# fogbender

> Framework-agnostic JavaScript library for rendering Fogbender’s embeddable messaging UI in any frontend environment

Latest version **0.10.2** (published 2025-04-27) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install fogbender
pnpm add fogbender
yarn add fogbender
bun add fogbender
```

## Health

**Score 40/100 (D)** — status: maintenance-mode.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads; pre 1.0.

Negative: stale; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.10.2 |
| Published | 2025-04-27 |
| First published | 2022-01-17 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS |
| Node | >=10 |
| Dependencies | 3 |
| Unpacked size | 353.2 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 13 |
| Author | Fogbender Software, Inc. |
| Maintainers | fogbender |
| Keywords | messaging, b2b support, customer support, chat widget, embeddable chat, intercom, pylon, slack |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/fogbender
- Repository: https://github.com/fogbender/fogbender-oss/blob/main/packages/fogbender
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/fogbender

## Dependencies (3)

- [twind](https://npm.io/package/twind.md) ^0.16.19
- [preact](https://npm.io/package/preact.md) ^10.26.5
- [@babel/eslint-parser](https://npm.io/package/@babel/eslint-parser.md) ^7.26.8

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## Recent versions

- 0.10.2 (latest) — 2025-04-27
- 0.10.1 — 2025-04-22
- 0.10.0 — 2025-04-22
- 0.9.1 — 2025-04-21
- 0.9.0 — 2025-04-21
- 0.8.1 — 2025-04-13
- 0.8.0 — 2025-04-13
- 0.7.1 — 2025-03-31
- 0.7.0 — 2025-03-26
- 0.6.4 — 2025-03-25
- 0.6.3 — 2025-03-25
- 0.6.2 — 2025-03-24
- 0.6.1 — 2025-03-22
- 0.6.0 — 2025-03-19
- 0.5.0 — 2025-03-16
- … 21 more at https://npm.io/package/fogbender/versions

## README

# fogbender

> https://fogbender.com/

[![NPM](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/fogbender.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/fogbender)

## Install

```bash
npm install fogbender
```

Or if you are using other package managers like yarn, pnpm or bun:

```
npm i -g @antfu/ni && ni fogbender
```

## Usage

```tsx
import { createNewFogbender } from "fogbender";

const addFogbender = async rootEl => {
  const clientUrl = "https://main--fb-client.netlify.app";
  const token = {
    widgetId: "dzAwMTQ5OTEzNjgyNjkwNzA3NDU2",
    customerId: "org123",
    customerName: "Customer Firm",
    userId: "example_PLEASE_CHANGE",
    userEmail: "user@example.com",
    userJWT:
      "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJ1c2VySWQiOiJleGFtcGxlX1BMRUFTRV9DSEFOR0UiLCJjdXN0b21lcklkIjoib3JnMTIzIiwiY3VzdG9tZXJOYW1lIjoiQ3VzdG9tZXIgRmlybSIsInVzZXJFbWFpbCI6InVzZXJAZXhhbXBsZS5jb20iLCJ1c2VySWQiOiJleGFtcGxlX1BMRUFTRV9DSEFOR0UiLCJ1c2VyTmFtZSI6IkN1c3RvbWVyIFVzZXIifQ.upRXqWj7WOb-DcjqtJ_jJ96WShbx6npL8hboAurBhYg",
    userName: "Customer User",
    userAvatarUrl:
      "https://fogbender-blog.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/fogbender-cardinal-closeup.png", // optional
  };

  const fogbender = createNewFogbender();
  fogbender.setClientUrl(clientUrl);
  fogbender.setToken(token);
  const cleanup = await fogbender.renderIframe({ headless, rootEl });
  return cleanup;
};

const rootEl = document.getElementById("root");
const cleanup = addFogbender(rootEl);
setTimeout(() => {
  cleanup();
}, 10000);
```

## Examples

- https://codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/github/fogbender/fogbender-oss/tree/main/examples/vanilla

## License

MIT © [Fogbender Software, Inc.](https://github.com/fogbender)

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