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Typebot is fair source and can be self-hosted on your own server. This guide will walk you through the process of setting up your own instance of Typebot.
The easiest way to get started with Typebot is with the official managed service in the Cloud. You’ll have high availability, backups, security, and maintenance all managed for you by me, Baptiste, Typebot’s founder.
The cloud version can save a substantial amount of developer time and resources. For most sites this ends up being the best value option and the revenue goes to funding the maintenance and further development of Typebot. So you’ll be supporting fair source software and getting a great service!

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License requirements

Typebot is available under the Functional Source License (FSL). You can find the full license here. This license allows you to do anything with Typebot except undermine its producer. You can run it for almost all purposes, study it, modify it, and distribute your changes, including proposing improvements back to the producer. After two years it becomes permissive Open Source software under Apache 2.0.
Sponsoring the project is a great way to give back to the community and to contribute to the long-term sustainability of the project. It also comes with some perks like priority support and private workshops. ❤️

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FAQ

You can do anything with Typebot except undermine its producer. Here is a non-exhaustive list of things you can do with a self-hosted instance:✅ As a company, create and publish your bot into your client-facing products✅ As a freelancer, create bots for your clients✅ Create (commercial) education / content about Typebot✅ Do (commercial) researchHere is a non-exhaustive list of things you cannot do:❌ Commercialize the access to your instance❌ Offer services for hosting Typebot instances
❌ You legally cannot do this. If you are selling your software, integrating the Typebot editor would mean competing against Typebot Cloud, which violates the project’s license. However, you can use the code from two years ago, which is available under the Apache 2.0 license.
❌ You legally cannot do this. This would mean you are competing against Typebot Cloud, which violates the project’s license. However, you can use the code from two years ago, which is available under the Apache 2.0 license.
Typebot is fair source not because it is good business even though I think it creates instant trusts with prospects since the code is 100% public, it can be audited.I personnally love when a software is open source. I get the chance to contribute to the code if I ever find a bug or need a new feature. When I benchmark 2 similar softwares, I almost always choose the one that is open source for that reason.Everything I do with Typebot is to make it like a software I would personally love using.Since I run Typebot as a solo entrepreneur, I also feel like making Typebot fair source is more sustainable as I can get the help from the community.

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Releases

The self-hosted version is somewhat of a LTS, you only get new release once a month. If you want features as soon as they are available, consider becoming a cloud user. New versions are published on the releases page.

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Ready to self-host?

Typebot is composed of 2 Next.js applications you need to deploy:
  • the builder, where you build your typebots
  • the viewer, where your user answer the typebot

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Database recommendation

Typebot needs a Postgres database. For production, Neon is my database provider of choice. This is not an affiliate link; it is simply the provider I use and recommend for a production database. You can still use any compatible Postgres provider or host Postgres yourself. I’ve written guides on how to deploy Typebot using: If you have any questions, feel free to reach out on the Discord server 🔥