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DHTMLX Chatbot
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Lightweight MIT-licensed JavaScript chatbot UI widget for building support-agent chat interfaces on top of any LLM.
92K visits/mo
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Mintlify
✓ verifiedFreemium
Documentation and knowledge platform that keeps developer docs self-updating and queryable by AI agents.
718K visits/mo
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The New GitBook
✓ verifiedFreemium
Documentation platform for publishing accurate, AI-ready docs sites, with Git sync and an MCP server for AI tools.
653K visits/mo2.9K saves
Pricing
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Starter: $0/mo (individuals and small teams)
Free trial available
No public pricing
Free trial available
Core features
- ✦MIT-licensed and free to use
- ✦Lightweight (~65kb) JavaScript widget
- ✦4 message display modes plus typewriter effect
- ✦Markdown support and chat history
- ✦Backend hook to integrate any LLM
- ✦Responsive, mobile-friendly, read-only mode
- ✦Fully managed TiDB service
- ✦Easy deployment on AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and Alibaba Cloud
- ✦Scalable and reliable MySQL-compatible database
- ✦Elastic scaling of storage, transactional, and analytical workloads
- ✦Robust security compliance (SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001/27701, PCI DSS, GDPR, HIPAA)
- ✦Self-updating documentation
- ✦Web-based documentation editor
- ✦Custom domain hosting
- ✦Built-in search and API playground
- ✦MCP server for agent access
- ✦Authentication and access controls
- ✦Publish structured documentation sites
- ✦Git sync for docs-as-code workflows
- ✦AI setup agent to build and import docs
- ✦GitBook MCP server for AI access
- ✦Enterprise controls
- ✦Free tier to start
Use cases
- →Adding an AI chat UI to web apps
- →Building LLM-powered support agents
- →Embedding chat widgets in existing products
- →Prototyping chatbot interfaces
- →Building mission-critical applications requiring scalable and reliable databases
- →Managing and scaling transactional and analytical workloads
- →Deploying databases across multiple cloud providers and regions
- →Ensuring data security and compliance with industry standards
- →Publish and maintain developer documentation
- →Expose docs to AI agents via MCP
- →Host a branded docs site on a custom domain
- →Give teams a collaborative doc editor
- →Publish product and API documentation
- →Maintain docs-as-code with Git sync
- →Make docs consumable by AI assistants
- →Import existing docs into a hosted site
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