Tools for Bot Development (updated)

Allen Lee

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3 min readApr 22, 2016

Find A Bot

Botlist

Botlist is an app store for bots. Discover the latest bots that will assist you in automating everyday tasks so you can…

botlist.co

Submit A Bot

Bot hunter bot

A bot that curates bots in every messaging platform

bothunterbot.com

Dev Tools ( for Facebook)

1. Meya.ai (You need to write YAML……)

Meya Bot Platform

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meya.ai

3. Recast.ai (Worth to try) #NLP

Recast.AI

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recast.ai

4. Wit.ai (Facebook) #NLP

Wit — landing

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wit.ai

NLP Platform

Bot Framework

Edit description

dev.botframework.com

init.ai (Pre-beta)

init.ai is the simplest way to build, train , and deploy intelligent conversational apps

www.init.ai

LUIS: Language Understanding Intelligent Service (beta)

Language Understanding Intelligent Service (LUIS) offers a fast and effective way of adding language understanding to…

www.luis.ai

kitt.ai

Still building APPs for your business? A voice/text interface can be more direct, intuitive, human, and personalized!

kitt.ai

You can also try : Wit.ai, Recast.ai (above)

APIs

Telegram Bot API

The Bot API is an HTTP-based interface created for developers keen on building bots for Telegram.To learn how to create…

core.telegram.org

WeChat API | StackShare

Why developers like WeChat API — Integrate your killer app onto WeChat’s advanced mobile communication platform

stackshare.io

Build a bot on Kik

Kik’s chat platform helps bot developers reach teen audience

dev.kik.com

Chatbot Platforms

Botkit by Howdy (Slack Bot)

A Node module for use in creating bots (and other types of applications) that live inside messaging platforms like…

howdy.ai

Gupshup a smart messaging platform

gupshup.io provides a platform for developers to build bots for SMS, Twitter, Slack, WeChat, Teamchat and others with a…

www.gupshup.io

Chatfuel — create your bot for messengers

Chatbots are the new apps. Be where your users are

chatfuel.com

Flow XO - Build, host & manage bots in one platform

Interact with users or channels however you need.

flowxo.com

Motion AI - Chatbots made easy

Visually build, train, & deploy chatbots to do just about anything - try the #1 bot building platform today. Bots for…

www.motion.ai

Unified Messaging API and Customer Conversation Platform | Smooch

Smooch is the richest platform to create conversational experiences customers love. Manage conversations across…

smooch.io

Bot UI Kit

Bots UI kit for Messenger Platform

Download and enjoy Bots UI Kit, a fully customizable Sketch UI Kit for Messenger Platform.

bots.mockuuups.com

Botsociety - The fastest way to design and prototype a chatbot

Botsociety is the easy and quick way to mockup your bots

botsociety.io

Bot Real Time Translations API

Cyrano API · Apiary

A place where APIs are kept.

docs.cyrano.apiary.io

Bot Analytics

Botlytics

Track the messages your bot sends and the conversations your bot has.

www.botlytics.co

Bot Resources & Tools

Bot Stash - A curated directory of chat bots resources & tools

Collections of all useful tools & resources that helps chatbot developers, makers, and entrepreneurs to build fast…

www.botsfloor.com

PHP chatbot framework👇🏻

ChattyPeople - Enterprise Chatbot Platform Builder Tool - Conversational Commerce

CHATTYPEOPLE is the ultimate AI-powered Enterprise platform to build text and voice bots. It enables you to create…

www.chattypeople.com

Bot Camp

Botcamp

We are excited to announce botcamp, a new program at betaworks to help you build your bot and bot business. At…

betaworks.com

Bot Landing Page

Landbot | Convert a Landing Page into a Chatbot

Landbot.io is a tool to create conversational interfaces in substitution of forms. No coding required!

landbot.io

Bot Newsletter

AI Bots and Messaging Weekly

From this week, we start including some AI articles since we think the best chatbots must be built on top of NLP and…

newsletter.bot.am

Chatbotsweekly (Pre-beta reply.ai)

Bot! zine

An online newsletter for #botmakers and bot enthusiasts.

botzine.org

Bot Publication

Chatbots Magazine

Chatbots, AI, NLP, Facebook Messenger, Slack, Telegram, and more.

medium.com

Bot Group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/chatbot/

Tools for Bot Development (updated)

Find A Bot

Botlist

Botlist is an app store for bots. Discover the latest bots that will assist you in automating everyday tasks so you can…

Submit A Bot

Bot hunter bot

A bot that curates bots in every messaging platform

Dev Tools ( for Facebook)

1. Meya.ai (You need to write YAML……)

Meya Bot Platform

Edit description

3. Recast.ai (Worth to try) #NLP

Recast.AI

Edit description

4. Wit.ai (Facebook) #NLP

Wit — landing

Edit description

NLP Platform

Bot Framework

Edit description

init.ai (Pre-beta)

init.ai is the simplest way to build, train , and deploy intelligent conversational apps

LUIS: Language Understanding Intelligent Service (beta)

Language Understanding Intelligent Service (LUIS) offers a fast and effective way of adding language understanding to…

kitt.ai

Still building APPs for your business? A voice/text interface can be more direct, intuitive, human, and personalized!

APIs

Telegram Bot API

The Bot API is an HTTP-based interface created for developers keen on building bots for Telegram.To learn how to create…

WeChat API | StackShare

Why developers like WeChat API — Integrate your killer app onto WeChat’s advanced mobile communication platform

Build a bot on Kik

Kik’s chat platform helps bot developers reach teen audience

Chatbot Platforms

Botkit by Howdy (Slack Bot)

A Node module for use in creating bots (and other types of applications) that live inside messaging platforms like…

Gupshup a smart messaging platform

gupshup.io provides a platform for developers to build bots for SMS, Twitter, Slack, WeChat, Teamchat and others with a…

Chatfuel — create your bot for messengers

Chatbots are the new apps. Be where your users are

Flow XO - Build, host & manage bots in one platform

Interact with users or channels however you need.

Motion AI - Chatbots made easy

Visually build, train, & deploy chatbots to do just about anything - try the #1 bot building platform today. Bots for…

Unified Messaging API and Customer Conversation Platform | Smooch

Smooch is the richest platform to create conversational experiences customers love. Manage conversations across…

Bot UI Kit

Bots UI kit for Messenger Platform

Download and enjoy Bots UI Kit, a fully customizable Sketch UI Kit for Messenger Platform.

Botsociety - The fastest way to design and prototype a chatbot

Botsociety is the easy and quick way to mockup your bots

Bot Real Time Translations API

Cyrano API · Apiary

A place where APIs are kept.

Bot Analytics

Botlytics

Track the messages your bot sends and the conversations your bot has.

Bot Resources & Tools

Bot Stash - A curated directory of chat bots resources & tools

Collections of all useful tools & resources that helps chatbot developers, makers, and entrepreneurs to build fast…

ChattyPeople - Enterprise Chatbot Platform Builder Tool - Conversational Commerce

CHATTYPEOPLE is the ultimate AI-powered Enterprise platform to build text and voice bots. It enables you to create…

Bot Camp

Botcamp

We are excited to announce botcamp, a new program at betaworks to help you build your bot and bot business. At…

Bot Landing Page

Landbot | Convert a Landing Page into a Chatbot

Landbot.io is a tool to create conversational interfaces in substitution of forms. No coding required!

Bot Newsletter

AI Bots and Messaging Weekly

From this week, we start including some AI articles since we think the best chatbots must be built on top of NLP and…

Bot! zine

An online newsletter for #botmakers and bot enthusiasts.

Bot Publication

Chatbots Magazine

Chatbots, AI, NLP, Facebook Messenger, Slack, Telegram, and more.

Bot Group

Written by Allen Lee