# Dify

> Build, run and monitor LLM apps and agent workflows

A platform for building LLM applications with a visual workflow editor. It covers prompt orchestration, RAG over your documents, agents with tools, and logs and annotations for production apps. Self-host it with Docker Compose or use the hosted cloud.

- Source: https://github.com/langgenius/dify
- Homepage: https://dify.ai
- Docs: https://docs.dify.ai
- Live demo: https://cloud.dify.ai
- License: NOASSERTION
- Language: TypeScript
- Stars: 157788
- Forks: 24899
- Contributors: 1495
- Last commit: 2026-10-03
- Latest release: 1.17.1 (2026-09-10)
- Purpose: AI & LLM tooling, Agents & frameworks, RAG & vector DBs
- Runs on: Web, Docker / self-host
- For: Personal, Enterprise

## Worth score: 85/100

How much DigGitHub recommends it, from activity, adoption, docs, license and security signals.

- Popularity: 25/25
- Momentum: 10/20
- Maintenance: 25/25
- Community: 15/15
- Readiness: 10/15

## Editor note

The most complete visual LLM-app builder you can self-host. Choose it over code-first frameworks when non-engineers need to build and edit flows.

## Install

Docker Compose:

```
git clone https://github.com/langgenius/dify.git
cd dify/docker && cp .env.example .env
docker compose up -d        # then open http://localhost/install
```

## Alternatives

- [BISHENG](https://diggithub.com/dataelement/bisheng.md): LLM DevOps platform for enterprise AI
- [DeerFlow](https://diggithub.com/bytedance/deer-flow.md): Long-horizon super agent that researches, codes and creates
- [MaxKB](https://diggithub.com/1Panel-dev/MaxKB.md): Platform for enterprise agents
- [LightRAG](https://diggithub.com/HKUDS/LightRAG.md): Simple and fast graph-based RAG
- [Open Multi-Agent](https://diggithub.com/open-multi-agent/open-multi-agent.md): Self-hosted agent runtime with approvals
- [AnythingLLM](https://diggithub.com/Mintplex-Labs/anything-llm.md): Chat with your documents using any LLM
- [DocsGPT](https://diggithub.com/arc53/DocsGPT.md): Private AI platform for agents and search
- [Local Deep Research](https://diggithub.com/LearningCircuit/local-deep-research.md): Deep research with local or cloud LLMs

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Source page: https://diggithub.com/langgenius/dify
Updated: 2026-10-04