Slack Platform Developer Tools

These tools, libraries, and SDKs will help you start developing on Slack quickly. To learn more about the Slack platform, consult our documentation and tutorials.

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Tool	Works with	Related Guides
Bolt An official framework that speeds up and simplifies Slack app development, available in JavaScript, Python, and Java.	JavaScript, Java, Python, TypeScript	Slack Web API Events API
Node Slack SDK Official Slack-built package for Node.js. `npm install @slack/web-api`	Javascript, Node.js	Slack Web API Incoming Webhooks
Python Slack Client Official Slack-built package for Python. `pip install slackclient`	Python	Slack Web API Incoming Webhooks
Java Slack SDK Official Slack-built package for Java.	Java	Slack Web API Slack Events API Incoming Webhooks
API specifications Slack platform features lovingly documented in open formats	OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, JSON Schema	Slack Web API Events API
Block Kit Builder Compose simple messages, preview complex workflows, and use blocks to the utmost.	Web	Introducing Block Kit Interactive messages
Node OAuth Package to help and handle the Slack OAuth flow in Node.js. `npm install @slack/oauth`	Javascript, Node.js	OAuth 2.0
Slack Developer Tools Install this application to your workspace to quickly look up documentation, investigate the structure of messages, and more.	Slack	Slack Web API Interactive messages Defining and handling message actions
Node Interactive Messages Official Slack-built package for consuming actions. `npm install @slack/interactive-messages`	Javascript, Node.js	Interactive messages
Events API module Official Slack-built package for the Events API in Node.js. `npm install @slack/events-api`	Javascript, Node.js	Events API
python-slack-events-api Official Slack-built package for the Events API in Python. `pip install slackeventsapi`	Python	Events API
Steno Record and replay incoming and outgoing HTTP requests with your Slack app testing companion, Steno. 📼	Javascript, Node.js	Slack Web API Events API Interactive messages Interacting with users through dialogs
Assets for App Directory profiles Template images to help you build a great profile for the app directory	Sketch	Building Slack apps Slack App Directory Checklist
Visual asset kit Ideal for prototyping, documenting, and promoting your Slack apps	Sketch	Building Slack apps Interactive messages
Build this bot workshop Learn to build a bot for Slack, step-by-step.	Python	Enabling interactions with bots Events API Slack Web API Using OAuth 2.0