Open-source platform for building AI applications, agentic workflows and RAG pipelines.
Overview
Dify is an open-source platform for developing LLM applications. It combines a visual builder for agentic workflows, retrieval pipelines over your own documents, model management across providers, prompt tooling and observability in one place.
It can be self-hosted from its public repository or used through Dify Cloud, where workspaces, apps and knowledge documents are bounded by plan.
Best for
Teams building custom AI applications and workflows rather than app-to-app automations.
Key features
Visual AI workflow builder
RAG pipelines over your documents
Multi-provider model management
Self-hosting or managed cloud
Pros
Self-hosting keeps data and model choice in your control
Built for AI applications, not just integrations
Cons
Assumes some technical comfort
Not an app-to-app automation tool
Pricing
Freemium
Open-source self-hosting plus Dify Cloud plans metered in message credits and workspace limits.