Prompts.chat: The Complete Guide to the Ultimate Prompt Engineering Community
Prompts.chat (formerly Awesome ChatGPT Prompts) is the world's most popular prompt engineering repository with 150,800+ stars. A curated collection of prompt examples for any AI model — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and more. Self-hostable with custom branding, CLI tool, Claude Code plugin, MCP server, interactive book of prompting, and Prompting for Kids.
What Is Prompts.chat?
A community-driven platform to share, discover, and collect prompts for AI chat models. Started as "Awesome ChatGPT Prompts" and evolved into a full-stack Next.js application with self-hosting, authentication, integrations, and educational content.
- Language: HTML / TypeScript (Next.js)
- License: CC0-1.0 (Public Domain)
- Stars: 150,800+ ⭐
- Forks: 19,812
- Author: Fatih Kadir Akın (@f)
- Website: prompts.chat
Features
Prompt Library
A curated collection of hundreds of prompt examples that work with any modern AI assistant. Available in multiple formats:
- Web UI — Browse at prompts.chat
- CSV — prompts.csv
- Markdown — PROMPTS.md
- Hugging Face — fka/prompts.chat dataset
📖 Interactive Book of Prompting
A free, interactive guide to prompt engineering — 25+ chapters covering:
- Basics to advanced techniques
- Chain-of-thought reasoning
- Few-shot learning
- AI agents
- And more
🎮 Prompting for Kids
An interactive, game-based adventure teaching children (ages 8-14) how to communicate with AI through fun puzzles and stories.
🚀 Self-Hosting
Deploy your own private prompt library with:
- Custom branding and themes
- Authentication (GitHub, Google, Azure AD)
- Full feature configuration
- Docker support
npx prompts.chat new my-prompt-library
cd my-prompt-library
Integrations
CLI
npx prompts.chat
Claude Code Plugin
/plugin marketplace add f/prompts.chat
/plugin install prompts.chat@prompts.chat
MCP Server
Use prompts.chat as an MCP server in any AI tool:
Remote (recommended):
{
"mcpServers": {
"prompts.chat": {
"url": "https://prompts.chat/api/mcp"
}
}
}
Local:
{
"mcpServers": {
"prompts.chat": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "prompts.chat", "mcp"]
}
}
}
Prompts.chat vs Alternatives
Category: This is a community prompt library and prompt engineering resource.
| Feature | Prompts.chat | FlowGPT | PromptHero |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus | Open-source prompt library + education | Prompt marketplace | AI art prompts |
| Stars | 150.8K ⭐ | N/A (proprietary) | N/A (proprietary) |
| License | CC0-1.0 (Public Domain) | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Open Source | ✅ Fully | ❌ | ❌ |
| Self-Hostable | ✅ Custom branding/auth | ❌ | ❌ |
| Prompt Models | Any AI (ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini) | ChatGPT focus | Image AI (Stable Diffusion/Midjourney) |
| CLI Tool | ✅ npx prompts.chat | ❌ | ❌ |
| Claude Code Plugin | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ |
| MCP Server | ✅ Remote + local | ❌ | ❌ |
| Educational Content | ✅ 25+ chapter book | ❌ | ❌ |
| Kids Education | ✅ Ages 8-14 | ❌ | ❌ |
| Export Formats | ✅ CSV/MD/HuggingFace | ❌ | ❌ |
| Docker | ✅ | N/A | N/A |
| Authentication | ✅ GitHub/Google/Azure AD | Built-in | Built-in |
| Community Contributions | ✅ Web UI + GitHub PRs | ✅ | ✅ |
| Cost | Free | Freemium | Freemium |
When to choose Prompts.chat: You want the largest, open-source, self-hostable prompt library with education (25+ chapter book + kids course), CLI, MCP server, Claude Code plugin, and CC0 licensing. The gold standard for prompt engineering resources.
When to choose FlowGPT: You want a commercial prompt marketplace with social features but accept proprietary, non-self-hostable platform.
When to choose PromptHero: You need prompts specifically for AI image generation (Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, DALL-E).
Conclusion
prompts.chat is the undisputed king of prompt engineering resources with 150.8K stars — the most-starred prompt repository in history. What started as a simple Awesome List evolved into a full platform: self-hostable Next.js app, CLI tool, Claude Code plugin, MCP server, interactive 25-chapter book, kids education game, multi-format exports, and community contributions. CC0 public domain license means you can use everything freely. Whether you're learning prompt engineering, building an internal prompt library, or integrating prompts into your AI tools — prompts.chat is the starting point.
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