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MCPOpen sourceBlazing fast AI Gateway routing to 1600+ LLMs with guardrails, retries, and load balancing via one API.
13kMIT
A blazing fast AI Gateway with integrated guardrails. Route to 1,600+ LLMs, 50+ AI Guardrails with 1 fast & friendly API.
Pros
- +Ultra-low latency (<1ms) and lightweight footprint (122kb)
- +Supports 1600+ models across 40+ providers with unified API
- +Built-in guardrails, retries, fallbacks, and load balancing
- +Enterprise-ready with MCP gateway for auth and observability
Cons
- −Requires setup and configuration for production use
- −May have a learning curve for advanced routing rules
- −Some enterprise features may be limited in open-source version
Target audience: Developers and teams building AI applications that need a unified, reliable, and scalable interface to multiple LLM providers.
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