The open-source Tweet Hunter alternative
GrowSocialelion is an open-source alternative to Tweet Hunter: AGPL-3.0, free to self-host, publishing to X plus 7 more networks with an AI agent gated by your approval on every action. Tweet Hunter is a closed X-only tool from $29 a month whose viral-tweet library and automation run deep, but the whole product rides on one network.
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
Tweet Hunter
closed source
Tweet Hunter is an X-only growth tool built around a 12M+ viral tweets library, an AI writer, auto-DM and auto-retweet automation, and an X CRM, from $29 a month with a 7-day trial and no free plan.
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.
Tweet Hunter
Discover
$29/mo
billed monthly ($23/mo billed yearly). 1 X account, viral library, scheduling, 3,000 auto-DMs a month
Grow
$49/mo
billed monthly ($36/mo billed yearly). 5 X accounts, AI writer, X CRM, 7,500 auto-DMs
Enterprise
$200/mo
billed monthly ($167/mo billed yearly). Unlimited X accounts, custom-trained AI, ghostwriting mode
Read on Tweet Hunter'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
Tweet Hunter
1 of 31 in the comparison set
- X
- Bluesky
- Dev.to
- Discord
- Dribbble
- Facebook Pages
- Farcaster
- Google My Business
- Hashnode
- Kick
- Lemmy
- Listmonk
- Mastodon
- Medium
- MeWe
- Moltbook
- Nostr
- Skool
- Slack
- Telegram
- Threads
- TikTok
- Twitch
- VK
- Whop
- WordPress
- YouTube
Their own count: 1 networks per their own list, read 2026-08-27.
Tweet Hunter vs GrowSocialelion, on the record
| Tweet Hunter | GrowSocialelion | |
|---|---|---|
| Networks | X only; 1, 5 or unlimited accounts by plan | 8 live today including X (plus Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram, Tumblr, Nostr, Lemmy, DEV), 30 more in the catalog |
| AI content | AI writer from the Grow plan; custom-trained AI on Enterprise | The agent drafts per network, in your voice, from live research |
| Engagement automation | Auto-DMs (3,000 to 15,000 a month), auto-plug, auto-retweet, evergreen reposts | The agent drafts, schedules and engages, and every action is approval-gated: human, semi-auto or autopilot, per action type |
| Free tier | None; 7-day trial, then $29 a month minimum | Self-host the full app free; 500+ free tools live now |
| 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 Tweet Hunter fact on this page comes from Tweet Hunter's own pages, checked 2026-08-27. If a price changed since, their page wins.
Both sides of the ledger
What Tweet Hunter does well
A searchable library of over 12 million viral tweets, plus custom inspirations, ships on every plan. As an idea machine for X it has no real rival. (source, 2026-08-27)
Automation runs deep: evergreen reposts, auto-plug, auto-retweet, and 3,000 to 15,000 auto-DMs a month depending on tier. (source, 2026-08-27)
The Enterprise tier is built for professionals: custom-trained AI, smart AI replies, unlimited AI use, ghostwriting mode and unlimited X accounts. (source, 2026-08-27)
Where Tweet Hunter stops
X only. One network on every plan, so the whole subscription rides on a single platform's rules and API terms. (source, 2026-08-27)
No free plan, and the ladder starts fast: $29 a month buys 1 account, while the AI writer and CRM sit behind Grow at $49. (source, 2026-08-27)
Their own pages disagree on price. The pricing page charges $29 and $49 a month, while the homepage FAQ still says plans start at $49 with a superior plan at $99. (source, 2026-08-27)
Closed source and SaaS only, with no self-host option and no code to inspect. (source, 2026-08-27)
Who should stay with Tweet Hunter
If your playbook is X-native volume automation, auto-plugs, auto-DM funnels and scheduled retweets at scale, Tweet Hunter ships that machinery and we do not offer bulk auto-DM blasts.
If the viral tweets library is your idea engine, 12 million searchable examples is a moat no research agent replaces overnight.
If you ghostwrite X accounts for clients, Enterprise's ghostwriting mode, unlimited accounts and custom-trained AI are purpose-built for that job, and our hosted version has not launched.
Tweet Hunter was the definitive X growth tool of the ghostwriting era, and much of that machine still runs: the 12-million-tweet library, the auto-plugs and auto-DMs, the CRM, the custom-trained AI on Enterprise. It survived the X API price shock that killed smaller rivals, and as of late August 2026 it is selling trials on all three tiers. The signs of age are small but visible; the homepage FAQ quotes prices its own pricing page stopped charging.
The deeper issue is concentration. Every dollar paid to Tweet Hunter buys leverage on exactly one platform, governed by one company's API pricing and rulebook. GrowSocialelion treats X as one adapter among eight live networks, with 30 more researched, and puts an approval gate in front of every agent action instead of automating blind. The code is AGPL, so the tool outlives any single network's policy swing, and yours to run free.
Asked before switching
How much does Tweet Hunter cost compared to GrowSocialelion?
As of 2026-08-27, Tweet Hunter's pricing page charges $29 (Discover), $49 (Grow) and $200 (Enterprise) a month billed monthly, or $23, $36 and $167 billed yearly, with no free plan. GrowSocialelion is free to self-host under the AGPL; its hosted version is pre-launch.
Is Tweet Hunter still active in 2026?
Yes. As of 2026-08-27 its pricing page sells 7-day trials on all three tiers and no shutdown notice appears on the site, though the homepage FAQ still quotes older prices ($49 and $99) than the pricing page charges.
Does Tweet Hunter support any network besides X?
No. Tweet Hunter is X-only on every plan. GrowSocialelion publishes to X and 7 more networks today (Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram, Tumblr, Nostr, Lemmy, DEV), with 30 more researched in the catalog.
Is Tweet Hunter open source?
No. Tweet Hunter is closed-source SaaS with no self-hosting option. GrowSocialelion's entire app is AGPL-3.0 on GitHub, so an X policy change can break an adapter but never take the tool away.
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 Tweet Hunter's tools do not offer.