How I Built a Free AI Tools Website With Next.js and Groq API

📰 Dev.to · Hadi Rizvi

Learn how to build a free AI tools website using Next.js and Groq API in just a weekend

intermediate Published 6 May 2026

Action Steps

Set up a new Next.js project using the command `npx create-next-app my-ai-website` to create a basic website structure
Install the Groq API client library using npm or yarn by running `npm install @groq/client` or `yarn add @groq/client`
Configure the Groq API client to connect to the Groq API endpoint and obtain an API key
Build a user interface for the AI writing tools using Next.js pages and components
Integrate the Groq API with the Next.js frontend to send requests and receive responses from the AI model

Who Needs to Know This

This project is ideal for a solo developer or a small team of developers and designers who want to build a web application that leverages AI capabilities. The team can benefit from this project by learning how to integrate AI APIs with a modern web framework like Next.js

Key Insight

💡 By using a modern web framework like Next.js and a powerful AI API like Groq, you can build a functional AI tools website quickly and efficiently