LightPost: Self‑Hosted Dashboard for Automating Posts Across Multiple Social Platforms

Overview

LightPost is an open‑source, self‑hosted application that lets users schedule, draft, and publish content to several social networks from a single web dashboard. The project is hosted on GitHub under the repository brainstormity/LightPost.

Core Capabilities

• Connect multiple accounts, including several accounts on the same platform, and publish to them simultaneously.
• Save drafts, edit them, duplicate, schedule for a future time, or publish immediately.
• Use the browser’s timezone for scheduling inputs and post times.
• Choose per‑account content type (text only, image only, or both) within each platform’s limits.
• Upload a single MP4 video to YouTube, set visibility and audience, and schedule delivery; resumable uploads survive restarts.
• Import public JPEG URLs, reuse images from a saved library, add alt text, and preview the post before sending.
• Track delivery status per account, retry failed destinations, or cancel further attempts.
• Maintain a persistent queue so that posts survive app restarts and overdue schedules resume automatically.
• Manage accounts through verification, reconnection, and disconnection of credentials.
• Follow device theme preferences or set a custom light or dark theme.
• Keep credentials encrypted on the server, optionally protect the workspace with a password, and export post history.

Practical Implications

• Users can reduce the time spent switching between separate social‑media apps, streamlining content distribution.
• Because the system runs locally, data remains under the user’s control, which may be preferable for privacy‑focused workflows.
• The lightweight design, based on a single Python process with SQLite, avoids the need for external databases or heavyweight front‑end tooling.
• Automatic startup via a systemd service on Linux enables scheduled posts without keeping a browser tab open.
• Verification of the announcement is possible by reviewing the GitHub README, the setup guide in the sidebar, and the source code itself.

How to Verify the Original Announcement

• Visit the GitHub repository (https://github.com/brainstormity/LightPost) and read the README for the project description.
• Check the “Setup Guide” in the application’s sidebar for platform‑specific instructions and requirements.
• Review the source code to confirm the claims about Python 3.11+, SQLite, and the absence of external database dependencies.
• Look for the MIT license notice and the statement that LightPost is an independent project, not affiliated with Post Bridge or any platform.