LiteLLM: AI gateway, Python SDK and model-spend controls
Listing updated Sep 12, 2026
Key capabilities that make BerriAI/litellm - GitHub stand out.
Python SDK for direct application integration
Shared AI proxy gateway and administration UI
More than 100 documented model-provider integrations
Virtual keys, users, teams, budgets and rate limits
Spend tracking and observability integrations
Router retries, fallbacks and load balancing
MCP gateway for Streamable HTTP, SSE and stdio upstreams
Key, team and organization MCP permissions
Separate enterprise identity, audit and support features
Who benefits most from this tool.
Integrate model calls through the Python SDK or a shared proxy gateway.
Evaluate centralized model access, spending controls and the separate enterprise offering.
Compare SDK integration with a self-hosted gateway as AI usage grows.
Manage authorized model access for research and learning applications with appropriate access and data controls.
Inspect, contribute to or adapt the open-source gateway within its license terms.
Manage shared model access and budgets for application projects.
Deploy and observe a gateway, testing retries, limits and recovery behavior.
Review gateway authentication, secret handling, logging and MCP permissions.
Use the SDK or gateway in model-evaluation workflows and validate deployment changes before release.
Demonstrate model integration and API behavior while protecting student data and checking outputs.
The open-source gateway is free to self-host with no software license fee. Enterprise is separately quoted; upstream model usage and infrastructure remain separate costs.
Self-hosted gateway and SDK
Annual gateway capacity, architecture and support needs
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