Free Forever

Social Media Management That's Actually Free

Schedule posts to 10+ platforms, manage your team, and run approval workflows without paying a cent. We host it for you for free, or you can self-host.

No credit card. $0/month.

BrightBean Studio Demo

Replaces tools that cost a fortune

Buffer $255/mo
Sendible $275/mo
SocialPilot $200/mo
BrightBean Studio Free forever

Features

Plan, post, and measure in one place

Visual content calendar showing posts scheduled across channels for April 2026
01 · Schedule

All your posts in one view

Every channel's posts on a single calendar. Drag a post to a new date when plans change. Color-coded badges show whether something is drafted, scheduled, published, or failed.

  • Month, week, and list views
  • Filter by channel, tag, or workspace
  • Status from draft to published
Post composer showing caption, media upload, and live Pinterest and YouTube previews
02 · Compose

One editor for every platform

Write the post once. Adjust captions per channel. The preview pane on the right shows how it will look on every connected network before you publish.

  • Caption overrides per channel
  • Live previews for every network
  • Drag-and-drop media uploads
Kanban board with content ideas in columns: Unassigned, To Do, In Progress, Done
03 · Ideate

A Kanban board for content ideas

Drop ideas onto the board the moment they hit you. Move cards through Unassigned, To Do, In Progress, and Done. When an idea is ready, turn the card into a scheduled post.

  • Drag-and-drop cards with custom columns
  • One click to turn an idea into a scheduled post
  • Tag and assign cards across your team
Channel picker showing twelve social platforms available to connect
04 · Publish

Twelve platforms. One workflow.

Connect Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon, and Google Business Profile. Personal and business accounts both work. Add a new channel whenever you start posting somewhere new.

  • Personal and business accounts
  • Native publishing for each network
  • Add or swap channels any time
Analytics dashboard with views, watch time, engagement rate, and a 30-day trend graph
05 · Measure

Analytics in the same app

Track views, watch time, engagement, likes, comments, and shares for every connected channel. Compare 7, 30, or 90-day windows without exporting anything.

  • Cross-channel performance overview
  • Trend graphs with period comparison
  • Likes, comments, shares, and watch time
New · Agentic

Your agent does the posting

Ask Claude, Cursor, or Codex to draft and schedule a post — across every platform you're connected to. One command installs the skill, one secret key wires it up, and your agent takes it from there.

via ChatGPT
via Claude Code
ChatGPT 4o
Schedule 2 launch posts via BrightBean — TikTok + LinkedIn.
Got it. Drafting and scheduling via BrightBean now…

How we built agentic scheduling 🛠️

Lessons from shipping every week 👇

Message ChatGPT
claude — ~/projects/launch
# 1. Install the BrightBean skill
$ skills add brightbean-studio-agent
✓ Installed brightbean-studio-agent

# 2. Schedule with one prompt
You:  Schedule 4 launch posts for tomorrow
      9am on TikTok, LinkedIn, X, Instagram.

Agent: Drafted 4 posts. Scheduling…
 TikTok      Tue 09:00
 LinkedIn    Tue 09:00
 X           Tue 09:00
 Instagram   Tue 09:00

Claude Desktop

online

Schedule 4 launch posts for 9am tomorrow. 18:16 ✓
Got it! Drafting 4 posts for TikTok, LinkedIn, X, and Instagram.

How we ship every week — behind the scenes 🎬

Tue 9:00

Today we shipped agentic scheduling. Here's why it matters 👇

Tue 9:00

Big news: agentic posts are live. One prompt → published everywhere.

Tue 9:00

New launch. Same workflow. Just smarter. ✨

Tue 9:00
All 4 posts scheduled for tomorrow 9:00.
Schedule 4 launch posts for 9am tomorrow. Message

Integrations

10+ Platforms.
First-Party APIs.

We connect directly through each platform's API. No middleware, no broken connections.

Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
TikTok
YouTube
Pinterest
Threads
Bluesky
Google Business
Mastodon

Get started

Two ways to get started

1 Recommended

Use our free hosted version

No setup. Sign up, connect your social accounts, and start scheduling. We run the servers.

  1. 1 Create your free account
  2. 2 Connect your social platforms via OAuth
  3. 3 Compose, schedule, and publish
Get Started Free
2 Full control

Self-host it yourself

If you want full control over your data, clone the repo and deploy with Docker, Heroku, Render, or Railway.

$ git clone https://github.com/brightbeanxyz/brightbean-studio.git

$ cd brightbean-studio

$ docker-compose up -d

Docker Heroku Render Railway VPS

Open source

Built in public

BrightBean Studio is developed in the open. Every commit, feature request, and design decision is on GitHub.

AGPL-3.0 Licensed

Built in the open.
Owned by you.

Use it free on our servers. Or fork it, extend it, run it yourself. You own your data. No lock-in, no rug-pulls.

  • Free hosted version, no limits, no credit card
  • Self-host option, Docker, Heroku, Render, Railway
  • No per-seat pricing
  • No per-channel limits
  • Full source code access (AGPL-3.0)
Get Started Free

Why switch

What they charge vs. what you get for free

Sendible

$275/mo

Per-seat pricing

Channel limits

Closed source

Vendor lock-in

SocialPilot

$200/mo

Per-seat pricing

Channel limits

Closed source

Vendor lock-in

Buffer

$255/mo

Per-seat pricing

Channel limits

Closed source

Vendor lock-in

BrightBean Studio

$0/mo, forever

Unlimited users

Unlimited channels

Open source

Own your data

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Why is the hosted version free? +

BrightBean Studio runs on Django + HTMX, which is cheap to host. A single small server handles thousands of users. We'd rather give it away than nickel-and-dime people with per-seat pricing.

What's the catch? +

There isn't one. The code is AGPL-3.0 licensed. You can read every line on GitHub. We make money from BrightBean's API products, not from Studio.

Will it stay free? +

Yes. The hosted version has been free since day one and will stay that way. If we ever add premium features, the core product stays free and the source code stays open.

What does open-source mean for me? +

You can inspect the code, fork it, modify it, and run it on your own servers. If we disappeared tomorrow, you'd still have a working product.

Can I self-host and still get updates? +

Yes. Pull from the main branch whenever you want. We publish release notes on GitHub so you know what changed.

How many social accounts can I connect? +

As many as you want. No per-channel limits, no per-seat charges. Connect 5 accounts or 500.

Stop paying for
social media management.

BrightBean Studio is free. Not a trial, not a freemium tier. Just free.

AGPL-3.0 License · Django + HTMX + Alpine.js + Tailwind CSS