@mylifcc: LiteLLM officially migrated to Rust! AI Gateway gets an epic performance upgrade: per-request overhead reduced by 150x (~0.05ms vs Python 7.5ms), throughput increased by 15x, memory usage reduced by 11x (peak only 32MB), single...

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LiteLLM has migrated from Python to Rust, achieving massive performance improvements: request overhead reduced by 150x to 0.05ms, throughput increased by 15x, memory usage reduced by 11x to 32MB.

LiteLLM officially migrated to Rust! 🦀 AI Gateway gets an epic performance upgrade: ⚡ Per-request overhead reduced by 150x (~0.05ms vs Python 7.5ms) 📈 Throughput increased by 15x 💾 Memory usage reduced by 11x (peak only 32MB) 📦 Single ~65MB binary, overhead <1ms Keeps the exact same Python SDK, config.yaml, database, and 100+ LLMs
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LiteLLM has officially migrated to Rust! 🦀

AI Gateway receives an epic performance upgrade:

⚡ Single request overhead reduced by 150x (~0.05ms vs Python’s 7.5ms)
📈 Throughput increased by 15x
💾 Memory usage reduced by 11x (peak only 32MB)
📦 Single ~65MB binary with overhead <1ms
Keeps the exact same Python SDK, config.yaml, database, and 100+ LLMs

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