Postiz vs Buffer
Side by side, as alternatives to Buffer. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.
Cost and coverage
Price
$0 software; you run it
Free for up to 3 channels; Essentials $5 and Team $10 per channel per month source ↗
Schedule posts to social networks
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Publish one post to many channels
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Draft posts with an AI assistant
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
See how posts perform
Partial: Partly
Confirmed: Yes
Jobs covered
4 of 4 jobs
All 4
Popularity and activity (from GitHub)
Stars
37,546
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Gain this week
Unknown
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Signal
Building history
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Commits / 4 wk
165
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Latest release
v2.25.1 · 2026-10-11
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Commits / 12 wk
438
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People committing / 12 mo
19
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Issues opened / closed, 30 days
36 / 58
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Facts, with sources on each project page
Runs on my machine?
Confirmed: Yes, self-host the open-source edition on your own server; Postiz Cloud is the hosted option
Hosted by the vendor
Code licence
Confirmed: AGPL-3.0
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Model weights licence
Confirmed: No separate model weights
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Commercial use
Confirmed: Yes under AGPL-3.0; if you modify it and offer it to others over a network, you must share your changes
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Paid services needed?
Partial: None required to self-host; AI copilot and AI images need your own OpenAI API key; no local model support documented
Subscription
Hardware
Confirmed: Server with at least 2 vCPU and 2 GB RAM for light single-user use; 4 vCPU and 8 GB RAM recommended
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Operating systems
Partial: Server app via Docker (tested on Ubuntu); dev setup tested on macOS and Linux; Windows and WSL are not supported
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Setup effort
Confirmed: Medium; one Docker Compose command brings up the stack, but most platforms need your own developer app and keys
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Stars over time
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Notes for a video or post
A plain summary with today's date and a link to the sources. Check each project page before you publish.
Want share images and a ready video description? Open a project's creator kit.
Numbers: GitHub, fetched nightly. Facts: read from each project's own documentation, with the source on its page. How we check. gitroomhq/postiz-app ↗