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Botpress vs web-builder
Botpress has 14,920 GitHub stars, 2,293 forks, 52 open issues and last shipped yesterday. web-builder has 585 stars, 98 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped 8 days ago. Botpress leads on adoption by 2,450% (14,920 vs 585 stars). Botpress is written in TypeScript under MIT; web-builder is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0. Botpress has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, web-builder 17%. Botpress was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (ai), 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 | web-builder | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 15K | ★ 585 |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-12 |
| Forks | ⑂ 2.3K | ⑂ 98 |
| 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 web-builder if
- You want the web-builder feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and web-builder 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.
read the full Botpress overview →
About web-builder
web builder is an open source, AI assisted low code platform for visually building and publishing responsive web pages and mini program screens, intended for front end and full stack teams that run a headless Drupal backend and want drag and drop layout work instead of hand written Tailwind markup.
read the full web-builder overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Botpress or web-builder more popular?
Botpress has 14,920 GitHub stars and web-builder has 585. Botpress has the larger community by that measure.
Are Botpress and web-builder free?
Both are open source. Botpress is licensed under MIT and web-builder under AGPL-3.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Botpress and web-builder?
Botpress is written in TypeScript and web-builder 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 web-builder?
Choose Botpress if you want the larger community (14,920 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose web-builder if its feature set, stack or AGPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.