About nextjs AI-Chatbot
From the template README, written by its publisher.Next.js AI Chatbot
](https://chat.vercel.ai/)
An Open-Source AI Chatbot Template Built With Next.js and the AI SDK by Vercel.
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
- Unified API for generating text, structured objects, and tool calls with LLMs
- Hooks for building dynamic chat and generative user interfaces
- Supports OpenAI (default), Anthropic, Cohere, and other model providers
- Styling with Tailwind CSS
- Component primitives from Radix UI for accessibility and flexibility
- Data Persistence
- Vercel Postgres powered by Neon for saving chat history and user data
- Vercel Blob for efficient file storage
- Simple and secure authentication
Model Providers
This template ships with OpenAI
gpt-4o as the default. However, with the AI SDK, you can switch LLM providers to 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.envfile or it will expose secrets that will allow others to control access to your various OpenAI and authentication provider accounts.
- Install Vercel CLI:
npm i -g vercel - Link local instance with Vercel and GitHub accounts (creates
.verceldirectory):vercel link - Download your environment variables:
vercel env pull
bash
Your app template should now be running on localhost:3000.
