AI Developer Tools
GreyFox Community Edition
Self-hosted AI traffic proxy and local operator console for teams to control LLM token usage, enforce user limits, cache responses, and monitor AI traffic.
GreyFox Community Edition
What is GreyFox Community Edition?
GreyFox Community Edition is a self-hosted AI traffic proxy and local operator console that provides an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, per-user token quota enforcement, exact response caching, and a local admin UI for managing AI traffic within your own infrastructure.
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How to use GreyFox Community Edition?
- 1Create a compose.yaml file with the GreyFox Docker image.
- 2Start GreyFox with 'docker compose up -d'.
- 3Open the Admin UI at http://localhost:8080.
- 4Configure provider settings (Mock mode or OpenAI-compatible provider).
- 5Change your application's AI provider base URL to the GreyFox endpoint.
- 6Add X-App-User-Id header to identify users.
GreyFox Community Edition Key Features
- OpenAI-compatible proxy endpoint
- Local Admin UI served from the same container
- Per-user token quota enforcement with X-App-User-Id
- Exact response cache for repeated non-streaming requests
- Local SQLite storage for settings, users, logs, cache, and metrics
- Traffic history, token analytics, and manual cost calculator
- Mock mode for zero-cost onboarding and demos
- Provider mode for OpenAI-compatible upstream APIs
- Prompt injection guard
GreyFox Community Edition Use Cases
- Team management of LLM token usage
- Self-hosted AI traffic monitoring and analytics
- Enforcing per-user API limits across an organization
- Caching repeated AI requests to reduce costs
- Development and testing with mock mode
GreyFox Community Edition Pricing & Free Credits
GreyFox Community Edition currently operates on a Free model.
This tool is completely free to use
GreyFox Community Edition Pros & Cons
Pros
- Self-hosted with full data privacy
- Easy Docker setup with compose.yaml
- OpenAI-compatible API endpoint
- Per-user token quota enforcement
- Exact response cache for repeated requests
Cons
- Limited to 5 active managed users
- No automatic updates
- Cost estimates are manual and informational only
- No hosted cloud control plane
What is GreyFox Community Edition best for?
- Teams wanting to control LLM token usage
- Developers integrating AI APIs with quota management
- Organizations requiring data privacy and local infrastructure
- Small teams and demos