Pilot it+185 this week12,794 · 1,260 forks

AI gateway for routing to LLMs

Worth a timeboxed spike before you bet on it.

Who it's for

small teams using multiple LLMs

What it replaces

manual LLM integration

The catch

immaturity and potential maintenance burden

Your first hour

Explore Portkey-AI/gateway API documentation

The numbers

Stars12,794
Forks1,260
Stars added (7d)+185
Open issues245
LanguageTypeScript
LicenceMIT
Last pushNo push in 3 months
Project age3 years old

Nothing has been pushed in 3 months. Treat this as unmaintained until proven otherwise — check the issue tracker for a fork that took over.

Maintainers describe it as: A blazing fast AI Gateway with integrated guardrails. Route to 1,600+ LLMs, 50+ AI Guardrails with 1 fast & friendly API.

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gateway, in short

Should a small team use gateway?
Pilot it. Worth a timeboxed spike before you bet on it. small teams using multiple LLMs
What does gateway actually do?
AI gateway for routing to LLMs
What does gateway replace?
manual LLM integration
What is the downside of gateway?
immaturity and potential maintenance burden
Can gateway be used in a commercial product?
Its licence is MIT, 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 22, 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 Portkey-AI.

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