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CrewAI vs Dify

Side-by-side comparison with live GitHub signals. Last updated May 16, 2026.

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CrewAI

Multi-agent orchestration framework for collaborative AI workflows

OSSFree
51.5Ktoday296
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Dify

Production-ready agentic AI application platform — 132K+ stars

OSSfreemium
141.5Ktoday461
MetricCrewAIDify
GitHub Stars51.5K141.5K
Contributors296461
Last CommitMay 15, 2026May 16, 2026
Open Issues316783
Licenseopen-sourceopen-source
Pricingopen-sourcefreemium
Free TierYesYes
Categoryframeworksframeworks
TrendingNoNo

Shared Tags

multi-agent

Only in CrewAI

orchestrationrolestaskscollaborationpython

Only in Dify

platformvisual-builderragproductionself-hostedopen-source

About CrewAI

CrewAI is a lean, fast multi-agent orchestration framework that lets you define autonomous AI agents with distinct roles, goals, and backstories, then assign them tasks within a structured crew. Agents collaborate, delegate, and pass context to each other using a role-playing paradigm that maps naturally to real team workflows. CrewAI supports sequential and hierarchical process flows, integrates with LangChain tools, and ships with a CLI for scaffolding new projects. It is the go-to framework for task-driven multi-agent systems without heavy infrastructure overhead.

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About Dify

Dify is an open-source LLM app development platform that combines agentic AI workflow, RAG pipeline, agent capabilities, model management, and observability features. It lets you go from prototype to production quickly with a visual canvas for building complex AI workflows. Supports 100+ model providers and can be self-hosted or used via cloud.

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