Baptiste Arnaud

Solo founder of Typebot, the open, self-hostable chatbot builder

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About Baptiste Arnaud

Baptiste Arnaud is a French software engineer and the solo founder of Typebot, a visual chatbot and conversational form builder that can be embedded in websites and apps or self-hosted. Working alone from Paris, Baptiste maintains both the open codebase and the managed cloud version.

Typebot launched in 2020. Growth was slow at first, so in April 2021 Baptiste ran a lifetime deal on SaaS Mantra that brought in roughly $23.6K across about 767 sales and over 900 new users within three weeks, with the platform keeping around half.

In 2022 Baptiste rewrote the product as Typebot 2.0 and made the source public, citing Firebase lock-in and a messy codebase as reasons for the rebuild; they wrote that MRR had crept to only about $300 while closed source and rose after the open release. The GitHub repository has passed 10K stars. The code is now published under a fair source licence, and revenue from the official cloud service funds ongoing development.

Third-party breakdowns estimate Typebot reached tens of thousands of dollars in monthly revenue by 2023-2024 while remaining a one-person, profitable business.

Products by Baptiste Arnaud

Typebot

typebot.io

Visual builder for chatbots and conversational forms that can be embedded anywhere or self-hosted.

Builds indie alternatives to:Typeform

Baptiste Arnaud's journey, 2020–20234 milestones · self-reported

Revenue (monthly, log scale)
First product
Launch / milestone
Started 2020

2020First product: Launched Typebot as a solo project
2021Milestone: Lifetime deal: ~$23.6K in three weeks
2022Launch: Rebuilt the product as Typebot 2.0 and released the source…
2023Revenue: Reported past $30K MRR (third-party breakdowns)≈ $30K/mo

Timeline

2020 — Launched Typebot as a solo project.
2021 — Ran a SaaS Mantra lifetime deal: about 767 sales, roughly $23.6K and 900+ new users in three weeks.
2022 — Rebuilt the product as Typebot 2.0 and released the source publicly.
2023 — Third-party breakdowns reported Typebot passing $30K MRR as a one-person company.

How Baptiste builds

Opening the source can be a growth channel, not just a philosophy.
Sensible defaults keep a flexible builder approachable.
Let paid cloud hosting fund the open product.
Stay solo and ship fixes and features continuously.

Baptiste Arnaud FAQ

Who is Baptiste Arnaud?

Baptiste Arnaud is a Paris-based software engineer and the solo founder of Typebot, an open, self-hostable chatbot builder.

Is Typebot open source?

Typebot's source code is public on GitHub and can be self-hosted; it is now released under a fair source licence, with the managed cloud funding development.