convex/chef
The only AI app builder that knows backend
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Where it stands
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No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 419 days ago, with 112 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #12 in the weekly ranking the week of Nov 2, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Builds full-stack web applications with integrated backend features like database, authentication, file uploads, real-time UI, and background workflows using AI.
- Combines AI app building with deep backend integration via Convex's reactive database, enabling seamless code generation and real-time data handling.
- Use for rapidly prototyping full-stack web apps with zero configuration backend and real-time capabilities.
- Use for developers seeking an AI-powered tool that automates backend setup including auth and database integration.
- Use for teams wanting to extend or customize AI-generated apps with a modular TypeScript codebase and local development support.
Should you depend on it?
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License
Apache 2.0
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
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From the README
Chef is the only AI app builder that knows backend. It builds full-stack web apps with a built-in database, zero config auth, file uploads, real-time UIs, and background workflows. If you want to check out the secret sauce that powers Chef, you can view or download the system prompt here.
Chef's capabilities are enabled by being built on top of Convex, the open-source reactive database designed to make life easy for web app developers. The "magic" in Chef is just the fact that it's using Convex's APIs, which are an ideal fit for codegen.
Development of the Chef is led by the Convex team. We welcome bug fixes and love receiving feedback.
This project is a fork of the
stablebranch of bolt.diy.Visit our documentation to learn more about Chef and check out our prompting guide.
The easiest way to build with Chef is through our hosted webapp, which includes a generous free tier. If you want to run Chef locally, you can follow the guide below.
Note: This will use the hosted Convex control plane to provision Convex projects. However, Chef tokens used in this enviroment will not count towards usage in your Convex account.
Daily snapshots
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Forks
921-7
Open issues
37+3
Compared with peers in Web
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 1, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pingdotgg/t3code | 48.4K | +16.6K | 40 | today |
| pbakaus/impeccable | 104.0K | +8.7K | 54 | 10 days ago |
| HunYiSage/dsh-purge | 19.2K | +6.2K | 13 | today |
| Renhuai123/ziwei-doushu | 16.2K | +6.1K | 44 | 21 days ago |
| paperclipai/paperclip | 111.5K | +2.8K | 59 | 13 days ago |
| convex/chef | 4.6K | — | 40 | 419 days ago |
| Category median | 48.4K | +6.2K | 44 | — |
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