An open-source development tool for building chatbots, apps and custom integrations for major messaging platforms. Part of the Microsoft Bot Framework.

We love bots, and want to make them easy and fun to build!

• Battle-tested code, in use by 10,000's of bots right now
• Visual conversation builder
• Integrated NLP from LUIS.ai
• Powerful Open Source libraries
• Dozens of plugins

Botkit Community Resources

Join the open Slack at community.botkit.ai

You can join nearly 10,000 developers building bots and messaging apps in our friendly, open Slack community. Sign up today and be sure to introduce yourself to the #botkit channel. Also, expect a DM from our friendly Welcome bot when you join!

Explore Botkit on GitHub and become a contributor

You can contribute to the best bot making toolkit around! If you need it, you can get help from the thousands of developers building with Botkit. Please browse the GitHub Issues to see known issues and submit any bugs you find, and we'll be sure to help sort them out!

Microsoft Bot Framework

Botkit is just one part of a bigger set of developer tools and SDKs that encompass the Microsoft Bot Framework. The Bot Framework SDK provides the base upon which Botkit is built. It is available in multiple programming languages!