Project comparison
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Open-source AI orchestration framework for building context-engineered, production-ready LLM applications. Design modular pipelines and agent workflows with explicit control over retrieval, routing, memory, and generation. Built for scalable agents, RAG, multimodal applications, semantic search, and conversational systems.
Best matched with other framework tools.
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.
dify has the larger GitHub footprint with 149.8K stars.
dify is currently growing faster at +815 stars this week.
dify has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 94/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.
Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.
| Signal | Haystack | dify |
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| Evidence status | Basic listing· 2d ago | Recently verified· 2d ago |
| GitHub stars | 25.2K | 149.8K |
| Weekly growth | +73 | +815 |
| Health score | Healthy74/100 |
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| Contributors | 355 | 1.3K |
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| Commits per week | 36.4 | 124.9 |
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| Open issues | 115 | 759 |
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| Language | MDX | TypeScript |
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| License | Apache-2.0 | NOASSERTION |
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| Last commit | 2mo ago | 2d ago |
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| Last release | v2.28.0 | 1.14.0 |
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