Truth Social API Alternatives in 2026
The official Truth API, live since August 1, 2026, is a licensed institutional feed limited to 10 high-profile accounts, costing licensees $60,000 to $100,000 per month (Fortune, August 12, 2026), with no public sign-up, and there is still no public self-serve Truth Social API. If you need to know the moment an arbitrary account posts, for trading, news desks, or alerting, your real options are running a scraper yourself, paying a scraper API per call, or using a managed real-time feed from a few hundred dollars a month. Here is the honest breakdown, ourselves included.
Why there is still no easy API
Truth Social is built on a Mastodon fork. It has internal endpoints a browser uses, but no public developer program, no self-serve API keys, and no support or stability guarantees. The official Truth API changes this only for institutions: announced July 16, 2026 and live to financial-services partners since August 1, 2026, it is a licensed feed of 10 high-profile accounts, not a developer platform. For any other account, anything that reads Truth Social programmatically is either scraping those internal endpoints, which breaks when they change, or a service that does the scraping and resolving for you and delivers clean events.
Comparison table
| Self-hosted scraper | Scraper API | 1322 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Free + your servers & upkeep | Per request / per call | Flat monthly, delivery included |
| Real-time push (WebSocket) | No (poll loop, 30-60s+) | Usually polling-based | Yes (sub-second typical) |
| Retruths & quote chains | Resolve them yourself | Varies / extra calls | Resolved in the event |
| Media & video | Fetch and host yourself | URLs only | Included + proxied |
| Breaks when Truth Social changes | You fix it | Their problem, your downtime | Managed, we keep it live |
| Delivery options | Build your own | REST only | WebSocket, REST, Discord, Telegram, webhooks |
| Other platforms | Truth only | Truth only | X, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Binance Square, News too |
| Best for | Hobby projects, full control | Occasional backfills | Real-time alerting: trading, news, brand tracking |
Open-source Truth Social scrapers exist (e.g. Mastodon-style clients and community tools), but they hand you the latency and the upkeep: a poll loop to tune, and a fix to ship every time Truth Social changes.
When each option is right
- Self-hosted scraper, a hobby project or you want total control and do not mind a 30-60s poll loop plus fixing it when Truth Social changes.
- Scraper API, occasional reads or backfills where latency does not matter and you pay per call.
- 1322, you need posts the moment they happen, retruths and quote chains already resolved, media included, and delivery to WebSocket, Discord or Telegram, without running any scraping yourself. See the Truth Social monitoring API → or read the full Truth Social monitoring guide →
FAQ
Is there an official Truth Social API?
Yes, for institutions only. Trump Media's Truth API, announced July 16, 2026, has been live since August 1, 2026 as a licensed data feed for financial-services firms covering 10 high-profile accounts, with an archive back to 2022. Fortune reported on August 12, 2026 that customers pay $60,000 to $100,000 per month; there is no public sign-up. There is still no public self-serve developer API, so tracking arbitrary accounts means a scraper you run yourself or a managed third-party feed.
What is the fastest way to detect a new Truth Social post?
Self-hosted scrapers poll on an interval, usually 30-60+ seconds between checks, so detection is as slow as your poll loop. A managed real-time feed like 1322 pushes posts over WebSocket typically 150-250ms after publication, with the dedicated @realDonaldTrump and @WhiteHouse lanes averaging around 50ms.
How do I track @realDonaldTrump posts in real time?
Point a monitor at the handle and consume the events. With 1322 you add the account, open the WebSocket (or invite the Discord bot), and new posts, retruths and quote chains arrive as structured JSON, no scraping infrastructure to run.
What does Truth Social monitoring cost?
Open-source scrapers are free plus your own servers and maintenance time whenever Truth Social changes. Pay-per-call scraper APIs bill per request. 1322 is a flat monthly subscription with WebSocket push and Discord/Telegram delivery included, see 1322.io/pricing.
Track Truth Social in real time
Posts, retruths and quote chains over WebSocket, plus X, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Binance Square and News in the same stream.