# N8N Chat UI (n8nchatui.com) - Create beautiful, customizable chat widgets for your n8n workflows & automations without coding

## Overview
N8N Chat UI (n8nchatui.com) is a specialized SaaS platform that enables users to create beautiful, fully customizable chat widgets for their n8n workflows without any coding knowledge. We bridge the gap between n8n's powerful automation capabilities and professional, user-friendly chat interfaces.

## Primary Product
**Visual Chat Widget Builder for n8n Workflows & Automations**
- No-code visual editor with real-time preview
- Professional chat widget customization and branding
- Seamless n8n workflow integration
- Easy website embedding with copy-paste code

## Core Problem We Solve
n8n's default chat widget is basic and difficult to customize. Users struggle with:
- Generic, unprofessional-looking chat interfaces
- Limited customization options that don't match their brand
- Technical expertise required for modifications (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
- Poor user experience compared to modern chat interfaces

## Key Features & Capabilities

### Design & Customization
- **Visual Editor**: Real-time preview of all changes
- **Complete UI Customization**: Colors, fonts, avatars, chat bubbles, welcome messages
- **Responsive Design**: Works perfectly on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices
- **Custom CSS**: Advanced styling capabilities for power users
- **Global Support**: RTL layout support for Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and other right-to-left languages
- **Branding Control**: Footer customization and logo placement

### Advanced Chat Features
- **Real-time Chat Streaming**: Word-by-word AI responses like ChatGPT for better user experience
- **Voice Input**: Audio message recording and sending capabilities
- **File Upload Support**: Configurable file types, size limits, and quantity restrictions
- **Media Attachments**: Support for audio, images, documents, and other media types
- **Follow-up Prompts**: Clickable suggestion buttons for guided conversations
- **Rich Content**: Markdown & HTML rendering for formatted responses
- **Session Management**: Conversation continuity and context preservation

### Integration Options
- **Primary Integration**: Seamless n8n workflow connection via Chat Trigger or Webhook nodes
- **Custom Backend**: Integration with any API endpoint using flexible JSON response format
- **Widget Display Types**: 
  - In-page embedded widgets
  - Floating popup/bubble widgets
- **Hosting Options**:
  - **Managed Widgets**: Enterprise-grade hosted solution with advanced security and analytics
  - **Standalone Widgets**: Self-hosted option for complete control

### Technical Capabilities
- **Event Callbacks**: Custom JavaScript interactions and hooks
- **Metadata Passing**: Send contextual information from website to backend
- **Programmatic API**: Control widgets dynamically with JavaScript
- **Custom Backend Integration**: Flexible JSON response format for any backend
- **Authentication Support**: Secure workflows with user authentication

## Target Audience & Use Cases

### Primary Users
- **n8n Developers**: Building AI agents and chatbots with n8n workflows
- **Indie Hackers & Startups**: Embedding chatbots into landing pages and websites
- **Agencies & Freelancers**: Delivering branded AI-driven tools for clients
- **Non-technical Users**: Seeking no-code/low-code chat widget solutions
- **Businesses**: Wanting professional chat interfaces without development costs

### Common Use Cases
- **Customer Support**: Automated support chatbots with real-time analytics and secure webhook protection
- **Lead Generation**: Interactive chat widgets for landing pages with comprehensive usage insights
- **AI Assistants**: Intelligent assistants for SaaS applications with centralized management
- **E-commerce**: Product recommendation and shopping assistance bots with advanced security features
- **Educational**: Interactive learning assistants with domain restrictions and rate limiting
- **Healthcare**: Patient intake and FAQ bots with full privacy protection (no message storage)
- **Real Estate**: Property inquiry and lead qualification chatbots with geofencing capabilities
- **Financial Services**: Account assistance and financial advisory bots with enterprise-grade security
- **Enterprise Solutions**: High-volume chat widgets with advanced analytics and centralized control

## Pricing & Business Model

### Free Tier
- Unlimited widget creation and customization
- UI customization
- No coding knowledge required
- Embed on unlimited websites and client projects
- Complete access to visual editor and preview

### Premium Options

#### Standalone License (One-time payment)
- **Perpetual Access**: No recurring fees or subscriptions
- **Full Branding Control**: Footer customization and branding removal
- **Future Features**: Access to all current and future premium features
- **Client Projects**: Use on unlimited client websites

#### Managed Widgets (Credit-based)
- **Prepaid Credits**: Pay-as-you-use model for hosted widgets
- **Enterprise Security**: Webhook URLs remain private and never exposed publicly
- **Real-time Analytics**: Comprehensive insights into widget usage, user behavior, and performance metrics
- **Centralized Management**: Make changes in dashboard that reflect instantly without re-embedding code
- **Advanced Protection**: Secure proxy with domain restrictions, geofencing, and rate limiting
- **Full Privacy**: Messages never cached or stored - securely forwarded directly to your backend
- **Credit Management**: 90-day expiration with FIFO consumption order
- **Automatic Scaling**: Handle traffic spikes without additional setup

## Competitive Advantages

1. **n8n-Specific Optimization**: Built specifically for n8n workflows and ecosystem
2. **No-Code Approach**: Visual editor eliminates need for manual coding
3. **Real-time Preview**: Instant visual feedback during customization
4. **Advanced Features**: Streaming, voice input, file uploads out of the box
5. **Flexible Pricing**: Free tier plus affordable lifetime license option
6. **Global Accessibility**: RTL layout support for international users
7. **Professional Results**: Enterprise-quality chat widgets without enterprise costs
8. **Enterprise Security**: Managed widgets keep webhook URLs private with advanced protection
9. **Real-time Analytics**: Comprehensive usage insights and performance metrics
10. **Centralized Management**: Update widgets instantly without re-embedding code

## Docs

### Getting Started
- [Introduction](https://n8nchatui.com/docs): N8N Chat UI documentation and overview of capabilities

### Configuration & Setup
- [Metadata](https://n8nchatui.com/docs/configuration/metadata): Pass contextual information from your website to your backend
- [Backend Integration](https://n8nchatui.com/docs/configuration/backend-integration): Connect widgets to n8n workflows or custom backends with response formatting
- [Chat Widget Controls](https://n8nchatui.com/docs/configuration/chat-widget-api-reference): Programmatically control your widgets with JavaScript API
- [Session Management](https://n8nchatui.com/docs/configuration/session-management): Maintain conversation continuity and context across interactions

### Content & Media
- [Render Markdown & HTML](https://n8nchatui.com/docs/configuration/render-markdown-and-html): Display rich formatted content in chat responses
- [File Uploads](https://n8nchatui.com/docs/configuration/file-uploads): Enable users to send files with configurable restrictions
- [Media Attachments](https://n8nchatui.com/docs/configuration/media-attachments): Render audio, images, and documents in chat responses
- [Voice Input](https://n8nchatui.com/docs/configuration/voice-input): Add audio message recording capabilities

### Advanced Features
- [Chat Streaming](https://n8nchatui.com/docs/configuration/chat-streaming): Enable real-time word-by-word AI response delivery through streaming
- [Event Callbacks](https://n8nchatui.com/docs/configuration/event-callbacks): Set up custom JavaScript interactions and callbacks
- [Custom CSS](https://n8nchatui.com/docs/configuration/custom-css): Advanced styling and customization options

### Internationalization
- [RTL Layout Support](https://n8nchatui.com/docs/configuration/rtl-layout): Support for Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and other right-to-left languages

## Data Privacy & Security
- **No Data Storage**: We don't store or process chat conversation data
- **Direct Communication**: Messages flow directly between website and n8n workflow
- **Interface Layer Only**: We provide the UI layer, not data processing
- **GDPR Compliant**: Full compliance with data protection regulations
- **Secure Embedding**: Safe JavaScript implementation with no security risks