---
title: "tambo"
type: "tool"
slug: "tambo-ai-tambo"
canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/tools/tambo-ai-tambo"
github_url: "https://github.com/tambo-ai/tambo"
homepage_url: "https://tambo.co"
stars: 11156
forks: 561
primary_language: "TypeScript"
license: "MIT"
categories: ["ai-agents"]
tags: ["ui-components", "agents", "ai", "assistant-chat-bots", "generative-ui", "agent", "react"]
updated_at: "2026-07-07T19:46:11.545672+00:00"
---

# tambo

> Generative UI SDK for React

Tambo AI is an open-source toolkit designed to help developers build agents in their React applications with streaming, state management, and MCP handling capabilities.

## Facts

- Repository: https://github.com/tambo-ai/tambo
- Homepage: https://tambo.co
- Stars: 11,156 · Forks: 561 · Open issues: 33 · Watchers: 30
- Primary language: TypeScript
- License: MIT
- Last pushed: 2026-07-07T17:34:05+00:00

## Categories

- [AI Agents](/categories/ai-agents.md)

## Tags

ui-components, agents, ai, assistant-chat-bots, generative-ui, agent, react

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## README (excerpt)

```text
<div align="center">
  <img src="assets/octo-white-background-rounded.png" width="150">
  <h1>Tambo AI</h1>
  <h3>Build agents that speak your UI</h3>
  <p>The open-source generative UI toolkit for React. Connect your components—Tambo handles streaming, state management, and MCP.</p>
</div>

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/@tambo-ai/react"><img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/%40tambo-ai%2Freact?logo=npm" alt="npm version" /></a>
  <a href="https://github.com/tambo-ai/tambo/blob/main/LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/license/tambo-ai/tambo" alt="License" /></a>
  <a href="https://github.com/tambo-ai/tambo/commits/main"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/tambo-ai/tambo" alt="Last Commit" /></a>
  <a href="https://discord.gg/dJNvPEHth6"><img src="https://img.shields.io/discord/1251581895414911016?color=7289da&label=discord" alt="Discord"></a>
  <a href="https://github.com/tambo-ai/tambo"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/tambo-ai/tambo" alt="GitHub stars" /></a>
</p>

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</p>

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://tambo.link/yXkF0hQ">Start For Free</a> •
  <a href="https://docs.tambo.co">Docs</a> •
  <a href="https://discord.gg/dJNvPEHth6">Discord</a>
</p>

---

> **Tambo 1.0 is here!** Read the announcement: [Introducing Tambo: Generative UI for React](https://tambo.co/blog/posts/introducing-tambo-generative-ui)

---

## Table of Contents

- [What is Tambo?](#what-is-tambo)
- [Get Started](#get-started)
- [How It Works](#how-it-works)
- [Features](#features)
- [How Tambo Compares](#how-tambo-compares)
- [Community](#community)
- [License](#license)

## What is Tambo?

Tambo is a React toolkit for building agents that render UI (also known as generative UI).

Register your components with Zod schemas. The agent picks the right one and streams the props so users can interact with them. "Show me sales by region" renders your `<Chart>`. "Add a task" updates your `<TaskBoard>`.

**[Get started in 5 minutes →](#get-started)**

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8381d607-b878-4823-8b24-ecb8053bef23

### What's Included

Tambo is a fullstack solution for adding generative UI to your app. You get a React SDK plus a backend that handles conversation state and agent execution.

**1. Agent included** — Tambo runs the LLM conversation loop for you. Bring your own API key (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Mistral, or any OpenAI-compatible provider). Works with agent frameworks like LangChain and Mastra, but they're not required.

**2. Streaming infrastructure** — Props stream to your components as the LLM generates them. Cancellation, error recovery, and reconnection are handled for you.

**3. Tambo Cloud or self-host** — Cloud is a hosted backend that manages conversation state and agent orchestration. Self-hosted runs the same backend on your infrastructure via Docker.

Most software is built around a one-size-fits-all mental model. We built Tambo to help developers build software that adapts to users.

## Get Started

```bash
npm create tambo-app my-tambo-app  # auto-initializes git + tambo setup
cd my-tambo-app
npm run dev
```

[**Tambo Cloud**](https://tambo.link/yXkF0hQ) is a hosted backend, free to get started with plenty of credits to start building. **Self-hosted** runs on your own infrastructure.

Check out the [pre-built component library](https://ui.tambo.co) for agent and generative UI primitives:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6cbc103b-9cc7-40f5-9746-12e04c976dff

Or fork a template:

| Template                                                                 | Description                                       |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------
```

---

**Machine-readable endpoints**

- JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/tools/tambo-ai-tambo`](/api/graphcanon/tools/tambo-ai-tambo)
- LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt)
- Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt)

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