# Tools To Build Your Own Chatbots **URL:** \ **Category:** Tools & Scripts\ **Tags:** tools, freebies, tips-tricks, ai\ **Created:** [January 29, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tools-to-build-your-own-chatbots/232155 "2023-01-29T21:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WhiteHat](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/whitehat/32/162514_2.png) [@WhiteHat](https://onehack.st/u/WhiteHat)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tools-to-build-your-own-chatbots/232155/1 "2023-01-29T21:15:00Z")
Where do you get or how do you create a chatbot? Well, these are the **chatbot creator apps** out there you can try. Most of them don’t require programming knowledge to use. #### [Chatfuel](https://chatfuel.com/) If you have a business page on Facebook, you might want to consider **Chatfuel,** a chatbot creator for Facebook Messenger and Telegram. Chatfuel will guide you step by step in making your own chatbot, **without any coding needed**. You can edit a response as well as add content with simple hyperlinks. If you have a hotel page, for example, the chatbot will **list the rooms** **available** on any customer-requested date. With Chatfuel, you can also create navigation steps that **guide customers through the room reservation process** in a user-friendly way. #### [Botsify](https://botsify.com/) Botsify is a chatbot creator that is also designed **for Facebook users** as well. To use Botsify, you only need to visit [botsify.com](https://botsify.com/), integrate your Facebook account, setup a webhook, write commands for the chatbot, and let it carry out the customer service for you. Note that **integration is limited to the paid plans**. However, for the free plan, you can create an unlimited number of chatbots. Botsify allows you to **list your services** , and display them as navigation. You can also **add images** to make conversations and transactions easier to follow, therefore provide your customers with a better quality service. #### [Smooch](https://smooch.io/integrations/messenger/) **Smooch** is a connector or bridge between your **business apps** (Slack, Help Scout, Front, [Zendesk](https://appwiki.nl/link/brand/GRyjb0GTKYbB9WCGXxQSfF1bU3RO1NaX), and others) and **messaging apps** (Line, Facebook Messenger, Kik, WeChat, and others). Smooch allows one of your business apps to get **_all_ the incoming chat notifications** from the messaging apps. This way, you and your team can **answer every chat question** coming from your customers without moving away from the business app you use. With [Chatbot connectors](https://smooch.io/chatbot-connectors/) you can create a bot and connect it with the messaging channels you use. The result? The bot will respond to customer chat so you can easily **automate common workflows** , such as collecting form data, scheduling, performing checkout processes, and giving feedback. #### [Facebook Messenger Platform](https://developers.facebook.com/products/messenger) Facebook has **its own platform** that lets you create a bot via their official page. It is however a bit more advanced than the other chatbot creators on this list, and you have to set up some functions yourself. You need to **setup a few tools before you can create your bot** : the Messenger plugin, Messenger codes and links, customer matching, structured templates, as well as a Welcome screen. The good news is there is a complete guide for designing the chatbot for your needs. You can also refer to [case studies](https://www.facebook.com/business/success/categories/messenger) about Facebook Messenger bots that already exist, such as the ones by [CNN](https://www.messenger.com/t/CNN/) (news) and [Poncho](https://www.messenger.com/t/hiponcho/) (weather). #### [Beep Boop](https://github.com/BeepBoopHQ) **Beep Boop** is a paid **hosting platform** to developers who intend to create a **chatbot for Facebook Messenger or Slack**. Set up the source code of your bot on Github, then launch it on Beep Boop and integrate it with either Messenger or Slack. **Slackbots** created with Beep Boop can be connected to Slack using the [Real Time Messaging API](https://api.slack.com/rtm) allowing your Slackbot to respond to chats. The same rule applies to **Messenger bots** that use the [Messenger Send/Receive API](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger-platform/reference/send-api). The bot here can be used on **Facebook business pages** where it can interact with customers via real-time chat, answer their questions, and guide them through transactions. #### [Telegram Bots](https://core.telegram.org/bots) One of its best and newest features found in Telegram is that chatbots can run inside the messenger app itself. Telegram open-sourced the [code of their chatbot](https://core.telegram.org/bots/samples), as well as the [Telegram API](https://core.telegram.org/api), and they even have a [Bot API](https://core.telegram.org/bots/api) and [platform](https://telegram.org/blog/bot-revolution) for third-party developers to create bots. Bots created with Telegram’s Bot API can perform many things, such as **send customized notifications** and **news** , **reminders** or **alert messages** , they can be integrated with other services such as Github or Youtube, or can even be used to **build games** such as a chess bot. #### [Botkit](https://github.com/howdyai/botkit) **Botkit** is a toolkit for making bots for [Facebook Messenger](https://www.messenger.com/), [Slack](https://slack.com/), [Twilio IP Messaging](https://www.twilio.com/docs/chat/rest), and other messaging platforms. What makes Botkit different from other bot-creators is that it provides a **semantic interface** to **send and receive messages** so that developers can focus on creating their applications instead of dealing with API endpoints. Bots made with Botkit have a few key capabilities that can be used to create a clever, conversational application. These capabilities map the way **real humans talk to each other** by [listening, saying and replying](https://github.com/howdyai/botkit#core-concepts). With these core actions, almost any type of conversation can be generated. #### Honorable Mentions #### [Init.ai](https://github.com/init-ai) Init.ai allows you to **build, train, and deploy intelligent conversational apps.** Conversational bots you create can reach customers via Facebook Messenger, your website, or even SMS. It offers you a **powerful natural language understanding & machine learning system** that can break apart sentence structure and analyze the context of a conversation. The thing is, it hasn’t been launched yet – join their waiting list [here](https://github.com/init-ai). `(Source: hongkiat)` **Enjoy!** ---
**Author:** ![Roberto\_Diaz](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/roberto_diaz/32/18084_2.png) [@Roberto\_Diaz](https://onehack.st/u/Roberto_Diaz)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tools-to-build-your-own-chatbots/232155/2 "2023-01-30T12:27:08Z")
Hi @WhiteHat thank you for sharing