Wayfinder Router: deterministic routing of queries between local and hosted LLM
Summary
Wayfinder Router is an open-source tool that deterministically routes prompts between local/offline LLMs and hosted cloud models, aiming to reduce latency and cost by analyzing prompt structure and difficulty cues without calling a model. It provides quickstart guides, demos, and integration options with OpenAI-compatible APIs, and supports a gateway, UI, and CLI for operability in mixed environments. The article highlights calibration, steering, and offline scoring as core features for SMBs building AI-enabled workflows.