Avanzamos-Africa/ai-chat-bot

Chat SDK Chat SDK is a free, open-source template built with Next.js and the AI SDK that helps you quickly build powerful chatbot applications. Read Docs · Features · Model Providers · Deploy Your Own · Running locally ## Features - Next.js App Router - Advanced routing for seamless navigation and performance - React Server Components (RSCs) and Server Actions for server-side rendering and increased performance - AI SDK - Unified API for generating text, structured objects, and tool calls with LLMs - Hooks for building dynamic chat and generative user interfaces - Supports xAI (default), OpenAI, Fireworks, and other model providers - shadcn/ui - Styling with Tailwind CSS - Component primitives from Radix UI for accessibility and flexibility - Data Persistence - Neon Serverless Postgres for saving chat history and user data - Vercel Blob for efficient file storage - Auth.js - Simple and secure authentication ## Model Providers This template uses the Vercel AI Gateway to access multiple AI models through a unified interface. The default configuration includes xAI models (`grok-2-vision-1212`, `grok-3-mini`) routed through the gateway. ### AI Gateway Authentication **For Vercel deployments**: Authentication is handled automatically via OIDC tokens. **For non-Vercel deployments**: You need to provide an AI Gateway API key by setting the `AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY` environment variable in your `.env.local` file. With the AI SDK, you can also switch to direct LLM providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, and many more 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: ## Running locally You will need to use the environment variables defined in `.env.example` to run Next.js AI 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 …