# Supported platforms

Assisted posting works on every platform: Spread the Word gives you the text and a checklist, you post it, and you paste the link.

| Platform | Finds threads | Publishing | Tracks replies | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reddit | Yes | API or assisted | Yes | Bring your own Reddit app (script type). Most subreddits limit self-promotion; read each one’s rules. |
| Hacker News | Yes | Assisted | Yes | No posting API. Use Show HN for launches; comments must add to the discussion. |
| DEV Community | Yes | API or assisted | Yes | Articles publish through the API with your key; comments are assisted. |
| Indie Hackers | Yes | Assisted | Yes | No API: read from the community pages. Founders sharing progress is welcome; pure promotion is not. |
| Product Hunt | Yes | Assisted | Yes | Topics are watched with your own developer token. You submit the launch yourself; launch posts and comments are drafted for you and posted with the guided checklist. |
| Launch directories | No | Assisted | No | Uneed, Microlaunch, DevHunt, BetaList, Peerlist and more: listings from a launch kit and checklist. |
| LinkedIn | No | API or assisted | No | Your own posts publish through the API with your access token (it expires after 60 days); comments are assisted. Automating anything else is against LinkedIn’s terms. |
| Bluesky | Yes | API or assisted | Yes | Posts and replies publish through the API with an app password. |
| Mastodon | Yes | API or assisted | Yes | Each instance has its own rules. Publishes through the API with an access token. |
| Hashnode | Yes | Assisted | No | Blogs are watched through their RSS feeds. Hashnode’s API now needs a paid Pro plan, so posts are assisted. |
| Discourse forum | Yes | API or assisted | Yes | Any Discourse forum. Publishes with a user API key where the forum allows it. |
| GitHub | Yes | API or assisted | Yes | Issues and issue comments publish with your token; Discussions and pull requests to awesome-lists are assisted. |
| Lemmy | Yes | API or assisted | Yes | Federated communities, each with its own rules. |
| Stack Overflow & Stack Exchange | Yes | Assisted | Yes | Answers must solve the question; any affiliation must be disclosed in the answer. |
| Medium | Yes | Assisted | No | No publishing API for new integrations; articles are assisted. |
| Quora | No | Assisted | No | Answers are assisted. |
| X | No | Assisted | No | Assisted only without the paid API; not monitored. |
| Facebook groups | No | Assisted | No | No groups API; assisted only. Group rules vary widely. |
| Other site | Yes | Assisted | No | Any site with an RSS or Atom feed can be watched. Posting is assisted, with a permalink paste. |

Updated 2026-10-15. Canonical page: https://spread-the-word.steadycircuit.com/platforms