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Design visually. Download the code. Own your bot.

Most chatbot platforms keep your bot hostage: the flow lives in their cloud, behind their subscription, forever. FlowBot does the opposite — one click exports your whole WhatsApp bot as a ZIP of clean Node.js + Express source code that runs on any server you like.

What's inside the ZIP

Why exporting matters

Owning the code means no lock-in (cancel nothing — there's nothing to cancel), no per-message platform markup (you pay only your provider), real customization (your developers can extend the generated code with anything Node.js can do), and compliance freedom (host in your own country, VPC or on-prem box — useful for banks and healthcare).

How to export your bot

  1. Build or load a bot in the free builder — start from a template if you like.
  2. Test the conversation in the live simulator until it behaves exactly right.
  3. Click Export code — you get a ZIP with the complete project.
  4. Deploy it on Railway, Render, a VPS, or your own hardware; point your provider's webhook at it, and it's live.

You can keep using the visual builder as your editor: tweak the flow, re-export, redeploy. Or fork the code and never look back — it's yours either way.

Frequently asked questions

What language is the exported bot written in?

JavaScript — a standalone Node.js project using Express for the webhook server. It has minimal dependencies and runs anywhere Node 18+ runs.

Does the exported bot still need FlowBot to run?

No. The ZIP is fully self-contained: your flow, the session engine and the provider webhook are all compiled into the project. FlowBot's servers are not involved at runtime.

Can my developer modify the exported code?

Yes, that's the point — the generated code is plain, readable JavaScript. Add database calls, custom integrations, logging, anything. It's a normal Node.js codebase after export.

Is code export a paid feature?

No. Export is free, like the rest of FlowBot.

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