✨ Features
- 🔀 Multi-Channel Aggregation - Connect multiple LLM provider channels with unified management
- 🔄 Protocol Conversion - Seamless conversion between OpenAI Chat / OpenAI Responses / Anthropic API formats
- 💰 Price Sync - Automatic model pricing updates
- 🔃 Model Sync - Automatic synchronization of available model lists with channels
- 🛡️ Automatic Failover - Automatically switches to an available channel when an upstream channel fails
- 🔍 Real-Time End-to-End Request Visualization - Watch the complete request path in the frontend from the moment the client sends it
- 🚧 Upstream Error Shielding - Intercept all upstream errors to keep agent tasks running without interruption
- 📊 Analytics - Comprehensive request statistics, token consumption, and cost tracking
- 🎨 Elegant UI - Clean and beautiful web management panel
- 📦 Lightweight Single-Binary Deployment - Run as a single binary with no external runtime dependencies
- 🗄️ Multi-Database Support - Support for SQLite, MySQL, PostgreSQL
🚀 Quick Start
🐳 Docker
Run directly:
docker run -d --name octopus -v /path/to/data:/app/data -p 8080:8080 bestrui/octopus
Or use docker compose:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bestruirui/octopus/refs/heads/master/docker-compose.yml
docker compose up -d
📦 Download from Release
Download the binary for your platform from Releases, then run:
./octopus start
🛠️ Build from Source
Requirements:
- Go 1.24.4
- Node.js 18+
- pnpm
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/bestruirui/octopus.git
cd octopus
# Build frontend
cd web && pnpm install && pnpm run build
# Start the backend service
go run main.go start
💡 Tip: The frontend build artifacts are embedded into the Go binary, so you must build the frontend before starting the backend.
Development Mode
cd web && pnpm install && pnpm run dev
## Open a new terminal, start the backend service
go run main.go start
## Access the frontend at
http://localhost:5173
🔐 Default Credentials
After first launch, visit http://localhost:8080 and log in to the management panel with:
- Username:
admin - Password:
admin
⚠️ Security Notice: Please change the default password immediately after first login.
📝 Configuration File
The configuration file is located at data/config.json by default and is automatically generated on first startup.
Complete Configuration Example:
{
"server": {
"host": "0.0.0.0",
"port": 8080
},
"database": {
"type": "sqlite",
"path": "data/data.db"
},
"log": {
"level": "info"
}
}
Configuration Options:
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
server.host | Listen address | 0.0.0.0 |
server.port | Server port | 8080 |
database.type | Database type | sqlite |
database.path | Database connection string | data/data.db |
log.level | Log level | info |
Database Configuration:
Three database types are supported:
| Type | database.type | database.path Format |
|---|---|---|
| SQLite | sqlite | data/data.db |
| MySQL | mysql | user:password@tcp(host:port)/dbname |
| PostgreSQL | postgres | postgresql://user:password@host:port/dbname?sslmode=disable |
MySQL Configuration Example:
{
"database": {
"type": "mysql",
"path": "root:password@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/octopus"
}
}
PostgreSQL Configuration Example:
{
"database": {
"type": "postgres",
"path": "postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/octopus?sslmode=disable"
}
}
💡 Tip: MySQL and PostgreSQL require manual database creation. The application will automatically create the table structure.
🌐 Environment Variables
All configuration options can be overridden via environment variables using the format OCTOPUS_ + configuration path (joined with _):
| Environment Variable | Configuration Option |
|---|---|
OCTOPUS_SERVER_PORT | server.port |
OCTOPUS_SERVER_HOST | server.host |
OCTOPUS_DATABASE_TYPE | database.type |
OCTOPUS_DATABASE_PATH | database.path |
OCTOPUS_LOG_LEVEL | log.level |
OCTOPUS_GITHUB_PAT | For rate limiting when getting the latest version (optional) |
📸 Screenshots
🖥️ Desktop
| Dashboard | Channel Management | Group Management |
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| Price Management | Logs | Settings |
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📱 Mobile
| Home | Channel | Group | Price | Logs | Settings |
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📖 Documentation
📡 Channel Management
Channels are the basic configuration units for connecting to LLM providers.
Base URL Guide:
The program automatically appends the API version and endpoint path based on the channel type. You only need to provide the service root URL:
| Channel Type | Auto-appended Path | Base URL | Full Request URL Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI Chat | /v1/chat/completions | https://api.openai.com | https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions |
| OpenAI Responses | /v1/responses | https://api.openai.com | https://api.openai.com/v1/responses |
| Anthropic | /v1/messages | https://api.anthropic.com | https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages |
| Gemini | /v1beta/models/:model:generateContent | https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com | https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/models/gemini-2.5-flash:generateContent |
💡 Tip: The Base URL does not need to include
/v1,/v1beta, or a specific API endpoint path - the program handles them automatically.
📁 Group Management
Groups aggregate multiple channels into a unified external model name.
Core Concepts:
- Group name is the model name exposed by the program
- When calling the API, set the
modelparameter to the group name
💡 Example: Create a group named
gpt-4o, add multiple providers' GPT-4o channels to it, then access all channels via a unifiedmodel: gpt-4o.
💰 Price Management
Manage model pricing information in the system.
Data Sources:
- The system periodically syncs model pricing data from models.dev
- When creating a channel, if the channel contains models not in models.dev, the system automatically creates pricing information for those models on this page, so this page displays models that haven't had their prices fetched from upstream, allowing users to set prices manually
- Manual creation of models that exist in models.dev is also supported for custom pricing
Price Priority:
| Priority | Source | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 High | This Page | Prices set by user in price management page |
| 🥈 Low | models.dev | Auto-synced default prices |
💡 Tip: To override a model's default price, simply set a custom price for it in the price management page.
⚙️ Settings
Global system configuration.
Statistics Save Interval (minutes):
Since the program handles numerous statistics, writing to the database on every request would impact read/write performance. The program uses this strategy:
- Statistics are first stored in memory
- Periodically batch-written to the database at the configured interval
⚠️ Important: When exiting the program, use proper shutdown methods (like
Ctrl+Cor sendingSIGTERMsignal) to ensure in-memory statistics are correctly written to the database. Do NOT usekill -9or other forced termination methods, as this may result in statistics data loss.
🔌 Client Integration
OpenAI SDK
from openai import OpenAI
import os
client = OpenAI(
base_url="http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1",
api_key="sk-octopus-P48ROljwJmWBYVARjwQM8Nkiezlg7WOrXXOWDYY8TI5p9Mzg",
)
completion = client.chat.completions.create(
model="octopus-openai", # Use the correct group name
messages = [
{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"},
],
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
Claude Code
Edit ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"env": {
"ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:8080",
"ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN": "sk-octopus-P48ROljwJmWBYVARjwQM8Nkiezlg7WOrXXOWDYY8TI5p9Mzg",
"API_TIMEOUT_MS": "3000000",
"CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC": "1",
"ANTHROPIC_MODEL": "octopus-sonnet-4-5",
"ANTHROPIC_SMALL_FAST_MODEL": "octopus-haiku-4-5",
"ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL": "octopus-sonnet-4-5",
"ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL": "octopus-sonnet-4-5",
"ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL": "octopus-haiku-4-5"
}
}
Codex
Edit ~/.codex/config.toml
model = "gpt-5.6-sol"
model_reasoning_effort = "xhigh"
model_provider = "octopus"
preferred_auth_method = "apikey"
[model_providers.octopus]
base_url = "http://127.0.0.1:8080/v1"
name = "octopus"
supports_websockets = false
requires_openai_auth = true
wire_api = "responses"
experimental_bearer_token = "sk-octopus-"
Edit ~/.codex/auth.json
{
"OPENAI_API_KEY": ""
}
🤝 Acknowledgments
- 🙏 looplj/axonhub - The LLM API adaptation module in this project is directly derived from this repository
- 📊 sst/models.dev - AI model database providing model pricing data
- 🇨🇳 AtomGit - China-based code hosting
- 💬 Linux.do











