What we learn building a social-growth agent

We write about the parts of social automation that are actually hard: which platforms let software post and reply, where the rules draw the line, and why deciding what to say is a different problem than scheduling it. Everything here is sourced. When we cite a number, it links to where the number came from.

• Data study11 min read

  Which social platforms actually let software post and reply in 2026 (all 38, with sources)

  Of 38 platforms we checked, roughly 20 expose a clean API you can post through, but only two (X and GitHub) let you prefill a reply to a specific post. The rest of the reply gap is why a browser extension exists.

• Guide9 min read

  How to put social media on autopilot without getting your accounts banned

  The line every platform draws is the same: publish your own stuff through the official API, don't mass-reply to strangers, and keep a human in the loop on anything that looks like outreach.

• Comparison8 min read

  The open-source social media tools worth self-hosting in 2026

  Schedulers move a post you already wrote to a time you already picked. That's a solved problem, and several open-source tools do it well. The unsolved part is deciding what to post, which is a different kind of tool.

Built by the team behind Ellelion. The agent itself is open source(soon).