Bot Libre
by Bot Libre
What Bot Libre is
Bot Libre is a free, open-source chatbot and artificial intelligence platform for websites, mobile apps, social media, games, and metaverse applications. Bots can answer from knowledge bases and hand conversations to people. Training can use question-and-answer pairs, chat logs, live chat, or Twitter, with patterns, templates, Self scripting, and AIML. The platform includes hosting, deep-learning analytics, avatars, live chat, chat rooms, forums, and scripts. Integrations listed by the maker include Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Skype, Telegram, Discord, Kik, WeChat, Slack, email, Twilio SMS and IVR, WhatsApp, IRC, Alexa, and Google Assistant. Developers get an XML and JSON HTTP REST API and open-source SDKs for web and mobile. HTML and JavaScript embedding tools let websites add bots and adjust appearance, speech, and greetings. The Community Edition runs on your own server or cloud provider; installation requires a Java web server and PostgreSQL, with at least 8 GB RAM recommended. Business hosting starts at $5 a month.
Who it suits
It suits developers, communities, and businesses building conversational bots across websites, apps, social channels, games, or metaverse projects. Self-hosting is relevant when control over data handling matters.
What it does well
- Free chatbot hosting and website embedding
- Knowledge-base answers and human handoff
- Many social and messaging integrations
- Open-source web and mobile SDKs
- Community Edition supports self-hosting
What to know first
- Business hosting starts at $5 a month
- Self-hosting requires Java and PostgreSQL
- At least 8 GB RAM is recommended
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free chatbot platform · Free hosting · Website embedding | Free |
| Bot Libre for Business | starting at $5 per month · Commercial hosting · higher bot brain capacity, memory, and processing limits | $5 a month |
| Free Bot Libre community platform | Free chatbot creation and hosting · free live chat and forums | Free |
| Bot Libre Enterprise Bot Platform | Contact sales for pricing · 2 CPU platform license included in base price · 12 months of support, patches, and upgrades · full source code license available | On request |
As botlibre.com lists them, read 22 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Bot Libre combines bot creation, training, hosting, integrations, and self-hosting options in an open-source platform. The free service covers core chatbot work, while business and enterprise deployments introduce hosting limits or contact-based pricing.
Facts from Bot Libre's own pages
- API and SDK
- Bot Libre provides an XML and JSON HTTP REST web API and open-source SDKs for web and mobile development. · botlibre.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Bot training
- Bots can be trained with question-and-answer pairs, chat logs, live chat, and Twitter, and support patterns, templates, Self scripting, and AIML. · botlibre.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Business hosting
- Bot Libre for Business is commercial hosting with higher bot memory and processing limits than the free service. · ja.botlibre.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Capabilities
- The platform includes bot hosting, deep learning analytics, avatars, live chat, chat rooms, forums, scripts, and other content. · botlibre.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Company
- Bot Libre is hosted by Paphus Solutions, which the maker describes as a Canadian corporation based in Ottawa and founded in 2013. · botlibre.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Deployment channels
- multichannel · ja.botlibre.com, 22 Sept 2026
- Desktop
- Bot Libre Desktop is described as a local chatbot for desktop PCs, Mac, and Linux. · pt.botlibre.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Enterprise support
- The Enterprise Bot Platform base price includes remote SSH installation and 12 months of support, patches, and product upgrades. · botlibre.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2013 · botlibre.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · ja.botlibre.com, 22 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · botlibre.com, 28 Sept 2026
- Human handoff
- Yes · ja.botlibre.com, 22 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- The manual lists integrations including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Skype, Telegram, Discord, Kik, WeChat, Slack, email, Twilio SMS and IVR, WhatsApp, IRC, Alexa, and Google Assistant. · es.botlibre.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Knowledge-base answers
- Yes · ja.botlibre.com, 22 Sept 2026
- Product
- Bot Libre is a free, open-source chatbot and artificial intelligence platform for web, mobile, social media, games, and metaverse applications. · ja.botlibre.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- The Community Edition can be installed on a user's own server or cloud provider, and the maker says this gives control over data handling. · ja.botlibre.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Server requirements
- The installation guide says Community Edition requires a Java web server and PostgreSQL, and recommends a server or VM with at least 8 GB of RAM. · botlibre.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Website embedding
- The maker provides HTML embedding and JavaScript tools to add bots to websites, with options to customize appearance, speech, and greetings. · botlibre.com, 12 Oct 2026
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