The open-source Mixpost alternative
Mixpost and GrowSocialelion are both self-hostable social media managers with MCP support. The structural difference is what free means: Mixpost's free MIT Lite publishes to 3 networks and holds AI, approvals, inbox and API behind a $299 one-time Pro license, while GrowSocialelion's entire app, every built feature included, is AGPL-3.0 and free to run.
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
Mixpost
MIT (Lite only; Pro and Enterprise are commercial) · open source
Mixpost is a self-hosted-only Laravel social media manager sold as one-time licenses: a free MIT Lite covering 3 networks and a $299 Pro that unlocks all 12 platforms, AI, approvals and the inbox.
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.
Mixpost
Lite
Free
one-time. Free; publishes to Facebook Pages, Mastodon and X only
Pro
Free
one-time. $299 once, 1 year of updates
Enterprise
Free
one-time. $1,199 once, adds white-label and billing
Read on Mixpost'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
Mixpost
11 of 31 in the comparison set
- Bluesky
- Facebook Pages
- Google My Business
- Mastodon
- Threads
- TikTok
- X
- YouTube
- Dev.to
- Discord
- Dribbble
- Farcaster
- Hashnode
- Kick
- Lemmy
- Listmonk
- Medium
- MeWe
- Moltbook
- Nostr
- Skool
- Slack
- Telegram
- Twitch
- VK
- Whop
- WordPress
Their own count: 12 networks per their own list, read 2026-08-27.
Mixpost vs GrowSocialelion, on the record
| Mixpost | GrowSocialelion | |
|---|---|---|
| AI content | AI assistant, Pro license only | The agent drafts per network, in your voice, from live research |
| Approvals | Approval workflows, Pro license only | Every agent action is approval-gated: human, semi-auto or autopilot, per action type |
| Inbox / engagement | Unified inbox, Pro license only | Inbox for replies and mentions, in the free open-source app |
| Agent access | MCP documented; API on Pro | MCP from day 0; the same publish tool the UI uses |
| What free includes | 3 networks, basic analytics | The whole app under AGPL-3.0, all 8 built networks, plus 500+ free online tools |
We build GrowSocialelion, so read the table knowing that. Every Mixpost fact on this page comes from Mixpost's own pages, checked 2026-08-27. If a price changed since, their page wins.
Both sides of the ledger
What Mixpost does well
One-time pricing with a perpetual fallback license: pay $299 once, keep running forever, updates for a year. (source, 2026-08-27)
Pro includes a genuine unified inbox for mentions and comments, plus approval workflows and an AI assistant. (source, 2026-08-27)
MCP support: the site documents controlling Mixpost with AI assistants. (source, 2026-08-27)
Where Mixpost stops
No hosted option at all. Mixpost runs only on a server you operate, via Docker or as a Laravel package. (source, 2026-08-27)
The free Lite tier publishes to 3 of their 12 platforms. AI, approvals, the inbox and the API all start at the $299 Pro license. (source, 2026-08-27)
Only the Lite version is open source (MIT). Pro and Enterprise, where most features live, are closed commercial licenses. (source, 2026-08-27)
Who should stay with Mixpost
If you need Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or LinkedIn publishing now, Mixpost Pro has them live and we do not yet. $299 once for 12 working networks is a reasonable price for that head start.
If you run an agency that wants white-label and client billing built in, Mixpost Enterprise is designed for exactly that and we have nothing comparable.
If one-time pricing is the point for you on principle, Mixpost is one of the few tools in this market that offers it.
Mixpost's model is honest and worth understanding before you compare: it is a commercial product with an open-source loss leader. The MIT-licensed Lite covers Facebook Pages, Mastodon and X. The other nine platforms, the AI assistant, the approval workflow, the unified inbox and the API are in Pro, a closed-source license at $299 one time. That is a fair deal, and for some teams a good one.
Our model draws the line elsewhere. There is no Lite and no Pro: the app is one codebase under the AGPL, and self-hosting it costs nothing whether you want one network or all eight that publish today. The trade you accept in exchange is younger software with a shorter network list, and a hosted option that has not launched yet, exactly the same trade Mixpost asks nobody to make because hosted Mixpost does not exist at all.
Asked before switching
Is Mixpost open source?
Partly. The Lite version is MIT-licensed on GitHub. Pro and Enterprise, which contain most features, are paid commercial licenses. GrowSocialelion's entire app is AGPL-3.0 with no closed tier.
Does Mixpost have a cloud version?
No. As of 2026-08-27 Mixpost is self-hosted only: you run it via Docker or as a Laravel package on your own server. GrowSocialelion is self-hosted today too, with a hosted version in the works.
What does Mixpost cost?
Lite is free for 3 networks. Pro is $299 one time with a year of updates, Enterprise $1,199. The perpetual fallback license means the software keeps running after updates lapse.
Which is better for AI-agent workflows?
Both document MCP support. The difference is the gate: in GrowSocialelion every agent action passes an approval mode you set per action type, and that gate is in the free app, not a paid tier.
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 Mixpost's tools do not offer.