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Dify vs open-science
Dify has 156,510 GitHub stars, 24,688 forks, 1,067 open issues and last shipped today. open-science has 4,696 stars, 287 forks, 40 open issues and last shipped today. Dify leads on adoption by 3,233% (156,510 vs 4,696 stars). Dify is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence; open-science is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0. Dify has attracted 16% as many forks as stars, open-science 6%. Dify was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Dify | open-science | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 157K | ★ 4.7K |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-20 |
| Forks | ⑂ 25K | ⑂ 287 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Dify if
- You weight community size — 157K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick open-science if
- You want the open-science feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and open-science fits your workflow better
About Dify
Dify is an open source LLM application development platform built in TypeScript. It provides a visual interface for designing, testing, and deploying AI workflows, RAG pipelines, and agentic systems without writing extensive code. The platform lives in the generative AI development ecosystem and targets teams needing to move from prototype to production using consistent tooling across environments.
About open-science
AIPOCH Open Science is an open source, local first, model agnostic AI research workbench that lets scientists and researchers run computational and data intensive research with scientific AI agents inside a single desktop workspace on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Dify or open-science more popular?
Dify has 156,510 GitHub stars and open-science has 4,696. Dify has the larger community by that measure.
Are Dify and open-science free?
Both are open source. Dify has no licence declared in this registry, and open-science is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Dify and open-science?
Dify is written in TypeScript and open-science in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Dify or open-science?
Choose Dify if you want the larger community (156,510 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose open-science if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.