BYOAIK — Bring Your Own AI Key: a directory of AI tools that run on your own API key.

Dify

Open-source platform for building agentic AI workflows and RAG apps with your own model keys.

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Category:

Agent Frameworks

Pricing:

Freemium

Open source:

Yes (Dify Open Source License (Apache 2.0-based with additional conditions))

Self-hostable:

Yes

Local-first:

Yes

Platforms:

Web, Self-hosted, Docker

AI providers (bring your own key):

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Azure OpenAI, Mistral, DeepSeek, Cohere, Ollama, Custom / OpenAI-compatible

API key storage:

User controls deployment

Key risk level:

LOW

Trust score:

95/100

Dify is a production-ready, open-source platform for developing AI applications, agentic workflows, and RAG pipelines through a visual builder. Users configure their own LLM credentials under Settings -> Model Providers, where "Custom Providers use your own API keys for direct access to model providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google," with full control and direct billing. It supports hundreds of proprietary and open-source models from dozens of inference providers, including OpenAI-API-compatible endpoints and local models via Ollama. The Community Edition is free and self-hostable via Docker Compose, Kubernetes, or Terraform; a hosted Dify Cloud and Enterprise edition are also offered.

How your API key is handled

You self-host the app, so your API key lives in your own deployment. Requests are sent directly to the AI provider. Because it can be self-hosted, your key never has to touch a third-party backend.

Setup

Deploy it (Docker/compose), add your provider API key in the admin or environment config, then select models.