Hubot is a scriptable chatbot framework originally created by GitHub. It runs on Node.js and supports many chat adapters, making it useful for chat-driven automation and operational integrations.
- JavaScript/CoffeeScript command scripts
- Adapter model for multiple chat platforms
- Large ecosystem of community scripts
- Straightforward integration with webhooks and external APIs
- Chat-driven operational tasks
- Alert and notification routing
- Team workflow automation via custom chat commands
- JavaScript (Node.js)
- Hubot scripts and adapters
- Mature ChatOps framework with active maintenance
- Current release line: 14.1.0 (released 2026-02-24)
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