--- title: "ai-gateway vs awesome-chatgpt" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/ferro-labs-ai-gateway-vs-humanloop-awesome-chatgpt" tools: ["ferro-labs-ai-gateway", "humanloop-awesome-chatgpt"] --- # ai-gateway vs awesome-chatgpt *GraphCanon updated Aug 9, 2026* ## Verdict Pick ai-gateway if ai-gateway from Ferro Labs supports over 30 LLMs with integrated caching, guardrails, A/B testing, and cost controls, making it ideal for managing multiple language models in a production environment; pick awesome-chatgpt if awesome ChatGPT offers a curated list of tools, demos, documentation, and community resources for developers and enthusiasts to interact with the ChatGPT model and GPT-3. [ai-gateway](https://docs.ferrolabs.ai) reports 219 GitHub stars, 33 forks, and 63 open issues, last pushed Aug 7, 2026. [awesome-chatgpt](https://github.com/humanloop/awesome-chatgpt) has 8.2k stars, 556 forks, and 142 open issues, last pushed Oct 15, 2025. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [ai-gateway's repository](https://github.com/ferro-labs/ai-gateway) and [awesome-chatgpt's repository](https://github.com/humanloop/awesome-chatgpt). | | [ai-gateway](/tools/ferro-labs-ai-gateway.md) | [awesome-chatgpt](/tools/humanloop-awesome-chatgpt.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Unified AI Gateway for multiple LLMs with caching, guardrails, A/B testing, and cost controls | Curated list of resources for ChatGPT and GPT-3 from OpenAI | | Stars | 219 | 8,207 | | Forks | 33 | 556 | | Open issues | 63 | 142 | | Language | Go | - | | Adopt for | ai-gateway from Ferro Labs supports over 30 LLMs with integrated caching, guardrails, A/B testing, and cost controls, making it ideal for managing multiple language models in a production environment. | Awesome ChatGPT offers a curated list of tools, demos, documentation, and community resources for developers and enthusiasts to interact with the ChatGPT model and GPT-3 through various unofficial APIs, Chrome extensions | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | Apache-2.0 - a permissive free software license | - | | Categories | Inference & Serving, Model Training | Developer Tools, Inference & Serving | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [ai-gateway](/tools/ferro-labs-ai-gateway.md) | [awesome-chatgpt](/tools/humanloop-awesome-chatgpt.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Maintenance | Very active (96%) | Slowing (36%) | | Days since push | 2d | 294d | | Open issues (now) | 63 | 142 | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/ferro-labs-ai-gateway/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/humanloop-awesome-chatgpt/trust.md) | ## Decision facts: ai-gateway - **Adopt for:** ai-gateway from Ferro Labs supports over 30 LLMs with integrated caching, guardrails, A/B testing, and cost controls, making it ideal for managing multiple language models in a production environment. - **License detail:** Apache-2.0 - a permissive free software license ## Decision facts: awesome-chatgpt - **Adopt for:** Awesome ChatGPT offers a curated list of tools, demos, documentation, and community resources for developers and enthusiasts to interact with the ChatGPT model and GPT-3 through various unofficial APIs, Chrome extensions ## Choose when ### Choose ai-gateway if… - Tags unique to ai-gateway: ai-gateway, litellm, llm-cost, llm-proxy. - Also covers Model Training. - When you need to integrate more than 30 different LLM services including OpenAI and Anthropic ### Choose awesome-chatgpt if… - Tags unique to awesome-chatgpt: chatgpt, chrome-extension, cross-platform-access, gpt-3. - Also covers Developer Tools. - You need access to multiple unofficial APIs in different programming languages such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Dart, allowing broader integration options. ## When NOT to use ai-gateway - If your project only involves one or two LLMs which does not necessitate the gateway's broad compatibility features - For small-scale projects that do not require comprehensive cost analysis tools - When custom integration for specific guardrails is required, as ai-gateway offers generalized settings ## When NOT to use awesome-chatgpt - If you require a fully official SDK or API provided by OpenAI due to compliance requirements, since Awesome ChatGPT primarily features unofficial tools. - You're looking for direct integrations with enterprise platforms like Slack/Discord bots which may be insufficiently supported in your specific business environment or not meet security standards. ## Common questions ### What is the difference between ai-gateway and awesome-chatgpt? ai-gateway: Unified AI Gateway for multiple LLMs with caching, guardrails, A/B testing, and cost controls. awesome-chatgpt: Curated list of resources for ChatGPT and GPT-3 from OpenAI. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose ai-gateway over awesome-chatgpt? Choose ai-gateway over awesome-chatgpt when Tags unique to ai-gateway: ai-gateway, litellm, llm-cost, llm-proxy; Also covers Model Training; When you need to integrate more than 30 different LLM services including OpenAI and Anthropic. ### When should I choose awesome-chatgpt over ai-gateway? Choose awesome-chatgpt over ai-gateway when Tags unique to awesome-chatgpt: chatgpt, chrome-extension, cross-platform-access, gpt-3; Also covers Developer Tools; You need access to multiple unofficial APIs in different programming languages such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, Dart, allowing broader integration options. ### When should I avoid ai-gateway? If your project only involves one or two LLMs which does not necessitate the gateway's broad compatibility features For small-scale projects that do not require comprehensive cost analysis tools When custom integration for specific guardrails is required, as ai-gateway offers generalized settings ### When should I avoid awesome-chatgpt? If you require a fully official SDK or API provided by OpenAI due to compliance requirements, since Awesome ChatGPT primarily features unofficial tools. You're looking for direct integrations with enterprise platforms like Slack/Discord bots which may be insufficiently supported in your specific business environment or not meet security standards. ### Is ai-gateway or awesome-chatgpt more popular on GitHub? awesome-chatgpt has more GitHub stars (8,207 vs 219). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are ai-gateway and awesome-chatgpt open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub. ### Where can I find alternatives to ai-gateway or awesome-chatgpt? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [ai-gateway alternatives](/tools/ferro-labs-ai-gateway/alternatives) and [awesome-chatgpt alternatives](/tools/humanloop-awesome-chatgpt/alternatives) ([ai-gateway markdown twin](/tools/ferro-labs-ai-gateway/alternatives.md), [awesome-chatgpt markdown twin](/tools/humanloop-awesome-chatgpt/alternatives.md)), ranked by typed relationship edges rather than popularity votes. ### Is there a machine-readable version of this comparison? Yes. The markdown twin at [this comparison](/compare/ferro-labs-ai-gateway-vs-humanloop-awesome-chatgpt.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, ai-gateway or awesome-chatgpt? ai-gateway: Very active. awesome-chatgpt: Slowing. Compare maintenance labels, days since push, and release cadence in the trust section below - stars alone do not measure maintenance. ### Where are the full trust reports for ai-gateway and awesome-chatgpt? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [ai-gateway trust report](/tools/ferro-labs-ai-gateway/trust); [awesome-chatgpt trust report](/tools/humanloop-awesome-chatgpt/trust). --- **Machine-readable endpoints** - JSON: [`/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=ferro-labs-ai-gateway`](/api/graphcanon/graph?tool=ferro-labs-ai-gateway) - LLM index: [/llms.txt](/llms.txt) - Full corpus: [/llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt) _GraphCanon - The knowledge graph for AI development. https://www.graphcanon.com/_