--- title: "ai-gateway vs moby" type: "comparison" canonical_url: "https://www.graphcanon.com/compare/ferro-labs-ai-gateway-vs-moby-moby" tools: ["ferro-labs-ai-gateway", "moby-moby"] --- # ai-gateway vs moby *GraphCanon updated Jul 15, 2026* ## Verdict Pick ai-gateway when tags unique to ai-gateway: ai-gateway, ai-infrastructure, guardrails, litellm; pick moby when tags unique to moby: containers, docker, go, golang. [ai-gateway](https://docs.ferrolabs.ai) reports 180 GitHub stars, 31 forks, and 47 open issues, last pushed Jul 14, 2026. [moby](https://mobyproject.org/) has 72k stars, 19k forks, and 3.8k open issues, last pushed Jul 10, 2026. Figures are from public GitHub metadata via [ai-gateway's repository](https://github.com/ferro-labs/ai-gateway) and [moby's repository](https://github.com/moby/moby). | | [ai-gateway](/tools/ferro-labs-ai-gateway.md) | [moby](/tools/moby-moby.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Tagline | Unified AI Gateway for 30+ LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock, Azure etc) with Caching, Guardrails, A/B test & cost controls. Go-native Fastest & Scalable AI Gateway LiteLLM & Kong AI Gateway alternativ | The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems | | Stars | 180 | 71,899 | | Forks | 31 | 19,126 | | Open issues | 47 | 3,821 | | Language | Go | Go | | Adopt for | - | - | | Persona | - | - | | Runtime | - | - | | License | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 | | Categories | Computer Vision, Inference & Serving, LLM Frameworks | Developer Tools, Inference & Serving, LLM Frameworks | ## Trust and health _Sourced signals - not a safety guarantee. No winner column._ | | [ai-gateway](/tools/ferro-labs-ai-gateway.md) | [moby](/tools/moby-moby.md) | | --- | --- | --- | | Open issues (now) | 47 | 3.8k | | Full report | [trust report](/tools/ferro-labs-ai-gateway/trust.md) | [trust report](/tools/moby-moby/trust.md) | ## Choose when ### Choose ai-gateway if… - Tags unique to ai-gateway: ai-gateway, ai-infrastructure, guardrails, litellm. - Also covers Computer Vision. - More recently updated (last pushed Jul 14, 2026). ### Choose moby if… - Tags unique to moby: containers, docker, go, golang. - Also covers Developer Tools. - More GitHub stars (72k vs 180) - visibility, not fit. ## When NOT to use ai-gateway - Inference & Serving: Self-hosting rarely beats a hosted API on cost until you have steady, high-volume traffic. - LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ## When NOT to use moby - Developer Tools: A gateway is overkill when you're pinned to a single provider and model. - Inference & Serving: Self-hosting rarely beats a hosted API on cost until you have steady, high-volume traffic. - LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ## Common questions ### What is the difference between ai-gateway and moby? ai-gateway: Unified AI Gateway for 30+ LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock, Azure etc) with Caching, Guardrails, A/B test & cost controls. Go-native Fastest & Scalable AI Gateway LiteLLM & Kong AI Gateway alternativ. moby: The Moby Project - a collaborative project for the container ecosystem to assemble container-based systems. See the comparison table for live GitHub stats and shared categories. ### When should I choose ai-gateway over moby? Choose ai-gateway over moby when Tags unique to ai-gateway: ai-gateway, ai-infrastructure, guardrails, litellm; Also covers Computer Vision; More recently updated (last pushed Jul 14, 2026). ### When should I choose moby over ai-gateway? Choose moby over ai-gateway when Tags unique to moby: containers, docker, go, golang; Also covers Developer Tools; More GitHub stars (72k vs 180) - visibility, not fit. ### When should I avoid ai-gateway? Inference & Serving: Self-hosting rarely beats a hosted API on cost until you have steady, high-volume traffic. LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ### When should I avoid moby? Developer Tools: A gateway is overkill when you're pinned to a single provider and model. Inference & Serving: Self-hosting rarely beats a hosted API on cost until you have steady, high-volume traffic. LLM Frameworks: Avoid a framework for a single prompt-and-retrieve call; the abstraction can cost more than it saves. ### Is ai-gateway or moby more popular on GitHub? moby has more GitHub stars (71,899 vs 180). Stars measure visibility, not whether either tool fits your constraints. ### Are ai-gateway and moby open source? Yes - both are open-source projects on GitHub (ai-gateway: Apache-2.0, moby: Apache-2.0). ### Where can I find alternatives to ai-gateway or moby? GraphCanon lists graph-backed alternatives at [ai-gateway alternatives](/tools/ferro-labs-ai-gateway/alternatives) and [moby alternatives](/tools/moby-moby/alternatives) ([ai-gateway markdown twin](/tools/ferro-labs-ai-gateway/alternatives.md), [moby markdown twin](/tools/moby-moby/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-moby-moby.md) mirrors this page for agents and LLM crawlers, with the same stats table and FAQ answers. ### Which is better maintained, ai-gateway or moby? ai-gateway: Very active. moby: Very active. 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 moby? GraphCanon publishes per-repo trust reports with dated maintenance, provenance, and scan summaries: [ai-gateway trust report](/tools/ferro-labs-ai-gateway/trust); [moby trust report](/tools/moby-moby/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/_