Kate-Chu/ai-chatbot

ExplainThis AI Chatbot

An open-source AI chatbot app template built with Next.js, the Vercel AI SDK, OpenAI, and React Query.

Features · Deploy Your Own · Running locally ·

Features

• Next.js App Router
• React Server Components (RSCs), Suspense, and Server Actions
• Vercel AI SDK for streaming chat UI
• Support for OpenAI (default), Anthropic, Hugging Face, or custom AI chat models and/or LangChain
• Edge runtime-ready
• shadcn/ui
  • Styling with Tailwind CSS
  • Radix UI for headless component primitives
  • Icons from Phosphor Icons

Deploy Your Own

You can deploy your own version of the AI Chatbot to Vercel with one click:

Running locally

You will need to use the environment variables defined in .env.example to run this Chatbot. It's recommended you use Vercel 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

pnpm install
pnpm dev

Your app template should now be running on localhost:3000.