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OpenRouter

A service offering one API endpoint that routes to many models from different providers.

Definition

OpenRouter is a service that exposes a single OpenAI-compatible API backed by a large catalog of models from providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and open-source hosts. It handles routing, fallback between providers, rate-limit management, and cost tracking, so developers can switch models without changing their integration code. It also supports price comparison and automatic failover.