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**Dify** is an open-source LLM app development platform. Dify's intuitive interface combines a RAG pipeline, AI workflow orchestration, agent capabilities, model management, observability features and more, letting you quickly go from prototype to production.
You can try out [Dify Cloud](https://dify.ai) now. It provides all the capabilities of the self-deployed version, and includes 200 free GPT-4 calls.
## Dify for Enterprise / Organizations
[Schedule a meeting with us](#Direct-Meetings) 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.
## Features
**1. Workflow**: Create and test complex AI workflows on a visual canvas, with pre-built nodes taking advantage of the power of all the following features and beyond.
**2. Extensive LLM support**: Seamless integration with hundreds of proprietary / open-source LLMs and dozens of inference providers, including GPT, Mistral, Llama2, and OpenAI API-compatible models. A full list of supported model providers is kept [here](https://docs.dify.ai/getting-started/readme/model-providers).
**3. Prompt IDE**: Visual orchestration of applications and services based on any LLMs. Easily share with your team.
**4. RAG Engine**: Includes various RAG capabilities based on full-text indexing or vector database embeddings, allowing direct upload of PDFs, TXTs, and other text formats.
**5. AI Agent**: Based on Function Calling and ReAct, the Agent inference framework allows users to customize tools, what you see is what you get. Dify provides more than a dozen built-in tools for AI agents, such as Google Search, DELL·E, Stable Diffusion, WolframAlpha, etc.
**6. LLMOps**: Monitor and analyze application logs and performance, continuously improving Prompts, datasets, or models based on production data.
## Dify vs. LangChain vs. Assistants API
| Feature | Dify.AI | Assistants API | LangChain |
Before installing Dify, make sure your machine meets the following minimum system requirements:
- CPU >= 2 Core
- RAM >= 4GB
### Quick Start
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Dify is an open-source LLM app development platform. Its intuitive interface combines RAG pipeline, AI workflow, agent capabilities, model management, observability features and more, letting you quickly go from prototype to production.
Build and test powerful AI workflows on a visual canvas, leveraging all the following features and beyond.
**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, Llama2, 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).
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.
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</br>**
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</br>**
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. </br>
> 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.
> Before installing Dify, make sure your machine meets the following minimum system requirements:
>
>- CPU >= 2 Core
>- RAM >= 4GB
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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:
@ -99,58 +171,63 @@ cd docker
docker compose up -d
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After running, you can access the Dify dashboard in your browser at [http://localhost/install](http://localhost/install) and start the initialization installation process.
After running, you can access the Dify dashboard in your browser at [http://localhost/install](http://localhost/install) and start the initialization process.
#### Deploy with Helm Chart
> 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)
[Helm Chart](https://helm.sh/) version, which allows Dify to be deployed on Kubernetes.
## Next steps
- [Helm Chart by @LeoQuote](https://github.com/douban/charts/tree/master/charts/dify)
- [Helm Chart by @BorisPolonsky](https://github.com/BorisPolonsky/dify-helm)
### Configuration
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 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 in our [docs](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)
## Star History
[](https://star-history.com/#langgenius/dify&Date)
## 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.
### Projects made by community
- [Chatbot Chrome Extension by @charli117](https://github.com/langgenius/chatbot-chrome-extension)
> 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).
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).
## Community & Support
## 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 Support](mailto:hello@dify.ai?subject=[GitHub]Questions%20About%20Dify). Best for: questions you have about using Dify.AI.
* [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.
### Direct Meetings
Or, schedule a meeting directly with a team member:
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