The open-source Hypefury alternative
GrowSocialelion is an open-source Hypefury alternative that still publishes to X. Hypefury's own pricing FAQ confirms it no longer supports X and now sells Bluesky, Threads, LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok at $6 per channel or $19 all-in, trial-only with no free plan. GrowSocialelion is AGPL-3.0, free to self-host, with X, Bluesky and Mastodon among its 8 live networks.
GrowSocialelion
AGPL-3.0 · open source
An AI agent that drafts, schedules and engages across 8 networks today, every action behind an approval gate you set. The whole app is free to self-host, and 500+ free tools live now: character counters with sourced limits, generators, and more
Hypefury
closed source
Hypefury is an automation-heavy scheduler built around autoplugs, auto-DMs and evergreen reposting that, after dropping X support, sells per-channel or all-inclusive publishing to Bluesky, Threads, LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok.
What each side charges
GrowSocialelion
Self-hosted
$0
The full app under AGPL-3.0. Networks, the agent, approvals and the inbox are not billing units.
Hosted
Launching
No hosted pricing exists yet, so none is claimed here.
Hypefury
Flexible
$6/mo
per channel, billed monthly. $5 per channel billed yearly
Full
$19/mo
billed monthly. $199/year; all channels included
Read on Hypefury's pricing page on 2026-08-27.
Where each one publishes
GrowSocialelion
Publishing today
- X
- Threads
- TikTok
- YouTube
- Mastodon
- Pixelfed
- Bluesky
- Discord
- Slack
- Telegram
- Nostr
- Dribbble
- Lemmy
- Tumblr
- Misskey
- Twitch
- Kick
- LINE
- Wykop
- Plurk
- Dailymotion
- PeerTube
- Dev.to
- Qiita
- TabNews
- Hatena Blog
- Hashnode
- Ghost
- WordPress
In the catalog
- Farcaster
- VK
- Snapchat
- Naver Cafe
- Zalo Official Account
- Odnoklassniki
- RedNote
- Behance
- Product Hunt
- daily.dev
- Medium
- Substack
- Quora
Hypefury
5 of 31 in the comparison set
- Bluesky
- Threads
- TikTok
- Dev.to
- Discord
- Dribbble
- Facebook Pages
- Farcaster
- Google My Business
- Hashnode
- Kick
- Lemmy
- Listmonk
- Mastodon
- Medium
- MeWe
- Moltbook
- Nostr
- Skool
- Slack
- Telegram
- Twitch
- VK
- Whop
- WordPress
- X
- YouTube
Their own count: 5 networks per their own list, read 2026-08-27.
Hypefury vs GrowSocialelion, on the record
| Hypefury | GrowSocialelion | |
|---|---|---|
| Publishing to X | Dropped; no longer supported | Built and live, through X's official API |
| AI content | AI posts trained on your past posts, Full plan | The agent drafts per network, in your voice, from live research |
| Evergreen automation | Auto-repost and autoplugs, the product's core | Not built; our agent drafts new posts instead of recycling old ones |
| Agent access | No public API or MCP documented | MCP from day 0; the same publish tool the UI uses |
| Open source | No, and no self-hosting | AGPL-3.0, self-host the whole app free |
We build GrowSocialelion, so read the table knowing that. Every Hypefury fact on this page comes from Hypefury's own pages, checked 2026-08-27. If a price changed since, their page wins.
Both sides of the ledger
What Hypefury does well
The automation set is the product: auto-repost of evergreen content, autoplugs, and one-click repurposing such as turning threads into LinkedIn carousels. (source, 2026-08-27)
The all-inclusive Full plan is simple: $19 a month or $199 a year, every channel included, no per-channel arithmetic. (source, 2026-08-27)
Ghostwriter and VA workflows are supported: you can invite someone to write and manage your accounts. (source, 2026-08-27)
Where Hypefury stops
Hypefury no longer supports X. That is their own pricing FAQ, verbatim in spirit: asked whether X is still supported, the answer is no. The platform the product was built on is gone from its plan cards. (source, 2026-08-27)
No free plan anymore, only a 7-day trial. Their pricing page says so directly. (source, 2026-08-27)
No public developer API is documented anywhere on their site; the personal key that exists serves only their own browser extension. (source, 2026-08-27)
Closed source, no self-hosting, and parts of their own site still carry stale X-era copy that contradicts the current plan cards. (source, 2026-08-27)
Who should stay with Hypefury
If evergreen recycling is your strategy, meaning auto-reposting your best content and appending plugs, that is Hypefury's core competence and we deliberately do not build it.
If Instagram or TikTok is your main channel, Hypefury publishes to both today; they sit in our planned catalog.
If you want LinkedIn carousels generated from existing threads, their Full plan does that in one click.
If you search for a Hypefury alternative in 2026, odds are you already know the reason: Hypefury dropped X. Their pricing FAQ says it plainly, and the plan cards now list Bluesky, Threads, LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok. For a product whose autoplugs, auto-DMs and tweetshots were built on X's rails, that is not a feature change, it is a different product wearing the same name.
GrowSocialelion publishes to X today through the official API, with your own app credentials, next to Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram and four more networks. There is no per-channel bill and no trial clock, because the app is AGPL and free to run. What we do not offer is Hypefury's recycling machine: no auto-repost, no autoplug. Our agent writes new posts from live research and every one of them passes your approval gate.
Asked before switching
Does Hypefury still support X (Twitter)?
No. As of 2026-08-27 their own pricing FAQ states Hypefury no longer supports X. Their current channels are Bluesky, Threads, LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok. GrowSocialelion publishes to X through the official API.
Does Hypefury have a free plan?
Not anymore; their pricing page offers a 7-day trial, then Flexible at $6 per channel per month or Full at $19 a month. GrowSocialelion is free to self-host under the AGPL.
Can AI agents drive Hypefury?
No public API or MCP server is documented on their site; the one personal key they issue exists for their own browser extension. GrowSocialelion ships MCP from day 0, and its agent tools are the same ones the UI calls.
What does GrowSocialelion not do that Hypefury does?
Evergreen auto-reposting, autoplugs and thread-to-carousel conversion. Those are Hypefury's specialty. Our agent drafts new content from live research instead, and every action is approval-gated.
Other alternatives
Try the part that is already free
The hosted app is still pre-launch, so we will not pretend there is a signup. What runs today: the open-source app on your own server, and 500+ free tools that need no account, including character counters whose every limit carries a source, something Hypefury's tools do not offer.