Busbar v1.6.0 · House #27,218

What it is

Calls itself “execution control plane”.

• Calls itself: execution control plane

“Busbar is the execution control plane for AI agents.”

Where it puts itself

Positions itself as an alternative to LiteLLM. Claims “Highest throughput, lowest memory”.

• Alternative to: LiteLLM
• Superlative claim: Highest throughput, lowest memory

“411× the throughput of LiteLLM”

“Highest throughput, lowest memory of any AI Control Plane”

Who it sells to

Sells to businesses. Built for teams.

• Sells to: businesses
• Company size: teams

“Every team wiring up more than one model runs into the same wall: provider APIs differ, keys sprawl, spend is hard to see, and the gateway you reach for to fix it becomes its own heavyweight dependency with a database and a runtime to babysit.”

“Every team wiring up more than one model runs into the same wall”

How it runs

Runs on Linux, Windows and macOS. Can be self-hosted. Offers an API. Open source. AI is the core of the product. You can bring your own API key.

• Runs on: Linux · Windows · macOS
• Runs where: self-hosted
• API: yes
• Open source: yes
• AI role: core to the product
• Bring your own key: yes

“It ships for Linux and macOS (Intel and ARM) and Windows (Intel).”

“Self-hosted, Apache-2.0, one static Rust binary.”

What it works with

Names Anthropic, Bifrost and 5 more on its pages.

• Names: Anthropic · Bifrost · Helicone · +4

“OpenAI · Anthropic”

“12× less latency than Bifrost”

What it offers as proof

Live, no waitlist. Claims “13k req/s per core”. Publishes docs and a blog.

• Number claimed: 13k req/s per core

“Using Busbar? We’d love to put your logo here. [email protected]”

“Using Busbar? We’d love to put your logo here.”