This tool for bot developers is for testing and debugging their bots locally or remotely. It provides a chat interface to interact with your bot and view messages in a web chat format. The emulator logs JSON requests and responses exchanged between the bot and user. It's recommended to test your bot before deploying it to the cloud, even if it hasn't been configured with Azure Bot Service yet.
Bot Framework Emulator 3.5.25 for Mac can be downloaded from our software library for free. The actual developer of this free software for Mac is Microsoft. This Mac download was scanned by our antivirus and was rated as clean. The application is included in Developer Tools. The size of the latest downloadable setup file is 53.7 MB.
From the developer:
Bot Framework Emulator is a desktop application that allows bot developers to test and debug bots, either locally or remotely. Using the Emulator, you can chat with your bot and inspect the messages that your bot sends and receives. The Emulator displays messages as they would appear in a web chat UI and logs JSON requests and responses as you exchange messages with your bot.
You may want to check out more Mac applications, such as Track-o-Bot, Icon Bot or FTP Bot - Fast FTP Client, which might be similar to Bot Framework Emulator.
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