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dify vs transformers

Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.

dify

Build Agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, with rich AI model and tool support on one collaborative workspace. Deploy on cloud, VPC, or self-hosted, so teams move from prototype to production without rebuilding the stack.

Best matched with other framework tools.

157.8K
Stars
+815
Weekly
92/100
Health
transformers

🤗 Transformers: the model-definition framework for state-of-the-art machine learning models in text, vision, audio, and multimodal models, for both inference and training.

Best matched with other framework tools.

166.9K
Stars
+220
Weekly
89/100
Health

Quick Take

Adoption

transformers has the larger GitHub footprint with 166.9K stars.

Momentum

dify is currently growing faster at +815 stars this week.

Maintenance

dify has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 92/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.

Side-by-side evidence

Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.

Signaldifytransformers
Evidence statusVerified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTCVerified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTC
GitHub stars157.8K166.9K
Weekly growth+815+220
Health scoreStrong92/100Strong89/100
Contributors1.3K3.9K
Commits per week124.964.0
Open issues7592.4K
LanguageTypeScriptPython
LicenseNOASSERTIONApache-2.0
Last commit2026-10-03 15:55 UTC2026-10-04 01:58 UTC
Last release1.14.0v5.8.0

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