BlastBot – WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS Email Platform with AI Writer, Drip Sequences Smart Inbox

BlastBot is a self-hosted WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS & Email marketing platform built for marketers, agencies, and developers who want full control over their messaging infrastructure — no monthly fees, no per-message costs, no vendor lock-in. Built on Laravel 12 and React, it combines bulk broadcasting, drip automation, email campaigns, and Claude AI-powered content tools into one clean admin panel.

Platform Core Features:

WhatsApp Broadcasting — Connect your official WhatsApp Business account and send bulk campaigns to thousands of contacts using Meta-approved message templates, with real-time delivery tracking and automatic retry on failure.

Telegram Broadcasting — Link unlimited Telegram bots and broadcast rich Markdown-formatted messages to your entire subscriber base instantly — no limits, no extra cost.

SMS Broadcasting — Send bulk SMS campaigns through your preferred gateway. Supports Twilio, Vonage, AWS SNS, Plivo, and Messagebird — plug in your credentials and start sending in minutes.

Email Marketing — Full email marketing suite with sender management, contact lists, HTML templates, scheduled campaigns, multi-step automations, open/click tracking, bounce handling, and unsubscribe management — all from the same admin panel.

Drip Sequence Automation — Build multi-step automated message flows with day and hour-level delay control. Enroll contact lists and let BlastBot nurture your leads on complete autopilot via background queue jobs.

AI Message Writer & Campaign Planner — Powered by Claude AI (Anthropic). Generate 3 compliance-scored message variants in seconds, or get a full campaign plan — including sequence steps, send times, open rate estimates, tips and warnings — all from a single prompt.

Unified Inbox — All inbound WhatsApp and Telegram replies land in one inbox, received via webhooks in real time and auto-classified by AI so you always know who to follow up with.

BlastBot is a self-hosted WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS & Email marketing platform that lets businesses reach thousands of customers across every channel from a single, clean admin panel. Built with Laravel 12 and React (Inertia.js), BlastBot combines bulk broadcasting, intelligent drip automation, AI-powered content creation, email marketing, and real-time inbox management — giving marketing teams and agencies everything they need to run professional multi-channel campaigns at scale.

Install it on your own server, connect your WhatsApp Business API, Telegram bots, SMS gateways, and email senders, import your contacts, build drip sequences, and start sending. From template submission and approval tracking to Claude AI-generated campaign plans, BlastBot covers the entire messaging lifecycle — no third-party subscription fees, no per-message pricing, full control over your data.

Own your messaging infrastructure. No recurring fees. No vendor lock-in.

Key Highlights:

• WhatsApp Business API Integration: Connect your official WhatsApp Business account via the Facebook Graph API. Create message templates, submit them for Meta review, sync approval status in real time, and send compliant bulk campaigns to thousands of contacts.

• Telegram Bot Integration: Connect unlimited Telegram bots, receive inbound messages via webhooks, and broadcast rich Markdown-formatted messages to your entire subscriber base with a single click.

• SMS Channel: Send bulk SMS through Twilio, Vonage, AWS SNS, Plivo, or Messagebird. Dynamic credential fields adapt to each gateway — enter your API keys and verify the connection instantly from the admin panel.

• Email Marketing Module: Full email marketing suite — manage SMTP / SES / Mailgun / Postmark / Resend / SparkPost senders, build HTML templates, schedule campaigns, run multi-step automations, and track opens, clicks, bounces, and unsubscribes. Webhook receivers handle bounce and complaint events from all major providers automatically.

• AI Message Writer (Claude-Powered): Generate 3 ready-to-send message variants in seconds. Set your business type, goal, tone, language, emoji preference, and call-to-action — Claude AI returns compliance-scored variants ready to copy directly into your campaigns.

• AI Campaign Planner (Claude-Powered): Describe your business and goal and get a complete campaign plan back instantly — including campaign name, overview, estimated reach, expected open and reply rates, best send times, step-by-step message sequence, tips, and warnings.

• Drip Sequence Automation: Build multi-step automated message flows with day and hour-level delay control. Enroll contact lists into sequences and let the scheduler send each step at exactly the right time — fully automated via background queue jobs.

• WhatsApp Template Management: Create, submit, and track WhatsApp message templates directly from the admin panel. Templates are submitted to Meta via the Graph API, and approval status (Approved / Pending / Rejected) is synced back with a single click.

• Contact Management & Import/Export: Manage your audience with full CRUD, CSV import, and CSV export. Organize contacts into lists, assign tags, track AI engagement labels (Hot / Warm / Cold / Dormant), and segment by status for precise targeting.

• Unified Inbox: All inbound WhatsApp and Telegram replies appear in a single inbox. Messages are received via webhooks in real time, auto-classified by AI, and marked read individually or in bulk.

• Campaign Analytics: Track every campaign with delivery and engagement metrics. Monitor AI tool usage, token consumption, and success rates through the dedicated AI Logs analytics page.

• Background Queue Processing: Campaigns and drip steps are dispatched via Laravel queue jobs — no timeouts, no browser dependency. Supervisor keeps workers running 24/7 with automatic retries on failure.

Complete Feature List:

CHANNEL MANAGEMENT

• WhatsApp Business API (Facebook Graph API v19)
• Telegram Bot API Integration
• SMS Channel (Twilio, Vonage, AWS SNS, Plivo, Messagebird)
• Unlimited Channel Connections
• One-Click Channel Verification
• Phone Number Auto-Detection from API
• Bot Username Auto-Detection
• Connect / Disconnect / Delete Channels
• Channel Status Tracking (Connected, Disconnected, Error)
• Secure Credential Storage
• Last Verified Timestamp

SMS CHANNEL

• 5 Gateway Support: Twilio, Vonage, AWS SNS, Plivo, Messagebird
• Dynamic Credential Fields per Gateway
• One-Click Gateway Verification
• SMS Stat Card on Channels Dashboard
• Secure API Key / Token Storage

EMAIL MARKETING MODULE

• Email Sender Management (SMTP, SES, Mailgun, Postmark, Resend, SparkPost)
• Daily Send Limit per Sender with Automatic Reset
• Email Contact Lists with Subscriber Management
• CSV Import for Email Lists
• HTML Email Template Editor with Variable Substitution
• Email Campaigns (Draft → Scheduled → Sending → Completed Lifecycle)
• Scheduled Campaign Dispatch via Background Jobs
• Multi-Step Email Automations with Trigger-Based Sequences
• Email Analytics Dashboard (Open Rate, Click Rate, Bounce Rate)
• Open Tracking via Pixel
• Click Tracking via Redirect
• Webhook Receivers for 7 Providers (Bounce, Complaint, Unsubscribe)
• Unsubscribe Footer with One-Click Opt-Out
• Email Suppression List with Soft Bounce Threshold Management
• From Name and Reply-To Defaults
• 4 Background Commands: dispatch-scheduled, sync-lists, reset-daily-limits, cleanup-suppressions

CONTACT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

• Full Contact CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
• CSV Bulk Import with Header Auto-Mapping
• CSV Export (All Fields)
• Contact List Organization
• Multi-List Assignment per Contact
• Tag System (Comma-Separated)
• Status Management (Active, Opted Out, Unsubscribed)
• AI Engagement Labels (Hot, Warm, Cold, Dormant)
• Country and Language Fields
• Phone Number (WhatsApp) and Telegram ID Fields
• Email Address Field
• Last Messaged Tracking
• Real-Time List Count Recalculation
• Search and Filter by Status, Label
• Paginated Contact Table