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Gradio

Developer Tools

Build and share machine learning demos easily

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Portkey

LLM APIs & Inference

AI gateway for reliable and fast LLM applications

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FeatureGradioPortkey
CategoryDeveloper ToolsLLM APIs & Inference
PricingFree (open-source)Free + Pro plans
GitHub Stars
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35k
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PlatformsLinux, macOS, Windows, WebWeb, Docker
Key Features
  • ✓ ML demos
  • ✓ API generation
  • ✓ Sharing
  • ✓ Custom components
  • ✓ Hugging Face integration
  • ✓ AI gateway
  • ✓ Fallbacks
  • ✓ Load balancing
  • ✓ Caching
  • ✓ Observability
Pros
  • + Easiest ML demo creation
  • + Auto-generated UI
  • + Hugging Face integration
  • + API generation
  • + One-line sharing
  • + Automatic fallbacks
  • + Load balancing
  • + Request caching
  • + Observability built-in
  • + Open-source gateway
Cons
  • − Limited UI customization
  • − Not for complex apps
  • − Can be slow with large models
  • − Basic styling options
  • − Added infrastructure layer
  • − Learning curve
  • − Some features need Pro
  • − Latency overhead
Tags
mldemopythonopen-source
gatewayreliabilityobservabilityapi

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