# google/bottery

Repository: https://github.com/google/bottery
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bottery
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-10-14T18:16:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3229, "days_push": 2880, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3274, forks 148 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:53.229921+00:00)

## What it is
Bottery is a syntax, editor, and simulator for prototyping generative contextual conversations modeled as finite state machines, with maps written in JSON. It includes BotteryStudio, a JavaScript front-end for visualizing, editing, and simulating conversations similar to tools like Twine and DialogFlow.

## Use cases
- prototype a chatbot conversation as a finite state machine
- write generative dialogue for a game or interactive story
- simulate a conversational agent before deploying to DialogFlow
- design branching dialogue trees with state and variables
- teach non-coders how conversational agents work
- generate text with Tracery-style grammars inside a bot

## When to choose
- you want a visual, writer-friendly tool for prototyping contextual chatbots
- you need FSM-based conversation design with blackboard state variables
- you like Tracery-style generative grammar and want it in a dialogue tool

## When to avoid
- you need a production chatbot platform with NLU and integrations
- you require active maintenance or recent updates - the project hasn't been released since 2018
- you need voice or multichannel bot deployment

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: chatbot, parser, editor, gui, simulation
- domain: artificial-intelligence, chatbots, developer-tools
- platform: browser
- tags: conversational-agents, finite-state-machines, tracery, prototyping, interactive-fiction, generative-text, natural-language-processing, game-development, web-server, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- google/bottery (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:53.229921+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:43:23.917367+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/google/bottery (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:53.229921+00:00, sha 5f5bb1ff83f2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.