Dify

What is Dify?#

Dify is an open-source LLM application development platform. Builders use its visual workflow editor, agent framework, RAG pipelines, prompt management, and observability tools to compose AI applications over OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, and open-source models. Dify can run as Dify Cloud or be self-hosted via Docker and Kubernetes.

What can Dify do?#

• 01

  Agentic workflow builder

  Design multi-step AI workflows with a drag-and-drop canvas

• 02

  Multi-LLM support

  Works with global LLMs including OpenAI-compatible and local models

• 03

  RAG pipelines

  Prepare and ground data through built-in RAG pipelines

• 04

  Native MCP integration

  Call external systems as tools or publish as a universal MCP server

• 05

  Marketplace plugins

  Extend with plugins without touching source code

• 06

  Observability

  Monitor agent runs with full observability

• 07

  Enterprise scale

  Scalable, stable, SOC-level security for enterprise workloads

• 08

  Open source

  Source available on GitHub with 138k+ stars and 5M+ downloads

Use Cases#

• “Enterprises — Deploy an internal Q&A bot that serves 19,000+ employees across 20+ departments.
• “Startups — Validate an AI idea fast and iterate toward MVP with the startup workflow.
• “Developers — Build no-code agentic workflows and connect any LLM or tool via MCP.
• “Marketing teams — Run multiple prompts in a workflow to produce multi-format campaign copy.
• “Research and education — Build NLP pipelines that improve assessment quality with less cost and time.