Chataiful – Fullstack AI Chat Platform

📌 Overview

Chataiful is a modern Fullstack AI Chat Platform built with Next.js 15, React 19, and MongoDB.
It integrates authentication, real-time messaging, and AI-generated responses using OpenAI/DeepSeek APIs.
This project is designed as a scalable base for building AI-powered assistants or chatbots with secure auth and a clean UI.

🔗 Live Preview: https://chataiful.vercel.app

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Screenshots

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🛠 Tech Stack

Frontend

• Next.js 15 – React framework with Turbopack bundler.
• React 19 – Latest React version for UI.
• Tailwind CSS v4 – Utility-first CSS for responsive modern design.
• React Markdown – Render markdown text from AI output.
• Prism.js – https://github.com/PrismJS/prism-themes/tree/master/themes - Syntax highlighting for code snippets.
• React Hot Toast – Notifications for user feedback.

Backend

• Next.js API Routes – Backend logic using built-in API routes.
• Mongoose via MongoDB Atlas – https://www.mongodb.com/products/platform/atlas-database - ODM for MongoDB, managing chats and users.
• Svix – Webhooks handling (commonly paired with Clerk).
• Axios – Simplified HTTP client for API calls.

Authentication

• Clerk – https://clerk.com - Secure login, session management, and SSO.

AI Integration

• OpenAI SDK – https://api-docs.deepseek.com - https://openrouter.ai/settings/keys - Connect to OpenAI-compatible APIs (e.g. DeepSeek, OpenRouter).

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This is a Next.js project bootstrapped with create-next-app.

Getting Started

First, run the development server:

npm run dev
# or
yarn dev
# or
pnpm dev
# or
bun dev

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

You can start editing the page by modifying app/page.js. The page auto-updates as you edit the file.

This project uses next/font to automatically optimize and load Geist, a new font family for Vercel.

Learn More

To learn more about Next.js, take a look at the following resources:

• Next.js Documentation - learn about Next.js features and API.
• Learn Next.js - an interactive Next.js tutorial.

You can check out the Next.js GitHub repository - your feedback and contributions are welcome!

Deploy on Vercel

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

Check out our Next.js deployment documentation for more details.