# Bifrost

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/ai-gateway/bifrost/  
**Provider:** AI Gateway — https://apis.io/providers/ai-gateway/  
**Documentation:** https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost

Bifrost is one of 41 APIs that [AI Gateway](https://apis.io/providers/ai-gateway/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include AI Gateway, LLM Router, Load Balancing, Caching, and Observability. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

Bifrost (Maxim AI) is an open-source AI gateway written in Go that exposes 20+ providers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, and Google Vertex, through a single OpenAI-compatible API, with automatic fallbacks, load balancing, semantic caching, virtual keys and budgets, MCP tool access, and Prometheus metrics and tracing. Self-hosted via npx or Docker under Apache 2.0; clustering, adaptive load balancing, and guardrails are part of the enterprise edition.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Portal** — https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost
- **Documentation** — https://docs.getbifrost.ai/overview
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost
- **GitHubOrganization** — https://github.com/maximhq
- **APIEvangelistRepository** — https://github.com/api-evangelist/bifrost

## Other AI Gateway APIs (12)

- [Portkey](https://apis.io/apis/ai-gateway/portkey/)
- [OpenRouter](https://apis.io/apis/ai-gateway/openrouter/)
- [LiteLLM](https://apis.io/apis/ai-gateway/litellm/)
- [Helicone](https://apis.io/apis/ai-gateway/helicone/)
- [Cloudflare AI Gateway](https://apis.io/apis/ai-gateway/cloudflare-ai-gateway/)
- [Kong AI Gateway](https://apis.io/apis/ai-gateway/kong-ai-gateway/)
- [Apache APISIX AI Proxy](https://apis.io/apis/ai-gateway/apisix-ai-proxy/)
- [Tetrate Agent Router Service](https://apis.io/apis/ai-gateway/tetrate-agent-router/)
- [NVIDIA NIM](https://apis.io/apis/ai-gateway/nvidia-nim/)
- [Traefik AI Gateway](https://apis.io/apis/ai-gateway/traefik-ai-gateway/)
- [Together AI](https://apis.io/apis/ai-gateway/together-ai/)
- [Anyscale](https://apis.io/apis/ai-gateway/anyscale/)

## Tags

AI Gateway, LLM Router, Load Balancing, Caching, Observability, Open Source

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/ai-gateway/bifrost/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/ai-gateway/.