Bridgy Review (2026)
Publish from your own website to social networks.
Free (self-hosted) · Free plan: yes · 2 platforms
What is Bridgy?
Bridgy serves a philosophy as much as a workflow: POSSE — Publish On your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere. Your website (with its own scheduling, via WordPress or any CMS) remains the canonical home of your content; Bridgy picks up new posts and publishes them to Bluesky and Mastodon, then 'backfeeds' the replies, likes, and reposts to your site as webmentions.
It runs as a free hosted service and the code is fully open source. For writers and developers building an audience they own — where the site is the source of truth and social networks are distribution — Bridgy is the missing plumbing. Scheduling happens wherever your CMS schedules; Bridgy handles the syndication the moment a post goes live.
Key features
- POSSE syndication. Posts published on your own site flow automatically to Bluesky and Mastodon.
- Backfeed via webmentions. Replies, likes, and reposts from social networks return to your site.
- Works with any CMS. WordPress, static sites, anything with microformats — your existing scheduler applies.
- Free hosted service. No server to run; connect accounts and go.
- Fully open source. Public codebase; Bridgy Fed extends the model to full Fediverse bridging.
Supported platforms
Pricing
Free — a hosted open-source service. Your only infrastructure is your own website.
Best for
IndieWeb-minded writers and developers who want their own site as the canonical source, with social as syndication.
Pros & cons
Pros
- Own your content and audience
- Comments and likes flow back to your site
- Free with no limits that matter
- Long-running, trusted project
Cons
- Requires having your own website with microformats
- Mainstream network support has narrowed to Bluesky/Mastodon as APIs closed
- Not a scheduler itself — your CMS is
Bridgy alternatives
FAQ
How do I schedule posts with Bridgy?
You schedule on your own website — WordPress's native scheduler, a static-site cron, anything. When the post publishes, Bridgy syndicates it to Bluesky and Mastodon automatically.
What is POSSE?
'Publish On your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere' — an IndieWeb principle where your website holds the canonical copy of everything you write, and social networks receive syndicated copies. Bridgy is the standard tool implementing it.
What does 'backfeed' mean?
Bridgy watches your syndicated posts and sends replies, likes, and reposts back to your website as webmentions — so conversation on social networks becomes part of your site's record.
Which networks does Bridgy support?
Bluesky and Mastodon for publishing today (earlier Twitter/Facebook/Instagram support ended as those APIs closed). Bridgy Fed additionally bridges your site into the Fediverse as a first-class actor.