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  • Maintenance and shipping signals are strong.
  • Health score: 95/100.
  • Shipping score: 100/100.

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Best overallTraefik

Highest organic ToolVitals fit for this use case.

Healthier optionsTraefik, Scalar, LiteLLM, Nango

Stronger current public-health signal than new-api.

Verified open/source-visibleTraefik, Scalar, LiteLLM, Bruno

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

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Health100
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Score100
Confidence100
Stars15.8k
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LiteLLM

Python SDK, Proxy Server (AI Gateway) to call 100+ LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format, with cost tracking, guardrails, loadbalancing and logging. [Bedrock, Azure, OpenAI, VertexAI, Cohere, Anthropic, Sagemaker, HuggingFace, VLLM, NVIDIA NIM]

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Health98
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Confidence100
Stars55.1k
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Bruno

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

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Health93
Shipping95
Score95
Confidence98
Stars46k
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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.

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Health91
Shipping95
Score95
Confidence100
Stars39.9k
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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.

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Health98
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Score99
Confidence100
Stars6.9k
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LLMGateway

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

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Health93
Shipping93
Score95
Confidence100
Stars1.5k
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