What it does
Spring AI is part of the Spring family of tools for Java. It gives developers one consistent way to work with many AI providers, including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Amazon Bedrock and Ollama.
It covers chat, image generation, transcription, text-to-speech and more. It also connects to many vector databases (stores that let AI search by meaning) for answering questions about your own data.
Other features include tool calling, chat memory, ways to check AI answers, and support for MCP, a standard for linking AI to outside tools.
Who it's for
Java and Spring developers building AI into business software.
Can I use it without coding?
Developers only. A code framework for Java programmers. New to this? Start here.
Can I run it?
- Cost
- FreeNothing to pay or sign up for.
- Runs on
- Server
- Computer
- An ordinary computer is fine
- Privacy
- Your choice: run it on your device or use an online service
- API key
- Not needed
Try it
Using Claude Code, Cursor or another AI coding assistant? Paste the prompt and it will walk you through the setup.New to this?
Before you install
- Only download from the official GitHub page. Copies with similar names exist for many popular projects.
- License (Apache-2.0): Permissive: free to use, change and share, including for business.
- More on staying safe
Where people are talking about it
- Spring Framework RCE, Early AnnouncementHacker News · Mar 2022
- Kotlin support in Spring Framework 5.0Hacker News · May 2017