# Bifrost review

> 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 overhead at 5k RPS.

Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026. Canonical page: https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/maximhq-bifrost/

## Bifrost at a glance

- **Category:** [Agent frameworks](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/categories/agent-frameworks/)
- **Website:** [www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost)

## Usage data (the week of Oct 25–31, 2026)

- Board rank: #85 overall, #6 in Agent frameworks, momentum score 67
- New GitHub stars per week (last 12 weeks): Aug 9: 177; Aug 16: 177; Aug 23: 147; Aug 30: 182; Sep 6: 190; Sep 13: 177; Sep 20: 210; Sep 27: 173; Oct 4: 158; Oct 11: 212; Oct 18: 192; Oct 25: 179

## Bifrost alternatives

| Rank | Tool | Stars | Downloads/wk |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | [Harness²](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/google-research-harness2/) | 21.7k | – |
| #2 | [HyperFrames](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/heygen-com-hyperframes/) | 76.6k | 1.5M |
| #3 | [AgentScope](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/agentscope-ai-agentscope/) | 35k | 51.4k |
| #4 | [AG-UI](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/ag-ui/) | 16.9k | 4.6M |
| #5 | [LangGraph](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/langgraph/) | 44.2k | 18.5M |
| #7 | [assistant-ui](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/tools/assistant-ui/) | 12.9k | 2.8M |

## Bifrost FAQ

### How popular is Bifrost?

Bifrost has 9.3k GitHub stars as of Nov 1, 2026. It gained 179 new stars in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, against a 12-week average of 181 a week. That made it #6 among AI agent frameworks on the Devtoolwatch Board.

### What are the best alternatives to Bifrost?

Other AI agent frameworks on the Devtoolwatch Board in the week of Oct 25–31, 2026, by momentum: Harness² (#1), HyperFrames (#2), AgentScope (#3), AG-UI (#4), LangGraph (#5). The alternatives table above has their numbers.

## Sources

1. [Devtoolwatch Board, the week of Oct 25–31, 2026](https://index.devtoolwatch.com/)