aid: bifrost
name: Bifrost
description: Bifrost is a high-performance open-source AI gateway that unifies access to 20+ AI providers through a single
  OpenAI-compatible API. It supports 1,000+ models with adaptive load balancing, automatic failover, semantic caching, and
  enterprise observability features. Bifrost is open-source under Apache 2.0.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- AI Gateway
- LLM
- Load Balancing
- Open Source
- OpenAI Compatible
- MCP
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bifrost/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: bifrost:bifrost-http-gateway-api
  name: Bifrost HTTP Gateway API
  description: The Bifrost HTTP Gateway API provides an OpenAI-compatible RESTful interface that routes requests to any of
    20+ supported AI providers. Requests specify the provider and model using provider/model-name in the model field, enabling
    seamless provider switching without client code changes.
  humanURL: https://docs.getbifrost.ai/quickstart/gateway/setting-up
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080
  tags:
  - AI Gateway
  - LLM
  - OpenAI Compatible
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.getbifrost.ai/quickstart/gateway/setting-up
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bifrost/refs/heads/main/openapi/bifrost-http-gateway-api.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/http-gateway-chat.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/http-gateway-health.yaml
- aid: bifrost:bifrost-go-sdk
  name: Bifrost Go SDK
  description: The Bifrost Go SDK provides a native Go client for embedding the Bifrost AI gateway directly into Go applications
    using the github.com/maximhq/bifrost/core package.
  humanURL: https://docs.getbifrost.ai/quickstart/go-sdk/setting-up
  baseURL: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/maximhq/bifrost/core
  tags:
  - AI Gateway
  - Go
  - LLM
  - SDK
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.getbifrost.ai/quickstart/go-sdk/setting-up
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.getbifrost.ai/quickstart/go-sdk/setting-up
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost
- aid: bifrost:bifrost-mcp-gateway
  name: Bifrost MCP Gateway
  description: The Bifrost Model Context Protocol (MCP) Gateway enables AI agents to discover and execute external tools through
    a standardized protocol, with OAuth 2.0 authentication and tool approval controls.
  humanURL: https://docs.getbifrost.ai/features/mcp
  tags:
  - AI Agents
  - MCP
  - OAuth
  - Tool Execution
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.getbifrost.ai/features/mcp
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost
common:
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/enterprise
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.getbifrost.ai
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.getbifrost.ai/quickstart/gateway/setting-up
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/maximhq
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost/releases
- type: Community
  url: https://discord.gg/exN5KAydbU
- type: SpectralRules
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bifrost/refs/heads/main/rules/bifrost-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bifrost/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/bifrost-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: OpenAI-Compatible API
    description: Single API interface compatible with OpenAI SDK for all 20+ providers.
  - name: Adaptive Load Balancing
    description: Distribute requests across providers and models based on availability and performance.
  - name: Automatic Failover
    description: Automatically retry failed requests on alternative providers without client changes.
  - name: Semantic Caching
    description: Cache semantically similar prompts to reduce latency and API costs.
  - name: MCP Gateway
    description: Model Context Protocol gateway for AI agent tool discovery and execution.
  - name: Go SDK
    description: Native Go library for embedding Bifrost gateway directly into applications.
  - name: Enterprise Observability
    description: Built-in metrics, tracing, and logging for production AI gateway deployments.
  - name: Provider Key Management
    description: Centralized API key management for all connected AI providers.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Multi-Provider AI Applications
    description: Build applications that can seamlessly switch between OpenAI, Anthropic, and other providers.
  - name: Cost Optimization
    description: Route requests to cheaper providers during peak costs or use caching to reduce API spend.
  - name: High Availability AI
    description: Ensure AI features remain available by failing over across multiple provider accounts.
  - name: AI Agent Tooling
    description: Enable AI agents to discover and execute tools through the MCP gateway protocol.
  - name: LLM Provider Evaluation
    description: A/B test different models and providers without changing application code.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: OpenAI
    description: Route to OpenAI GPT-4o, GPT-4, and other OpenAI models.
  - name: Anthropic
    description: Route to Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Claude 3 Opus, and other Anthropic models.
  - name: Cohere
    description: Route to Cohere Command and other Cohere models.
  - name: AWS Bedrock
    description: Route to models hosted on AWS Bedrock including Titan and Claude.
  - name: Azure OpenAI
    description: Route to Azure-hosted OpenAI deployments.
  - name: Google Vertex AI
    description: Route to Gemini and other models on Google Vertex AI.
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: https://docs.getbifrost.ai/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com