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title: "Introduction"
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Dify is an open-source agentic workflow platform that lets you build AI apps by connecting your models, data, and tools with drag-and-drop workflows instead of code.

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  <Card title="Quick Start" icon="play" href="en/getting-started/quick-start">
    Start shipping powerful apps in minutes
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  <Card title="Concepts" icon="highlighter" iconType="regular" href="en/guides/workflow/key-concepts">
    Core Dify building blocks explained
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  <Card title="Install" icon="arrow-down-to-line" href="en/getting-started/install-self-hosted/docker-compose">
    Guide to install Dify on your own laptop / server
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  <Card title="Forum" icon="message" href="https://discord.gg/FngNHpbcY7">
    Trade notes with the community
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  <Card title="Changelog" icon="bell" href="https://github.com/langgenius/dify/releases">
    What's changed over past releases
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  <Card title="Examples" icon="lightbulb" href="en/workshop/basic/build-ai-image-generation-app">
    Example Dify use case walkthroughs
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<Info>
  The name Dify comes from **D**o **I**t **F**or **Y**ou.
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