Botonic is a full-stack, open-source, serverless framework for building conversational applications on messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Messenger, combining React with TensorFlow.js to build experiences at the intersection of text and graphical interfaces – genuine machine learning running in the application itself, not just a scripted decision tree presented as a chatbot.
Combining React’s component model with real TensorFlow.js machine learning is what actually distinguishes this from a typical chatbot builder – developers already comfortable with React can build conversational interfaces that go beyond plain text exchanges into genuinely interactive, ML-informed graphical experiences, using tools and patterns they already know rather than learning an entirely separate proprietary chatbot-building paradigm.
As open-source software with a public GitHub repository and community Slack support, Botonic is a code framework for developers to build and deploy their own conversational apps, not a hosted no-code product – there’s no signup or dashboard, just an install into your own project. It’s free.
