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Vercel AI Chatbot (SvelteKit)

Grade F: derived only from the two verdicts below. How grades work

A full-featured, hackable SvelteKit AI chatbot built by Vercel

Dormant2+ majors behindChecked Oct 19, 2026Free

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Why this verdict

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No commits in 90 days; last commit 500 days ago. receipt ↗
Vercel AI SDK 4 declared; latest is 7 (3 majors behind). receipt ↗
Drizzle 0.39.3 declared; latest is 0.45.4 (0.x releases can break). receipt ↗
SvelteKit 2 declared; latest is 3 (1 major behind). receipt ↗
Zod 3 declared; latest is 4 (1 major behind). receipt ↗
On current major: Tailwind CSS. receipt ↗
Not counted in verdict: TypeScript 5 → 7. receipt ↗

Snapshot: commit 9247ebb on main, checked 2026-10-19 06:11 UTC. Receipts link to files at this exact commit.

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Two or more breaking releases behind on a core dependency.

Dependency freshness

Package	Declared	Latest	Status
Vercel AI SDK ai	4.2.0	7.0.143	3 majors behind
TypeScript typescript	5.0.0	7.0.2	Behind, not counted
Drizzle drizzle-orm	0.39.3	0.45.4	1 major behind
SvelteKit @sveltejs/kit	2.16.0	3.1.0	1 major behind
Zod zod	3.24.2	4.6.7	1 major behind
Tailwind CSS tailwindcss	4.1.8	4.3.3	Current

Declared = lowest version the kit's dependency file (package.json, pyproject.toml or requirements.txt) allows. Latest = the npm "latest" tag or the newest PyPI release. TypeScript, the Stripe SDK, FastAPI and other 0.x packages are shown but not counted in the verdict.

What's in the stack

Framework: SvelteKit, Svelte, Vite
Database / ORM: Drizzle, Postgres.js
UI: Tailwind CSS
AI: Vercel AI SDK

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

What the README says you get

AI
AI SDK integrationAI SDK
AI
Unified LLM APIUnified API for generating text, structured objects, and tool calls with LLMs
AI
Dynamic chat hooksHooks for building dynamic chat and generative user interfaces
AI
Multiple model providersSupports xAI (default), Groq, and other model providers
Data
Chat history persistenceVercel Postgres powered by Neon for saving chat history and user data
Data
File storageVercel Blob for efficient file storage
Deploy
One-click Vercel deploydeploy your own version of the SvelteKit AI Chatbot to Vercel with one click
UI
shadcn-svelte componentsshadcn-svelte
UI
Tailwind CSS stylingStyling with Tailwind CSS
UI
Accessible UI primitivesComponent primitives from Bits UI for accessibility and flexibility

Extracted from the kit's README by a local AI model (deepseek-flash) on Sep 29, 2026. Every item is checked against an exact README quote. A README claim is the maker's description, not something we tested.

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History

Sep 26, 2026 → Oct 19, 2026. One square per check, colored by maintenance status. Hover for details.

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Date	Maintenance	Dependencies
Oct 19, 2026	Dormant	2+ majors behind
Oct 12, 2026	Dormant	2+ majors behind
Sep 29, 2026	Dormant	2+ majors behind
Sep 28, 2026	Dormant	2+ majors behind
Sep 26, 2026	Dormant	2+ majors behind

Sources

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Commit history ↗ default branch (main) at the checked commit: pulse, contributors, last commit
Releases ↗ latest release
package.json ↗ declared dependency versions and stack (at commit 9247ebb)
README ↗ quoted features at the checked commit
npm registry ↗ latest versions (each linked in the table above)

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