PostSider

Open-source social media scheduling for 30+ platforms.
Plan, compose, and publish from one calendar, with a public API and SDK for automation and an optional AI assist for checking and rewriting captions.

Quick Start · Features · Platforms · Architecture · Self-Hosting · Contributing · License

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Features

Scheduling and publishing

• Visual calendar with drag and drop scheduling and time slot management
• Posting queue with day-aware find-free-slot, plus Smart Slots suggestions
• Evergreen recycling for content you want to repost on a cadence
• Per-platform preview and per-platform validation before you publish
• First comment posted automatically for platforms that support it
• 33 built-in connectors across social, chat and blogging platforms, all in one calendar (full list)

Composer

• Hashtag groups, caption templates, UTM builder, and reusable snippets
• Bulk CSV import to schedule many posts at once
• Approval workflow so posts can be reviewed before they go out

Security and account protection

• Optional TOTP two-factor authentication with an authenticator app, a dedicated enrollment flow, and one-time recovery codes; superadmins can require it for the whole workspace
• Encrypted channel credentials — OAuth tokens for connected social accounts are encrypted at rest
• Security activity trail for sensitive account and organization actions
• Hardened sessions and API — httpOnly secure cookies, CORS and CSP controls, rate limiting, and server-side plan enforcement

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Optional AI (off unless you provide a key)

• Post Checker flags issues before publishing
• Caption rewrite improves a draft on request
• Uses the platform OPENAI_API_KEY, or a per-org key you bring yourself (BYO)

Collaboration and automation

• Team collaboration with role-based access (Admin / User)
• Multi-organization workspaces, one per brand or client
• Media library to upload, manage, and attach images and videos
• Analytics with per-post performance tracking where the provider supports it
• Public REST API + SDK (/public/v1 and the @postsider/node package) for programmatic use
• MCP server so AI agents (Claude, Codex) can drive the platform natively, via @postsider/mcp
• Webhooks to notify external systems when posts are published
• Self-hostable on your own infrastructure with Docker

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Supported platforms

33 connectors ship in the box. Each one is a self-contained provider class in libraries/nestjs-libraries/src/integrations/social/, so the list below is exactly what the code registers, nothing aspirational.

You only configure OAuth credentials for the platforms you actually use, see .env.example. Mastodon supports custom instances through the standard Mastodon connector.

Adding a platform means adding one provider class that extends SocialAbstract and implements SocialProvider, then registering it in integration.manager.ts. New connectors are the most welcome kind of pull request.

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Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Node.js >= 20.17 (recommended: use Volta, it auto-picks the right version)
• pnpm >= 10.6
• PostgreSQL >= 15
• Redis >= 7
• Docker (optional, for the all-in-one setup)

Option A: Docker Compose (recommended)

git clone https://github.com/lumizone/postsider.git
cd postsider
docker compose up -d

This pulls the published image ghcr.io/lumizone/postsider-app:latest, brings up Postgres, Redis and Temporal alongside it, and applies database migrations on startup. The app is served on http://localhost:4007.

Create the first admin account, then sign in (see First login):

docker exec -it postsider pnpm bootstrap

To build the image from source instead of pulling it, replace the image: line for the postsider service in docker-compose.yaml with build: ..

Option B: Local development

# 1. Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/lumizone/postsider.git
cd postsider
pnpm install

# 2. Set up environment
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env, at minimum set DATABASE_URL, REDIS_URL, JWT_SECRET

# 3. Apply the database schema
pnpm prisma-migrate-deploy

# 4. Create your first admin user
pnpm bootstrap

# 5. Start development servers (backend + orchestrator)
pnpm dev

# 6. In another terminal, start the frontend
pnpm dev:frontend

The backend runs on http://localhost:3000, the frontend on http://localhost:4200.

First login

After running pnpm bootstrap, you receive a one-time password in the terminal. Sign in with admin@setup.local and that password, then you are prompted to set your real email and password.

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Architecture

PostSider is a pnpm monorepo with the following structure:

postsider/
├── apps/
│   ├── backend/          # NestJS REST API (auth, posts, integrations, billing)
│   ├── orchestrator/     # Temporal worker (scheduled publishing, token refresh)
│   ├── frontend/         # Next.js 15 dashboard (React 19, App Router)
│   ├── commands/         # CLI utilities (bootstrap, config)
│   └── sdk/              # Published npm package for the public API
├── libraries/
│   ├── nestjs-libraries/ # Shared backend logic (Prisma, integrations, uploads)
│   └── helpers/          # Lightweight utilities (auth, crypto, validation)
├── docker-compose.yaml   # Production-ready stack
└── .env.example          # Configuration reference

Tech stack

Key design decisions

• Temporal for scheduling: posts are scheduled as durable workflows, surviving restarts and crashes. Token refresh runs on a cron workflow.
• Per-provider integration classes: each social platform is a self-contained class implementing SocialProvider. Adding a new platform means adding one file.
• CASL-based permissions: subscription tier determines what actions are allowed. Guards check abilities on every request.
• Env-gated single build: the same codebase runs as managed hosting or fully self-hosted. Billing is enabled only when POLAR_ACCESS_TOKEN is set; AI features are enabled only when an OpenAI key is present (platform or BYO). With neither, every org is unlimited and AI is simply hidden.
• Public API with SDK: the @postsider/sdk package wraps the public v1 endpoints for external consumers.

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Configuration

All configuration lives in environment variables. See .env.example for the full reference, and docs.postsider.com/configuration/environment for the annotated version.

Required variables

Storage

By default, files are stored locally in ./uploads/. For cloud storage, set:

STORAGE_PROVIDER=cloudflare
CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID=...
CLOUDFLARE_ACCESS_KEY=...
CLOUDFLARE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=...
CLOUDFLARE_BUCKETNAME=...
CLOUDFLARE_BUCKET_URL=...

Social platform API keys

Each platform requires its own OAuth credentials, registered in that provider's developer portal. .env.example lists every variable, and docs.postsider.com/channels/overview walks through the per-platform setup. You only need to configure the platforms you plan to use.

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Self-Hosting

Operational guide with domain, TLS and backup notes: docs.postsider.com/self-hosting.

Docker Compose (production)

docker-compose.production.yaml runs the full stack in a single command:

• PostSider app (backend + frontend in one container, port 5000)
• PostgreSQL (app database)
• Redis (caching + rate limiting)
• MinIO (S3-compatible object storage, port 9000)
• Temporal (workflow engine + its own Postgres + Elasticsearch)
• Temporal UI (workflow monitoring, port 8080)
• DbGate (database admin UI, port 8082, optional)

Migrations run automatically at startup via prisma migrate deploy before the app starts.

Steps:

# 1. Copy the env template
cp .env.example .env.production

# 2. Fill in required values: DATABASE_URL, REDIS_URL, JWT_SECRET,
#    FRONTEND_URL, NEXT_PUBLIC_BACKEND_URL, BACKEND_INTERNAL_URL,
#    MINIO_ACCESS_KEY, MINIO_SECRET_KEY, POSTGRES_PASSWORD.
#    Leave POLAR_ACCESS_TOKEN and OPENAI_API_KEY blank for self-host
#    (billing becomes unlimited; AI features use user-supplied BYO keys).
#    For each social platform you want, register an OAuth app on the
#    provider's developer portal and fill in the matching CLIENT_ID /
#    CLIENT_SECRET vars (see the "Social platform OAuth credentials"
#    section in .env.example).
#    Set NEXT_PUBLIC_BACKEND_URL=https://app.yourdomain.com and build
#    the image (NEXT_PUBLIC_BACKEND_URL is baked into the JS bundle).
nano .env.production

# 3. Build the image (NEXT_PUBLIC_* vars are build-time ARGs)
source .env.production && docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yaml build \
  --build-arg NEXT_PUBLIC_BACKEND_URL="$NEXT_PUBLIC_BACKEND_URL"

# 4. Start everything
docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yaml up -d

# 5. Create the first admin account
docker exec -it postsider-app pnpm bootstrap

# 6. Check logs
docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yaml logs -f postsider

The app is then available on port 5000 (put nginx or a reverse proxy in front for HTTPS).

Updating

docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yaml pull
docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yaml up -d

Migrations run automatically on each restart.

Backups

The critical data lives in PostgreSQL. Back up the postsider-postgres volume regularly:

docker exec postsider-postgres pg_dump -U postsider postsider_prod > backup.sql

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Development

Useful commands

# Run backend only
pnpm dev:backend

# Run frontend only
pnpm dev:frontend

# Run orchestrator only
pnpm dev:orchestrator

# Generate Prisma client after schema changes
pnpm prisma-generate

# Create a migration after schema changes
pnpm prisma-migrate-dev

# Apply pending migrations
pnpm prisma-migrate-deploy

# Build all apps
pnpm build

# Build SDK
pnpm build:sdk

Project conventions

• Path aliases: @postsider/backend/*, @postsider/helpers/*, @postsider/nestjs-libraries/*, and so on
• Global DatabaseModule: all Prisma repositories and services are provided globally via DatabaseModule
• Integration pattern: each social provider extends SocialAbstract and implements SocialProvider
• Temporal workflows: defined in apps/orchestrator/src/workflows/
• Migrations, not db push: commit Prisma migration files; the server runs prisma migrate deploy on boot

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Public API

PostSider exposes a public REST API for programmatic access. Authenticate with your org's API key via the Authorization header.

SDK

npm install @postsider/node

import Postsider from '@postsider/node';

const client = new Postsider('your-api-key', 'https://your-instance.com');

// Create a post
await client.post({
  type: 'schedule',
  date: '2025-01-15T10:00:00',
  posts: [{ integration: { id: 'channel-id' }, value: [{ content: 'Hello!' }] }],
});

// List posts
const posts = await client.postList({ page: 0, limit: 20 });

// List connected channels
const channels = await client.integrations();

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AI agents (MCP)

PostSider ships an MCP server so AI agents (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, and any MCP-compatible client) can use the platform through the public API: list channels, schedule and publish posts, upload media, and read analytics. It is a thin, dependency-light wrapper over the public API.

pnpm --filter @postsider/mcp build

Then point your agent at apps/mcp/dist/index.js with POSTSIDER_API_KEY (and POSTSIDER_API_URL for a self-hosted instance). See apps/mcp/README.md for client config snippets and the full tool list, or docs.postsider.com/agent/mcp/overview for the hosted walkthrough.

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Here is how to get started:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature/my-feature
3. Make your changes
4. Ensure TypeScript compiles: pnpm run build:backend
5. Commit with a clear message
6. Open a Pull Request

What we're looking for

• Bug fixes with clear reproduction steps
• New social platform integrations
• Documentation improvements
• Performance optimizations
• Test coverage

Code style

• TypeScript strict mode (excluding strictNullChecks for now; PRs to fix null-safety are welcome)
• Prettier for formatting (.prettierrc in root)
• ESLint for linting

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Roadmap

• GitHub Actions CI (build, tests and dependency audit on every push and PR)
• Runtime image published to GHCR on every tagged release
• Broaden test coverage for core flows (auth, posts, integrations)
• Enable strictNullChecks across the codebase
• Mobile app (React Native)
• Plugin system for custom integrations
• Advanced analytics dashboard

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License

PostSider is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0.

This means you can use, modify, and distribute PostSider freely, but if you run a modified version as a network service, you must make your source code available to users of that service.