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Build Agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, with rich AI model and tool support on one collaborative workspace. Deploy on cloud, VPC, or self-hosted, so teams move from prototype to production without rebuilding the stack. dify is open source, written primarily in TypeScript, released under Other. Its repository has 150.8K GitHub stars and 23.8K forks, and was last committed to within the last two weeks. Niched places it in AI agents & autonomous workflows.
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A Python framework for self-hosted LLM tool-calling and multi-step agentic workflows
Visit ↗| Fact | dify | forge |
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| Official SDK installs, 30 days | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| SDK evidence captured | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| GitHub stars | 150.9K | 2.2K |
| Forks | 23.8K | 169 |
| Open issues | 938 | 4 |
| Last commit | yesterday | 3 days ago |
| Primary language | TypeScript | Python |
| License | Other | MIT License |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing model | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Founded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Categories | AI agents & autonomous workflows | AI agents & autonomous workflows |
Both products are placed in AI agents & autonomous workflows. A category organises the market; it carries no score. See all dify alternatives.