Arnaud Leymet | Founder and CEO, codename
August 3, 2019
<aside> ๐ฅ We are excited to announce that **botml is now 100% open source** under the MIT license. This means that all previous versions (commercial, semi-closed-source code) are now available in the open and free to use. These changes are effective as of the 3.0 release that became generally available today.
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Botml is our take at designing modern conversational ๐ค bots via a simple, powerful and highly reusable syntax.
Designing a bot behaviors relies most of the time on (sometimes stunning) interfaces that help move boxes and links between them, that make it platform-specific, and not portable.
At the other side of the spectrum are coded bots, that leverage advanced code scripting to handle any scenarios possible, but at a cost: you need to be a software developer in order to operate.
Botml lowers the bar and lets non-tech users design their own bot, by using nothing more than a markdown-like script-oriented flow. Making as a result highly reusable and portable conversational modules.
It means that you can now create a conversational ๐ค bot for free in seconds.
Enters this conversational markup, which takes a name in input and brings it back in the conversation:
> My name is *{name}
< Nice to meet you, $name
Simple right? But simple does not mean limited. The below examples showcase the versatile nature of botml in real life scenarios:
<aside> ๐ Dive in: get started with botml & ignite powerful IA conversations
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