openrouter.ai · Inference & Hosting
Unified API to hundreds of models from many providers with automatic fallbacks and price routing.
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LiteLLM compromised again: release 1.107.0 on PyPI and Docker carried a credential stealer. How to check every host, what to rotate and how to pin safely.
What an LLM gateway is, and when to self host one like LiteLLM instead of using OpenRouter: routing, fallbacks, caching, keys, fees and security in 2026.
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