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Dify is an open-source LLM app development platform. Its intuitive interface combines AI workflow, RAG pipeline, agent capabilities, model management, observability features and more, letting you quickly go from prototype to production. Here's a list of the core features:
**1. Workflow**:
Build and test powerful AI workflows on a visual canvas, leveraging all the following features and beyond.
https://github.com/langgenius/dify/assets/13230914/356df23e-1604-483d-80a6-9517ece318aa
**2. Comprehensive model support**:
Seamless integration with hundreds of proprietary / open-source LLMs from dozens of inference providers and self-hosted solutions, covering GPT, Mistral, Llama3, and any OpenAI API-compatible models. A full list of supported model providers can be found [here](https://docs.dify.ai/getting-started/readme/model-providers).
**3. Prompt IDE**:
Intuitive interface for crafting prompts, comparing model performance, and adding additional features such as text-to-speech to a chat-based app.
**4. RAG Pipeline**:
Extensive RAG capabilities that cover everything from document ingestion to retrieval, with out-of-box support for text extraction from PDFs, PPTs, and other common document formats.
**5. Agent capabilities**:
You can define agents based on LLM Function Calling or ReAct, and add pre-built or custom tools for the agent. Dify provides 50+ built-in tools for AI agents, such as Google Search, DELL·E, Stable Diffusion and WolframAlpha.
**6. LLMOps**:
Monitor and analyze application logs and performance over time. You could continuously improve prompts, datasets, and models based on production data and annotations.
**7. Backend-as-a-Service**:
All of Dify's offerings come with corresponding APIs, so you could effortlessly integrate Dify into your own business logic.
## Feature comparison
| Feature |
Dify.AI |
LangChain |
Flowise |
OpenAI Assistants API |
| Programming Approach |
API + App-oriented |
Python Code |
App-oriented |
API-oriented |
| Supported LLMs |
Rich Variety |
Rich Variety |
Rich Variety |
OpenAI-only |
| RAG Engine |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
| Agent |
✅ |
✅ |
❌ |
✅ |
| Workflow |
✅ |
❌ |
✅ |
❌ |
| Observability |
✅ |
✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
| Enterprise Features (SSO/Access control) |
✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
❌ |
| Local Deployment |
✅ |
✅ |
✅ |
❌ |
## Using Dify
- **Cloud **
We host a [Dify Cloud](https://dify.ai) service for anyone to try with zero setup. It provides all the capabilities of the self-deployed version, and includes 200 free GPT-4 calls in the sandbox plan.
- **Self-hosting Dify Community Edition**
Quickly get Dify running in your environment with this [starter guide](#quick-start).
Use our [documentation](https://docs.dify.ai) for further references and more in-depth instructions.
- **Dify for enterprise / organizations**
We provide additional enterprise-centric features. [Schedule a meeting with us](https://cal.com/guchenhe/30min) or [send us an email](mailto:business@dify.ai?subject=[GitHub]Business%20License%20Inquiry) to discuss enterprise needs.
> For startups and small businesses using AWS, check out [Dify Premium on AWS Marketplace](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-t22mebxzwjhu6) and deploy it to your own AWS VPC with one-click. It's an affordable AMI offering with the option to create apps with custom logo and branding.
## Staying ahead
Star Dify on GitHub and be instantly notified of new releases.
## Quick start
> Before installing Dify, make sure your machine meets the following minimum system requirements:
>
>- CPU >= 2 Core
>- RAM >= 4GB
The easiest way to start the Dify server is to run our [docker-compose.yml](docker/docker-compose.yaml) file. Before running the installation command, make sure that [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) and [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/) are installed on your machine:
```bash
cd docker
docker compose up -d
```
After running, you can access the Dify dashboard in your browser at [http://localhost/install](http://localhost/install) and start the initialization process.
> If you'd like to contribute to Dify or do additional development, refer to our [guide to deploying from source code](https://docs.dify.ai/getting-started/install-self-hosted/local-source-code)
## Next steps
If you need to customize the configuration, please refer to the comments in our [docker-compose.yml](docker/docker-compose.yaml) file and manually set the environment configuration. After making the changes, please run `docker-compose up -d` again. You can see the full list of environment variables [here](https://docs.dify.ai/getting-started/install-self-hosted/environments).
If you'd like to configure a highly-available setup, there are community-contributed [Helm Charts](https://helm.sh/) which allow Dify to be deployed on Kubernetes.
- [Helm Chart by @LeoQuote](https://github.com/douban/charts/tree/master/charts/dify)
- [Helm Chart by @BorisPolonsky](https://github.com/BorisPolonsky/dify-helm)
## Contributing
For those who'd like to contribute code, see our [Contribution Guide](https://github.com/langgenius/dify/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
At the same time, please consider supporting Dify by sharing it on social media and at events and conferences.
> We are looking for contributors to help with translating Dify to languages other than Mandarin or English. If you are interested in helping, please see the [i18n README](https://github.com/langgenius/dify/blob/main/web/i18n/README.md) for more information, and leave us a comment in the `global-users` channel of our [Discord Community Server](https://discord.gg/8Tpq4AcN9c).
**Contributors**
## Community & contact
* [Github Discussion](https://github.com/langgenius/dify/discussions). Best for: sharing feedback and asking questions.
* [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/langgenius/dify/issues). Best for: bugs you encounter using Dify.AI, and feature proposals. See our [Contribution Guide](https://github.com/langgenius/dify/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
* [Email](mailto:support@dify.ai?subject=[GitHub]Questions%20About%20Dify). Best for: questions you have about using Dify.AI.
* [Discord](https://discord.gg/FngNHpbcY7). Best for: sharing your applications and hanging out with the community.
* [Twitter](https://twitter.com/dify_ai). Best for: sharing your applications and hanging out with the community.
Or, schedule a meeting directly with a team member:
| Point of Contact |
Purpose |
 |
Business enquiries & product feedback |
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Contributions, issues & feature requests |
## Star history
[](https://star-history.com/#langgenius/dify&Date)
## Security disclosure
To protect your privacy, please avoid posting security issues on GitHub. Instead, send your questions to security@dify.ai and we will provide you with a more detailed answer.
## License
This repository is available under the [Dify Open Source License](LICENSE), which is essentially Apache 2.0 with a few additional restrictions.