BrightBean Studio

What BrightBean Studio is

BrightBean Studio is a social media management tool for planning, scheduling, publishing, and analyzing posts across connected networks. Its free plan includes unlimited users and channels, a publishing calendar, approval workflows, and analytics, with no per-seat charges or per-channel limits. The calendar offers month, week, and list views, and can be filtered by channel, tag, or workspace. In the composer, teams can prepare channel-specific captions, preview posts for connected networks, and upload media by dragging and dropping files. A Kanban board helps teams collect and organize content ideas, assign and tag them, then turn a card into a scheduled post. Supported networks include Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Bluesky, Google Business Profile, Mastodon, and DEV.to. The social inbox provides another place to manage social interactions. Analytics cover views, watch time, engagement, likes, comments, and shares, with comparisons over 7-, 30-, and 90-day windows. BrightBean Studio is available as a hosted service or can be self-hosted using Docker, Heroku, Render, or Railway. It is AGPL-3.0 licensed, and the maker says self-hosting gives users full control over their data. The maker is based in Thür, Germany.

Who it suits

BrightBean Studio suits teams coordinating publishing across many social networks, particularly when several users need to plan content and review it through approval workflows. It can also suit teams that want to self-host an AGPL-3.0 licensed tool or connect Claude, Cursor, or Codex for drafting and scheduling posts through an installed skill and secret key.

Getting started

1. Visit https://brightbean.xyz/studio/.
2. Choose the hosted version or a self-hosting route such as Docker, Heroku, Render, or Railway.
3. Use the Free plan, which is free forever and does not require a credit card.
4. Connect social accounts and organize work in the calendar or Kanban board.
5. Configure agent integrations with an installed skill and secret key if needed.

Verdict

Choose BrightBean Studio if your team wants free social scheduling, approvals, and analytics across its supported networks without per-seat or per-channel limits. Consider the setup requirements if you want agent-based drafting and scheduling, which use an installed skill and secret key.