What it does

ChatGPT-Vercel is a TypeScript web app that spins up a personal ChatGPT interface on Vercel’s free tier. It handles standard OpenAI text conversations plus image generation through DALL-E or Midjourney, with local browser storage for chat history and a preset prompt system triggered by typing /.

The interesting bit

The Midjourney integration is the unusual part: instead of a clean API, it piggybacks on Discord by configuring a server ID, channel ID, and bot token, then polls for up to five minutes while the image renders. It’s a pragmatic hack around Midjourney’s lack of official API access.

Key highlights

• Deploys via Vercel’s one-click button; environment variables handle all backend config
• Supports multiple OpenAI API keys with random or round-robin scheduling
• Image generation: DALL-E (2-hour link expiry, uses OpenAI tokens) or Midjourney (Discord-based, slower)
• Local chat history with search, import, and export; optional password protection via PASSWORD env var
• Preset prompts drawn from the popular awesome-chatgpt-prompts repositories

Caveats

• Midjourney setup requires Discord developer legwork; the README links to third-party guides for finding tokens and IDs
• DALL-E image links expire after two hours with no automatic archival
• Planned features (markdown export, theme switching, audio) are marked unfinished in the README

Verdict

Worth a look if you want a self-hosted ChatGPT frontend without managing servers, and especially if you need Midjourney access in the same tab. Skip it if you need enterprise reliability or official Midjourney API stability.