dify vs windmill
Side-by-side comparison of two AI agent tools
difyfree
Production-ready platform for agentic workflow development.
windmillopen-source
Open-source developer platform to power your entire infra and turn scripts into webhooks, workflows and UIs. Fastest workflow engine (13x vs Airflow). Open-source alternative to Retool and Temporal.
Metrics
| dify | windmill | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 134.7k | 16.1k |
| Star velocity /mo | 11.2k | 1.3k |
| Commits (90d) | — | — |
| Releases (6m) | 10 | 10 |
| Overall score | 0.823532179805064 | 0.7205387720953776 |
Pros
- +生产级稳定性和企业级功能支持，适合大规模部署应用
- +可视化工作流编辑器，大幅降低 AI 应用开发门槛
- +活跃的开源社区和丰富的生态系统，持续更新迭代
- +Multi-language support with automatic UI generation from scripts in Python, TypeScript, Go, Bash, SQL, and more
- +High performance workflow engine claiming 13x faster execution than Airflow
- +Self-hostable open-source solution with AGPLv3 license providing full control and customization
Cons
- -学习曲线存在，需要时间熟悉平台的各种组件和配置
- -复杂工作流的性能优化需要深入了解平台机制
- -自部署版本需要一定的运维能力和资源投入
- -AGPLv3 license may restrict some commercial use cases and require careful compliance consideration
- -Being a comprehensive platform may introduce complexity for simple automation tasks
- -Self-hosting requires infrastructure management and maintenance overhead
Use Cases
- •企业客服机器人和智能助手的快速开发与部署
- •复杂业务流程的自动化处理，如文档分析、数据处理等
- •知识库问答系统和内容生成应用的构建
- •Building internal APIs and webhooks from existing scripts without additional infrastructure
- •Creating automated workflows for background jobs and data processing pipelines
- •Developing low-code internal applications with custom UIs for non-technical team members