Commenters are divided on whether Anthropic's IPO represents a necessary step for scaling infrastructure or an opportunistic cash-out driven by inflated valuations and looming commoditization. While some argue that switching between LLM providers is technically trivial due to standardized APIs, others contend that enterprise moats are sustained by deep integration, governance stability, and corporate contracts.
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litellm
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BerriAI / litellm
litellm
The fastest, litest AI Gateway. Rust core with Python SDK. Call 100+ LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format with cost tracking, guardrails, load balancing, and logging [Bedrock, Azure, OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenAI, VertexAI, vLLM, Nvidia NIM]
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What it is
The fastest, litest AI Gateway. Rust core with Python SDK. Call 100+ LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format with cost tracking, guardrails, load balancing, and logging [Bedrock, Azure, OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenAI, VertexAI, vLLM, Nvidia NIM]
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| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 17 | 3 | 14 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 20 | 5 | 15 |
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53 sources1V1vuio0pswjnm7·Oct 21, 2026
1792590200 | LiteLLM Hijacked: Malicious 1.107.0 Wheels Steal Credentials | https://research.jfrog.com/post/litellm-hijacked-again/ | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50180838 | 0 comments
1792590232 | Litellm 1.107.0 Compromised | https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/47826 | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50180845 | 0 comments
In Compromised LiteLLM 1.107.0 on PyPI Installs a Credential Stealer and Backdoorhttps://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/47826#issuecomment...
> OSS Users
> For the time being, please pin your version to 1.106.2 or any explicit version published prior to now.
> Enterprise Customers
> There currently exists a private LiteLLM registry for enterprise customers, in which we are distributing an embargoed release that remediates a vulnerability whose disclosure date is scheduled for October 27. Our private registry is not affected. If you are an enterprise customer pulling from our private registry you are not affected.
In Compromised LiteLLM 1.107.0 on PyPI Installs a Credential Stealer and Backdoor> There currently exists a private LiteLLM registry for enterprise customers, in which we are distributing an embargoed release that remediates a vulnerability whose disclosure date is scheduled for October 27.
https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/47826
oh boy. Announcing that there's a private enterprise repo you should be paying for if you don't want a credential stealer in your build is quite the optic, and then announcing there's an undisclosed second vulnerability that's being distributed, just not to the poors...
In Compromised LiteLLM 1.107.0 on PyPI Installs a Credential Stealer and BackdoorLitellm 1.107.0 on PYPI Compromised
3 points · Open discussionNew LiteLLM Vulnerability: Privilege Escalation to Proxy Admin and RCE
1 points · Open discussionCode shouldn't know which LLM provider you're using
2 points · Open discussionhey - litellm will migrate its core to Rust soon.
please follow this issue if you're interested! https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/31263
In Litelm: LiteLLM Without the BloatCongrats on the launching of your product. I will be taking it for a spin to compare it with these other products that seem to be competing directly with what you have to offer:
- https://github.com/ENTERPILOT/GoModel
- https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm
Would you care to share what makes experiential different?
In Show HN: We built open OpenRouter that turns usage into a better modelI'm glad I used litellm in my last project
https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/
In AI OSS tool repo goes archived over night after raising $7.3M SeedYeah, this is a real issue. A few weeks ago during the LiteLLM vulnerability the attacker left hundreds of bot comments under the issue to bury the conversation: https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/24512
In Let's talk about AI slop in open sourceI have sent your message to the developer on github and they have changed the version to 0.35.0 ,so thanks.
https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/24518#issuecomment...
In Tell HN: Litellm 1.82.7 and 1.82.8 on PyPI are compromisedThey have written about it on github to my question:
Trivvy hacked (https://www.aquasec.com/blog/trivy-supply-chain-attack-what-...) -> all circleci credentials leaked -> included pypi publish token + github pat -> | WE DISCOVER ISSUE | -> pypi token deleted, github pat deleted + account removed from org access, trivvy pinned to last known safe version (v0.69.3)
What we're doing now:
Block all releases, until we have completed our scans
Working with Google's mandiant.security team to understand scope of impact
Reviewing / rotating any leaked credentials
https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/24518#issuecomment...
In Tell HN: Litellm 1.82.7 and 1.82.8 on PyPI are compromisedI just want to share an update
the developer has made a new github account and linked their new github account to hackernews and linked their hackernews about me to their github account to verify the github account being legitimate after my suggestion
Worth following this thread as they mention that: "I will be updating this thread, as we have more to share." https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/24518
In Tell HN: Litellm 1.82.7 and 1.82.8 on PyPI are compromisedLiteLLM has like a 1000 dependencies this is expected
https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/main/requirements.tx...
In Tell HN: Litellm 1.82.7 and 1.82.8 on PyPI are compromisedI have created an comment to hopefully steer the discussion towards hackernews if the threat actor is stifling genuine comments in github by spamming that thread with 100's of accounts
https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/24512#issuecomment...
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