Overview
The current botpress/botpress repository is not the self-hostable Botpress Cloud backend. It is an MIT-licensed developer hub containing public integrations, CLI tooling, SDK/API clients, and bots-as-code examples. Developers can create integrations with `bp init` and deploy them to a Botpress Cloud workspace with `bp deploy`. GitHub's latest release, v12.30.9 from 2023, belongs to the old Botpress v12 line and should not be treated as the version of the current Cloud repository.
Features and best fit
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Define integrations in TypeScript and deploy them from the CLI to a Botpress Cloud workspace
Install @botpress/cli, run bp init to generate an integration template, edit the definition and implementation, then use bp deploy to publish it to a workspace. Integrations can also be made public for the Botpress Hub.
Sources: [2]
Study SDKs, API clients, official integration source, and bots-as-code examples in one monorepo
The repository includes Botpress-maintained public integrations, CLI/SDK/API client tooling, and examples built directly with the SDK and CLI. That makes it useful reference code for developers extending Botpress programmatically.
Sources: [2]
For developers building custom Botpress Cloud integrations or code-first workflows around Botpress APIs
It fits teams that want version-controlled connectors and integrations rather than relying exclusively on Studio configuration, and it provides real official integration implementations to learn from.
Sources: [2]
Cloning this repository does not self-host the current Botpress Cloud backend
The README scopes this repository to integrations, devtools, bots, and plugins, and explicitly says bots-as-code are not the recommended bot-building path or a Studio replacement. bp deploy targets a Botpress Cloud workspace. On-premise Botpress v12 is referenced as a separate repository.
Sources: [2]
The GitHub latest release is a historical v12 artifact, not a current Cloud release marker
GitHub Releases still reports v12.30.9 from June 2023 as latest, while the repository's main branch continues to receive Cloud integration and developer-tool changes in 2026. OSS Tanbou therefore treats current main as the baseline rather than labeling v12.30.9 as the current Botpress Cloud version.
Official sources
- [1]botpress/botpress — GitHub repository metadata(2026-09-16)
- [2]Botpress Cloud repository — readme.md(2026-09-16)
- [3]Historical Botpress v12.30.9 GitHub release(2026-09-16)
- [4]Botpress repository — MIT License(2026-09-16)
Supplemental curator note
The key adoption point is avoiding the assumption that the current Cloud backend is self-hosted from this repository. Its active scope is integrations and developer tooling for Botpress Cloud.
Try it in 3 steps
- 1
Install the Botpress CLI
Install the CLI used for integration development in the current repository.
npm install -g @botpress/cli - 2
Initialize an integration
Generate an integration definition and implementation from a template.
bp init - 3
Deploy to a Cloud workspace
The destination is a Botpress Cloud workspace; this is not a self-hosting flow for the current Cloud backend.
bp deploy
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GitHub Topics
- agent
- ai
- botpress
- chatbot
- chatgpt
- gpt
- gpt-4
- llm
- openai
- langchain
- nlp
- prompt
- Stars
- 14,918
- Forks
- 2,293
- Watchers
- 243
- Open issues
- 8
- Primary language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Repository last updated
- Sep 14, 2026
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