Next.js AI Chatbot
An open-source AI chatbot app template built with Next.js, the Vercel AI SDK, OpenAI, and Vercel KV.
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Model Providers ·
Deploy Your Own ·
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Authors
## Features
- [Next.js](https://nextjs.org) App Router
- React Server Components (RSCs), Suspense, and Server Actions
- [Vercel AI SDK](https://sdk.vercel.ai/docs) for streaming chat UI
- Support for OpenAI (default), Anthropic, HuggingFace, or custom AI chat models and/or LangChain
- Edge runtime-ready
- [shadcn/ui](https://ui.shadcn.com)
- Styling with [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com)
- [Radix UI](https://radix-ui.com) for headless component primitives
- Icons from [Phosphor Icons](https://phosphoricons.com)
- Chat History, rate limiting, and session storage with [Vercel KV](https://vercel.com/storage/kv)
- [Next Auth](https://github.com/nextauthjs/next-auth)) for authentication
## Model Providers
This template ships with OpenAI `gpt-3.5-turbo` as the default. However, thanks to the [Vercel AI SDK](https://sdk.vercel.ai/docs), you can switch LLM providers to [Anthropic](https://anthropic.com), [HuggingFace](https://huggingface.co), or using [LangChain](https://js.langchain.com) with just a few lines of code.
## Deploy Your Own
You can deploy your own version of the Next.js AI Chatbot to Vercel with one click:
[](https://vercel.com/new/clone?demo-title=Next.js+Chat&demo-description=A+full-featured%2C+hackable+Next.js+AI+chatbot+built+by+Vercel+Labs&demo-url=https%3A%2F%2Fchat.vercel.ai%2F&demo-image=%2F%2Fimages.ctfassets.net%2Fe5382hct74si%2F4aVPvWuTmBvzM5cEdRdqeW%2F4234f9baf160f68ffb385a43c3527645%2FCleanShot_2023-06-16_at_17.09.21.png&project-name=Next.js+Chat&repository-name=nextjs-chat&repository-url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fvercel-labs%2Fai-chatbot&from=templates&skippable-integrations=1&env=OPENAI_API_KEY%2CAUTH_GITHUB_ID%2CAUTH_GITHUB_SECRET&envDescription=How+to+get+these+env+vars&envLink=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fvercel-labs%2Fai-chatbot%2Fblob%2Fmain%2F.env.example&teamCreateStatus=hidden&stores=[{"type":"kv"}])
## Running locally
You will need to use the environment variables [defined in `.env.example`](.env.example) to run Next.js AI Chatbot. It's recommended you use [Vercel Environment Variables](https://vercel.com/docs/concepts/projects/environment-variables) for this, but a `.env` file is all that is necessary.
> Note: You should not commit your `.env` file or it will expose secrets that will allow others to control access to your various OpenAI and authentication provider accounts.
1. Install Vercel CLI: `npm i -g vercel`
2. Link local instance with Vercel and GitHub accounts (creates `.vercel` directory): `vercel link`
3. Download your environment variables: `vercel env pull`
```bash
pnpm install
pnpm dev
```
Your app template should now be running on [localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000/).
## Authors
This library is created by [Vercel](https://vercel.com) and [Next.js](https://nextjs.org) team members, with contributions from:
- Jared Palmer ([@jaredpalmer](https://twitter.com/jaredpalmer)) - [Vercel](https://vercel.com)
- Shu Ding ([@shuding\_](https://twitter.com/shuding_)) - [Vercel](https://vercel.com)
- shadcn ([@shadcn](https://twitter.com/shadcn)) - [Contractor](https://shadcn.com)