Cherry Studio
Desktop client that brings multiple AI providers, 300+ assistants and local models into one app
Free · Open sourceLatest versionMac
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About Cherry Studio
Cherry Studio is a desktop client that supports multiple LLM providers, including OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic and local models run with Ollama or LM Studio. It is available on Windows, Mac and Linux.
You can chat with a library of pre-configured assistants or create your own, hold conversations with several models at once, and work with documents such as PDFs and Office files. It is aimed at people who want one place to use different AI services.
Highlights
- Support for OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic and other providers
- Local model support through Ollama and LM Studio
- 300+ pre-configured assistants and custom assistant creation
- Multi-model simultaneous conversations
- Handles text, images, Office files and PDF
- MCP server support and AI-powered translation
Description adapted from the project README.
- Version
- 2.1.6
- Updated
- Oct 11, 2026
- Size
- 392 MB to 419 MB
- License
- GNU AGPL 3.0
Open source details
- Source code
- Exact source for v2.1.6
- Released
- Oct 11, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 52.7K
- Website
- cherryai.com
Community project. Help and bug reports go to the maintainers on GitHub; AppsXi does not provide support for this app.
License
CopyleftGNU AGPL 3.0
Use and change it freely; anything built from it must be shared under the same license, with its source. That includes running a changed copy as a network service.
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Signed by Shanghai Qianhui Technology Co., Ltd. (87242QY66T)
Apple Developer ID team 87242QY66T
Notarized by Apple
Hardened Runtime on
File matches the hash GitHub published
SHA-256 e605ef6c3b9e65a24d6d5a16feb8c6bb98207a911edb9e0d7a77523e9d1b21cc
No malware found
ClamAV 1.5.4 on Oct 13, 2026
Install and behavior test in a virtual machine: not run yet
Coming soon for all listings.
Updates itself from the maintainer's own feed
electron-updater. AppsXi checks each new version too.
2 technical notes
- allow-unsigned-executable-memory (allow-jit is safer)
- Electron fuses not hardened: RunAsNode on, EnableNodeOptionsEnvironmentVariable on, EnableNodeCliInspectArguments on, EnableEmbeddedAsarIntegrityValidation off, OnlyLoadAppFromAsar off
Versions
2.1.6checked
Checked Oct 13, 2026 · Mac
DMG · 392 MB, DMG · 419 MB
Questions about Cherry Studio
Is Cherry Studio free?
Yes. Cherry Studio is free and open source under the GNU AGPL 3.0. AppsXi lists the maintainers' official release and does not charge for it.
Is Cherry Studio safe to download?
AppsXi downloads every version of Cherry Studio from the maintainers' official GitHub release and checks it before it is listed. For version 2.1.6 (checked Oct 13, 2026), the Mac download is signed by its developer and notarized by Apple, each file matches the checksum GitHub publishes for the release, byte for byte and a malware scan found nothing.
Does Cherry Studio run on Apple silicon Macs?
Yes. Cherry Studio has a native Apple silicon build, and it runs on Intel Macs too.
What does Cherry Studio need to run?
Cherry Studio needs macOS Ventura (13) or later.
Who makes Cherry Studio?
Cherry Studio is an open source project by CherryHQ on GitHub (CherryHQ/cherry-studio). Help and bug reports go to its maintainers there.
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