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Dify
★ 110kProduction LLM app platform: visual workflows, RAG pipelines, agents and observability behind one self-hostable UI.
Dify does the job of ChatGPT Team and custom GPTs, self-hosted. It is Apache-2.0 (with conditions)-licensed, so you can do essentially what you like with it, and setting it up is an afternoon, not a weekend. ChatGPT Team bills $59/mo for it. 110k stars on GitHub.
Open-source replacement for ChatGPT Team, custom GPTs.
- Licence
- Apache-2.0 (with conditions)
- Self-hosting
- Medium
- The paid one costs
- $59/mo
- GitHub stars
- 110k
Is it actually a replacement?
We have written a verdict on what it replaces — what you lose, and why people still pay:
How Dify runs
Where it runs
Dify runs on your server.
What setup takes
not verified by us yet — check the repo README.
Dify questions
Is Dify open source?
Yes — it is released under Apache-2.0 (with conditions).
Can Dify replace ChatGPT Team?
Our verdict on ChatGPT is YES. Dify (110k stars), RAGFlow (88k stars), Lobe Chat (65k stars) are mature open-source replacements for ChatGPT — self-host with docker and stop paying $20/mo.
Can I self-host Dify?
Yes — we rate it medium to self-host, and it runs on your server.
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