README.md

Mindpedia

Free Alternative to Perplexity AI

Features

• Next.js App Router + React Server Components
• Vercel AI SDK 3.0 for Generative UI
• OpenAI Tools/Function Calling
• shadcn/ui

Quick Links

• Project Link
• This project is inspired by the great demo from miurla, check it here

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 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 should now be running on localhost:3000.