# Dify

An open-source LLM app platform for building agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, and production APIs.

HTML: https://softbests.com/software/dify
Markdown: https://softbests.com/software/dify.md
Website: https://dify.ai

- Category: [Agent infrastructure](https://softbests.com/category/agent-tools)
- Pricing: Freemium
- Platforms: Web, Self-hosted

## Best for

Teams that want to prototype AI apps visually and then deploy the same workflow to production.

## Why it deserves attention

Dify puts workflow orchestration, prompt management, RAG retrieval, model routing, and observability on one canvas, then exposes each app as an API, chatbot, or embedded widget. It supports major model providers and can run in the cloud or self-hosted with Docker or Kubernetes. It is open source with 160,000 GitHub stars and a large integration library. The trade-off is operational: self-hosting means managing databases, vector stores, and upgrades yourself.

## Can replace

- [LangChain](https://softbests.com/software/langchain)

## Related and alternatives

- [n8n](https://softbests.com/software/n8n)
- [Langflow](https://softbests.com/software/langflow)