Gemini Next Chat is an open-source web application that allows you to deploy your own private chat interface powered by Google’s Gemini models (e.g., Gemini 1.5, Gemini 2.0, etc.). It is built with Next.js/TypeScript and targets developers and hobbyists who want a self-hosted solution for interacting with advanced multimodal models (text, image, voice). It supports features like image recognition, voice-based conversation, plugins (web search, ArXiv search, weather, etc.), and client apps (tray app) for greater convenience. The project emphasizes “one-click” deployment, aiming to make it easy to spin up a custom chat front end without deep infra-setup. It’s licensed under MIT and has an active community of contributors; documentation and release notes note support for newer features like mixed image+text generation. ...