Shoutrrr

What Shoutrrr is

Shoutrrr is an open-source social media scheduler for drafting, scheduling, and publishing posts across connected accounts, with a social inbox and analytics. It supports X, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Discord. The composer handles media and alt text, displays character counts for each network, and can split posts into threads where supported. Posts can go to multiple accounts with optional platform-specific text; each target publishes independently and retries after a failure. Users can queue drafts, set recurring slots in their workspace timezone, review a monthly calendar, or publish immediately. Analytics show follower and post-count trends by account, along with likes, reposts, replies, and impressions by post. Team features include multiple workspaces, role-based memberships, email invitations, and ownership transfer. Shoutrrr also provides an MCP server and REST API; publishing through MCP requires user confirmation. Shoutrrr Cloud costs $10 a month and includes $5 of X (Twitter) API usage. Self-hosting is free under Apache 2.0 and uses a Docker image containing the web app, worker, and scheduler; the stated default is SQLite with no external services.

Who it suits

Shoutrrr suits individuals and teams managing posts across several connected social accounts. It offers a choice between managed cloud hosting and a free self-hosted setup.

Limits

Shoutrrr Cloud costs $10 a month and includes $5 of X (Twitter) API usage. The documentation lists network-specific post limits, including 280 characters for X, 300 graphemes for Bluesky and 3,000 characters for LinkedIn.

Getting started

1. Open the Shoutrrr website.
2. Choose Shoutrrr Cloud at $10 a month or the free self-hosted option.
3. For self-hosting, use the Docker image containing the web app, worker and scheduler.
4. Connect accounts on the supported social networks.
5. Draft a post, then publish it immediately or queue it for a scheduled slot.

Verdict

Shoutrrr brings multi-network scheduling, analytics, and team features together, with cloud and self-hosted options. Its independent publishing targets and required MCP confirmation are worth factoring into workflows that rely on coordinated posts or automated publishing.