AI SDK
AI SDK is a framework maintained by Vercel23. Its source code is public1 under the Apache License 2.03.
The AI SDK is an open-source TypeScript toolkit from Vercel for building AI applications and agents. AI SDK Core gives one API for generating text and structured output, calling tools, and building agents across model providers, and AI SDK UI provides hooks for chat and generative interfaces in web frameworks.24
- Documentation: Documentation (external site: ai-sdk.dev)
- Repository: Repository (external site: github.com)
- License: LICENSE (external site: github.com)
- Release notes: Reviewed release (external site: github.com)
Availability and license
Overall availability
Source code and documentation are public, and the package installs from npm. By default, model strings are routed through Vercel AI Gateway, which needs its own credentials; provider packages allow direct connections to model providers under their own terms.217
Availability is separate from permission: read the license before using or redistributing.
Component reuse rights
- weights
- Unknown — no complete fact-level rights review
- code
- Reviewed qualifying license recorded — check scope and conditions
- data
- Unknown — no complete fact-level rights review
- documentation
- Unknown — no complete fact-level rights review
No complete system-rights review is recorded for this release.
Public materials checklist
| Item | Status | Notes and evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Source codeIs the source code publicly readable? | Public | Public monorepo containing the core ai package, UI packages, and provider packages.1 |
| DocumentationIs user documentation published? | Public | Public documentation and API reference at ai-sdk.dev.42 |
| InstallationAre installation instructions or packages publicly available? | Public | The README installs the core package with npm install ai and requires Node.js 22 or later; framework UI hooks and individual providers are separate npm packages.2 |
| Supported platformsAre supported operating systems or hardware documented? | Public | The README names Next.js, React, Svelte, Vue, Angular, and Node.js; the documentation introduction lists React, Next.js, Vue, Svelte, and Node.js.24 |
| Release statusAre versioned releases published? | Public | Reviewed tagged release ai@7.0.127, published October 1, 2026. The repository publishes frequent releases for many packages, including continued 6.x patch releases; this entry describes the project rather than one release.56 |
What it is useful for
Organization context
U.S. eligibility
Eligible · basis: U.S.-governed project
The AI SDK is published in Vercel's vercel organization on GitHub, its LICENSE assigns copyright to Vercel, Inc., and its README says the library is created by Vercel and Next.js team members with community contributions. Vercel's blog refers to its San Francisco headquarters, and its terms name Vercel Inc. under California law. No foundation or multi-organization governance is documented.13289
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