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Haystack vs dify
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
Haystack
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.
25.2K
Stars
+73
Weekly
74/100
Health
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
Quick Take
Adoption
dify has the larger GitHub footprint with 157.8K 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.
| Signal | Haystack | dify |
|---|---|---|
| Evidence status | Basic listing· 2026-10-04 09:18 UTC | Verified snapshot· 2026-10-04 09:19 UTC |
| GitHub stars | 25.2K | 157.8K |
| Weekly growth | +73 | +815 |
| Health score | Healthy74/100 | Strong92/100 |
| Contributors | 355 | 1.3K |
| Commits per week | 36.4 | 124.9 |
| Open issues | 115 | 759 |
| Language | MDX | TypeScript |
| License | Apache-2.0 | NOASSERTION |
| Last commit | 2026-05-11 22:20 UTC | 2026-10-03 15:55 UTC |
| Last release | v2.28.0 | 1.14.0 |
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