new-api

Open-source AI gateway. Self-hosted LLM gateway with OpenAI-, Claude- and Gemini-compatible APIs, model routing, access control, usage tracking and cost accounting.

⭐ 50,888 stars on GitHub · 🍴 12,326 forks · 📜 License: agpl-3.0 · 💻 Language: Go

What is new-api?

An open-source AI/LLM project — run models locally, no cloud data sharing, fully customizable to your needs.

The biggest strength is fully local AI inference — zero API cost, no data leak risk, low latency.

Best for AI devs, researchers, anyone building agents/chatbots without OpenAI dependency.

Topics: the project is tagged with popular topics:

• 🏷️ ai-gateway
• 🏷️ api-management
• 🏷️ claude
• 🏷️ deepseek
• 🏷️ gemini
• 🏷️ llm-gateway
• 🏷️ model-routing
• 🏷️ newapi
• 🏷️ openai
• 🏷️ rerank

📸 Screenshots

Quick install

The project supports Docker Compose:

git clone https://github.com/QuantumNous/new-api.git
cd new-api
docker compose up -d

Check the README in the repo for required env variables.

Minimum system requirements

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Resources

• 🔗 GitHub: QuantumNous/new-api
• 🌐 Homepage: https://www.newapi.ai
• 📚 Official docs: see README in the repo
• 💬 Community: GitHub Issues + Discussions

Article compiled from GitHub data on 28/10/2026. Star/fork counts may have changed — see live numbers via the GitHub link.