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Vercel AI Chatbot

A full-featured, hackable Next.js AI chatbot built by Vercel

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Why this verdict

12 commits in the last 90 days, none in the last 30.
On current major: Auth.js, Drizzle, Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, Vercel AI SDK, Zod.
Not counted in verdict: TypeScript 5 → 7.

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Dependency freshness

Package	Declared	Latest	Status
TypeScript typescript	5.6.3	7.0.2	Behind, not counted
Auth.js next-auth	5.0.0-beta.25	4.24.15	Current
Drizzle drizzle-orm	0.45.2	0.45.3	Current
Next.js next	16.2.10	16.3.6	Current
React react	19.2.7	19.3.0	Current
Tailwind CSS tailwindcss	4.3.2	4.3.3	Current
Vercel AI SDK ai	7.0.15	7.0.116	Current
Zod zod	4.4.3	4.6.5	Current

Declared = lowest version the kit's package.json allows. Latest = npm "latest" tag. TypeScript and the Stripe SDK are shown but not counted in the verdict.

What's in the stack

Framework: Next.js
Auth: Auth.js
Database / ORM: Drizzle, Postgres.js
UI: Tailwind CSS, Radix UI
AI: Vercel AI SDK
Testing: Playwright
Monitoring: Vercel Analytics

Detected from declared dependencies. A listed package means it's installed, not necessarily fully wired up.

What the README says you get

Auth
Auth.jsSimple and secure authentication
Data
Neon Serverless PostgresNeon Serverless Postgres for saving chat history and user data
Data
Vercel Blob storageVercel Blob for efficient file storage
UI
Radix UI componentsComponent primitives from Radix UI for accessibility and flexibility

Extracted from the kit's README by a local AI model (qwen3.5:4b) on Sep 26, 2026. Every item is checked against an exact README quote; 2 unverifiable items were discarded. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.

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