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Chatbox vs Cherry Studio: catalog facts
Chatbox	Cherry Studio
Freemium The community edition is free and open source, and using it with your own API keys costs…	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Works with OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Azure and local Ollama models from one window Conversations are stored locally rather than on someone else's server	Supports local model servers and document-based conversations.
You need your own API keys, and those cost money per use It is a client, so it cannot run a model itself without Ollama or similar	Cloud providers may charge separately for model use.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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