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Glide

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🐦 A open blazing-fast simple model gateway for rapid development of production GenAI apps

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Glide

Added 1 June 2026

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Overview

Glide is an open-source model gateway written in Go, optimized for rapid development of production GenAI applications. It is categorized under observability, suggesting it provides monitoring and control over model interactions.

Best for

Best for
Developers building production GenAI apps who need a lightweight, fast model gateway with built-in observability

Use cases

  • Route requests to multiple LLM providers with a unified interface
  • Observe and log model calls for debugging and analytics
  • Prototype and deploy GenAI features quickly with minimal overhead

Notes

Glide is an open-source model gateway written in Go, optimized for rapid development of production GenAI applications. It is categorized under observability, suggesting it provides monitoring and control over model interactions.

160 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2024-08-12. Licensed Apache-2.0.

Use cases

  • Route requests to multiple LLM providers with a unified interface
  • Observe and log model calls for debugging and analytics
  • Prototype and deploy GenAI features quickly with minimal overhead

Pros

  • Blazing-fast performance due to Go’s concurrency model
  • Simple architecture makes it easy to integrate and extend
  • Open-source with minimal dependencies

Cons

  • Small community (160 stars) may mean limited support and documentation
  • Early-stage project with potentially fewer features than mature alternatives
  • Categorized under observability but documentation focuses on gateway functionality

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Pros

  • Blazing-fast performance due to Go's concurrency model
  • Simple architecture makes it easy to integrate and extend
  • Open-source with minimal dependencies

Cons

  • Small community (160 stars) may mean limited support and documentation
  • Early-stage project with potentially fewer features than mature alternatives
  • Categorized under observability but documentation focuses on gateway functionality
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