Shoutrrr
Shoutrrr is an open-source social media scheduler for drafting, scheduling, and publishing posts across connected accounts.
What Shoutrrr is
Shoutrrr is an open-source social media scheduler for drafting, scheduling, and publishing posts across connected accounts. It supports X, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Discord, with a composer for media, alt text, per-network character counts, and thread splitting where supported. Posts can target multiple accounts with platform-specific text, and each target publishes independently with retries on failure. Users can queue drafts, set recurring slots in their workspace timezone, view a monthly calendar, or publish immediately. Analytics show follower and post-count trends by account, plus likes, reposts, replies, and impressions per post. The service also includes a social inbox, workspaces, role-based memberships, invitations, and ownership transfer. Shoutrrr Cloud costs $10 a month and includes $5 of X (Twitter) API usage. Free self-hosting is available under Apache 2.0; its Docker image includes the web app, worker, and scheduler, and defaults to SQLite without external services. The API and MCP server are available, with user confirmation required for MCP publishing.
Good
- Supports seven listed social networks
- Composer handles media, alt text, and thread splitting
- Offers recurring slots and a monthly calendar
- Analytics cover account trends and post engagement
- Self-hosting is free under Apache 2.0
Watch out
- Shoutrrr Cloud costs $10 a month
- Cloud plan includes $5 of X API usage
- MCP publishing requires user confirmation
Who it suits
Shoutrrr suits individuals or teams managing posts across several connected social accounts. Self-hosting is an option for those who want to run its Docker image themselves.
Verdict
Shoutrrr brings scheduling, publishing, a social inbox, and analytics together across its listed networks. Choose between the managed monthly plan and free self-hosting based on how you want to run it.
Plans and prices
From Shoutrrr's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Shoutrrr Cloud | $10 a month | Fully managed · No servers to maintain · Cancel anytime · $10 / month; includes $5 of X (Twitter) API usage |
| Self-host | Free | Apache 2.0 · One Docker image · No per-seat pricing · Free forever |
The facts
Each one read from Shoutrrr's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI and API
- Shoutrrr includes an MCP server and REST API, and publishing through the MCP server requires user confirmation.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Analytics
- Analytics include follower and post-count trends per account and per-post likes, reposts, replies, and impressions.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Composer
- The composer supports media and alt text, live per-network character counts, and automatic thread splitting where supported.checked 7 Oct 2026
- License and audience
- The project is Apache 2.0 licensed and describes Shoutrrr as built for individuals and teams.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 10checked 22 Sep 2026
- Post limits
- The documentation lists per-network limits, including 280 characters for X, 300 graphemes for Bluesky, and 3,000 characters for LinkedIn.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Publishing
- A post can be published to multiple accounts with optional per-platform text overrides; each target publishes independently and retries on failure.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Scheduling
- Users can queue drafts, set recurring posting slots in their workspace timezone, review posts on a monthly calendar, and publish instantly.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- The site says account tokens are encrypted at rest and lists email verification, TOTP two-factor authentication, passkeys, and optional social login.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- Self-hosting uses a Docker image containing the web app, worker, and scheduler, and the site says it defaults to SQLite with no external services.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Social inbox
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Supported networks
- The documentation lists X, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Discord as supported platforms.checked 7 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Shoutrrr is an open-source social media scheduler for drafting, scheduling, and publishing posts across connected accounts.checked 7 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Teams
- The product supports multiple workspaces, role-based memberships, email invitations, and ownership transfer.checked 7 Oct 2026
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