wants.chat

The World's First Intent-Driven AI Platform

Where "I want..." becomes reality in seconds

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1100+ Contextual Tools | 30+ AI Models | No-Code App Builder | Self-Hostable

One platform that replaces 100+ apps you use daily

wants.chat is a revolutionary AI-powered platform that understands what you want and instantly provides the right tool, app, or automation to get it done. Unlike traditional chatbots that only respond with text, wants.chat detects your intent and renders contextual user interfaces tailored to your exact needs.

💬 You say: "I want to convert 500 USD to EUR"
✨ wants.chat: Instantly shows a beautiful currency converter UI with live rates

💬 You say: "I want to generate a logo for my startup"
✨ wants.chat: Opens AI image generator with logo templates pre-loaded

💬 You say: "I want to track my project expenses"
✨ wants.chat: Displays expense tracker with your currency, categories, and export options

In 2025, the average knowledge worker uses 50+ different apps daily:

• Calculators, converters, generators
• Project management tools
• Design software
• Finance trackers
• Health apps
• And dozens more...

wants.chat combines them ALL into one intelligent platform.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     TRADITIONAL CHATBOTS                        │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│   User: "Calculate my BMI"                                      │
│   Bot: "To calculate BMI, divide weight by height squared..."   │
│   User: [Still needs to find a calculator]                      │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                        wants.chat                               │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│   User: "Calculate my BMI"                                      │
│                                                                 │
│   ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐                       │
│   │  🏃 BMI Calculator                  │                       │
│   │  ─────────────────────────          │                       │
│   │  Height: [175] cm                   │                       │
│   │  Weight: [70] kg                    │                       │
│   │                                     │                       │
│   │  Your BMI: 22.9 (Normal)           │                       │
│   │  ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░              │                       │
│   │                                     │                       │
│   │  [Export PDF] [Track History]       │                       │
│   └─────────────────────────────────────┘                       │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Build complete full-stack applications without writing code:

• Frontend: React components with Tailwind CSS
• Backend: Hono.js APIs with PostgreSQL
• Mobile: React Native apps (iOS + Android)
• Deploy: One-click deployment

📱 What You Can Build:
├── Customer portals
├── Internal dashboards
├── E-commerce stores
├── Booking systems
├── CRM applications
├── Inventory management
├── And literally ANY app you imagine

Choose from 11+ AI models:

Visual workflow builder like n8n/Zapier:

• 500+ Connectors: Google, Slack, GitHub, Notion, Salesforce, etc.
• AI Nodes: GPT, Claude, image generation in workflows
• Triggers: Webhooks, schedules, events
• Self-hostable: Run on your own infrastructure

Your data, pre-filled automatically:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                 3 PILLARS OF CONTEXT                        │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                             │
│  1️⃣ ONBOARDING DATA                                        │
│     Currency, timezone, language, industry preferences      │
│                                                             │
│  2️⃣ CONTEXTUAL UI HISTORY                                  │
│     Remembers your last inputs for each tool                │
│                                                             │
│  3️⃣ CHAT INTELLIGENCE                                      │
│     Extracts entities from conversation                     │
│     "Budget $5000" → Pre-fills budget calculators           │
│                                                             │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Every tool supports comprehensive export:

• 📄 PDF - Professional documents
• 📊 Excel - Spreadsheets with formatting
• 📋 CSV - Universal data format
• 🔗 JSON - For developers
• 🖨️ Print - Optimized layouts

• 754+ Contextual UI Tools
• Multi-model AI chat (11 models)
• AI Image Generation (FLUX, SDXL)
• AI Video Generation (Vidu, KlingAI)
• Tool data sync to backend
• Export (PDF, Excel, CSV, JSON)
• User onboarding flow
• Stripe billing integration
• Mobile apps (iOS + Android)
• Organization/team support
• Vector search for tools (Qdrant)
• Dark/Light theme

• Workflow automation (FluxTurn)
• URL Detection + Auto-Summarize
• Screenshot & Page Analysis
• Research Mode (deep web search)
• No-code app builder v2
• Chatbot deployment (WhatsApp, LINE, Telegram)

• Browser extension
• API marketplace
• Plugin system
• Real-time collaboration
• AI agents (autonomous tasks)
• Voice interface
• MCP integration

Add-on Credits: Purchase additional AI/image/video credits as needed.

• React 19 + TypeScript
• Vite build tooling
• Tailwind CSS + shadcn/ui
• Framer Motion for animations
• TanStack Query for data fetching
• i18next for internationalization

• NestJS (Node.js framework)
• PostgreSQL database
• Qdrant vector database (optional)
• Redis for caching
• Socket.io for real-time communication
• Swagger/OpenAPI for API documentation

• Flutter (Dart) for iOS and Android
• Riverpod state management
• 7 languages supported

• OpenRouter unified LLM gateway (30+ models)
• Runware for image generation
• OpenAI Embeddings for semantic search

• Docker + Docker Compose
• GitHub Actions CI/CD
• Cloudflare R2 storage
• Self-hostable on any cloud provider

• Node.js 20+
• PostgreSQL 15+
• Redis 7+
• npm 10+

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/wants-chat/wants-chat.git
cd wants-chat

# Copy environment files
cp backend/.env.example backend/.env
cp frontend/.env.example frontend/.env

# Start everything with Docker Compose
docker compose up

The app will be available at http://localhost:5173 (frontend) and http://localhost:3001 (API).

# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/wants-chat/wants-chat.git
cd wants-chat

# Install all dependencies (npm workspaces)
npm install

# Set up environment variables
cp backend/.env.example backend/.env
cp frontend/.env.example frontend/.env
# Edit .env files with your database credentials and API keys

# Start development servers
make dev-local
# Or manually:
# Terminal 1: cd backend && npm run start:dev
# Terminal 2: cd frontend && npm run dev

See backend/.env.example and frontend/.env.example for all available configuration options.

Key variables:

# Backend
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=5432
DB_NAME=wantsdb
DB_USER=postgres
DB_PASSWORD=your_password
JWT_SECRET=your_jwt_secret
OPENROUTER_API_KEY=your_openrouter_key  # Required for AI features

# Frontend
VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:3001
VITE_SOCKET_URL=http://localhost:3001

For production self-hosting, see our Self-Hosting Guide.

# Production with Docker Compose
docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.prod.yml up -d

iOS	Android

Built with Flutter for native performance on both platforms.

We welcome contributions! See our Contributing Guide for details.

# Fork the repository
# Create your feature branch
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature

# Commit your changes
git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature'

# Push to the branch
git push origin feature/amazing-feature

# Open a Pull Request

This project is licensed under the AGPL-3.0 License - see the LICENSE file for details.

This means you can freely use, modify, and distribute this software, but any modifications must also be open-sourced under the same license.

• OpenRouter - LLM API gateway
• Runware - Image generation API
• Qdrant - Vector database
• shadcn/ui - UI components