# vercel/ai

> The AI Toolkit for TypeScript. From the creators of Next.js, the AI SDK is a free open-source library for building AI-powered applications and agents

- GitHub: https://github.com/vercel/ai
- Website: https://ai-sdk.dev
- Category: LLM & Inference (https://ideas.asveas.com/c/llm); also Frontend Frameworks
- Tags: anthropic, ai, gemini, generative-ai, generative-ui, javascript, language-model, llm, nextjs, openai, react, svelte, typescript, vercel
- Language: TypeScript · License: Other
- Stars: 27,870 · Forks: 5,581 · Open issues: 1,563
- Last push: 2026-11-11 (today)
- Vibe score: 90/100

## What it is
The AI SDK is a provider-agnostic TypeScript toolkit designed to help you build AI-powered applications and agents using popular UI frameworks like Next.js, React, Svelte, Vue, Angular, and runtimes like Node.js. To learn more about how to use the AI SDK, check out our API Reference and Documentation.

## When to use it
Reach for ai when you need to call, serve, run locally, fine-tune or chat with a language model — it's written in TypeScript and fits stacks tagged anthropic, ai, gemini, generative-ai.

## Maintenance
vercel/ai looks very actively maintained: the last push was today (2026-11-11), with 27,870 stars and 1,563 open issues.

## Quick start
```bash
git clone https://github.com/vercel/ai.git
```

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Source: https://ideas.asveas.com/r/vercel/ai · Catalog: https://ideas.asveas.com/llms.txt