Launch HN: Respan (YC W24) – Open-source Rust AI gateway built around plugins
Summary
Respan is an open-source Rust-based AI gateway designed around a plugin architecture with a small core. It enables flexible integration of providers, protocols, modalities, and gateway features via plugins, aiming to simplify adding new capabilities without touching the core. The project emphasizes extensibility, reproducibility, and a potential ecosystem of plugins, with an open-source repo and a hosted platform offering observability and billing.