1. bBot is a Node.js package, so it requires Node and NPM
2. Start a new project with npm init
3. Install bBot as a dependency with npm install --save bbot
4. Create an index.js file as per example below
5. Run the bot with node index.js
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Converse Anywhere
Create conversational apps integrated with your business systems and preferred platforms.
Meet your audience wherever they are, to deliver services, tell stories and drive interaction.
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Be Independent
As open source, self-hosted software under MIT licence, there's no registration, usage limits or platform dependencies.
Our focus is security and privacy. You keep full control of the conversation and user data with enterprise level audit trails.
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Build Better Bots
Use our framework to adapt to unique requirements.
Don't surrender control to cloud services.
✅ Build integrations for business logic
✅ Can run entirely on-premise
✅ Persist data beyond bot run time
✅ Rapid prototypes with staged deployments
✅ Version managed, easy to debug and test
✅ Isolate content for team co-author workflows
bBot provides a full suite of conversational features.
Consistent standards let you build with confidence.
✅ Remember user details and personalise messages
✅ Translate and filter content asynchronously
✅ Use conversation context for dynamic branching
✅ Combine NLU with simple text matching
✅ Tailor error responses specific to each branch
✅ Handle conversations with input from multiple users
Developer Intro
Alpha Release
bBot alpha is in active development.
We're streamlining our docs and developer tools as a matter of priority.
The quickest way to get started is to grab our boilerplate code and get hacking! ✨
Fork the boilerplateQuick Start
Hello World
Create an index.js for a simple hello world chatbot
const bot = require('bbot')
bot.global.text(/say Hello World/, (b) => {
b.respond(`Hello World!`)
})
bot.start()Test interactions by chatting in your terminal
Learn more
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We're sharing new features and learning from our maker community. Get access to support and help all our bots achieve their potential.
Request an invite
Follow our boilerplate demo...
Amazebot's founder Tim Kinnane guides you through setup and first steps to defining bot behaviour and responses, including persisting user data.
We'll be posting a series of developer video guides soon on natural language branching, sentiment analysis and rich message features.
Adapters
Supported in Alpha
Planned for Release
Our Sponsors
bBot for Rocket.Chat
Rocket.Chat is our official sponsor. We've worked with their community since the beginning and benefited from their open and collaborative approach. Though bBot is committed to remaining platform independent, developers working with Rocket.Chat will probably encounter the most frictionless experience.
Become a sponsor
We're an open source project committed to providing the best quality product for our community. We've got a vision to fund growth through support and bespoke solutions for enterprise users. First we need to resource our core offering by partnering with select sponsors. Be part of the future of conversation.