Overview
Research summary
Cherry Studio is a desktop client for working with multiple language-model providers in one place. Its chat interface supports custom assistants, simultaneous conversations across models, document and image inputs, and MCP server integrations. It can connect to locally served models through Ollama or LM Studio as well as to cloud APIs.
That distinction matters when evaluating it against Atomic Chat or Jan: Cherry Studio's documented local-model route relies on an external model server rather than promising its own bundled inference engine. The project distributes Windows, macOS and Linux builds, and its source is published under the AGPL-3.0 license with a separate commercial licensing option advertised by the maintainers.
Repository summary
- Stars
- 52,107
- Open issues
- Unavailable
- Last push
- 2026-09-23
- Commits, 90 days
- Unavailable
- Repository activity
- Not scored
- Version
- Unavailable
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Classification
Pricing & services
Paid services available
The provider offers paid products or services. Free options may also be available.
Commercial offering checked 2026-10-02.
Licence scope
Implementation
Recorded implementation details and interfaces for Cherry Studio.
Implementation details
Electron desktop application with a TypeScript frontend and integrations for provider APIs
- Languages
- TypeScript
- Repository type
- source
Recorded interfaces and capabilities
Licence scope
Repository
Repository snapshots, release information and recorded maintenance signals.
Repository snapshot
- Stars
- 52,107
- Open issues
- Unavailable
- Last push
- 2026-09-23
- Commits, 90 days
- Unavailable
- Repository activity
- Not scored
- Archived
- Not recorded
Repository activity is a snapshot, not a quality or popularity ranking. It combines recent-push freshness (50%), 90-day commits (30%) and issue pressure (20%).
Maintenance and provenance
- Catalogue snapshot
- 2026-10-06
- Stars source
- Recorded fallback
- Last push source
- Recorded fallback
Documentation
Recorded references and research provenance for this entry.
Recorded sources 9
- https://cherry-ai.com/ Project page · Research reference
- https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio Linked repository · Research reference · Commercial offering evidence
- https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/blob/main/README.md Research reference
- https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/blob/main/LICENSE Research reference
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/HEAD/README.md Research reference
- https://discord.com/api/v10/invites/wez8HtpxqQ?with_counts=false&with_expiration=true Research reference
- https://api.github.com/repos/CherryHQ/cherry-studio Research reference
- https://cherryai.com Research reference
- https://enterprise.cherry-ai.com Commercial offering evidence
Research metadata
- Research date
- 2026-09-23
- Catalogue snapshot
- 2026-10-06
Community & social 4 channels
Communities
- Discorddiscord.gg/wez8HtpxqQOfficial
Link details for Discord
- Access
- Public
- Last checked
- GitHub Discussionsgithub.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/discussionsOfficialDiscussion
Link details for GitHub Discussions
- Access
- Public
- Last checked
Social & updates
- Xx.com/CherryStudioHQOfficial
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- Xx.com/CherryStudioAIOfficial
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