{"slug": "i-built-botflow-ai-an-ai-chatbot-saas-with-next-js-nestjs-rag", "title": "I Built BotFlow AI: An AI Chatbot SaaS with Next.js, NestJS & RAG", "summary": "A developer built BotFlow AI, an open AI chatbot SaaS platform using Next.js, NestJS, and RAG. The platform features AI-powered chatbots, RAG knowledge base support, embeddable website chat widget, analytics dashboard, and authentication with role management. The project aims to provide a production-ready foundation for developers to customize instead of rebuilding infrastructure for every AI chatbot project.", "body_md": "🚀 Introducing BotFlow AI – An Open AI Chatbot SaaS Platform\n\nAfter months of development, I'm excited to share BotFlow AI, a modern AI chatbot SaaS platform built for businesses and developers.\n\n✨ Features\n\n🤖 AI-powered chatbots\n\n📚 RAG knowledge base support\n\n💬 Embeddable website chat widget\n\n📊 Analytics dashboard\n\n🔐 Authentication & role management\n\n⚡ Modern Next.js + NestJS architecture\n\n🐳 Docker-ready deployment\n\n🗄️ PostgreSQL + Prisma backend\n\n🛠 Tech Stack\n\nNext.js\n\nNestJS\n\nTypeScript\n\nPostgreSQL\n\nPrisma\n\nDocker\n\nThe goal was to create a production-ready foundation that developers can customize instead of rebuilding the same infrastructure for every AI chatbot project.\n\nI'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions for future improvements.\n\n🔗 Website: [https://botflow-a.netlify.app](https://botflow-a.netlify.app)\n\n🚀 Product Hunt Launch:\n\n[https://www.producthunt.com/products/botflow-ai?launch=botflow-ai](https://www.producthunt.com/products/botflow-ai?launch=botflow-ai)\n\nThanks for reading! 🙌", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-botflow-ai-an-ai-chatbot-saas-with-next-js-nestjs-rag", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/omar_amin_9f14f9504bd8608/i-built-botflow-ai-an-ai-chatbot-saas-with-nextjs-nestjs-rag-4alc", "published_at": "2026-07-21 17:55:27+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-21 18:51:08.957965+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-tools", "developer-tools", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["BotFlow AI", "Next.js", "NestJS", "TypeScript", "PostgreSQL", "Prisma", "Docker"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-botflow-ai-an-ai-chatbot-saas-with-next-js-nestjs-rag", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-botflow-ai-an-ai-chatbot-saas-with-next-js-nestjs-rag.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-botflow-ai-an-ai-chatbot-saas-with-next-js-nestjs-rag.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-botflow-ai-an-ai-chatbot-saas-with-next-js-nestjs-rag.jsonld"}}