[ 01 / Overview ]
What this project does
A model API gateway that normalizes access to providers and routes model traffic.
Description from GitHub metadata
The fastest, litest AI Gateway. Rust core with Python SDK. Call 100+ LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format with cost tracking, guardrails, load balancing, and logging [Bedrock, Azure, OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenAI, VertexAI, vLLM, Nvidia NIM]
Source: GitHub[ 02 / Use cases ]
When to use it
Centralized routing, provider fallback, usage measurement, and budget controls.
[ 03 / Trade-offs ]
What to watch for
Review key management, retries, and how duplicate requests affect billing.
[ 04 / First test ]
Start with a small experiment
Route a test request between two models and simulate a primary-provider failure.
This is a suggested test, not an experiment already conducted by DARC.DEV.
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Sources and methodology
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