Project Introduction
Learn about Lamafa, an AI API gateway and usage management system for legally authorized scenarios.

Lamafa
Overview
Lamafa is an AI API gateway and usage management system designed for legally authorized scenarios, providing unified infrastructure for your AI applications. It is primarily intended for personal use, internal team use, and enterprise private deployment.
Lamafa seamlessly integrates with leading global AI service providers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, Midjourney, Suno, and 30+ other model services.
Core Features
- Unified Interface: Within the scope of legally authorized upstream accounts and services, it provides a unified API entry point, compatible with OpenAI's standard format.
- Intelligent Routing: Multi-channel load balancing, automatic failover, and weighted random distribution.
- Cost Management: Internal cost allocation and enterprise client billing management capabilities.
- Security Control: Token permission management, model access control, and API call auditing.
- Data Insights: Real-time dashboards, usage statistics, and cost analysis.
- Multi-tenant Architecture: Adaptable for personal use, internal team use, and enterprise private deployment.
License
Lamafa adopts the GNU AGPLv3 open-source license. It can be used for free as long as the open-source license is observed.
Before using Lamafa, please read the full license terms in the project LICENSE.
Open-Source License (AGPLv3)
Under AGPLv3, you are free to use, modify, and distribute Lamafa.
Key Terms:
- Free to use, modify, and distribute
- Full license text: GNU AGPLv3
- Core Obligation: If you modify and deploy it as a network service (SaaS), you must provide the complete source code under AGPLv3.
Commercial License
If your organization's policy does not permit the use of AGPLv3 licensed software, or if you wish to circumvent the open-source obligations of AGPLv3, please send an email to: support@quantumnous.com
Contributions
All contributions to Lamafa are licensed under AGPLv3.
By submitting contributions, you agree that:
- Your code is licensed under AGPLv3 to this project and all users.
- You retain the copyright to your contributions.
Additional Terms
- License policies may be updated through official channels (website, documentation site).
- In case of dispute, please refer to the official LICENSE document.
Disclaimer
1. Legal Authorization and Compliant Use
Users must legally obtain upstream API Keys, model services, and other third-party service authorizations, and comply with upstream service terms and platform rules. When using this project, ensure that relevant scenarios comply with laws and regulations, regulatory requirements, and content security requirements. For details, see the Compliance and Acceptable Use Policy.
2. AI Provider Service Terms
Users must comply with all applicable AI provider service terms, including the OpenAI Terms of Use, Anthropic policies, and other relevant provider agreements.
3. Educational and Personal Use
This project is primarily intended for personal learning and research. Stability is not guaranteed, and official technical support may not be provided under the open-source license.
4. AI Regulatory Compliance
Users must comply with relevant AI regulations, including the Interim Measures for the Management of Generative Artificial Intelligence Services and other applicable AI governance frameworks.
5. Public Service Obligations
If users provide generative AI services to the general public, they shall independently fulfill compliance obligations required by local laws and regulations, such as filing, content security, identity management, log retention, taxation, payment, consumer protection, and upstream authorization.
6. Local Laws and Regulations
Users are responsible for ensuring compliance with all local, national, and international laws and regulations applicable to their jurisdiction and use case.
Lamafa is provided "as is," without warranties of any kind. The developers and maintainers are not liable for any damages or legal issues arising from the use of this software.
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