typebot.io
by baptisteArno
Typebot is a visual chatbot builder that lets you design conversational forms and bots, then embed them on websites or apps and collect the answers. You can use the hosted service or run it on your own server.
- Stars
- 10.6k
- Licence
- FSL
- Runs on
- A small server
- Setup
- Moderate
- Language
- TypeScript
- Age
- 1804 days
What you can do with it
- Build a chatbot or conversational form with a drag-and-drop editor, including branching logic and A/B testing
- Embed it on a website as a chat bubble, popup or inline container, and take payments through Stripe
- Send collected answers to Google Sheets, webhooks, Zapier or Make.com, and export results as CSV
Could replace
- Typeform
Our suggestion based on what it does, not a feature-by-feature comparison.
Make money with it
A freelancer could build and manage lead-capture chatbots for local businesses and charge a setup fee plus a monthly maintenance fee.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Capture and qualify leads on a website with a chatbot that asks questions and sends the answers to a spreadsheet or CRM
- Replace a paid form or survey tool with a self-hosted conversational form for bookings, quotes and customer feedback
Can you use it commercially?
Not open source (FSL licence). Usually free to use for your own business, but you can't resell it or offer it as a hosted service. Read the licence.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
You can sign up for the hosted cloud service, or self-host it by following the Docker-based guide in the official documentation.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- The licence is the Functional Source License, not a standard open-source licence, so check the terms before commercial use
- Some integrations, such as OpenAI, need their own paid accounts or API keys
- Self-hosting needs you to manage a server, database and updates
Who's talking about it
Checked 28 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
