---
name: "Operate multi-provider AI gateway traffic with Bifrost"
slug: "operate-multi-provider-ai-gateway-traffic-with-bifrost"
description: "Run Bifrost as an OpenAI-compatible gateway so agents can route model calls across providers with failover, load balancing, caching, and governance."
github_stars: 5969
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost"
author: "Maxim AI"
publisher_type: "company"
category: "Integrations & Connectors"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "maximhq/bifrost"
  github_stars: 5969
  npm_package: "@maximhq/bifrost"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 6524
---

# Operate multi-provider AI gateway traffic with Bifrost

Run Bifrost as an OpenAI-compatible gateway so agents can route model calls across providers with failover, load balancing, caching, and governance.

## Prerequisites

Bifrost gateway, provider API keys, and an agent or application stack that can call an OpenAI-compatible chat completions endpoint.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- npx -y @maximhq/bifrost
- docker run -p 8080:8080 maximhq/bifrost
- docker run -p 8080:8080 -v $(pwd)/data:/app/data maximhq/bifrost

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- ![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/maximhq/bifrost)
- [Clustering](https://docs.getbifrost.ai/enterprise/clustering) - Multi-node deployment

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- [<img src="https://run.pstmn.io/button.svg" alt="Run In Postman" style="width: 95px; height: 21px;">](https://app.getpostman.com/run-collection/31642484-2ba0e658-4dcd-49f4-845a-0c7ed745b916?action=collection%2Ffork&so...
- ![Get started](./docs/media/getting-started.png)
- **Go from zero to production-ready AI gateway in under a minute.**

- Source: https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maximhq/bifrost/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://docs.getbifrost.ai/quickstart/gateway/setting-up

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/operate-multi-provider-ai-gateway-traffic-with-bifrost/)