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BrightBean Chat · Office #47,905

The open-source ManyChat alternative you host yourself

In the Answering customers automatically neighborhood (Marketing and sales). In town since 22 Oct 2026.

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What Tablif read on BrightBean Chat's site

BrightBean Chat describes itself as: “BrightBean Chat The open-source ManyChat alternative you host yourself”

What it is

Calls itself “chat automation”.

  • Calls itself: chat automation
“Open-source, self-hostable chat automation.”

Where it puts itself

Positions itself as an alternative to ManyChat.

  • Alternative to: ManyChat
“The difference is where it runs. You bring your own server and your own platform developer apps, and in exchange there is no per-contact pricing”
“The open-source ManyChat alternative you host yourself”

What it costs

Monthly subscription. A free tier, free forever.

  • Monthly: yes
  • Free plan: free forever
“A hosted version of BrightBean Chat is available at brightbean.xyz/chat . It runs the same codebase as this repository, with no setup or maintenance required, and is free for your first 25 contacts a month.”
“Self-host free with unlimited contacts, or use the hosted version.”

How it runs

A API. Can be self-hosted. Hosted in the cloud. Offers an API. Open source. Says it uses no AI. You can bring your own API key.

  • Kind: api
  • Runs where: cloud / hosted · self-hosted
  • API: yes
  • Open source: yes
  • AI role: explicitly no AI
  • Bring your own key: yes
“Build chat automation flows once and run them on Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS and email. Visual builder, shared inbox, broadcasts, drip sequences and a REST API.”
“Self-host free with unlimited contacts, or use the hosted version.”

What it works with

Names Instagram, Make and 4 more on its pages.

  • Names: Instagram · Make · ManyChat · +3
“BrightBean Chat”
“Instagram”

What it offers as proof

Live, no waitlist. Trying it asks for an email. Publishes docs.

  • Instant signup: yes
  • Trial asks for: an email address
“Sign up at /accounts/signup/ ; the first account gets its own organization and workspace.”
“…docs -> https://github.com/brightbeanxyz/brightbean-chat/tree/main/docs”

Sources

Tablif read these pages, last on 22 Oct 2026. Everything above is what the product says about itself; Tablif does not verify every claim.

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