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Bifrost
Unified AI gateway with instant failover and zero-config startup
Bifrost provides a high-performance AI gateway that unifies over 12 providers via a single OpenAI-compatible API, offering automatic failover, load balancing, semantic caching, and enterprise-grade controls with zero-config deployment.
Overview
Overview
Bifrost is a high‑performance AI gateway that lets developers access more than a dozen LLM providers—OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex, Azure, Cohere, Mistral, Ollama, Groq, and others—through a single OpenAI‑compatible endpoint. The platform adds virtually no latency (≈11 µs overhead) while delivering automatic failover, intelligent load balancing, and semantic caching to keep costs low and response times fast.
Deployment & Management
Start in seconds with npx -y @maximhq/bifrost or a Docker container, then configure providers, budgets, and access policies via the built‑in web UI or API. Enterprise features include SSO (Google/GitHub), hierarchical budget control, Prometheus metrics, distributed tracing, and HashiCorp Vault integration for secure key storage. Bifrost can replace existing OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google GenAI endpoints with a single URL change, making migration painless for any language or framework.
Highlights
Unified OpenAI‑compatible API across 12+ providers
Automatic failover and intelligent load balancing
Semantic caching to reduce duplicate calls and cost
Enterprise controls: SSO, budget management, Prometheus metrics
Pros
- Zero‑config startup via npx or Docker
- Broad multi‑provider support for redundancy
- Near‑zero added latency (≈11 µs)
- Rich observability and governance features
Considerations
- Requires self‑hosting infrastructure
- Advanced features may need additional configuration
- Limited to providers included in the project
- Custom plugin development has a learning curve
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Fit guide
Great for
- Teams needing reliable AI services with provider redundancy
- Enterprises that require cost control, audit, and SSO
- Developers looking for a drop‑in OpenAI replacement
- Organizations with Docker or Go runtime for easy deployment
Not ideal when
- Simple scripts that use a single provider and need minimal overhead
- Users preferring a fully managed SaaS gateway
- Environments without Docker or Go support
- Projects that rely on unsupported niche AI providers
How teams use it
Multi‑provider fallback for production chatbots
Maintain 100% uptime by automatically switching between OpenAI, Anthropic, and Bedrock when any provider experiences latency or outage.
Cost‑optimized content generation
Leverage semantic caching and budget management to reduce API spend while serving high‑volume text generation.
Enterprise AI platform with SSO
Integrate Google or GitHub SSO, enforce rate limits, and monitor usage via Prometheus for compliance.
Rapid prototyping with zero‑config
Spin up the gateway via npx or Docker in under a minute and start testing across multiple models without code changes.
Tech snapshot
Go64%
TypeScript26%
Python8%
Makefile1%
Shell1%
JavaScript1%
Frequently asked questions
How do I start Bifrost locally?
Run `npx -y @maximhq/bifrost` for a quick start or use Docker with `docker run -p 8080:8080 maximhq/bifrost`.
What providers are supported?
Supported providers include OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex, Azure, Cohere, Mistral, Ollama, Groq, and others.
How does semantic caching work?
Responses are cached based on semantic similarity to incoming prompts, so identical or near‑identical queries retrieve cached results, lowering latency and cost.
Is there built‑in observability?
Yes—Bifrost exposes native Prometheus metrics, distributed tracing, and comprehensive logging for full visibility.
Project at a glance
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LicenseApache-2.0
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