howdyai/botkit
Botkit is an open source developer tool for building chat bots, apps and custom integrations for major messaging platforms. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3918
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 794
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
11580 stars · 2246 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Botkit is an open-source TypeScript framework for building chat bots, apps, and custom integrations across major messaging platforms like Slack, Facebook Messenger, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Google Hangouts, and Twilio SMS. It is part of the Microsoft Bot Framework and ships as a monorepo of a core library plus platform adapter packages and tooling.
Use cases
- build a slack bot in nodejs
- create a facebook messenger chatbot
- build a microsoft teams bot
- add an sms chatbot with twilio
- embed a web chat widget bot on a website
- build a multi-platform chatbot from one codebase
- create a conversational app for webex teams
When to choose
- you want one codebase targeting multiple messaging platforms
- you're building on the Microsoft Bot Framework ecosystem
- you need a mature, well-documented Node.js bot framework with platform adapters
When to avoid
- you need cutting-edge LLM/agent features not covered by the framework
- you're not using Node.js/TypeScript
- you need a platform without an existing Botkit adapter
Facets
framework · maturity maintenance
chatbot webhook middleware plugin-system api-framework chatbots messaging-platforms developer-tools cross-platform bot-framework slack-bot facebook-messenger microsoft-teams twilio-sms webex conversational-ui microsoft-bot-framework automation nodejs typescript
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/howdyai/botkit · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4283e18a42a1
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/botkit · fetched 2026-08-29 · 727493d96beb
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| howdyai/botkit | main | 10 |
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