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      <title>Built a Bot? Here's a New Place to Get It Discovered</title>
      <dc:creator>Alexander </dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/alexanderlamdan/built-a-bot-heres-a-new-place-to-get-it-discovered-k03</link>
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      <description>&lt;h1&gt;
  
  
  Built a Bot? Get It Discovered for Free — Introducing LMDN Bot 🚀
&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Building a bot is one challenge. Getting people to discover it is another.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Whether you're developing Telegram bots, Discord applications, WhatsApp automation, or tools for other platforms, finding an audience isn't always easy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's why I built &lt;strong&gt;LMDN Bot&lt;/strong&gt; — a multilingual, multi-platform marketplace designed to help developers showcase their bots and make them easier to discover.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;🌐 &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://lmdnbot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://lmdnbot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  🤖 One Marketplace, Six Platforms
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;LMDN Bot currently supports:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Telegram&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Discord&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;WhatsApp&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Slack&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Twitch&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Element / Matrix&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Instead of being limited to a single ecosystem, developers can showcase projects across different platforms using one developer profile.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Each bot has its own listing, with information about its functionality, setup process, limitations, and other details potential users should know.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Visitors can explore platform-specific catalogs and discover bots that match their interests.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  💚 Free Bot Publishing — Forever
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Publishing bots on LMDN Bot is free, and free publishing will remain free.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I believe independent developers should have the opportunity to showcase their projects without being required to pay simply to appear in a marketplace.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Whether you're publishing your first bot or maintaining several projects, you're welcome to participate.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The goal is to make bot discovery more accessible, not to put basic visibility behind a paywall.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  🌍 Built for an International Audience
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;LMDN Bot currently supports three languages:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;English&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hebrew&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Russian&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The marketplace includes localized interfaces, navigation, and bot discovery experiences.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My long-term goal is to make the platform useful for developers and users across different countries and ecosystems.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  🛠️ Actively Developed and Continuously Improving
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;LMDN Bot started as a Telegram-only MVP.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since then, I've significantly expanded and redesigned the platform, introducing multi-platform support, developer profiles, improved publishing workflows, moderation, and multilingual functionality.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Development doesn't stop after launch.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The platform continues to evolve. Bugs are investigated and fixed, existing features are improved, and new ideas are evaluated as the marketplace grows.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm also completely open to suggestions, constructive criticism, and feedback — including feedback about things that don't work well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If something is confusing, broken, or missing, I genuinely want to hear about it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  🚀 What's Planned for the Future?
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of my bigger long-term goals is to expand LMDN Bot beyond bot discovery.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I want to introduce a marketplace for &lt;strong&gt;custom bot development requests&lt;/strong&gt;, connecting businesses and individuals with developers who can build solutions for them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  How would it work?
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Imagine a business needs a custom WhatsApp bot for customer support.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The business could:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Create an account and publish a development request.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe the required functionality, preferred platform, and budget.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Receive proposals from bot developers interested in the project.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Choose a developer and proceed with the project.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Developers could browse available requests, propose their services, and potentially find paying clients directly through LMDN Bot.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I also plan to explore a &lt;strong&gt;platform-mediated transaction system&lt;/strong&gt; designed to make agreements and payments safer for both clients and developers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The long-term vision is to create an ecosystem where developers can not only publish their existing bots but also find opportunities to build new ones.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;These features are part of the roadmap and are not available yet.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For now, my priority is continuing to improve the existing marketplace and growing its developer community.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  👨‍💻 Who's Building LMDN Bot?
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm an experienced software developer and Linux system administrator.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've independently handled practically all of the software development, application architecture, deployment, and server administration behind LMDN Bot.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I use AI tools primarily to assist with marketing, content creation, research, and design-related tasks. I've also been studying design fundamentals through books to improve my understanding of user experience and interface design.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My approach is to use AI where delegation makes sense while remaining personally responsible for the engineering and technical direction of the project.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  🤝 Join the Marketplace
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you've built a bot for Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, Slack, Twitch, or Element/Matrix, I'd love to invite you to publish it on LMDN Bot.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Publishing is free. The platform is actively maintained. And your feedback can help shape its future.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;👉 &lt;strong&gt;Explore LMDN Bot: &lt;a href="https://lmdnbot.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://lmdnbot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Whether you want to publish a bot, explore the marketplace, suggest a feature, or point out something that needs improvement, you're welcome.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd also love to hear from the DEV community:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Would you use a marketplace that combines bot discovery with custom development requests from businesses?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And if you're already building bots, which platforms are you working with?&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Disclosure: I'm the creator and developer of LMDN Bot. AI tools assisted with drafting and editing this article.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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