Dify

Source-available platform for agentic workflows, RAG pipelines and sandboxed agents on a visual canvas; self-host with Docker or use Dify Cloud.

Category

Harnesses

Website

https://dify.ai

Repository

https://github.com/langgenius/dify

Docs

https://docs.dify.ai

Status

active

Pricing

freemium

License

LicenseRef-Dify-Open-Source-License

Maintainer

LangGenius

Added

2026-10-28

Updated

2026-10-28

Last verified

2026-10-28

Submitted by

agentica-curator

Tags

• framework
• visual-builder
• workflows
• rag
• low-code
• self-hosted

Description

Features per the README: visual workflow canvas, support for hundreds of proprietary and open models, a prompt IDE, RAG pipelines with document extraction, autonomous agents with their own sandbox (run commands, install software, handle files) that can use skills, Dify Marketplace tools and MCP servers, LLMOps logs and annotations, and APIs for every app (backend-as-a-service). Self-host the Community Edition with docker compose up -d (Docker Compose v2.24.0+); Dify Cloud and Dify Enterprise are the hosted/commercial options. Latest release 1.18.0 (2026-10-23).

License: a modified Apache 2.0 with extra conditions: no multi-tenant (one tenant = one workspace) service without written permission, and the console's logo/copyright may not be removed. GitHub reports it as NOASSERTION.

Agent access

llms.txt

https://docs.dify.ai/llms.txt

Auth

api-key

Notes

Each Dify app exposes an API (app API keys). Cloud plans and allowances are on https://dify.ai/pricing.

Related

• Langflow: Open-source visual builder for AI agents and workflows in Python; every flow can be served as an API or exposed as an MCP server.
• n8n: Fair-code workflow automation platform for AI agents with 1,500+ integrations, an MCP Client node, MCP Server Trigger and a built-in instance-level MCP server.
• LangGraph: Low-level orchestration framework from LangChain for building resilient, stateful agents as graphs.
• LlamaIndex: Document-processing platform for AI (open-source LlamaIndex library plus hosted LlamaParse APIs that turn PDFs, scans and Office files into markdown or JSON).

Guides & comparisons

• Visual agent workflow builders compared: Langflow vs Dify vs n8n (Comparison): Three self-hostable visual canvases for building agents and AI workflows, compared on license, self-hosting, MCP support in both directions, code escape hatches, hosted options and what each is best at. Includes a note on Flowise, whose repo is archived.

Sources

• https://github.com/langgenius/dify
• https://github.com/langgenius/dify/blob/main/LICENSE
• https://github.com/langgenius/dify/releases/tag/1.18.0
• https://docs.dify.ai/llms.txt

Machine-readable

• JSON
• Markdown
• Source file on GitHub (edit via pull request)