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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Members
| Name | Source | Upvotes ▼ | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|
| role-cards-split | GITHUB | 13 | 2026-10-06 |
| whatsapp-dental-clinic-bot | GITHUB | 13 | 2026-10-04 |
| eliza | GITHUB | 12 | 2026-09-13 |
| dsh-chat-tree | GITHUB | 12 | 2026-09-19 |
| Phantasm | GITHUB | 12 | 2026-09-10 |
| Chat_bot_agent | GITHUB | 12 | 2026-10-07 |
| erpan | GITHUB | 11 | 2026-09-12 |
| streamlit-ollama-chat-templates | GITHUB | 11 | 2026-09-18 |
| agent2-new | GITHUB | 11 | 2026-09-13 |
| I built an LLM powered receptionist for website chats | HN | 11 | 2025-11-24 |
| Xiaoke-qqbot | GITHUB | 11 | 2026-09-20 |
| AIchat | GITHUB | 11 | 2026-09-21 |
| legal-ai-chatbot | GITHUB | 10 | 2026-09-13 |
| Grok Bot Marketplace | PH | 10 | 2026-09-12 |
| We built a way for Claude Code to join meetings like a real teammate | HN | 10 | 2026-04-23 |
| DocFlare AI | HN | 10 | 2026-10-08 |
| AI support chatbot with RAG and citations | HN | 9 | 2026-04-15 |
| mikey | GITHUB | 9 | 2026-09-25 |
| daïmōnes | PH | 9 | 2026-10-13 |
| Infinite FAQ | PH | 8 | 2026-09-22 |
| llama-chat | GITHUB | 8 | 2026-09-22 |
| BP Builder | PH | 8 | 2026-10-06 |
| AiTelegrammBot | GITHUB | 8 | 2026-10-04 |
| Krova Agribot | PH | 7 | 2026-09-24 |
| Sidekick: AI agent that handles frontline operations over text | YC | 7 | 2026-08-07 |
| Don't Hit Send | HN | 7 | 2026-09-12 |
| jev-chat-windows-deepseek-jev | GITHUB | 7 | 2026-09-22 |
| Eliezer | HN | 6 | 2026-02-21 |
| CoChat | HN | 6 | 2025-12-02 |
| Sidestream | HN | 6 | 2026-01-06 |
| 📶 Inconvo: Open source AI agent for customer-facing chat-with-data | YC | 6 | 2026-02-10 |
| Misanthropic | HN | 5 | 2026-09-29 |
| Claude is getting an attitude | HN | 5 | 2026-07-21 |
| IntellQ by Apavin | PH | 5 | 2026-09-15 |
| NodePad | HN | 5 | 2026-06-30 |
| Kern | HN | 5 | 2026-03-24 |
| Costanza | HN | 5 | 2026-05-06 |
| Is Claude still thinking? How are you wasting life? | HN | 5 | 2026-04-13 |
| OnlyBots.chat | HN | 5 | 2026-08-28 |
| AWMZA | PH | 3 | 2026-09-29 |
| ThinkDeepWide | PH | 3 | 2026-09-18 |
| Data2AIBot | PH | 3 | 2026-09-28 |
| WebSiteChat.ai | PH | 2 | 2026-09-16 |
| Reimagine | PH | 2 | 2026-09-17 |
| BSDK | PH | 2 | 2026-09-12 |
| The GeoPilot AI chat agent | PH | 2 | 2026-09-18 |
| Talkolia | PH | 2 | 2026-09-09 |
| SharedChat | PH | 2 | 2026-09-23 |
| Heoxify | PH | 2 | 2026-09-12 |
| Pelladio | PH | 2 | 2026-09-19 |