The best bifrost alternatives

gateway

Portkey-AI/gateway

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

Choose gateway if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Go
• MIT License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you specifically need hacktoberfest or langchain

Shares ai-gateway, gateway, generative-ai, llm with bifrost.

dagu

dagucloud/dagu

Self-hostable workflow orchestrator for teams whose main work isn't orchestration. Declarative YAML over your scripts, SSH commands, containers, etc; keep workflows separate from business logic. One binary, no database, runs on limited H/W resources. Alternative to Airflow / Cron / Job Scheduler.

Choose dagu if…

• GNU General Public License v3.0 suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need agentic-workflows or ai-agents

Shares llm, mcp-gateway, mcp-server with bifrost.

hexstrike-ai

0x4m4/hexstrike-ai

HexStrike AI MCP Agents is an advanced MCP server that lets AI agents (Claude, GPT, Copilot, etc.) autonomously run 150+ cybersecurity tools for automated pentesting, vulnerability discovery, bug bounty automation, and security research. Seamlessly bridge LLMs with real-world offensive security capabilities.

Choose hexstrike-ai if…

• you would rather work in Python than Go
• MIT License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you specifically need 0x4m4 or ai

Shares generative-ai, llm, mcp-server with bifrost.

mcp-use

mcp-use/mcp-use

The fullstack MCP framework to develop MCP Apps for ChatGPT / Claude & MCP Servers for AI Agents.

Choose mcp-use if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Go
• MIT License suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you specifically need agent-plugins or agentic-framework

Shares mcp-client, mcp-gateway, mcp-server with bifrost.

unstract

Zipstack/unstract

LLM-Driven Extraction of Unstructured Data — Built for API Deployments & ETL Pipeline Workflows

Choose unstract if…

• you would rather work in Python than Go
• GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 suits your use better than Apache License 2.0
• you specifically need ai-agents or data-engineering

Shares generative-ai, llm, mcp-server with bifrost.

klavis

Klavis-AI/klavis

Klavis AI: MCP integration platforms that let AI agents use tools reliably at any scale

Choose klavis if…

• you would rather work in Python than Go
• you specifically need agents or ai

Shares llm, mcp-client, mcp-server with bifrost.

archestra

archestra-ai/archestra

Enterprise AI Platform with guardrails, MCP registry, gateway & orchestrator

Choose archestra if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Go
• you prefer a smaller, narrower project to a large one
• you specifically need a2a or a2a-mcp

Shares mcp-client, mcp-gateway, mcp-server with bifrost.

litellm

BerriAI/litellm

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]

Choose litellm if…

• you would rather work in Python than Go
• you want the more widely starred option (62.6k)
• you specifically need anthropic or azure-openai

Shares ai-gateway, gateway, llm, llm-gateway with bifrost.

plano

katanemo/plano

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.

Choose plano if…

• you would rather work in Rust than Go
• you specifically need ai-gateway-support or envoy

Shares ai-gateway, gateway, generative-ai, llm-gateway with bifrost.

casdoor

casdoor/casdoor

An open-source Agent-first Identity and Access Management (IAM) /LLM MCP & agent gateway and auth server with web UI supporting OpenClaw, MCP, OAuth, OIDC, SAML, CAS, LDAP, SCIM, WebAuthn, TOTP, MFA, Face ID, Google Workspace, Azure AD

Choose casdoor if…

• you want the more widely starred option (14.7k)
• you specifically need agent or agentic-ai

Shares ai-gateway, llm, mcp-gateway with bifrost.

n8n

n8n-io/n8n

Fair-code workflow automation platform with native AI capabilities. Combine visual building with custom code, self-host or cloud, 400+ integrations.

Choose n8n if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Go
• you want the more widely starred option (209.4k)
• you specifically need ai or apis

Shares mcp-client, mcp-server with bifrost.

gemini-cli

google-gemini/gemini-cli

An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal.

Choose gemini-cli if…

• you would rather work in TypeScript than Go
• you want the more widely starred option (108.7k)
• you specifically need ai or ai-agents

Shares mcp-client, mcp-server with bifrost.