Dify
Dify is an open-source platform that helps teams build AI agents, workflows, and document Q&A apps and move them into production.
What it is good for
- Building AI chat apps that answer questions from your own documents
- Creating visual workflows that chain AI model steps together
- Setting up an agent that uses tools, skills, or MCP servers
- Monitoring how AI apps perform and improve prompts over time
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Requires programming
Level 5 of 5. You need to write code to use it.
- Cost
- Free tier plus paid plans
- Type
- Framework or SDK
- Tasks
- Works with
- OpenAI, DeepSeek, Opik, Langfuse, Arize Phoenix
Momentum
- Rank this week
- #48 in builder tools
- Best rank
- #48 week 44, 2026
- Stars gained last week
- +699
- GitHub stars
- 160,217
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Ranking history
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is Dify free?
- It has a free plan and paid plans, according to its own description.
- Do I need to know how to code to use Dify?
- Yes. You need to write code to use it.
- What does Dify work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with OpenAI, DeepSeek, Opik, Langfuse, and Arize Phoenix.
- What is Dify good for?
- Building AI chat apps that answer questions from your own documents, creating visual workflows that chain AI model steps together, setting up an agent that uses tools, skills, or MCP servers, and monitoring how AI apps perform and improve prompts over time.
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