Botpress

App in the BluixApps catalog

What it is

Botpress is a conversational AI platform — build LLM-powered chatbots with a visual flow builder, plug them into 10+ channels (web widget, WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram, MS Teams), and orchestrate intent + NLU + LLM responses without writing Python. The self-hosted alternative to Voiceflow with Rasa-class NLU.

For teams building customer-facing AI assistants without committing to a SaaS vendor's pricing curve.

What it's for

  • Customer support bots — first-line triage with handoff to humans
  • Lead qualification — interactive forms with conditional logic
  • Internal assistants — Slack/Teams bots for HR, IT, ops
  • Multi-channel deployment — same bot logic across web, WhatsApp, Slack
  • LLM orchestration — combine retrieval + generation + structured flows

Who it's for

  • SaaS companies adding AI assistants to their product
  • Agencies building bots for clients (multi-tenant via workspace separation)
  • Enterprises wanting self-hosted bot platform for compliance
  • Developer teams preferring visual + code escape hatches
  • Hosting providers offering bot platforms to clients

Why teams pick Botpress over alternatives

  • AGPL-3.0 (Community Edition) — open-source
  • Visual flow builder — non-engineers can build bots
  • LLM-native — designed around modern OpenAI/Claude/etc. workflows
  • Multi-channel out of box — Web, WhatsApp Cloud, Slack, Telegram, MS Teams
  • Mature — pre-LLM era origins (Rasa-class NLU), now LLM-first
  • Active commercial backing — Y Combinator W17, well-funded

Integrations

  • Channels — Web widget, WhatsApp Cloud, Slack, Telegram, MS Teams, Facebook Messenger
  • LLMs — OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, custom HTTP providers
  • Knowledge bases — RAG with file/URL ingestion
  • Tables / DB — built-in record storage
  • External APIs — HTTP action nodes for any REST endpoint
  • Authentication — JWT, OIDC for embedded bot in your app

Notable users & community

  • 13k+ GitHub stars
  • Used by Bain, Deloitte, IKEA according to case studies
  • Active Discord with 10k+ members
  • Plugin marketplace with community integrations
  • Y Combinator backed (W17), $25M+ raised

Tips & operations

  • SQLite default → Postgres in production — set BP_DATABASE_URL env
  • HTTPS required — for webhook callbacks from channels
  • Channel setup external — credentials live with WhatsApp/Slack/etc.
  • LLM cost monitoring — set per-bot rate limits
  • Backups — sqlite/pg + data dir (uploads, knowledge bases)
  • Open-source vs cloud — note CE feature limits vs Botpress Cloud

What we ship in BluixApps

  • Docker: Botpress server (Community Edition)
  • Pinned botpress/server:latest
  • Port 3083 (HTTP), reverse-proxy ready
  • Persistent volume for /botpress/data
  • Install report with super-admin setup + channel guide
  • Backup hook covers data directory
  • LLM credentials configured at first-run (per-workspace)
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Pro25Full catalogPriority bugfix+$15–25/mo$149/moDetailDeploy
Growth100Full catalogPriority bugfix+$15–25/mo$349/moDetailDeploy
Scale500Full catalog7-day window+$15–25/mo$799/moDetailDeploy
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