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# #1 Open Source Guardrails Framework

A production-ready framework that puts safety, compliance, and policy enforcement at the center of every AI workflow.

##### Trusted by the world’s leading enterprises, startups and government agencies.

## Ship to production with confidence and AI-powered validation

#### Detect risks, enforce policies and control every interaction

Low-latency, real-time, protection that wraps your LLM application to catch PII leaks, hallucination, jailbreak or any custom policy you define.

#### Largest collection of community-driven open source AI guardrails

65+ community-built guardrails covering every risk category - from hallucination and PII to jailbreaks and content moderation. Ready to deploy out of the box, or customize to your needs.

#### Any LLM, As many Use Cases, Any Deployment Options

Meta, Anthropic — doesn't matter. Run it in your cloud or fully on-prem. Guardrails AI fits into your stack whether you're building chatbots, RAG pipelines, or full agent workflows.

### Discover more resources to help you build safe, reliable AI.

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**Guadrails Hub**\
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Browse, explore, and use components to prevent unsafe or faulty AI responses before they reach end-users.](/content/hub/index.html)

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**Guardrails OSS Docs**\
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Learn how guardrails operate, integrate them into your stack, and start building with confidence.](/content/docs/index.html)

## Start simulating thousands of realistic scenarios automatically

[Get started](/content/hub/index.html)