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AI SDK (Vercel)

A unified TypeScript SDK for building AI apps with modern streaming, fallbacks, and multi-model support.

Visit ai-sdk.dev โ†—
Our rating
โ˜… 4.7 / 5 preliminary
Pricing
Free
Category
Agent framework
For
Builder
Last updated
Oct 15, 2026

๐Ÿ’ฒ Open-source SDK; you pay model providers. Source: ai-sdk.dev (checked Oct 15, 2026).

Pros & cons

๐Ÿ‘ Pros

  • One API across model providers
  • First-class streaming UI hooks
  • Agent/tool-calling primitives

๐Ÿ‘Ž Cons

  • TypeScript only

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๐Ÿค– AI agents & agent frameworks

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