Overview
Overview
What Aelio is, why it exists, and how it fits your platform.
Aelio is an open-source conversational runtime. It gives your customers a chat experience on your preferred chat interface, powered by an LLM that calls your backend functions as tools.
In this section
| Page | What you'll learn |
|---|---|
| What is Aelio? | Product definition, three components, core thesis |
| Use Cases | Real-world scenarios Aelio solves |
| How It Works | End-to-end conversation flow |
| Architecture | System design, harness, memory, channels |
| Why Aelio? | Problem we solve, differentiators vs alternatives |
| Pipeline YAML | Multi-stage onboarding manifest reference |
The 30-minute promise
Under 30 minutes, one SDK install, one config file, one container: that's what it takes to give your customers a conversational interface on your preferred chat interface.
Aelio wraps around your existing code. No new APIs, no rebuild. It handles conversation, memory, user analysis, and channel delivery, so your team builds the product, not the plumbing.
Next steps
- Install Aelio — set up server, SDK, and widget
- Pick your platform — Node, Next.js, React, Python, Go, Ruby, Rust