What Is Dify? The Open-Source AI App Platform Every Developer Should Know

If you think "building AI apps = writing tons of Python code," Dify is about to change your mind. Launched in 2023, Dify has exploded to 80,000+ GitHub stars and over 1 million deployed applications in just three years. It went from "dark horse" to "de facto standard for low-code AI development" — and fast. But what exactly is it? What makes it so popular? And why should you care? As a new user who has been using Dify since version 1.10.0, today I will try to explain this platform to you clearly