React GPT Chatbot Starter Kit – CodeLoot

Kickstart your next AI chatbot project with this clean and simple React template. No backend required — just add your OpenAI API key and start chatting!

🤖 Features

• GPT-3.5 or GPT-4 integration

• Clean chat UI (user/bot)

• Typing animation

• Easy config via config.js

🧩 Includes:

• Full React project (Vite setup)

• Chat UI (Chatbot.jsx), GPT logic, CSS, config file

• Setup README and License

⚡ Ready to deploy to Vercel or Netlify.

What’s Included

• 🔹 App.jsx: Main entry point, rendering the chatbot interface

• 🔹 Chatbot.jsx: The chat UI component with React state and input/output handling

• 🔹 ChatService.js: Handles the OpenAI GPT-3.5/GPT-4 API call logic

• 🔹 config.js: Plug-and-play config file for your OpenAI API key and model

• 🔹 styles.css: Clean default styling with message bubbles and mobile responsiveness

• 🔹 index.html: Basic HTML entry point for the Vite project

• 🔹 README.md: Installation and deployment guide (local + Vercel)

• 🔹 LICENSE.txt: Royalty-free license with attribution to CodeLoot

How It Works This starter kit is ideal for anyone looking to build an AI chatbot UI using OpenAI’s GPT models. It’s fully React-based, lightweight, and easy to modify.

• Built with Vite for fast setup and builds

• Sends user messages via fetch to OpenAI’s Chat Completion API

• Displays message bubbles (user/bot) with “typing…” effect

• Works great as a support assistant, productivity bot, or creative tool

Just install the dependencies, add your API key in config.js, and you’re ready to go.

Who It’s For

• React developers building AI interfaces

• Startups or solo devs wanting to integrate GPT into their apps

• No-backend chatbot MVPs or prototypes

No backend required. Deployable via Vercel, Netlify, or self-hosted.