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2 open source alternatives to Buffer

Schedule social media posts across networks. Here are the open source projects real teams use instead — ranked by fit, with honest pros and cons for each.

What people don't love about Buffer

Per-channel pricing adds up fast.
Lost features over years as it trimmed scope.
Cloud-only.

Current Buffer pricing (for reference): Free up to 3 channels; Essentials from $6/channel/month.

Quick comparison

Alternative	Best for	License	Self-host	Hosted cloud?
Mixpost Self-hosted social media scheduler.	Self-hosted scheduler with modern UX and multi-platform preview.	MIT (lite) / commercial (Pro)	★★☆☆☆	Yes
Postiz Ultimate AI social media scheduling tool, open source.	AI-assisted social media scheduling with a Next.js stack.	AGPL-3.0	★★☆☆☆	Yes

1. Mixpost — Self-hosted scheduler with modern UX and multi-platform preview.

Self-hosted social media scheduler.

Strengths

Modern UI with preview across platforms.
Supports Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Mastodon, etc.
Free self-host tier (lite).

Weaknesses

Advanced features (team workflows, analytics) in paid Pro.
Laravel stack — PHP install.
Smaller integration list than Buffer.

License: MIT (lite) / commercial (Pro) Self-host difficulty: 2/5 Hosted cloud option

Mixpost homepage · Source on GitHub · Buffer vs Mixpost →

2. Postiz — AI-assisted social media scheduling with a Next.js stack.

Ultimate AI social media scheduling tool, open source.

Strengths

Built with modern Next.js stack.
AI-assisted caption generation.
Team collaboration on scheduling.

Weaknesses

Younger project — features evolving.
Self-host has multiple services (DB, Redis, queue).
Some AI features gated on cloud plans.

License: AGPL-3.0 Self-host difficulty: 2/5 Hosted cloud option

Postiz homepage · Source on GitHub · Buffer vs Postiz →

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