# Wechaty

Conversational RPA SDK for Chatbot Makers. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/7q8NBZbQzt

Repository: https://github.com/wechaty/wechaty
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wechaty
Homepage: https://wechaty.js.org
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: wechaty, chatbot, wechat, whatsapp, conversational-ai, robotics, qq, framework, bot
Last push: 2025-12-21T19:49:52+00:00
Link (homepage): https://wechaty.js.org
Link (site_page): https://wechaty.js.org/docs
Link (site_page): https://wechaty.js.org/docs/wechaty
Link (site_page): https://wechaty.js.org/docs/tutorials
Link (site_page): https://wechaty.js.org/docs/howto

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 49/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 58, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3776, "days_push": 255, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 22986, forks 2835 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:34.285766+00:00)

## What it is
Wechaty is a Conversational RPA SDK for building chatbots on instant messaging platforms like WeChat, WhatsApp, WeCom, Gitter, and Lark in a few lines of code. It provides multi-language SDKs (TypeScript, Python, Go, Java, .NET, PHP, Rust, Scala) and a pluggable puppet architecture for connecting to different IM services.

## Use cases
- build a wechat chatbot
- automate whatsapp conversations
- auto-reply bot for instant messaging
- manage wechat groups and contacts programmatically
- create a customer service bot on wecom
- send and receive messages via a bot api
- accept friend requests automatically

## When to choose
- you want a chatbot on WeChat, WhatsApp, WeCom, or Lark with minimal code
- you need cross-platform IM support with one codebase
- you want SDKs in multiple programming languages
- you need room, contact, and friendship management automation

## When to avoid
- you need a bot for platforms not covered by available puppet providers
- you require a fully free solution - many puppet services need paid tokens
- you are building a web-only chat widget rather than an IM bot
- your target platform's terms of service prohibit automation

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: active
- function: chatbot, agent-framework, workflow-automation, sdk, plugin-system, webhook
- domain: chatbots, messaging-platforms, developer-tools
- platform: python, go, jvm, dotnet, rust, php, cross-platform, self-hosted
- tags: wechat, whatsapp, conversational-rpa, instant-messaging, puppet-providers, multi-language-sdk, bot-framework, ai-agents, automation, nodejs, docker

## Member repositories
- wechaty/wechaty (main) score 49
- wechaty/python-wechaty (sdk) score 44

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:34.285766+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 2026-08-29T16:56:49.521352+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wechaty/wechaty (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:34.285766+00:00, sha 9b3bbb716dd0)
  - homepage: https://wechaty.js.org (fetched 2026-08-29T07:55:13.798527+00:00, sha 70ff01609482)
  - site_page: https://wechaty.js.org/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T07:55:13.807660+00:00, sha 94b5868ae7ca)
  - site_page: https://wechaty.js.org/docs/wechaty (fetched 2026-08-29T07:55:13.809686+00:00, sha abef96bb65a4)
  - site_page: https://wechaty.js.org/docs/tutorials (fetched 2026-08-29T07:55:13.811835+00:00, sha 3970a60273a5)
  - site_page: https://wechaty.js.org/docs/howto (fetched 2026-08-29T07:55:13.813596+00:00, sha c25fe88f49bd)
  - site_page: https://wechaty.js.org/docs/references (fetched 2026-08-29T07:55:13.815280+00:00, sha 0bd4f438699e)
  - site_page: https://wechaty.js.org/docs/explanations (fetched 2026-08-29T07:55:13.816868+00:00, sha 85a272e50c24)
  - site_page: https://wechaty.js.org/docs/marketing/branding (fetched 2026-08-29T07:55:13.819558+00:00, sha 048a59b87379)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.