ManyBot
Framework to build WhatsApp bots, without the boring part
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Built on top of Baileys. The goal is to handle all the tedious work—opening sockets, authentication, reloading—and leave you to focus solely on command logic and how you want your bot to be.
HN · launched Sep 16, 2026 · 10 upvotes (top 41%) · 0 views
Niche: messaging and automation bots · 156 launches, 11 in the last 7 days ▼ -45% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes ManyBot is a lightweight modular wrapper and plugin layer over the existing Baileys WhatsApp library, which is a straightforward TypeScript wrapper project suitable for vibe coding.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 208 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #62 of 209 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 267 days after the earliest competitor.
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