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title: "Introduction"
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Dify is an open-source platform for building agentic workflows. It lets you define processes visually, connect your existing tools and data sources, and deploy AI applications that solve real problems.

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  <Card title="Quick Start" icon="play" href="/en/use-dify/getting-started/quick-start">
    Start shipping powerful apps in minutes
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  <Card title="Concepts" icon="highlighter" iconType="regular" href="/en/use-dify/getting-started/key-concepts">
    Core Dify building blocks explained
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  <Card title="Self Host" icon="arrow-down-to-line" href="/en/self-host/quick-start/docker-compose">
    Deploy Dify on your own laptop / server
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  <Card title="Forum" icon="message" href="https://forum.dify.ai">
    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="Tutorials" icon="lightbulb" href="/en/use-dify/tutorials/customer-service-bot">
    Example Dify use case walkthroughs
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  The name Dify comes from **D**o **I**t **F**or **Y**ou.
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