teams and agencies |
| Mixpost | Social media scheduler | MIT (Lite) + paid Pro | Yes | Self-hosted scheduling |
| TryPost | Social media scheduler | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | Small teams |
Want the closest full-featured replacement
Postiz covers 30+ networks with AI, team collaboration, client workspaces, and an API.
Want a one-time payment and a free core
Mixpost Lite is MIT and free, with Pro available as a one-time purchase.
Want approvals and client sign-off links
TryPost adds approval flows and shareable client approval links to a visual calendar.