Bots on Botwiki

Bots galore!

So what exactly is a “bot”?

Well, it really depends on who you ask:

An Internet bot, also known as web robot, WWW robot or simply bot, is a software application that runs automated tasks over the Internet. Typically, bots perform tasks that are both simple and structurally repetitive, at a much higher rate than would be possible for a human alone.

Wikipedia

Congress edits Wikipedia

Bunch of Twitter usernames that are not controlled by people, but are just robots that are programmed to release the information related to all these different things. And that’s really interesting.

A user experience tester

In essence, an online bot is a program (sometimes simple, sometimes more complex) that does something a human would otherwise do, like post pictures on Tumblr or retweet Tweets about cats.

Bots can be funny, useful, artistic — but also annoying and spammy. This site, and our Botmakers community, are dedicated to the friendlier kind.

Feel free to browse the bots below — by category or by the network on which they operate, check out the botmaking resources, articles, or see what’s new on Botwiki.

Browse by category

@thetinySAURS
Generative bots

Bots that make things.

@catsnacks
Image bots

Bots posting images.

@NixieBot
GIF bots

Bots posting animated GIFs.

@tiny_forests
Emoji ✨ bots

🤖💻💾

@FermiPasteladox
Space bots

The final frontier!

@poem_exe
Poetry bots

Bots that write and collect poetry.

@EmojiTetra
Interactive bots

Bots that you can interact with.

@letsplaysnake
Game bots

These bots are all fun and games.

@needsref
Wikipedia bots

Bots powered by Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

@nycdatabot
Data visualization bots

Big data, small bots.

@JeuDuDicoBot
Non-English bots

Est-ce que votre bot parle français?

@buoypix
IoT bots

“Internet of things” bots, practically robots!

Artistic Intentions
Tracery bots

Bots made with Kate Compton’s Tracery.

Twitter bot code
Open-source bots

Bots you can use to make more bots.

Monthly Bot Challenge winners

The best of the best.

Browse by network

pkmnbattle

Fediverse bots

Bots for Mastodon, GNU Social, and other Fediverse networks.

@emoji__polls

Twitter bots

Bots posting on Twitter.

reverseocr

Tumblr bots

Bots posting on Tumblr.

/u/NobodyDoesThis

Reddit bots

Bots posting on Reddit.

dungeon-deployer

Discord bots

Bots for Discord.

ASCII Bot

Facebook bots

Automated Facebook pages.

retrolemonade

Facebook Messenger bots

Bots on Facebook’s Messenger app.

Treasure Column

YouTube bots

Bots that post videos on YouTube.

doorbell-server

Slack bots

Bots for Slack.

SmarterChild

AIM bots

Bots that used to post on AIM.

Hype Machine

Snapchat bots

Bots posting on Snapchat.


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