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Flowise

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Flowise is an open-source, visual development platform for building AI workflows and agents with drag-and-drop components. It supports integrations with language models, vector databases, tools, APIs, and deployment endpoints.

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Why Abandoned

Flowise's official website, documentation, and public GitHub repository remain available and show ongoing product and repository activity.

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📅 Timeline

2023-03-31

Flowise source code released

2023-11-01

Y Combinator participation

2024-08-01

Seed funding announced

2025-06-06

Flowise 3.0 released

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

What is Flowise AI used for?

Flowise is used to visually assemble and deploy workflows and agents powered by large language models. Common uses include chatbots, retrieval-augmented generation, document question answering, tool-using agents, and API-backed automation.

Is Flowise open source?

Yes. Flowise publishes its source code on GitHub under the Apache License 2.0. The company also offers a managed Flowise Cloud service.

Does Flowise require coding?

Not for every project. Its drag-and-drop interface supports low-code construction, but custom JavaScript, API configuration, authentication, infrastructure, and application integration may require technical work.

Can Flowise run locally or be self-hosted?

Yes. Flowise documents local installation and self-hosting through options including npm and Docker. A hosted cloud offering is also available.

What integrations does Flowise support?

Flowise provides components for model providers, embeddings, vector databases, document loaders, memory, external tools, and APIs. Exact integrations and availability can change by release.