Installation

Requirements

Before installing, make sure you have the following on your machine:

If you don't have Node.js, install it from nodejs.org or via a version manager like nvm or fnm.

To install pnpm:

npm install -g pnpm

After downloading ContentAI from CodeCanyon, extract the ZIP file to a directory of your choice:

unzip ai-content-generator.zip -d ~/Projects/
cd ~/Projects/ai-content-generator

pnpm install

This installs all the runtime and development dependencies listed in package.json, including:

Next.js 16 and React 19
Tailwind CSS 4 and shadcn/ui primitives
Vercel AI SDK v6
All AI provider SDKs (@ai-sdk/google, @ai-sdk/openai, @ai-sdk/anthropic, @ai-sdk/groq)
Zustand, Tiptap, sonner, react-markdown, and Lucide icons

Installation takes 30–90 seconds depending on your connection.

pnpm dev

You should see output similar to:

  ▲ Next.js 16.2.4
  - Local:        http://localhost:3000
  - Network:      http://192.168.1.10:3000

 ✓ Ready in 1.2s

Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser.

When you're ready to deploy or do a production build locally:

pnpm build
pnpm start

The app will be served from http://localhost:3000 in production mode.

pnpm is recommended but not required. The commands translate directly:

ContentAI uses React 19 with the latest shadcn components. If you see peer-dep warnings, run:

pnpm install --no-strict-peer-dependencies

Run the dev server on a different port:

pnpm dev -- --port 3001

The Groq provider was added in v1.0.1. Make sure your node_modules are fresh:

rm -rf node_modules .next
pnpm install