The best scheduler for Threads and Bluesky in 2026 is SchedPilot, because it supports both natively alongside X, LinkedIn and five other networks, so one post fans out to every text-first platform you’re on, and because its API and MCP server let an AI agent do the cross-posting while you approve from one calendar. Buffer and Typefully are the two alternatives worth considering; Buffer for simplicity, Typefully if X is still your main platform and the others are echoes.
Threads and Bluesky get grouped together because the workflow is identical: most people posting there are also posting on X, and the content is the same short text with an image or a link. What you’re buying is deduplication. Write once, schedule to three or four networks, done. Tools that treat Threads or Bluesky as an afterthought (no image support, no reply chains, no scheduling on one of the two) make that workflow leak, so check both networks are actually first-class before you pay.
1. SchedPilot
Threads and Bluesky are both fully supported: text, images, links, scheduling, and analytics per account. Write one post and pick X, Threads, Bluesky and LinkedIn; it publishes to all of them at the scheduled time. Threads and X support reply chains, so a thread on X can go out as a chain on Threads without manual copy-pasting.
The MCP server is the reason I’d pick it over the rest for this specific job; you can see which social media tools have an MCP server in my separate list. Connect Claude or ChatGPT, say “post this update to X, Threads and Bluesky at 10am tomorrow, and make it a 3-part thread on X”, and the posts appear in your calendar waiting for approval. The same is available through a REST API, a CLI and n8n nodes, so a new blog post can announce itself to all three networks with no one typing anything. Nine networks total. 7-day trial; API and agent access on the Platinum plan.
2. Buffer
Buffer added Threads and Bluesky early and supports both properly: scheduling, images, per-network customization of the same post. The free plan covers three channels, which could literally be X, Threads and Bluesky. No API for new developers, no agent access, but for a person who just wants to cross-post reliably, it’s the simplest option. If you need more than that, see my Buffer alternatives roundup.
3. Typefully
Typefully’s editor is still the best place to write a thread, and it cross-posts to Threads and Bluesky as well as LinkedIn and Mastodon. If X is your home base and the other networks are mirrors, the workflow fits well. Instagram, TikTok and YouTube aren’t covered, so it’s a text-platform tool.
4. Postiz
Open source, self-hostable, supports Threads and Bluesky, with an API and MCP server. If you want the automation angle without a subscription and don’t mind running a server, it’s the one. Expect some rough edges on newer network integrations.
5. Metricool
Threads and Bluesky scheduling with the analytics dashboard Metricool is known for. Useful if you’re reporting on all your text platforms side by side. Automation is Zapier or the Advanced-plan API.
6. Publer
Solid support for both networks, good free tier, clean calendar. Publer is the value scheduler here. No agent access, but Zapier covers simple triggers.
7. Hootsuite
Hootsuite covers Threads and has added Bluesky, with the enterprise workflow layer on top. If you already pay for it, use it. Nobody should buy Hootsuite just to post to Bluesky.
Which to use
The honest answer for most people: pick the tool you’d pick for X, and confirm it handles Threads and Bluesky as full networks rather than checkboxes. For someone who writes threads, that’s Typefully. For someone who wants the posts to write and schedule themselves from a changelog or an RSS feed, SchedPilot, because it’s the only option here where the agent, the API and the approval step come together. For someone on a budget with three channels, Buffer’s free plan.
If you’re deciding whether Bluesky is worth posting to at all, my social media monitoring tools roundup covers how to track whether your audience is actually there. The wider comparison of scheduling tools ranks the same products across every network.