--- title: Fastest LLM gateway (50x faster than LiteLLM) with... description: Bifrost is an LLM gateway claiming 50x faster performance than LiteLLM with sub-100 microsecond overhead at 5,000 requests per second. It features an adaptive... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/fastest-llm-gateway-50x-faster-than-litellm-with-adaptive-load-balancer-cluster-mode-guardrails--wzind6kfc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Fastest LLM gateway (50x faster than LiteLLM) with adaptive load balancer, cluster mode, guardrails, 1000+ models support & <100 µs overhead at 5k RPS. | daily.dev og:description: Bifrost is an LLM gateway claiming 50x faster performance than LiteLLM with sub-100 microsecond overhead at 5,000 requests per second. It features an adaptive... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/fastest-llm-gateway-50x-faster-than-litellm-with-adaptive-load-balancer-cluster-mode-guardrails--wzind6kfc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/wZiNd6kfC.png og:image:alt: Fastest LLM gateway (50x faster than LiteLLM) with adaptive load balancer, cluster mode, guardrails, 1000+ models support & <100 µs overhead at 5k RPS. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Fastest LLM gateway (50x faster than LiteLLM) with adaptive load balancer, cluster mode, guardrails, 1000+ models support & <100 µs overhead at 5k RPS. **[Anthony Max](https://daily.dev/sources/lfrkmbqjvju9ag1huqtvg)** · [@aanthonymax](https://daily.dev/aanthonymax) · 1 min read · 15 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Bifrost is an LLM gateway claiming 50x faster performance than LiteLLM with sub-100 microsecond overhead at 5,000 requests per second. It features an adaptive load balancer, cluster mode support, built-in guardrails, and compatibility with over 1,000 models. The open-source project aims to provide high-performance infrastructure for routing and managing LLM API requests. ## Content Site: https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost Repo: https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Top 5 LLM Gateways in 2026: A Deep-Dive Comparison for Production Teams](https://daily.dev/posts/top-5-llm-gateways-in-2026-a-deep-dive-comparison-for-production-teams-izylo6on6) · DEV · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#api-gateway](https://daily.dev/tags/api-gateway) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/fastest-llm-gateway-50x-faster-than-litellm-with-adaptive-load-balancer-cluster-mode-guardrails--wzind6kfc) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/fastest-llm-gateway-50x-faster-than-litellm-with-adaptive-load-balancer-cluster-mode-guardrails--wzind6kfc","headline":"Fastest LLM gateway (50x faster than LiteLLM) with adaptive load balancer, cluster mode, guardrails, 1000+ models support & <100 µs overhead at 5k RPS.","text":"Bifrost is an LLM gateway claiming 50x faster performance than LiteLLM with sub-100 microsecond overhead at 5,000 requests per second. 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