ai chatbots and conversational agents
Recent window: last 5.4 months (2026-05-01 → 2026-10-11), compared with the prior 5.4 months.
Products in this niche provide conversational interfaces, persona-driven bots, and interactive virtual assistants across platforms like messaging apps, web frontends, and embedded devices. They are used by businesses, developers, and individuals looking to automate customer communication, enhance team collaboration, or explore novel chat experiences. Unlike broad workflow automation tools or raw model APIs, these solutions specifically prioritize natural language dialogue, conversational memory, and direct chat interactions.
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Pulled from real Hacker News comment threads on this niche's launches.
Members
| Name | Source | Upvotes ▼ | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|
| jev-chat-windows | GITHUB | 556 | 2026-09-21 |
| Z80-μLM, a 'Conversational AI' That Fits in 40KB | HN | 514 | 2025-12-29 |
| whirl | GITHUB | 487 | 2026-10-02 |
| roast-room | GITHUB | 366 | 2026-10-10 |
| WorkClaw | PH | 357 | 2026-06-20 |
| I put an AI agent on a $7/month VPS with IRC as its transport layer | HN | 340 | 2026-03-26 |
| Scarlett. | PH | 329 | 2026-07-10 |
| Persona.js | PH | 295 | 2026-06-28 |
| Text Agent Store | PH | 269 | 2026-09-17 |
| Dots by OpenAI | PH | 249 | 2026-10-01 |
| Brain² by ClickUp | PH | 205 | 2026-06-25 |
| Chert | PH | 192 | 2026-05-19 |
| 332_lab-jev-chat | GITHUB | 126 | 2026-09-21 |
| goutoujunshi-jev-chat | GITHUB | 103 | 2026-09-23 |
| jevchat | GITHUB | 90 | 2026-09-20 |
| JevGPT | PH | 78 | 2026-10-01 |
| ooon.ai | PH | 75 | 2026-09-29 |
| hermes-soul-pack | GITHUB | 67 | 2026-09-20 |
| DokBot | PH | 65 | 2026-09-25 |
| Epstein IM | HN | 57 | 2026-01-11 |
| Learn from 30 historical figures, open source, nonprofit, self-hosted | HN | 49 | 2026-06-09 |
| guilds | GITHUB | 49 | 2026-10-09 |
| ai-chatroom | GITHUB | 48 | 2026-09-29 |
| book-answer | GITHUB | 44 | 2026-09-16 |
| claude-chat-clean | GITHUB | 42 | 2026-10-06 |
| docflare-ai | GITHUB | 37 | 2026-10-07 |
| orbs | GITHUB | 36 | 2026-10-06 |
| healthcare-chatbot | GITHUB | 35 | 2026-09-27 |
| pi-durable-assistant | GITHUB | 34 | 2026-10-10 |
| Bolnee-Chat | HN | 32 | 2026-08-30 |
| ST-jeved | GITHUB | 30 | 2026-09-20 |
| qq-agent-plus | GITHUB | 27 | 2026-09-18 |
| wx-persona-agent | GITHUB | 26 | 2026-09-10 |
| Jevgpt | HN | 25 | 2026-09-23 |
| rikkahub-sillytavern-android | GITHUB | 24 | 2026-09-20 |
| Tomechat | GITHUB | 23 | 2026-10-08 |
| WeChatAlive | GITHUB | 22 | 2026-09-15 |
| conflict-skill | GITHUB | 21 | 2026-09-22 |
| memochka-bot | GITHUB | 20 | 2026-09-09 |
| mybotdemo01 | GITHUB | 19 | 2026-10-01 |
| qinwu-collide | GITHUB | 19 | 2026-09-18 |
| inkling | PH | 18 | 2026-10-09 |
| peri | GITHUB | 18 | 2026-10-10 |
| Your AI Slop Bores Me | HN | 17 | 2026-03-05 |
| ask-canada | GITHUB | 16 | 2026-10-01 |
| healthcare_chatbot | GITHUB | 16 | 2026-09-27 |
| soul.md | GITHUB | 15 | 2026-09-09 |
| janua | GITHUB | 15 | 2026-09-13 |
| loki | GITHUB | 14 | 2026-09-11 |
| whatsapp-dental-clinic-bot | GITHUB | 13 | 2026-10-04 |