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NVIDIAAugust 11, 2026

Switchyard

Open Source
LLM
Rust
Proxy
AI Infrastructure

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### TL;DR

Switchyard is a Rust-based proxy and library designed to route LLM traffic across various providers and models. It enables developers to maintain native OpenAI and Anthropic API compatibility while implementing flexible routing, benchmarking, and cost-optimization strategies.

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Pricing
Free & Open source (Apache 2.0 License)
Cost structure
Version
0.2.0
Current release version
Hardware
Requires a system capable of running Rust (Cargo) and standard build tools; specific hardware depends on the LLM backends being routed to
Compute requirements
Category
Open Source
Licensing model
Region
United States
Primary region

Key Features

  • Protocol translation between OpenAI Chat, Anthropic Messages, and OpenAI Responses formats
  • Multi-backend routing with support for random, LLM-classifier, and stage-router algorithms
  • Operational metrics tracking including latency, token usage, and routing overhead via Prometheus
  • Flexible deployment options as a standalone proxy, CLI launcher, or embedded Rust library
  • Native compatibility with existing coding agents and OpenAI-compatible endpoints

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