Visual drag-and-drop platform for building AI agents, chatbots, and RAG pipelines
Key Features
Multi-Agent
Single Agent
Human-in-the-Loop
Streaming
Async Support
Type Safe
Short-Term Memory
Long-Term Memory
Shared Memory
Plugin System
Custom Tools
MCP Protocol
A2A Protocol
Code Execution
Web Browsing
File System Access
Sandboxing
Guardrails
Structured Output
DAG Workflows
Visual Builder
CLI
API Server
Self-Hosted
Cloud Hosted
Community Feedback
Strengths
- Massive community
- Fastest prototyping for AI chatbots
- Self-hostable
- Strong Discord community
- Excellent for RAG pipelines
Weaknesses
- Debugging complex flows is difficult
- Scaling challenging without code
- Acquired by Workday — future direction uncertain
- Technical knowledge still needed for advanced use
Flowise Details
| Organization | Flowise (acquired by Workday Aug 2025) |
| Organization Type | Company |
| Funding | Series b+ |
| Category | Platform |
| Subcategory | No code |
| Deployment | Hybrid |
| Primary Language | TypeScript |
| Runtime | Node.js 18+ |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Commercial Use | Permissive |
| Install Command | npx flowise start |
| GitHub Stars | 51,044 |
| GitHub Forks | 23,976 |
| Release Cadence | Biweekly |
| Maturity | Mature |
| Pricing Model | Open core |
| Free Tier | Self-hosted is free (Apache-2.0) |
| Self-Hosted Free | Yes |
| Cost Model | free (self-hosted) + paid cloud |
| Community Size | Very large (51k stars) |
| Community Activity | Very active |
| Sentiment | Positive |
| GPU Required | No |
| Confidence | High |
| Research Date | 2026-03-24 |
| LLM Providers | OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Ollama, Azure, 100+ LLMs |
| API Keys Required | LLM provider API key |
Use Cases
- No-code AI chatbot building
- Visual RAG pipeline creation
- AI agent prototyping
- Customer support automation
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When to Use
Best for: No-code AI agent and chatbot building with visual interface
Avoid when: Need complex custom logic or enterprise governance
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Release v20260324