HackerReposA FIELD GUIDE TO OPEN SOURCE
ProSponsor the shelf♧ 0
← Back to top all-time
howdyai
botkit
TypeScript2015–2016
howdyai / botkit · Archived

botkit

Botkit is an open source developer tool for building chat bots, apps and custom integrations for major messaging platforms.

Developer ToolsWeb DevelopmentCommunication & Social
Explore on GitHubRead Hacker News discussions
4Distinct people
4Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
11.6KGitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

What to know before exploring

What it is

Botkit is an open source developer tool for building chat bots, apps and custom integrations for major messaging platforms.

GitHub

Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

No recommendation phrase was found in the indexed comments.

No classified warning is attached to this page. Read the discussions before treating silence as approval.

Also in these discussions

No other repository is repeatedly linked in the same discussions.

This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by week4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2015-12-16 03:32:34 UTC to 2016-05-02 15:03:12 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

0122015-12-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-12-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 commentsDec 142015-12-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-12-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2015-12-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-02-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-02-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-02-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-02-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsFeb 222016-02-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-03-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-03-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-03-21 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-03-21 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-03-28 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-03-28 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-04-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-04-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-04-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-04-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-04-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2016-04-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-04-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-04-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-05-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-05-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-05-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMay 2

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

View mention counts and date ranges
UTC ranges include their start and exclude their end. Select a period to filter the source evidence.
PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Dec 142015-12-14 00:00:00 UTC2015-12-21 00:00:00 UTC211
Dec 212015-12-21 00:00:00 UTC2015-12-28 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 282015-12-28 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-04 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 42016-01-04 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 112016-01-11 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-18 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 182016-01-18 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 252016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 12016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-08 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 82016-02-08 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 152016-02-15 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-22 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 222016-02-22 00:00:00 UTC2016-02-29 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 292016-02-29 00:00:00 UTC2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 72016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC2016-03-14 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 142016-03-14 00:00:00 UTC2016-03-21 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 212016-03-21 00:00:00 UTC2016-03-28 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 282016-03-28 00:00:00 UTC2016-04-04 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 42016-04-04 00:00:00 UTC2016-04-11 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 112016-04-11 00:00:00 UTC2016-04-18 00:00:00 UTC101
Apr 182016-04-18 00:00:00 UTC2016-04-25 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 252016-04-25 00:00:00 UTC2016-05-02 00:00:00 UTC000
May 22016-05-02 00:00:00 UTC2016-05-09 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

4 sources
dakotasmith·May 2, 2016
Node.js Developer | Howdy.AI | Austin, TX | Full-Time | ONSITE http://howdy.ai/jobs/engineer/ About us: Howdy.AI is the maker of Botkit, an extensible open-source node module for making bots in Slack & FB, as well as Howdy, a bot for teams to gather information from one another on the fly or on a schedule. About the position: We're looking for someone with some experience in node.js, Express, and RabbitMQ. We'd love to see some code samples, or an example of what you can do with botkit! https://github.com/howdyai/botkit If you are interested, get in touch with me, dakota at howdy.ai.
In Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2016)

MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME

A few shortcuts

/
Search the collection
?
Open this guide
Esc
Close dialogs and navigation

Your saved repositories and interests stay in this browser.