Genkit boilerplate for Flutter and Firebase with Vertex AI

Looking to build a chatbot for your Flutter and Firebase project? We are launching a new chatbot module in ShipFlutter powered by Genkit and Vertex AI.

With our pre-built components and integration with Vertex AI, you can quickly and easily create a powerful chatbot that enhances your user experience.

What’s included?

💬 Responsive chat UI for Android, iOS and Web

🗣️ Multi-modal inputs (text, voice, image)

✨ Genkit integration with Vertex AI

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What’s Genkit?

Genkit is a framework designed to help you build AI-powered applications and features. It provides open source libraries for Node.js and Go, plus developer tools for testing and debugging.

Key benefits of using Genkit:

Save time and effort: Our ready-to-use template provides a solid foundation for your chatbot development.
Leverage the power of Vertex AI: Integrate with Google’s advanced AI platform for intelligent and accurate responses.
Deliver exceptional user experiences: Create chatbots that engage and assist your users effectively.

Vertex AI or Google Cloud AI? - What’s the Difference?

As always, naming is hard, and Google is always renaming their products.

Google offers two main AI tools: Google Cloud AI and Vertex AI. Let’s see how they differ.

Google Cloud AI

A big set of AI tools on Google Cloud
Good for tasks like understanding language and machine learning
Works with popular AI software like TensorFlow
Helps make AI easier with automatic features
Good for people who know a lot about data and want to add AI to their apps

Key features:

Supports the whole AI creation process
Good for advanced machine learning
Can be customized to fit specific needs

Vertex AI

A newer, more streamlined AI tool
Combines different Google AI tools into one package
Makes it easier to use machine learning models
Good for both custom and automatic AI models
Helps with all steps of creating AI, from preparing data to using the final model

Key features:

Works with many AI tools and languages
Makes it easier to manage AI projects
Can handle both small and large AI tasks

The main difference: Vertex AI is like a one-stop shop for AI, while Google Cloud AI offers a wider range of separate tools.

…and what’s Vertex AI for Firebase?

That’s a specific service offered by Firebase that wraps the Vertex AI into the Firebase client SDK family for you to use directly inside your apps instead of having to go through your own backend or Firebase functions (more info).

Pst! ShipFlutter has a vertex AI module implemented too!

Which should I choose then?

For prototyping and quick iteration Vertex AI for Firebase is a great start, but for production use and complex AI flows we recommend using Vertex AI with Genkit.

We would only recommend using Goolge Cloud AI platform for enterprise grade AI projects that require training and complex features.