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lordraw77/llmproxy

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2PythonAudience · ops devopsComplexity · 3/5LicenseSetup · moderate

TLDR

A lightweight proxy server that lets your AI tools talk to any major AI provider by pretending to be a local runtime like Ollama, so your existing apps keep working without code changes.

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    What it does
      Forwards AI requests
      Pretends to be local runtime
      No code changes needed
    Features
      Auto retries on errors
      Response caching
      Live stats dashboard
    Providers
      NVIDIA and Anthropic
      Google Gemini
      Azure OpenAI
    Setup
      Docker Compose
      Configure TOML file
      Set API key
    Tech stack
      Python and Flask
      Docker
    Use cases
      Unify multiple AI tools
      Switch providers easily

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Point existing AI tools that expect Ollama at llmproxy to use cloud providers instead without changing code.

USE CASE 2

Route requests to different AI providers like Anthropic or Google Gemini through one unified proxy.

USE CASE 3

Speed up repeated AI queries by enabling the built-in response cache for non-streaming replies.

USE CASE 4

Monitor proxy traffic and health metrics via a built-in stats dashboard at the /stats endpoint.

What is it built with?

PythonFlaskDocker

How does it compare?

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LanguagePythonPythonPython
Setup difficultymoderatemoderateeasy
Complexity3/52/52/5
Audienceops devopsgeneralgeneral

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires Docker and at least one upstream AI provider API key configured in a .env or TOML file.

You can use, modify, and share this software for any purpose, including commercially, as long as you include the original copyright notice.

In plain English

llmproxy is a lightweight server that sits between your AI tools and the actual AI providers that generate responses. Many tools expect to talk to a local AI runtime like Ollama, OpenAI's API, or llama.cpp. llmproxy pretends to be one of those local runtimes, receives the request, and forwards it to a real upstream provider such as NVIDIA, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Azure OpenAI, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. The benefit is that your existing tools keep working without any changes to their code. You just point them at llmproxy instead of the real local runtime. It supports chat, completions, and embeddings, along with streaming responses. When a request fails because of a temporary upstream error, llmproxy can retry automatically. It also offers an optional response cache with configurable size and expiration, which speeds up repeated non-streaming replies. A live stats dashboard at the /stats endpoint shows metrics and process information. Inbound authentication is optional if you need to restrict who can call the proxy. Providers are declared in a configuration file called providers.toml. When you have a single provider configured, model names stay unchanged. When you configure two or more, model names get a prefix like provider:model so you can tell them apart. You can also set a custom alias for any model. If no configuration file exists, llmproxy can fall back to reading NVIDIA environment variables, so existing setups keep working with no extra configuration. A migration command helps generate a starting file from your current environment. The quick start involves setting your NVIDIA API key in an environment file, then running the project with Docker Compose or a prebuilt Docker image. A test request to the root URL returns a familiar message confirming the proxy is running. The project is written in Python using Flask and is released under the MIT license. Documentation covers installation, configuration, deployment, troubleshooting, and usage examples.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Help me configure a providers.toml file for llmproxy to route requests to both Anthropic and Google Gemini, with a custom alias for Claude.
Prompt 2
Write a Docker Compose file to run llmproxy locally and pass my NVIDIA API key via an environment file.
Prompt 3
Show me a curl command to send a test chat completion request to llmproxy and stream the response back.
Prompt 4
Explain how llmproxy's automatic retry logic works when an upstream AI provider returns a temporary error, and how I can configure it.

Frequently asked questions

What is llmproxy?

A lightweight proxy server that lets your AI tools talk to any major AI provider by pretending to be a local runtime like Ollama, so your existing apps keep working without code changes.

What language is llmproxy written in?

Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, Flask, Docker.

What license does llmproxy use?

You can use, modify, and share this software for any purpose, including commercially, as long as you include the original copyright notice.

How hard is llmproxy to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is llmproxy for?

Mainly ops devops.

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