generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://docs.copilotkit.ai/reference
summary: >-
  CopilotKit ships client-side, embeddable UI components — this is its core
  offering. React is first-class; Angular, Vue and React Native are also
  supported. Components are consumed from @copilotkit/react-ui and
  @copilotkit/react-textarea, driven by the @copilotkit/react-core provider.
loader_libraries:
  - "@copilotkit/react-core"
  - "@copilotkit/react-ui"
  - "@copilotkit/react-textarea"
families:
  - family: Chat surfaces
    package: "@copilotkit/react-ui"
    components:
      - name: CopilotChat
        description: Full in-app chat surface.
      - name: CopilotChatView
        description: Chat view primitive for custom layouts.
      - name: CopilotSidebar
        description: Docked sidebar copilot.
      - name: CopilotPopup
        description: Floating popup copilot.
  - family: Messages & input
    package: "@copilotkit/react-ui"
    components:
      - name: Assistant/User message components
        description: Renderers for assistant and user messages.
      - name: Message list renderer
        description: Renders the running message list.
      - name: Input controls
        description: Chat input controls.
  - family: Threads
    package: "@copilotkit/react-ui"
    components:
      - name: CopilotThreadsDrawer
        description: Thread management drawer for persisted conversations.
  - family: Textarea
    package: "@copilotkit/react-textarea"
    components:
      - name: CopilotTextarea
        description: Drop-in textarea with AI autocomplete and inline editing.
headless:
  supported: true
  description: >-
    Headless UI options are available for fully custom implementations via
    @copilotkit/react-core hooks (useAgent, useCopilotKit, useFrontendTool,
    useRenderTool, useThreads and others).