Watch+104 this week7,018 · 488 forks

AI proxy server for model routing and observability

Real, but not yet worth your team's attention.

Who it's for

small teams building AI-powered apps

What it replaces

custom model routing logic

The catch

immaturity and limited community support

Your first hour

Explore Plano's documentation and example use cases

The numbers

Stars7,018
Forks488
Stars added (7d)+104
Open issues138
LanguageRust
LicenceApache-2.0
Last pushLast push 9 days ago
Project age2.1 years old

Maintainers describe it as: Plano is an AI-native proxy server and data plane for agentic apps. Smart LLM routing, observability, agent orchestration, and guardrails so you stay focused on your agents core logic.

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plano, in short

Should a small team use plano?
Watch. Real, but not yet worth your team's attention. small teams building AI-powered apps
What does plano actually do?
AI proxy server for model routing and observability
What does plano replace?
custom model routing logic
What is the downside of plano?
immaturity and limited community support
Can plano be used in a commercial product?
Its licence is Apache-2.0, which is permissive and generally fine for commercial use. Confirm against the LICENSE file in the repository.

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Stars, forks, licence and last-push data from the public GitHub API, refreshed August 28, 2026. The verdict is NoizeOff's editorial opinion for a team of 2–20, not advice from the project's maintainers, and not legal advice on licensing. We are not affiliated with katanemo.

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