Bifrost
Bifrost is a gateway that routes requests to many AI models through one API, with failover and cost controls for developers and teams.
What it is good for
- Keeping AI apps running when one model provider fails
- Switching between many AI model providers through one connection
- Cutting AI costs with response caching and spending limits
- Controlling which tools and people can use AI model access
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Other
- Tasks
- Works with
- OpenAI SDK, Anthropic SDK, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex, Ollama, Claude Code
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked yet
- Best rank
- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 9,290
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is Bifrost free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (Apache-2.0 license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use Bifrost?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does Bifrost work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with OpenAI SDK, Anthropic SDK, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex, Ollama, and Claude Code.
- What is Bifrost good for?
- Keeping AI apps running when one model provider fails, switching between many AI model providers through one connection, cutting AI costs with response caching and spending limits, and controlling which tools and people can use AI model access.
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