Cherry Studio alternatives (2026)
Cherry Studio is a personal agents tool: Desktop AI studio with chat, autonomous agents and hundreds of assistants, connecting to many LLM providers. Pricing, as the maker states it: Open source. Its GitHub repo has 52,687 stars. We found 70 tools in the directory that do overlapping work (personal assistance); 42 of them are open source and 9 list a free or freemium plan. Below are the 10 closest, ranked by how many tasks and sub-tasks they share with Cherry Studio, then by GitHub stars.
- AnythingLLM (Open source + cloud): Local-first desktop and server app for chatting with your documents, running agents and connecting any LLM. Consider it because it also covers RAG and documents and local and self-hosted; it has more GitHub stars (67,210 vs 52,687).
- AionUi (Open source): Open-source desktop cowork app that gives a GUI to CLI agents like Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and others. Consider it because it also covers terminal and CLI agents.
- Screenpipe (Source-available + cloud): Records your screen and audio locally so AI agents can search and act on your computer history. Consider it because it is aimed at developers who want to build on it; it also covers local and self-hosted.
- Eigent (Open source): Open-source cowork desktop app that runs multi-agent workflows locally. Consider it because it also covers workflow automation and multi-agent orchestration.
- Hermes One (Open source): Community desktop app for installing, configuring and chatting with Hermes Agent without managing it from the terminal. Consider it because it also covers terminal and CLI agents and rules, skills and config.
- DeepChat (Open source): Open-source, local-first AI agent desktop client with MCP, skills, ACP support and remote control from messaging apps. Consider it because it also covers local and self-hosted and rules, skills and config.
- Everywhere (Source-available): Desktop assistant that sees what is on your screen and helps using LLMs and MCP tools. Consider it because it does the same job with a different approach (source-available).
- LobsterAI (Open source): NetEase Youdao's desktop agent for data analysis, slides, documents and web research. Consider it because it also covers RAG and documents and research and reports.
- 5ire (Source-available): Cross-platform desktop AI assistant and MCP client with a local knowledge base and support for major model providers. Consider it because it also covers RAG and documents and local and self-hosted.
- nexu (Open source): Open-source desktop client that connects your OpenClaw agent to WeChat, Feishu, Slack and Discord in one click. Consider it because it also covers agents in chat apps.
Cherry Studio vs alternatives at a glance
| Tool | Pricing | Open source / licence | GitHub stars | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Studio | Open source | GNU AGPL v3.0 | 52,687 | personal assistance |
| AnythingLLM | Open source + cloud | MIT | 67,210 | controlling a computer, personal assistance |
| AionUi | Open source | Apache License 2.0 | 33,580 | coding in the terminal, controlling a computer |
| Screenpipe | Source-available + cloud | Screenpipe Commercial License (All rights reserved) | 21,958 | building voice agents, personal assistance |
| Eigent | Open source | Apache License 2.0 | 15,571 | controlling a computer, automating workflows |
| Hermes One | Open source | Yes | 14,427 | coding in the terminal, controlling a computer |
| DeepChat | Open source | Yes | 6,367 | controlling a computer, automating workflows |
| Everywhere | Source-available | Business Source License 1.1 (changes to Apache 2.0 after four years) | 6,319 | personal assistance, connecting tools with MCP |
| LobsterAI | Open source | MIT | 6,119 | controlling a computer, personal assistance |
| 5ire | Source-available | No | 5,372 | controlling a computer, customer support |
| nexu | Open source | Yes | 3,282 | controlling a computer, personal assistance |
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Alternatives are picked from directory data only: same category plus shared tasks and sub-tasks. Pricing is as each maker states it; GitHub stars as recorded on each listing.