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Botfront

Open-source chatbot development platform

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Shut down★4.0ratingPricing · FreeDeclining

What happened to Botfront?

Botfront shut down in 2021.

Botfront, the open-source GUI platform for building Rasa chatbots, was discontinued in 2021. Its GitHub repository was archived on 5 May 2021 with a notice that the project is no longer maintained.

Source: github.com ↗Its AI Graveyard record →AI products shut down or acquired in 2021 →

The FalcoScan Intel PanelBotfront · Agents
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Contested
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Declining
Market trend
Rating
4.0
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Botfront does

Visual conversation design, NLU training, and testing for Rasa-powered chatbots — all in a browser.

How Botfront compares with its closest alternatives

4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Botfront did. 4 of the 5 offer an API, as Botfront did. Botfront offered a web app and a command-line tool. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app and 1 offers a command-line tool. Botfront was founded in 2018; the alternatives were founded between 2017 and 2023, 1 of them earlier. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States.

Market position · Agents

How Botfront compares in Agents

Botfront had moderate opportunity before it shut down. Across Agents, the average opportunity score is 72.6 and the average saturation score 31.5. FalcoScan rates Botfront's own market position as contested. 179 of the 423 operating Agents tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 15 shutdowns in the category.

Botfront compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
BotfrontFounded 2018ModerateContestedFree—YesYesWeb, CLIDeclining
Botpress Studio AIFounded 2021 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
ChatsimpleFounded 2022ModerateCrowdedFreemium—YesNoWebRising
Flowise 2.0Founded 2023 · Remote-firstModerateContestedFree—YesYesWeb, CLIStable
Botpress CommunityFounded 2017 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIRising
Cassidy AI WorkflowsFounded 2023 · New York, United StatesModerateContestedPaid—NoYesWebHot

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Botfront exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
AgentsText GenerationQuestion Answering
Industry Verticals
SoftwareMarketing
Tagged

Botfront shows up when builders search for these

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Questions

Botfront: common questions

Is Botfront still running?

No. Botfront shut down in 2021, according to github.com. Botfront, the open-source GUI platform for building Rasa chatbots, was discontinued in 2021. Its GitHub repository was archived on 5 May 2021 with a notice that the project is no longer maintained.

Source: github.com ↗

When did Botfront shut down?

Botfront shut down in 2021, according to github.com.

Source: github.com ↗

What are the best alternatives to Botfront?

The closest alternatives to Botfront that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Botpress Studio AI, Chatsimple, Flowise 2.0, Botpress Community, and Cassidy AI Workflows.

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