Botpress — The building blocks for building chatbots
IMPORTANT: With the launch of Botpress Cloud, the documentation for Botpress v12 can now be found here.
What is Botpress?
Botpress is the standard developer stack to build, run, and improve conversational AI applications. Powered by natural language understanding, a messaging API, and a fully featured studio, Botpress allows developers and conversation designers around the globe to build remarkable chatbots without compromise.
The fastest & easiest way to get started with Botpress is by signing up for free to Botpress Cloud. Alternatively, continue reading for more information about Botpress v12.
Out of the box, Botpress v12 includes:
- Administration panel to orchestrate and monitor your chatbots
- Conversation Studio to design a conversation, manage content, code custom integration
- Easy integration with messaging channels (Messenger, WhatsApp, Slack, Teams, Webchat, Telegram, SMS & more)
- Natural Language Understanding
- Complete list of features and specs here
Getting Started
There are a few ways to get started with Botpress v12:
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Download the latest binary for your OS here and follow the installation docs.
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Use the official Docker image and follow the hosting docs
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Run from sources, follow build docs
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Deploy it in the cloud using these shortlinks:
Documentation
Community
- v12 Forum - Get community support and find answers to your questions
- Issues - Report bugs and file feature requests
- Blog - How to's, case studies, and announcements
- Contributing - Start contributing to Botpress
- Partners - List of agencies who can help you with Botpress
License
Botpress is dual-licensed under AGPLv3 and the Botpress Proprietary License.
By default, any bot created with Botpress is licensed under AGPLv3, but you may change to the Botpress License from within your bot's web interface in a few clicks.
For more information about how the dual-license works and why it works that way, please see the FAQS.