Postiz · open-source social media scheduler
Offer a public API so developers can automate posting from their own tools
Founder says many use it and developers prefer it for being open source
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What they did
Every account gets a public API key to automate social posting from workflows such as n8n or direct API calls. Being open source makes developers prefer it over closed alternatives.
What happened
Claimed to be widely used; developers prefer it over non-open-source tools
- Stage
- growth
“Except for that, we also have the public API, and this is what a lot of people use. And because we are open source, more developers prefer to use us instead of using non-open source solution.”
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