n8n vs Dify: Which Is More Actively Maintained? Live GitHub Data
n8n and Dify are two self-hostable platforms for building AI workflows and agents in a visual editor. This page compares how actively each one is maintained, using live data from GitHub.
GitHub data checked 19 minutes ago.
Side by side
| Measure | n8n | Dify |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Active | Active |
| Commits, last 91 days | 3,834 | 2,477 |
| Same 91 days a year earlier | 1,347 | 1,201 |
| Change vs last year | +185% | +106% |
| Last commit | 18 Oct 2026 | 18 Oct 2026 |
| GitHub stars | 207,916 | 158,807 |
| Stars gained, daily snapshots | +296 in 2 days | +137 in 2 days |
| Licence | Custom | Custom |
| Managed cloud | Cloud from €20/mo | Not checked |
| Visitor rating | —0 of 3 ratings needed | —0 of 3 ratings needed |
What the numbers say
In the last 91 days, n8n’s default branch received 3,834 commits and Dify’s received 2,477. That is about 1.5 times as many for n8n, though projects that squash each pull request into one commit show fewer commits for the same work, so treat the gap as a rough signal. Against the same 91 days a year earlier, n8n is at +185% and Dify at +106%. The index labels both “active”. n8n has 207,916 GitHub stars and Dify has 158,807; stars show how many people bookmarked a project, not how many use it. GitHub does not recognise n8n’s licence as a standard one, so read it before commercial use. GitHub does not recognise Dify’s licence as a standard one, so read it before commercial use.
What this comparison does not tell you
These are maintenance signals only. They do not measure speed, output quality, features, documentation or how easy either tool is to run, and we have not benchmarked either tool for this page. A quiet repository can still be a good fit for a stable job, and a busy one can still break between releases. Use the numbers to decide what to check next, not which tool is better.
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How this is measured: commits on each repository’s default branch counted through the GitHub API, the last 91 days against the same 91 days a year earlier; stars, licence and archived flag from the repository; README checked daily for maintenance notices. Visitor ratings come from visitors to each tool’s page, not from EvalAITools.