Free AI

A 100% free, open-source web application that gives anyone instant access to powerful artificial intelligence — no sign-up, no credit card, no limits.

Chat with Groq's LLaMA models directly from your browser using your own API key. Your key never leaves your device.

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Features

• No sign-up required — open the page and start chatting immediately
• Privacy-first — your Groq API key is stored only in your browser's localStorage, never sent to any server other than Groq
• Multi-language support — English and Finnish UI with locale-aware translations
• Open-source — released under the MIT License
• Responsive design — works on desktop and mobile

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Pages

Route	Description
/	Landing page with hero, features, social proof
/chat	AI chat interface — paste your Groq API key and start chatting
/about	About Free AI — how it works, why it exists
/contact	Contact form backed by SMTP (Nodemailer) with anti-spam honeypot
/privacy	Privacy Policy
/terms	Terms of Service
/cookies	Cookies & Storage Policy
/license	MIT License text

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Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Framework	Next.js 16 (App Router)
Language	TypeScript 5
Styling	Tailwind CSS v4 + @tailwindcss/postcss
Fonts	Geist Sans + Mono via next/font/google
Email	Nodemailer for contact form delivery
AI Provider	Groq API — LLaMA-3.3 70B with streaming SSE responses
Security	Rate limiting, input sanitization, CSP/HTTP security headers, honeypot anti-spam, API key expiry

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 20+
• A Groq API key — get one free at console.groq.com/keys
• SMTP credentials (optional, for contact form)

Installation

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/free-ai.git
cd free-ai
npm install
cp .env.example .env.local

Development

npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000.

Build & Deploy

npm run build   # Optimized production build
npm start        # Start the server

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Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
SMTP_HOST	No	SMTP host (default: smtp.gmail.com)
SMTP_PORT	No	SMTP port (default: 587)
SMTP_SECURE	No	Use SSL/TLS (default: false)
SMTP_USER	No	SMTP username
SMTP_PASS	No	SMTP password (App Password)
SMTP_FROM	No	Sender address for contact emails
SMTP_TO	No	Recipient address for contact form submissions

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Security Features

• Rate limiting on all public API routes — 30 req/min for chat, 10 req/min for contact
• CSP + HTTP security headers — prevents XSS, clickjacking, MIME sniffing
• Input sanitization — HTML escaping, CRLF stripping, length limits on all inputs
• Honeypot anti-spam on the contact form
• Groq error mapping — raw provider errors are never shown to end users
• API key expiry — stored keys automatically expire after 30 days

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How It Works

1. User visits /chat and enters their own Groq API key → stored in browser localStorage
2. When sending a message, the key travels from the client through our serverless route (/api/chat) to Groq's streaming API
3. Responses stream back via Server-Sent Events for instant display

Your API key never touches our servers — it travels only: your browser → our proxy → Groq → back. We have no access to it.

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License

MIT — free to use, modify, and distribute.