The open-source alternative to Buffer, Hootsuite, and Later.

Schedule, write, and publish to every social network from one place.
Self-hosted. Built for teams, agencies, and creators who own their data.

Cloud • Documentation • Roadmap • Community

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TryPost 1.0 is here

A massive release that turns TryPost into a complete open-source social media platform.

• MCP Server — connect Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, and any MCP client. Schedule, publish, and pull metrics with natural language.
• REST API — Personal Access Tokens, every workflow you can do in the dashboard, available over HTTP.
• Workspaces & Teams — manage multiple brands or clients in isolated environments. Invite team members with role-based permissions.
• AI Carousel Generator — type a prompt, get a multi-slide LinkedIn / Instagram carousel back, with images and copy on-brand.
• Brand Profile — set tone, voice, language, and colors once. Every AI generation respects them automatically.
• Analytics — per-account engagement metrics from every platform that exposes them, in a single dashboard.

Read the release notes →

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Why TryPost

Tired of paying $30–$200/month per user for a scheduler? Tired of your content sitting on someone else's database?

Self-hosted, your data	Your posts, drafts, and metrics never leave your server
No artificial limits	Unlimited posts, unlimited connected accounts, unlimited workspaces
AI built in	Captions, carousels, on-brand voice — using your own keys
Multi-tenant ready	Workspaces + roles for agencies managing many clients
API + MCP first-class	Automate everything; your AI assistant can post for you
AGPL-licensed	Inspect every line, fork it, ship it — forever free

Features

Visual Calendar	See every scheduled post at a glance, switch between month/week/day
Multi-Platform Composer	One draft → preview & tweak for every network in parallel
AI Generate / Review	Draft from a prompt, get inline feedback before you publish
AI Carousel Builder	Prompt → multi-slide carousel with images, on-brand
Brand Profile	Tone, voice, language, colors — applied to every AI call
Asset Library	Reusable workspace media + Unsplash & Giphy search built in
Signatures & Labels	Reusable text blocks (hashtags, CTAs) and color-coded post tags
Team Collaboration	Owner / Admin / Member roles, comments with @mentions on drafts
Workspaces	Isolate brands, clients, or projects in their own spaces
REST API + MCP	Full programmatic control; AI assistants integrate natively
Analytics	Per-account engagement metrics across every supported platform
Multi-language	English, Spanish, Portuguese

Supported Platforms

X (Twitter)	LinkedIn	Facebook	Instagram	TikTok
YouTube	Pinterest	Threads	Bluesky	Mastodon

Get Started

Try it on Cloud	The fastest way. Sign up at trypost.it
Self-host	Free forever. Installation guide →
Run with AI assistants	Connect Claude / Cursor / ChatGPT via MCP →

Run with Docker (recommended for contributors)

A single command brings up the full stack — Laravel app, Postgres, Redis, Mailpit, Reverb (websockets), Horizon (queue dashboard), and the scheduler — with no host PHP or Node prerequisites:

git clone https://github.com/trypost-it/trypost.git
cd trypost
docker compose up --build

First boot takes ~3–4 minutes (composer install, npm ci, asset build, migrations). Subsequent boots are seconds. When the app container reports healthy, open http://localhost:8000.

Mail UI at http://localhost:8025. Vite HMR on :5173. Reverb websocket on :8080.

Common commands

# Artisan, Composer, Pest
docker compose exec app php artisan tinker
docker compose exec app php artisan test --compact
docker compose exec app composer require some/package

# View logs (one stream per process)
docker compose logs -f app

# Stop the stack
docker compose down

# Wipe all data (db, redis, vendor, node_modules)
docker compose down -v

Customizing your environment

Compose merges compose.override.yaml (gitignored, personal) on top of the committed compose.yaml. Copy the example and edit:

cp compose.override.yaml.example compose.override.yaml

Common tweaks (port forwarding, Xdebug, UID/GID alignment) are documented inline in that file.

Troubleshooting

• Port already in use — set APP_PORT, VITE_PORT, FORWARD_DB_PORT, FORWARD_MAILPIT_UI_PORT in your shell or .env, or use compose.override.yaml.
• Files written by container show as root-owned (Linux) — pass your UID/GID at build time:

  UID=$(id -u) GID=$(id -g) docker compose up --build
  

• Vite HMR not connecting — confirm :5173 is forwarded and not blocked by your firewall; check docker compose logs app for the Vite process output.
• First boot is stuck — composer install + npm ci run the first time only. Watch progress with docker compose logs -f app. Don't Ctrl-C in the first 3–4 minutes.
• Reset everything — docker compose down -v && docker compose up --build re-runs migrations and re-seeds dependencies.

Production image

The same docker/Dockerfile exposes a production target for self-hosters:

docker build --target production -t trypost:latest -f docker/Dockerfile .

The production image bakes in composer install --no-dev, npm run build, SSR build, and a hardened OpCache profile. Note that VITE_REVERB_HOST is baked into the JS bundle at image build time — set it for your deployment hostname before building.

Contributing

We love contributions, no matter how small. Pick an issue, say hi in Discussions, or just open a PR with what you'd like to see.

If TryPost is useful to you, a star helps more people find it. That's the most valuable contribution if you're short on time.

License

GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 — use, modify, fork, self-host, and redistribute, including commercially. If you run a modified version as a network service, you need to make your changes available to its users (AGPL §13).

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