Messenger Platform (Beta)
Build your bot and reach 900 million people around the world
Messenger Platform (Beta) launched on April 12, 2016 with 518 votes, #14 of 4,301 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.
In plain words
Messenger Platform is a beta API that enables developers to build chatbots for Facebook Messenger, which has approximately 900 million users worldwide. The platform allows creation of automated conversational agents that can interact with this large user base. It caters to developers and businesses looking to deploy messaging applications and automation tools on one of the world's largest social networks.
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From the sources
Solutions to build a Messenger experience in commerce, lead generation, and customer care. Developer tools for plugins, SDK, features, tutorials, APIs, and FAQs.
Build lasting customer relationships through conversation. Messenger allows you to connect with billions of people in a channel they prefer [1] — making business personal and convenient. Businesses can generate, qualify, and follow up with leads at scale through automated or live chat experiences. Messenger helps businesses in retail, e-commerce, telcom, and more remove friction along the path to purchase, giving people confidence to move from consideration to action. Messenger allows customers to communicate with your business without waiting on hold or repeating support issues to multiple agents - the conversation stays in Messenger, an easily accessible channel for questions and…from developers.facebook.com
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