maximhq/bifrost

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Open-source, high-performance AI gateway that works as your LLM gateway, MCP gateway and agent gateway. One OpenAI-compatible API for 10,000+ models, with failover, load balancing, semantic caching, virtual keys, budgets and MCP Code Mode. Works with any SDK or agent and adds under 200µs of overhead at 5k RPS.

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Bifrost AI Gateway

The fastest way to build AI applications that never go down

Bifrost is a high-performance AI gateway that unifies access to 23+ providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex, and more) through a single OpenAI-compatible API. Deploy in seconds with zero configuration and get automatic failover, load balancing, semantic caching, and enterprise-grade features.

Quick Start

Go from zero to production-ready AI gateway in under a minute.

Step 1: Start Bifrost Gateway

# Install and run locally
npx -y @maximhq/bifrost

# Or use Docker
docker run -p 8080:8080 maximhq/bifrost

Step 2: Configure via Web UI

# Open the built-in web interface
open http://localhost:8080

Step 3: Make your first API call

curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-