botkit

botkit is a Rust bot framework for building chat bots with one handler model across multiple platforms.

The workspace is split into small crates:

• botkit-core provides the shared bot abstractions, extractors, handlers, and response types.
• botkit-discord provides the Discord integration.
• botkit-telegram provides the Telegram integration.
• botkit-matrix provides the Matrix integration.

Design goals

• Reuse the same handler style across platforms.
• Keep the core abstractions transport-agnostic.
• Support async-first bot execution.
• Expose platform crates separately instead of hiding everything behind type erasure.

Crates

botkit-core

Shared building blocks:

• Bot and BotBuilder
• extractor-based handlers such as User, CommandArgs, and MessageContent
• unified Response and file response types

botkit-discord

Discord support built around gateway events and command/button handlers.

botkit-telegram

Telegram support for webhook-style handling and bot client operations.

botkit-matrix

Matrix support built on top of matrix-sdk, including encrypted room support.

Status

This project is a library workspace under active development. The API surface is still evolving.