Replace Postiz?

KINDA · weekend project
catalog price reference $29/mocategory 🐦 social mediareported replacement votes 0

The core loop (compose, queue, cron tick, publish) is one-shottable for networks with open APIs like Mastodon, Bluesky, and Telegram. What you cannot one-shot is the reason schedulers exist as products: OAuth apps for Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X are approval-gated or paid, and keeping 28+ integrations alive as platforms change policies is permanent maintenance. Postiz is also fully open source, so the honest DIY move for the full feature set is self-hosting it rather than rebuilding it.

the prompt
Build me a personal social post scheduler to replace Postiz. Requirements:

- Node + Express + better-sqlite3; a localhost page with a compose box,
  image attach, and the queue ordered by send time.
- Three targets: Mastodon (access token), Bluesky (app password via
  @atproto/api), and a Telegram channel (bot token). Creds in .env, one
  small adapter file per network so a fourth is addable later.
- Slot-based queueing: I define posting times per weekday in my timezone
  and new posts fill the next free slot; a post can also be pinned to an
  exact datetime or duplicated across networks with per-network text.
- A node-cron tick every minute publishes due posts, marks each row sent
  or failed, retries failures 3 times with backoff, and marks before
  sending so nothing ever double-posts.
- Per-network character counter in the composer; attached images stored
  in media/ next to the database, resized to each network's limits with
  sharp.
- A history page of the last 100 sent posts linking to the live posts.
- Runs on my always-on box; localhost only, no accounts, no telemetry.
- Out of scope: Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X (approval-gated or
  paid APIs, say so in the README), analytics, teams, and AI features.
- README: getting a Mastodon token, a Bluesky app password, and a
  Telegram bot token.

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why people still pay

The hosted version ships with platform-approved OAuth apps, so connecting Instagram, LinkedIn, or TikTok is a click instead of a developer-app review process. Social APIs break and change terms constantly; paying outsources that upkeep plus analytics, teams, and AI features.

what you lose

x28+ maintained channel integrations

xpre-approved platform OAuth apps (Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok)

xper-network post previews

xanalytics

xteam approvals and collaboration

xAI content assistance

prior art to inspect before buildingPostiz (open source)The app itself is AGPL open source and self-hostable, which is the shortest path to the full feature set.
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questions
What does the Postiz verdict mean?

The core job looks buildable, with meaningful gaps: 28+ maintained channel integrations, pre-approved platform OAuth apps (Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok). Read the full tradeoff list before committing. This research record is not a hosted IVCIFY tool.

What price does this directory record show for Postiz?

The directory records $29/month for Standard, checked 2026-07-30. Verify the source before making a purchase decision. This reference stays outside retail Stack Math unless current matched evidence supports the comparison.

What do I lose by replacing Postiz?

Honestly: 28+ maintained channel integrations; pre-approved platform OAuth apps (Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok); per-network post previews; analytics; team approvals and collaboration; AI content assistance. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.

Is there an open-source alternative to Postiz?

The listed prior art includes Postiz (open source) (The app itself is AGPL open source and self-hostable, which is the shortest path to the full feature set.). Inspect those projects before starting from a blank prompt.