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Dify
Platform combining a visual workflow builder, RAG pipelines, and agents for LLM applications.
Dify is a platform for developing LLM applications, combining workflow building, retrieval pipelines, and agent capabilities in one workspace. Teams use it to take AI applications from prototype to production, either self-hosted or on Dify Cloud.
| Category | Agent builders and frameworks |
| License | Dify Open Source License (Apache-2.0 based, with conditions) |
| Hosting | self-hosted; vendor cloud available |
| Repository | github.com/langgenius/dify |
| Website | dify.ai |
| Last verified | 2026-09-02 |
Documented features
- Builds and tests AI workflows on a visual canvas
- Provides a RAG pipeline from document ingestion to retrieval, extracting text from PDFs, PPTs, and other formats
- Defines agents based on LLM function calling or ReAct with pre-built or custom tools
- Ships 50+ built-in tools including Google Search, DALL-E, and Stable Diffusion
- Integrates hundreds of proprietary and open-source LLMs from dozens of inference providers
- Monitors application logs and performance with Opik, Langfuse, and Arize Phoenix integrations
- Exposes applications through backend-as-a-service APIs
- Deploys as cloud-hosted, self-hosted, or VPC installations
Feature summaries come from the project's own repository and documentation and describe the software as documented on the verification date, not an evaluation.