Visual drag-and-drop platform for building AI agents, chatbots, and RAG pipelines
Key Features
Multi-Agent Single Agent Human-in-the-Loop Streaming Short-Term Memory Long-Term Memory Plugin System Custom Tools MCP Protocol Visual Builder 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 |
| 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
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 v20260328a