reboot 1.2.1

The Reboot library

Reboot

Build AI Chat Apps — and full-stack web apps — with reactive, durable backends.

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Reboot is a framework for building reactive, stateful, multiplayer AI chat apps — visual apps that run inside ChatGPT, Claude, VS Code, Goose, and more. It also builds full-stack web apps with reactive backends and React frontends.

With Reboot, you just write business logic — no wiring up databases, caches, queues, or retry loops. State survives failures by default. ACID transactions span multiple states. The React frontend stays in sync in real time. And your backend is automatically an MCP server.

AI Chat Apps

Build visual, interactive apps that run inside AI chat interfaces. Define a Session type as an entry point and your methods automatically become tools the AI can call:

from reboot.api import (
    API, Field, Methods, Model, Reader, Tool,
    Transaction, Type, UI, Writer,
)


class CreateCounterResponse(Model):
    counter_id: str = Field(tag=1)


class UserState(Model):
    pass


class CounterState(Model):
    value: int = Field(tag=1, default=0)


class GetResponse(Model):
    value: int = Field(tag=1)


class IncrementRequest(Model):
    """Request with an amount parameter."""
    amount: int | None = Field(tag=1, default=None)


api = API(
    User=Type(
        state=UserState,
        methods=Methods(
            create_counter=Transaction(
                request=None,
                response=CreateCounterResponse,
                description="Create a new Counter.",
            ),
        ),
    ),
    Counter=Type(
        state=CounterState,
        methods=Methods(
            show_clicker=UI(
                request=None,
                path="web/ui/clicker",
                title="Counter Clicker",
                description="Interactive clicker UI.",
            ),
            create=Writer(
                request=None,
                response=None,
                factory=True,
            ),
            get=Reader(
                request=None,
                response=GetResponse,
                description="Get the current counter "
                "value.",
                mcp=Tool(),
            ),
            increment=Writer(
                request=IncrementRequest,
                response=None,
                description="Increment the counter.",
                mcp=Tool(),
            ),
        ),
    ),
)

Dive in!

• What is an AI Chat App?
• Get Started (Python)
• AI Chat App Examples

Full-stack apps

Build reactive backends with React frontends — great as a full-page extension of your AI chat app, or as a standalone web app.

• TypeScript Quickstart
• Python Quickstart
• Full-stack Examples

Key features

Automatic MCP server. Session methods are automatically exposed as MCP tools. Other types can opt in with mcp=Tool(). UI methods open React apps in the AI's chat. No glue code.

Durable state by default. States survive process crashes, deployments, and chaos. No external database required.

ACID transactions across states. transaction methods compose atomically across many state instances running on different machines.

Reactive React frontend. Generated hooks keep your UI in sync without manual management of WebSockets, caches, or polling.

Method system. Code is safer to write (and read) with a clear API and methods with enforced constraints: reader (concurrent, read-only), writer (serialized, mutating), transaction (ACID, cross-state), workflow (long-running, durable, cancellable), ui (React app in AI chat). The runtime enforces these guarantees.

API-first, code-generated. Define APIs using Pydantic (Python) or Zod (TypeScript). Reboot generates type-safe client, server, and React stubs.

Documentation

Full documentation at docs.reboot.dev.

Community

• Discord: discord.gg/cRbdcS94Nr — fastest way to get help or share what you're building
• Issues: github.com/reboot-dev/reboot/issues

Contributions are welcome. Open an issue to discuss substantial changes before sending a pull request.

License

Apache 2.0