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-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "openai/gpt-4o-mini",
"messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello, Bifrost!"}]
}'
That's it! Your AI gateway is running with a web interface for visual configuration, real-time monitoring, and analytics.
Complete Setup Guides:
Enterprise Deployments
Bifrost supports enterprise-grade, private deployments for teams running production AI systems at scale.
In addition to private networking, custom security controls, and governance, enterprise deployments unlock advanced capabilities including adaptive load balancing, clustering, guardrails, MCP gateway, and other features designed for enterprise-grade scale and reliability.
Key Features
Core Infrastructure
- Unified Interface - Single OpenAI-compatible API for all providers
- Multi-Provider Support - OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, Google Vertex, Azure, Cerebras, Cohere, Mistral, Ollama, Groq, and more
- Automatic Fallbacks - Seamless failover between providers and models with zero downtime
- Load Balancing - Intelligent request distribution across multiple API keys and providers
Advanced Features
- Model Context Protocol (MCP) - Enable AI models to use external tools (filesystem, web search, databases)
- Semantic Caching - Intelligent response caching based on semantic similarity to reduce costs and latency
- Multimodal Support - Support for text, images, audio, and streaming, all behind a common interface.
- Custom Plugins - Extensible middleware architecture for analytics, monitoring, and custom logic
- Governance - Usage tracking, rate limiting, and fine-grained access control
Enterprise & Security
- Budget Management - Hierarchical cost control with virtual keys, teams, and customer budgets
- User Provisioning (OIDC) - OAuth 2.0 / OIDC login with background directory sync for teams, roles, and business units
- Observability - Native Prometheus metrics, distributed tracing, and comprehensive logging
- Secrets Management - Secure API key management with environment variables and deployment secrets
Developer Experience
Repository Structure
Bifrost uses a modular architecture for maximum flexibility:
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