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Post from your own device or server

Channels that post from your own login can go out from a computer, server or browser of yours instead of from a brand address. It is free: your posts leave from that device, with your own logins.

Today this works for X. The other login channels follow.

The one rule

The device must be on and connected when a post is due. If it is off, Postbird keeps trying for up to 6 hours, then the post fails with the reason that your device was offline. Start the device again and retry the post from the Queue.

Add a device

Open Settings, Devices. There are two ways to add one.

A server or computer

  1. Click Add a server or computer, give it a name (for example My laptop) and click Create.

  2. Postbird shows Your device key. Copy it now: it is shown only once, and anyone with the key can post as this device, so keep it private.

  3. On a computer, run the command shown in a terminal (it needs Node.js) and leave it running:

    npx postbird-runner --token <your device key>

    When you connect a channel, a browser window opens on that computer: log in once in the window that opens.

  4. On a server, use the Docker lines shown under On a server (Docker). A server has no screen to log in on, so run the computer command once on a computer first and log in there, then copy the folder ~/.postbird-runner to /srv/postbird-runner on the server and start it with the lines shown.

  5. Click Done. The device shows Connected once it is running.

This browser (Chrome)

Pair this browser lets this Chrome post for you while it is open, with the logins you already have in it. It needs the free Postbird extension for Chrome. The extension is not in the Chrome Web Store yet; once it is, the Devices page links to it.

  1. Add the Postbird extension to Chrome.
  2. In Settings, Devices, click Pair this browser. Postbird pairs it for you; you never see or copy a key.
  3. The browser shows up in your list as Browser extension. It posts while Chrome is open.

If Postbird says the extension is not in this browser yet, add it, then click Pair this browser again.

Connect X on a device

  1. Open Channels and click Connect on X.
  2. Tick I understand and accept, then pick Post from my own device or server (free).
  3. Choose one of your connected devices and click Open X on this device.
  4. X opens on that device. Log in there if asked. The connect window finishes by itself once you are in.

If none of your devices is connected, the window says so: start the device, or add one under Settings, Devices, then click Check again.

Your device list

Each device shows a dot for Connected or Not connected, its kind (Computer or server, or Browser extension) and when it was last seen. Click Rename to change its name. Remove stops the device from posting at once and its key no longer works; channels connected on it ask you to connect them again.

The account owner and Admins add and remove devices; other team members can see the list.