LocalRouter
Provides a local OpenAI-compatible API gateway that routes requests across multiple AI providers, with features like smart routing, cost control, credential management, and monitoring.
LocalRouter is an open-source desktop application that provides a local OpenAI-compatible API gateway, routing requests across multiple AI providers. It solves the problem of managing multiple AI providers and their credentials by centralizing access and offering features like smart routing, cost control, and monitoring. The product targets developers and IT teams in companies of various sizes, especially those using AI-powered coding tools. It is positioned as a self-hosted, local gateway that works with any OpenAI-compatible app, offering both a gateway endpoint and an HTTPS proxy for transparent pass-through.
Key features
- Routes requests across 19+ providers
- Free-tier mode to avoid surprise bills
- Provider-aware tracking for rate limits
- Smart backoff on 429 responses
- Centralized credential store with encryption
- Scoped access per client
- Automatic model routing by prompt complexity
- Offline fallback to local models
- Provider failover chain
- Unified MCP gateway with tool aggregation
- Client-level server restrictions
- Context management with catalog compression
- No social media activity within the last 30 days
- Marketplace
- API
- Docs
- Software developers
- Engineering teams
- DevOps sre teams