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Active·★ 7.5k·NOASSERTION·Updated 2026-10-21
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Refly.ai presents itself as a vibe workflow platform for non-technical creators to build, share and monetise AI automation workflows through simple prompts and a visual canvas, with no coding required. It describes itself as n8n for non-technical people and Canva for workflows, and announced a v1.0.0 release. It is available as Refly Cloud or self-hosted.

The README highlights an intervenable agent (every step is visible on the canvas, and you can pause, review, modify or restart the agent during execution instead of facing a black box), a minimalist workflow model where each node is a ready-made agent rather than a low-level node, a workflow copilot that builds, modifies and debugs workflows on the canvas from a description, and a workflow marketplace where creators publish workflows as shareable AI apps and are paid when others run them. The GitHub licence field is a custom name, so read the repository's LICENSE before commercial use.

This write-up is based on the project's README and public repository data. We have not hand-tested the tool. Data as of 2026-10-17.

License
Not detected by GitHub
Latest release
v1.1.0 · 2026-02-02
Last commit
2026-07-29
Contributors
45
Forks
727
Open issues and PRs
107
First published
2024-02-19

Source: GitHub, npm and PyPI public APIs.

#AI Automation#No-code#Workflow#Visual Programming#Agent Orchestration
$ Install
$ git clone https://github.com/refly-ai/refly.git
↗ Visit site★ GitHub
01

Features

01Intervenable Agent: Visualized execution with real-time intervention capabilities
02Minimalist Workflow Tool: Orchestrate pre-packaged, powerful AI Agents instead of nodes
03Workflow Copilot: Turn natural language descriptions into complex automations
04Workflow Marketplace: One-click publishing of custom workflows as AI Apps
05Monetization: Creators can monetize their workflows every time they are run
02

Why choose it

+Visual canvas where every step is visible and you can pause, modify or restart the agent mid-run.
+Each node is a pre-packaged agent, so a workflow needs far fewer nodes than a low-level builder (the project's claim).
+A copilot builds, edits and debugs workflows from a plain-language description.
+A marketplace lets creators publish workflows as apps and earn when others run them; self-hosting is available.
03

Trade-offs

!The comparison with n8n (two nodes versus ten or more) is the project's own claim and depends on the workflow.
!The licence shown on GitHub is a custom one rather than a standard open-source licence, so check the LICENSE file before commercial or self-hosted use.
!The README is mostly product description and links to the docs for self-hosting steps; the repository was last updated in July 2026.
04

Maintenance check

ActiveChecked: 2026-10-22
Last commit
2026-10-21
Commits, last 90 days
8
Releases, last 90 days
0
Latest release
v1.1.0 (2026-02-02)
Open issues
108
Recent issues with at least one comment
1/10
Commits per week, last 12 weeks
Commits per week, last 12 weeks: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1

Oldest week on the left; the latest four weeks are orange. Source: GitHub commit activity.

Status rule: archived on GitHub = Archived; last commit within 90 days = Active; 91 to 365 days = Slowing; older = Stale. All figures come from the GitHub API on the date shown.

Most discussed open issues

  • #423 Importing YouTube as a resource is not functioning properly4 comments · 2025-01-26
  • #419 Self-deploy with non-docker option4 comments · 2025-01-24
  • #460 Support OpenAI DeepResearch3 comments · 2025-02-07
  • #2232 can not rediret2 comments · 2026-02-10
  • #933 Add provider and model configuration database for smooth integration2 comments · 2025-05-20

Issue titles are quoted from GitHub. Open the link to check whether a problem still applies to the version you use.

05

Compatibility

ClawCloud
Native Deployment
Verified via docs
Sealos
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Gitpod
Native Development
Verified via docs
Hostinger
Native Deployment
Verified via docs
06

Quick start

1
$ git clone https://github.com/refly-ai/refly.git
07

Use cases

↳Building powerful AI automation workflows without coding
↳Sharing and publishing custom AI applications to a marketplace
↳Monetizing AI expertise by selling access to created workflows
08

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Visual "vibe workflow" platform with a copilot and a marketplace for sharing workflows

7.5k727
Last commit2d ago
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Latest releasev1.1.0
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