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Gateway unifies 16 Chinese LLMs under one OpenAI-compatible API

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

Houjiayan API provides a single endpoint for 16 Chinese LLMs including DeepSeek, Kimi, and Qwen, handling auth, billing, and routing. It offers three routing tiers—quality, balanced, cost—and supports WeChat Pay and USDT. The gateway uses a forked NewAPI with a custom smart router and payment bridge.

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This solves a real pain for international developers but raises questions about reliability and compliance with Chinese AI regulations.
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