lacymorrow/hitchhikersgalaxy.guide

A fully generative Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, built with AI and JavaScript sorcery. Ask it anything. It’ll make something up. Probably inaccurately.

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TypeScript

primary language

Sep 1, 2026

updated

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README

🪐 hitchhikersgalaxy.guide

Don't Panic. This is an AI-powered, entirely generative website version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Homepage hero — DON'T PANIC

Every page is born when you ask for it — just like the original Guide (minus the sarcasm filter). It's not a static site. It's not a wiki. It's the Guide, reimagined by a mildly confused neural network with access to far too much cosmic trivia.

What is this?

A living, breathing, constantly mutating Guide to everything in the galaxy (and several things outside it).
Built for web. Powered by AI. Fueled by improbability.

You search — it generates.
Want to know about Vogon poetry? It has opinions.
Curious about towels? It's got you covered.

Screenshots

HomepagePopular Entries
Homepage with recent entriesPopular entries page
Entry DetailMobile
Entry detail viewMobile view

Features

  • 🌌 Fully generative content — no static pages, ever
  • 🤖 Uses AI to emulate the tone and chaos of the original Guide
  • 🧠 React + Next.js frontend with API-powered entries
  • 🔍 Search to create entries — or just type something weird
  • 🫠 Occasionally coherent. Frequently absurd.

Built With

  • Next.js
  • AI (GPT-style models)
  • Curiosity and possibly a little tea

🚀 Live Site

👉 hitchhikersgalaxy.guide

Try searching for:

  • Vogon Poetry
  • 42
  • Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
  • The best way to survive a Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal

Each search becomes a new, permanent Guide entry. Reality is handcrafted on demand.

🛠️ Dev Setup

Wanna make your own improbability-powered encyclopedia?

git clone https://github.com/lacymorrow/hitchhikersgalaxy.guide.git
cd hitchhikersgalaxy.guide
npm install
npm run dev

You'll need an OpenAI API key in your .env.local:

OPENAI_API_KEY=your_key_here

Contributing

Fork it, break it, add your own absurdities. PRs welcome from humans, hyperintelligent pan-dimensional beings, and polite androids.

License

MIT — because restricting galactic knowledge is just rude.

Contributors

lacymorrow

713 commits

lacymorrow/hitchhikersgalaxy.guide

A fully generative Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, built with AI and JavaScript sorcery. Ask it anything. It’ll make something up. Probably inaccurately.

6

stars

716

commits

TypeScript

primary language

Sep 1, 2026

updated

hitchhikersgalaxy.guide
ai-generated-content
ai-project
book-to-web
dont-panic
dynamic-websites
generative-ai
hitchhikers-guide
interactive-fiction
machine-learning
nextjs
openai
react
sci-fi
zaphod

README

🪐 hitchhikersgalaxy.guide

Don't Panic. This is an AI-powered, entirely generative website version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Homepage hero — DON'T PANIC

Every page is born when you ask for it — just like the original Guide (minus the sarcasm filter). It's not a static site. It's not a wiki. It's the Guide, reimagined by a mildly confused neural network with access to far too much cosmic trivia.

What is this?

A living, breathing, constantly mutating Guide to everything in the galaxy (and several things outside it).
Built for web. Powered by AI. Fueled by improbability.

You search — it generates.
Want to know about Vogon poetry? It has opinions.
Curious about towels? It's got you covered.

Screenshots

HomepagePopular Entries
Homepage with recent entriesPopular entries page
Entry DetailMobile
Entry detail viewMobile view

Features

  • 🌌 Fully generative content — no static pages, ever
  • 🤖 Uses AI to emulate the tone and chaos of the original Guide
  • 🧠 React + Next.js frontend with API-powered entries
  • 🔍 Search to create entries — or just type something weird
  • 🫠 Occasionally coherent. Frequently absurd.

Built With

  • Next.js
  • AI (GPT-style models)
  • Curiosity and possibly a little tea

🚀 Live Site

👉 hitchhikersgalaxy.guide

Try searching for:

  • Vogon Poetry
  • 42
  • Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster
  • The best way to survive a Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal

Each search becomes a new, permanent Guide entry. Reality is handcrafted on demand.

🛠️ Dev Setup

Wanna make your own improbability-powered encyclopedia?

git clone https://github.com/lacymorrow/hitchhikersgalaxy.guide.git
cd hitchhikersgalaxy.guide
npm install
npm run dev

You'll need an OpenAI API key in your .env.local:

OPENAI_API_KEY=your_key_here

Contributing

Fork it, break it, add your own absurdities. PRs welcome from humans, hyperintelligent pan-dimensional beings, and polite androids.

License

MIT — because restricting galactic knowledge is just rude.

Contributors

lacymorrow

713 commits

Languages

TypeScript

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MDX

2.9%

JavaScript

1.3%