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Botpress vs Tiledesk
Botpress has 14,920 GitHub stars, 2,293 forks, 52 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Tiledesk has 15 stars, 5 forks, 56 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Botpress leads on adoption by 99,367% (14,920 vs 15 stars). Botpress is written in TypeScript under MIT; Tiledesk is written in TypeScript under MIT. Botpress has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, Tiledesk 33%. Botpress was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (chatbot), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Botpress | Tiledesk | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 15K | ★ 15 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.3K | ⑂ 5 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Botpress if
- You weight community size — 15K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Tiledesk if
- You want the Tiledesk feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Tiledesk fits your workflow better
About Botpress
Botpress is open source hub to build and deploy GPT/LLM agents. It lives in Botpress Cloud ecosystem. Project uses TypeScript, MIT license, npm packages @botpress/cli and @botpress/sdk. Repository contains public integrations, devtools, example bots as code, and plugins for Botpress Studio, marked coming soon.
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About Tiledesk
Tiledesk is an open source, MIT licensed platform for building LLM powered AI agents and automating customer support, and this repository is the Angular backoffice dashboard used to manage it, aimed at support teams and developers who want a self hosted alternative to Intercom and Voiceflow.
read the full Tiledesk overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Botpress or Tiledesk more popular?
Botpress has 14,920 GitHub stars and Tiledesk has 15. Botpress has the larger community by that measure.
Are Botpress and Tiledesk free?
Both are open source. Botpress is licensed under MIT and Tiledesk under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Botpress and Tiledesk?
Botpress is written in TypeScript and Tiledesk in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Botpress or Tiledesk?
Choose Botpress if you want the larger community (14,920 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Tiledesk if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.