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Bifrost vs LLM Gateway

Bifrost leads on trust: 89.9/100 (Grade A) against 63.8/100 (Grade C), a 26.1-point gap. Bifrost leads on supply-chain integrity and provenance, and rests on broader evidence.

A Bifrost 89.9

Open-source, high-performance AI gateway that works as your LLM gateway, MCP gateway and agent gateway. One OpenAI-compatible API for 10,000+ models, with failover, load balancing, semantic caching, virtual keys, budgets and MCP Code Mode. Works with any SDK or agent and adds under 200µs of…

maximhq/bifrost · #27 overall · #1 LLM Gateways & Infra · coverage B (3/5)

Choose Bifrost if supply-chain integrity and provenance matter most.

+8.6Safety / Integrity: OSSF Scorecard 7.3 against 6.3
+7.2Identity / Provenance: package provenance attested, against none
+5.7Adoption: 9.3k GitHub stars against 1.7k
+0.8Transparency: OSSF Scorecard 7.3 against 6.3

C LLM Gateway 63.8

Route, manage, and analyze your LLM requests across multiple providers with a unified API interface.

theopenco/llmgateway · #561 overall · #7 LLM Gateways & Infra · coverage C (2/5)

LLM Gateway doesn't lead on any scored dimension in this pair.

Where they differ

21.5

Safety / IntegrityBifrost +8.6

12.9

18.0

Identity / ProvenanceBifrost +7.2

10.8

14.7

TransparencyBifrost +0.8

13.9

20.0

MaintenanceBifrost +0.1

19.9

13.5

AdoptionBifrost +5.7

7.8

+2.2

Runtime calibrationBifrost +3.7

-1.5

Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Bifrost and LLM Gateway, two LLM Gateways & Infra projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	Bifrostmaximhq/bifrost	LLM Gatewaytheopenco/llmgateway
HVTrust score	89.9	63.8
Evidence grade	A	C
Coverage grade	B	C
Overall rank	#27	#561
Rank in LLM Gateways & Infra	#1	#7
GitHub stars	9.3k	1.7k
Last updated	today	1d ago
Build provenance	Yes	No
OSSF Scorecard	7.3 / 10	6.3 / 10
License	Apache-2.0	NOASSERTION
Downloads	1k/wk	—
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	21.5	12.9
Identity & provenance / 18	18.0	10.8
Transparency / 17	14.7	13.9
Maintenance / 20	20.0	19.9
Adoption / 20	13.5	7.8
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Declared	Declared
External providers	—	2 — OpenAI, Postgres
Requires API keys	No	Yes
Plugin surface	plugins	—
Provenance drift	Match	—

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How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption, scaled by an evidence-confidence factor. Grade bands: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Signals refresh daily. Full methodology v4.4 →