- #1424: Replace pickle and joblib with safer alternatives, e.g. json, safetensors, and skops, for
- CountVectorFeaturizer
- LexicalSyntacticFeaturizer
- LogisticRegressionClassifier
- SklearnIntentClassifier
- DIETClassifier
Rasa by Rasa
Pulse Score
57 / 100
Rank #22 of 157
Downloads, last 7 days
75K
up 26.4% vs previous week
Downloads, last 30 days
280K
0.0% vs previous 30 days
GitHub stars
21.3K
about +2 a day
Latest release
3.6.21
21mo ago
Price
Free
checked Oct 6, 2026
Overview
Framework and platform for building voice and chat assistants that can be self-hosted: the open-source Rasa framework (Apache-2.0) and the open-core Rasa Pro / Rasa Platform. A free Developer Edition license covers one bot with capped monthly conversations.
Rasa was downloaded 75K times from PyPI in the week ending Oct 4, 2026, up 26.4% on the week before and down 0.0% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 21.3K stars, 42 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 3.6.21, published Jan 14, 2025.
Rasa usage and attention over time
Download the raw daily series: rasa.csv
Install Rasa
| PyPI | pip install rasa |
|---|---|
| PyPI | pip install rasa-pro |
| Docker | docker pull rasa/rasa |
These commands use the packages tracked on this page. The vendor may recommend a different installer; see the official documentation.
Key facts
| Maker | Rasa |
|---|---|
| Type | Conversational AI platform |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Channels | voice, chat, WhatsApp, Slack/Discord, email |
| Works with | Standalone; deployed on the customer's own infrastructure and connected to channels and back-end systems |
| Main language | Python |
| Open issues and PRs | 155 |
| Docker Hub pulls | 41,726,070 |
Pricing
Free Developer Edition license usable locally or in production for one bot with up to 1,000 external or 100 internal conversations a month, with community support. Rasa Platform with premium support is contact-sales only.
Source: official pricing page, checked Oct 6, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Pulse Score breakdown
Adoption71
Community55
Attention—
Momentum50
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
What changed: recent Rasa releases
- #13019: Changed the ordering of returned events to order by ID (previously timestamp) in SQL Tracker Store
- #13017: Flush messages when Kafka producer is closed. This is to ensure that all messages in the producer's internal queue are sent to the broker.
- #12983: Upgrade Cryptography to fix improper certificate validation.
- #12998: Fixes a bug that caused the fullretrievalintentname key to be missing in the published event. Rasa Analytics makes use of this key to get the Retrieval Intent Name
Rasa alternatives
| # | Agent | Pulse | Downloads 7d | 7d | 30d | VS Code installs | Stars | Latest release | Price | Last 90 days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 |
Chatwoot CaptainChatwoot |
52 | — | — | — | — | 37.6K+42/day | 4.18.018d ago | Free + $19/mo | ||
| 55 |
BotpressBotpress |
44 | 25.6K | down 15.0% | — | — | 14.9K+2/day | 12.30.93y ago | Free + $150/mo | ||
| 59 |
ForethoughtForethought (a Zendesk company) |
42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Custom | — | |
| 60 |
DecagonDecagon |
42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Custom | ||
| 68 |
ChatbaseChatbase |
40 | 233 | down 22.1% | — | — | — | — | Free + $40/mo | ||
| 72 |
CustomGPT.aiCustomGPT.ai |
39 | 1,571 | up 115.8% | up 66.1% | — | — | — | $99/mo | ||
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Rasa FAQ
How much does Rasa cost?
Free Developer Edition license usable locally or in production for one bot with up to 1,000 external or 100 internal conversations a month, with community support. Rasa Platform with premium support is contact-sales only.
Is Rasa open source?
Yes. Rasa is open source, released under the Apache-2.0 license.
How popular is Rasa?
Rasa was downloaded 75K times from PyPI in the week ending Oct 4, 2026, up 26.4% on the week before and down 0.0% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before. The GitHub repository has 21.3K stars, 42 of them added in the last 30 days. The latest stable release is 3.6.21, published Jan 14, 2025.
What is the latest version of Rasa?
The latest stable release we track is 3.6.21, published on Jan 14, 2025.
What are the alternatives to Rasa?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Pulse Score are Chatwoot Captain, Botpress, Forethought, Decagon.
Where these numbers come from
PyPI: rasa, rasa-pro. GitHub: RasaHQ/rasa. Site rank: rasa.com on the Tranco list. See data sources for how each one is collected.
Product facts and pricing were checked against: rasa.com, github.com, pypi.org, hub.docker.com.