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Alternatives to LiteLLM

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  • Maintenance and shipping signals are strong.
  • Health score: 98/100.
  • Shipping score: 98/100.

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Best overallTraefik

Highest organic ToolVitals fit for this use case.

Healthier optionsTraefik, Scalar

Stronger current public-health signal than LiteLLM.

Verified open/source-visibleTraefik, Scalar, Bruno, new-api

Useful when portability and inspectability matter.

License unknown, source-visible signalsNango, LLMGateway

Public source signals exist, but ToolVitals has not verified the license class.

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Best-fit api development & testing options

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Scalar

Scalar is an open-source API platform:　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　🌐 Modern REST API Client　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　📖 Beautiful API References　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　✨ 1st-Class OpenAPI/Swagger Support

Active
Health100
Shipping100
Score100
Confidence100
Stars15.8k
ModeSource-visible project
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Bruno

Opensource IDE For Exploring and Testing API's (lightweight alternative to Postman/Insomnia)

Active
Health93
Shipping95
Score95
Confidence98
Stars46k
ModeSource-visible project
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new-api

A unified AI model hub for aggregation & distribution. It supports cross-converting various LLMs into OpenAI-compatible, Claude-compatible, or Gemini-compatible formats. A centralized gateway for personal and enterprise model management. 🍥

Active
Health95
Shipping100
Score97
Confidence92
Stars43.9k
ModeSource-visible project
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Insomnia

The open-source, cross-platform API client for GraphQL, REST, WebSockets, SSE and gRPC. With Cloud, Local and Git storage.

Active
Health91
Shipping95
Score95
Confidence100
Stars39.9k
ModeSource-visible project
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Bifrost

Fastest enterprise AI gateway (50x faster than LiteLLM) with adaptive load balancer, cluster mode, guardrails, 1000+ models support & <100 µs overhead at 5k RPS.

Active
Health98
Shipping100
Score99
Confidence100
Stars6.9k
ModeSource-visible project
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LLMGateway

Route, manage, and analyze your LLM requests across multiple providers with a unified API interface.

Active
Health93
Shipping93
Score95
Confidence100
Stars1.5k
ModeSource-visible project
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