{"slug": "gomodel", "name": "GoModel", "category": "ai", "category_name": "AI models and assistants", "description": "", "recommenders": 2, "commenters": 2, "warners": 0, "score": 1.978, "rising": 2.0, "first": "2026-08-28", "latest": "2026-10-20", "why": "I have my Go sub configured through GoModel (no relation, my gateway of choice, also very good).", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 2, "neutral": 0, "compare": 1, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2], "listed": false, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I have my Go sub configured through GoModel (no relation, my gateway of choice, also very good).", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": "github.com/enterpilot/gomodel", "official_url": "https://github.com/enterpilot/gomodel", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["GoModel"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 802691728, "item_id": 50168233, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50168233", "by": "verdverm", "date": "2026-10-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Today I use GoModel [1], and in example, all providers are built in.", "excerpt": "Why are plugins a desirable feature for core features? Today I use GoModel [1], and in example, all providers are built in. Having recently given Pi a try, the plugin ecosystem is a mess and I have more security worries. Can you explain why you think a plugin based system is preferable to a competent team building a complete, curated product? Plugins seems like a great way to expose yourself to supply chain security ", "context": "", "use_case": "AI gateway", "switched_from": "", "story": "Launch HN: Respan (YC W24) \u2013 Open-source Rust AI gateway built around plugins"}, {"id": 802355104, "item_id": 50147194, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50147194", "by": "verdverm", "date": "2026-10-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use GoModel and its amazing.", "excerpt": "I use GoModel and its amazing. My favorite features are virtual model, the support for arbitrary request labels, and the nice dashboads / ui. Creator has more sophisticated report generation on the near term roadmap. He's super responsive to feedback and ships fast. (except for his recent trip to the US west coast to meet founders and investors, he's EU based) You can use and control all.your subscriptions or aoikeys", "context": "runs it at home and rolling out free version at work", "use_case": "self-hosted LLM gateway and logging", "switched_from": "", "story": "If you don't run your own LLM proxy, how do you know whats going on?"}, {"id": 801992832, "item_id": 50124552, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50124552", "by": "verdverm", "date": "2026-10-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "We use GoModel for the gateway and visibility", "excerpt": "We use GoModel for the gateway and visibility Sandboxing is less mature, but we use containers for our agents in CI. I personally (1) run them in k8s (2) replace my harness builtin tools with Dagger based implementation If an agent can delete a production database, that's PEBKAC imo. Our agents do not have access to such things. tl;dr - the solution is to shift-left to deterministic prevention, not stochastic detecti", "context": "", "use_case": "LLM gateway and visibility", "switched_from": "", "story": "LLM says something, my tool track if it followed its promise on tools"}, {"id": 801550273, "item_id": 50096892, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50096892", "by": "verdverm", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have my Go sub configured through GoModel (no relation, my gateway of choice, also very good).", "excerpt": "The Go plan is quite good, possibly the best deal out there. I recommend it for anyone interested in trying open weights ($10/month, very generous quota), and you can use it with any harness or direct curl. I have my Go sub configured through GoModel (no relation, my gateway of choice, also very good).", "context": "", "use_case": "LLM gateway", "switched_from": "", "story": "OpenCode 2.0"}, {"id": 799845472, "item_id": 49990342, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49990342", "by": "mongrelion", "date": "2026-10-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "If you were to use a gateway like GoModel[1] then you could use Virtual Models[2] to load balance across the subscriptions.", "excerpt": "> Recently I switched to the Mistral hosted GLM-5.3 > [...] I also completely maxed out two subscriptions [...] TIL that Mistral provides hosted GLM-5.3 and that it has a subscription model as well. > Not being able to stack subs is my biggest gripe with Mistral. If you were to use a gateway like GoModel[1] then you could use Virtual Models[2] to load balance across the subscriptions. For that to work, though, you wo", "context": "", "use_case": "load balancing LLM subscriptions", "switched_from": "", "story": "Mistral Large 4"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "verdverm", "context": "runs it at home and rolling out free version at work", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50147194", "date": "2026-10-19"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["llm gateway", "ai gateway", "self-hosted llm gateway and logging", "llm gateway and visibility", "load balancing llm subscriptions"], "compared": [{"slug": "litellm", "name": "LiteLLM", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "opencode", "name": "OpenCode", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [{"id": 802916352, "item_id": 50182272, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50182272", "by": "santiago-pl", "date": "2026-10-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "if anyone is looking for 20x faster and less \"targeted\" LiteLLM alternative - I'm work on one in Go.", "excerpt": "I wish all the best to LiteLLM team with handling it again. I can imagine how challenging are situations like this one. However, if anyone is looking for 20x faster and less \"targeted\" LiteLLM alternative - I'm work on one in Go. That's why GoModel it's called. https://github.com/ENTERPILOT/GoModel/", "context": "developer of GoModel", "use_case": "LLM gateway", "switched_from": "", "story": "Compromised LiteLLM 1.107.0 on PyPI Installs a Credential Stealer and Backdoor"}, {"id": 779195920, "item_id": 48699745, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48699745", "by": "santiago-pl", "date": "2026-06-27", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I\u2019m the author of GoModel, but the benchmark is fully reproducible.", "excerpt": "I\u2019ve created an honest, reproducible benchmark of self-hosted AI gateways literally two days ago. I posted it on HN here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48688213 To be totally transparent, I\u2019m the author of GoModel, but the benchmark is fully reproducible. It might be helpful in making your mind.", "context": "author", "use_case": "self-hosted AI gateway", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Best AI Gateway?"}], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50181114", "title": "Compromised LiteLLM 1.107.0 on PyPI Installs a Credential Stealer and Backdoor", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50167583", "title": "Launch HN: Respan (YC W24) \u2013 Open-source Rust AI gateway built around plugins", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50145507", "title": "If you don't run your own LLM proxy, how do you know whats going on?", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50122209", "title": "LLM says something, my tool track if it followed its promise on tools", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50094994", "title": "OpenCode 2.0", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49977979", "title": "Mistral Large 4", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {"compare": 1}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 2}}, "quotes": [{"id": 802691728, "item_id": 50168233, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50168233", "by": "verdverm", "date": "2026-10-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Today I use GoModel [1], and in example, all providers are built in.", "excerpt": "Why are plugins a desirable feature for core features? Today I use GoModel [1], and in example, all providers are built in. Having recently given Pi a try, the plugin ecosystem is a mess and I have more security worries. Can you explain why you think a plugin based system is preferable to a competent team building a complete, curated product? Plugins seems like a great way to expose yourself to supply chain security ", "context": "", "use_case": "AI gateway", "switched_from": "", "story": "Launch HN: Respan (YC W24) \u2013 Open-source Rust AI gateway built around plugins"}, {"id": 802355104, "item_id": 50147194, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50147194", "by": "verdverm", "date": "2026-10-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use GoModel and its amazing.", "excerpt": "I use GoModel and its amazing. My favorite features are virtual model, the support for arbitrary request labels, and the nice dashboads / ui. Creator has more sophisticated report generation on the near term roadmap. He's super responsive to feedback and ships fast. (except for his recent trip to the US west coast to meet founders and investors, he's EU based) You can use and control all.your subscriptions or aoikeys", "context": "runs it at home and rolling out free version at work", "use_case": "self-hosted LLM gateway and logging", "switched_from": "", "story": "If you don't run your own LLM proxy, how do you know whats going on?"}, {"id": 801992832, "item_id": 50124552, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50124552", "by": "verdverm", "date": "2026-10-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "We use GoModel for the gateway and visibility", "excerpt": "We use GoModel for the gateway and visibility Sandboxing is less mature, but we use containers for our agents in CI. I personally (1) run them in k8s (2) replace my harness builtin tools with Dagger based implementation If an agent can delete a production database, that's PEBKAC imo. Our agents do not have access to such things. tl;dr - the solution is to shift-left to deterministic prevention, not stochastic detecti", "context": "", "use_case": "LLM gateway and visibility", "switched_from": "", "story": "LLM says something, my tool track if it followed its promise on tools"}, {"id": 801550273, "item_id": 50096892, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50096892", "by": "verdverm", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have my Go sub configured through GoModel (no relation, my gateway of choice, also very good).", "excerpt": "The Go plan is quite good, possibly the best deal out there. I recommend it for anyone interested in trying open weights ($10/month, very generous quota), and you can use it with any harness or direct curl. I have my Go sub configured through GoModel (no relation, my gateway of choice, also very good).", "context": "", "use_case": "LLM gateway", "switched_from": "", "story": "OpenCode 2.0"}, {"id": 799845472, "item_id": 49990342, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49990342", "by": "mongrelion", "date": "2026-10-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "If you were to use a gateway like GoModel[1] then you could use Virtual Models[2] to load balance across the subscriptions.", "excerpt": "> Recently I switched to the Mistral hosted GLM-5.3 > [...] I also completely maxed out two subscriptions [...] TIL that Mistral provides hosted GLM-5.3 and that it has a subscription model as well. > Not being able to stack subs is my biggest gripe with Mistral. If you were to use a gateway like GoModel[1] then you could use Virtual Models[2] to load balance across the subscriptions. For that to work, though, you wo", "context": "", "use_case": "load balancing LLM subscriptions", "switched_from": "", "story": "Mistral Large 4"}, {"id": 791633632, "item_id": 49477102, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477102", "by": "mongrelion", "date": "2026-08-28", "stance": "compare", "quote": "to compare it with these other products that seem to be competing directly", "excerpt": "Congrats 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?", "context": "", "use_case": "LLM gateway", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: We built open OpenRouter that turns usage into a better model"}]}