Alternatives to Dify

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Flowise

78/100open sourcefreemiumexplicit relation

Flowise is an open-source, low-code UI and API platform for building customized LLM orchestration flows, multi-agent systems, and autonomous AI applications using drag-and-drop node graphs.

Flowise is a 100% open-source low-code LLM orchestration platform (Apache-2.0 / MIT license, 35k+ GitHub stars) that is completely free ($0) to self-host on local machines, Docker, or Kubernetes with unlimited flows and predictions. For managed hosting, Flowise Cloud offers tiered plans starting with Starter at $35/month (2 hosted flows, 10k predictions/month), Pro at $99/month (10 hosted flows, 50k predictions/month), and custom Enterprise plans for dedicated VPC deployments, SAML SSO, and enterprise SLAs (users supply their own LLM API keys via BYOK).Review →

n8n

86/100freemiumexplicit relation

n8n is a source-available workflow automation platform for connecting apps, APIs, data, and AI models through visual workflows and code. It supports self-hosted deployments and n8n Cloud, with integrations across communication, databases, CRM, project management, and model providers. Teams can combine deterministic automation with AI-powered steps and agent workflows while retaining control over deployment and data.

n8n offers a free self-hosted Community Edition with unlimited workflows. Managed n8n Cloud plans start at $24/month (â¬24/mo, or â¬20/mo billed annually) for Starter (2,500 executions/month), $60/month for Pro (10,000 executions/month), and custom pricing for Enterprise.Review →

LangChain

82/100open sourcefreemiumexplicit relation

The most widely-used framework for building LLM-powered applications, available in Python and JavaScript. Provides abstractions for chains, agents, RAG, memory, tool usage, and structured output. Integrates with 100+ LLM providers, vector stores, document loaders, and tools. LangSmith offers tracing and evaluation. LangGraph enables stateful, multi-agent workflows with cycles. 100K+ GitHub stars. The de facto standard for LLM application development despite growing alternatives like LlamaIndex.

Freemium open-source LLM application development framework (MIT License, 100k+ GitHub stars). The core Python and TypeScript libraries (pip install langchain, @langchain/core) are 100% free ($0) with no software licensing fees. LangSmith observability offers a Developer plan ($0/mo for 1 seat with 5k traces/mo), a Plus plan at $39/seat/month with 50k traces/mo, prompt engineering playground, and automated LLM evaluations, and an Enterprise tier with custom pricing for dedicated VPC/BYOC deployments, SAML SSO, RBAC, and dedicated 99.9% SLAs.Review →

Open-source Dify alternatives

Flowise, LangChain — see all open-source developer tools.

Free Dify alternatives

Flowise, n8n, LangChain offer a free plan or free tier.

More Agent Frameworks tools

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Grok BotGrok Bot is SpaceXAI's beta workspace for persistent AI teammates that use apps, websites, files, terminals, plugins, and MCP on a user-scoped cloud computer. Bots can learn routines, coordinate in parallel, and, when enabled by team policy, launch Cursor Cloud Agents that work on code in isolated environments and return pull requests and verification artifacts.LatitudeLatitude is an agent observability platform for teams that need to inspect LLM traces, conversations, issues, and evaluation feedback in one workflow. Its public repo and docs position it as a Sentry-style monitor for AI agents, with semantic search, issue detection, annotations, MCP-assisted fixes, and cloud or self-hosted deployment paths for production debugging.JudgevalJudgeval is the open-source post-building layer for AI agents from Judgment Labs, providing OpenTelemetry-based tracing, hosted and custom evaluation scorers, and online behavior monitoring for LLM-powered applications. Instrument any function with a single decorator, score live production traffic against faithfulness and instruction-adherence checks, and feed real-world failures back into reinforcement learning or supervised fine-tuning loops.Mem0Mem0 is an open-source intelligent memory layer for AI agents with 51K+ GitHub stars providing persistent, adaptive memory across sessions. It manages working, short-term, and long-term memory types, enabling personalized AI experiences that improve over time. Features automatic memory extraction from conversations, semantic search over stored memories, multi-format support, and integration with 100+ frameworks. Simple API for adding memory to any LLM-powered application or agent.chrome-devtools-mcpchrome-devtools-mcp is the Chrome DevTools team's official MCP server that lets coding agents control and inspect a live Chrome browser with first-party Chrome DevTools Protocol fidelity. It exposes Network inspection, Performance traces, Lighthouse audits, console output, and structured DOM snapshots as typed MCP tools, so agents can debug real pages and ship reliable web performance investigations without resorting to brittle DOM scraping.E2BE2B provides secure cloud sandboxes that let AI agents execute code, run terminal commands, and interact with filesystems in isolated environments. Each sandbox spins up in ~150ms with its own OS, giving agents a safe space to run untrusted code. Supports Python, JavaScript, and any language via custom Dockerfiles. Used by AI coding assistants, data analysis agents, and code interpreters. SDK available for Python and JavaScript with a simple API for programmatic sandbox control.LlamaIndexLeading Python framework for building LLM-powered applications with focus on data-aware and agentic workflows. Provides tools for RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), document indexing, vector store integrations, query engines, and multi-agent orchestration. 150+ data connectors for various sources. Works with OpenAI, Anthropic, local models, and more. Includes LlamaHub for community tools and LlamaCloud for managed RAG pipelines. 50K+ GitHub stars.OpenWikiOpenWiki is LangChain’s open-source CLI for generating and maintaining an agent-focused wiki inside a codebase. It can create an openwiki/ documentation folder, update it from repository changes, add guidance to AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md, and run via an interactive CLI or daily GitHub Action so coding agents have durable context without stuffing every detail into prompts.SupermemorySupermemory is a memory and context platform for AI assistants and agents. It ranks #1 on LongMemEval, LoCoMo, and ConvoMem, supports MCP for Claude/Cursor-style clients, provides plugins for developer tools, and combines memory extraction, user profiles, hybrid search, connectors, and RAG in one API.

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FAQ

Which Dify alternative is listed first?

Flowise is first in the editor-selected list of 3 Dify alternatives and carries an editorial review score of 78/100. The stored order is editorial; review scores do not determine membership or position.

Are there open-source Dify alternatives?

Yes — Flowise, LangChain are open source.

Are there free Dify alternatives?

Yes — Flowise, n8n, LangChain offer a free plan or free tier.