Is Dify Still Maintained? Live GitHub Status
Dify is a platform for building LLM applications and agent workflows, with a visual builder, a RAG pipeline and model management. Its licence is based on Apache 2.0 with additional conditions.
Short answer: Yes, it is actively maintained. Health score 100/100. Checked 18 Oct 2026.
What the numbers say
Dify’s main branch received 2,477 commits in the last 91 days, against 1,201 in the same 91 days a year earlier (+106%). Activity is at least half of last year’s pace and no maintenance notice was found, so the index labels it active. It has 158,807 stars on GitHub. GitHub does not recognise its licence as a standard one, so read the licence file before commercial use.
Dify usage: downloads and installs
langgenius/dify-apiDownload and pull counts include automated installs from CI pipelines, containers and mirrors, so they show how widely the software is pulled, not how many people use it. Docker Hub reports an all-time total. Numbers from different registries are not comparable with each other. Sources: Docker Hub, read 18 Oct 2026, 13:59 UTC.
Dify security practices and adoption
Latest release
GitHub: files attached to the latest release and how often they were downloaded
- Version1.17.1
- Published10 Sep 2026
- Downloads of its 6 files5,293
- Contributors456
Scorecard checks security practices such as code review, branch protection and pinned dependencies; it does not find bugs, and a low score does not mean the software is unsafe. Dependents and download counts show reach, not quality. Sources: GitHub, read 18 Oct 2026, 14:33 UTC.
Health score breakdown
| Part | Points | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Activity | 35.0 / 35 | 2,477 commits in the last 91 days (full marks at 600) |
| Trend | 20.0 / 20 | 206% of last year’s pace (full marks at 100%) |
| Recency | 15.0 / 15 | last commit 0 days ago |
| Releases | 10.0 / 10 | latest GitHub release 38 days ago |
| Community | 20.0 / 20 | 2,620 pull requests merged in the last 91 days (full marks at 300) |
Open issues and pull requests: 1,146. The score summarises maintenance signals only, not quality or security. How the score works
Dify: common questions
Is Dify still maintained?
Yes. As of 18 October 2026, Dify received 2,477 commits in the last 91 days and its latest commit is from 18 October 2026, and no maintenance notice was found. Its health score is 100 out of 100.
What is the latest Dify release?
The latest GitHub release of Dify is 1.17.1, published on 10 September 2026.
How many people contribute to Dify?
GitHub lists 456 contributors for Dify. 2,620 pull requests were merged in the last 91 days.
What licence does Dify use?
GitHub does not match the Dify licence to a standard one, so read its licence file before commercial use.
How is the health score calculated?
It adds five parts from public GitHub data: commit activity over 91 days (35 points), the trend against the same period last year (20), how recent the last commit is (15), how recent the last release is (10) and merged pull requests (20). Archived projects score 0; a maintenance notice caps the score at 25. It measures maintenance signals only, not code quality or security.
Visitor rating
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Ratings come from visitors, not from EvalAITools, and are not part of the health status above. One rating per visitor per tool every 30 days.
Daily snapshots
| Date (UTC) | Stars | Commits, last 91 days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct 2026 | 158,727 | 2,466 | Active |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 158,667 | 2,452 | Active |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 158,590 | 2,447 | Active |
One snapshot is stored per day, starting 16 October 2026. No status change has been recorded for Dify since then.
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How this is measured: commits on the repository’s default branch counted through the GitHub API, the last 91 days against the same 91 days a year earlier; archived flag and licence from the repository; README checked daily for maintenance notices. Commit counts measure activity, not quality, and we have not tested this tool ourselves for this page.