// Switch models, control cost
agentgatewayv1.6.0
Next Generation Agentic Proxy for AI Agents and MCP servers
Open source Maintained For agents
IN ONE PARAGRAPH
agentgateway is next Generation Agentic Proxy for AI Agents and MCP servers.
Good for: Developers who want their agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor…) to switch models, control cost.
01How to start
- 1Read the official README for requirements and permissions.
- 2Install it as the official guide describes.
- 3Tell your agent the command exists (e.g. in AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md) so it knows when to call it.
02Alternatives & comparison
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03Related
- ›Ollama 文档 · OllamaEnglish
- ›handy-ollama 动手学 Ollama · DatawhaleChinese
- ›vLLM 文档 · vLLMEnglish
- ›SGLang 文档 · SGLangEnglish
- ›llama.cpp · ggml-orgEnglish
- All tutorials →
Versions, why it is listed, for AI to read
Recent releases
- v1.6.0 2026-10-02
- v1.5.0 2026-08-27
- v1.4.1 2026-07-29
- v1.4.0 2026-07-27
- v1.4.0-beta.1 2026-07-25
For AI agents
- Interfaces：API
- Machine-readable record：/api/v1/software/agentgateway.json · llms.txt
- Added 2026-10-10 · updated 2026-10-08