Neon x Aceternity Chatbot Template

A modern, interactive chatbot template built with Next.js, AI SDK, Aceternity UI, and Neon's serverless Postgres.

Features

🤖 Real-time streaming responses
💾 Persistent chat history storage with Neon serverless Postgres
✨ Beautiful UI components from Aceternity UI
🎨 Fully customizable with Tailwind CSS
📱 Responsive design for all devices
⚡ Built on Next.js 14 with App Router

Prerequisites

Node.js 18+
A Neon account to create a Postgres database
An OpenAI API key

Getting Started

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/neondatabase/neon-chatbot.git
cd neon-chatbot-template

Install dependencies:

npm install
# or
yarn install
# or
pnpm install

Create a .env.local file in the root directory with the following variables:

DATABASE_URL="your-neon-database-url"
OPENAI_API_KEY="your-openai-api-key"

Set up the database schema:

CREATE TABLE chat_history (
  id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
  user_message TEXT NOT NULL,
  assistant_message TEXT NOT NULL,
  created_at TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);

Run the development server:

npm run dev
# or
yarn dev
# or
pnpm dev

Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see the result.

Project Structure

/app - Next.js 14 app directory containing routes and layouts
/components - Reusable UI components
/lib - Utility functions and shared code
/public - Static assets
/styles - Global styles and Tailwind CSS configuration

Key Technologies

Next.js - React framework
Neon - Serverless Postgres database
OpenAI - GPT-4 language model
Tailwind CSS - Utility-first CSS framework
Framer Motion - Animation library
Aceternity UI - UI components

Deployment

The easiest way to deploy your Next.js app is to use the Vercel Platform.

Push your code to a GitHub repository
Import your repository to Vercel
Add your environment variables in the Vercel dashboard
Deploy!

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Acknowledgments

Aceternity UI for the beautiful UI components
Neon.tech for the serverless Postgres database

Chatbot by Aceternity

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