Somali Developer Launches AI Chatbot and Courses Platform Called Isbar-Si AI

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A developer named Faratoon has released Isbar-Si AI, an open-source web platform designed to deliver AI-powered courses and a Somali-language chatbot. The platform offers four main courses covering topics such as AI, video editing, and dropshipping, alongside three private classes in mathematics, programming, and the Canadian curriculum. Users can also book online appointments and access a structured knowledge base of reference articles. The site features an AI popup chatbot that automatically opens four seconds after the page loads and communicates in Somali. Built with React 19, Node.js, TiDB, and a built-in LLM, the project is publicly available on GitHub for self-hosting on a Ubuntu VPS.

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