IBM AI Chat

IBM AI Chat is a simple Flutter chat application that leverages IBM Granite-3.3-8b-instruct (via Replicate API) to provide real-time, streaming AI chat experiences. The app features Material Design, persistent chat history, and a user-friendly interface.

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Features

• Real-time AI chat with streaming/polling updates
• Material 2 UI with left/right chat bubble alignment
• Copy-to-clipboard for AI responses
• Persistent chat history using Hive
• Secure API key management with .env

Technology Stack

• Flutter — UI toolkit for building natively compiled applications
• Dart — Programming language for Flutter
• GetX — State management and dependency injection
• Hive — Lightweight & fast key-value database for local storage
• Replicate API — For accessing IBM Granite-3.3-8b-instruct AI model
• flutter_dotenv — For environment variable management
• flutter_svg — For SVG asset rendering

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/ibm_ai_chat.git
   cd ibm_ai_chat

2. Install dependencies:

   flutter pub get

3. Set up environment variables:
   • Copy .env.example to .env and add your Replicate API key:

     REPLICATE_API_TOKEN=your_replicate_api_token

4. Run the app:

   flutter run

Project Structure

• lib/ — Main Flutter source code
  • src/controllers/ — GetX controllers (chat logic)
  • src/models/ — Data models (chat message)
  • src/screens/ — UI screens
  • src/services/ — API and backend services
  • src/widgets/ — Reusable widgets (chat box, text field)
• assets/ — SVG and other static assets
• android/, ios/ — Platform-specific code

API & AI Model

This app uses the Replicate API to access IBM Granite-3.3-8b-instruct models for chat completion. All requests are securely handled and streamed for real-time UI updates.

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.