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Cherry Studio vs BotSharp
Cherry Studio has 52,003 GitHub stars, 4,978 forks, 1,514 open issues and last shipped today. BotSharp has 3,104 stars, 651 forks, 48 open issues and last shipped today. Cherry Studio leads on adoption by 1,575% (52,003 vs 3,104 stars). Cherry Studio is written in TypeScript under AGPL-3.0; BotSharp is written in C# under Apache-2.0. Cherry Studio has attracted 10% as many forks as stars, BotSharp 21%. Cherry Studio was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (ai-agent), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Cherry Studio | BotSharp | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 52K | ★ 3.1K |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | TypeScript | C# |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-20 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.0K | ⑂ 651 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Cherry Studio if
- You weight community size — 52K stars and counting
- You want the AGPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick BotSharp if
- You want the BotSharp feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and BotSharp fits your workflow better
About Cherry Studio
Cherry Studio is a cross platform desktop application for interacting with large language models, built in TypeScript under the AGPL 3.0 license. It operates in the AI interaction and interfaces ecosystem, providing a unified interface to access cloud hosted models (OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic), web services (Claude, Poe, Perplexity), and locally hosted models via Ollama or LM Studio.
read the full Cherry Studio overview →
About BotSharp
BotSharp is an open source AI multi agent framework for .NET that connects large language models to existing business applications, and it is aimed at C enterprise developers who want agent orchestration and conversation state to live inside their own information systems rather than in a separate stack.
read the full BotSharp overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Cherry Studio or BotSharp more popular?
Cherry Studio has 52,003 GitHub stars and BotSharp has 3,104. Cherry Studio has the larger community by that measure.
Are Cherry Studio and BotSharp free?
Both are open source. Cherry Studio is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and BotSharp under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between Cherry Studio and BotSharp?
Cherry Studio is written in TypeScript and BotSharp in C#. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Cherry Studio or BotSharp?
Choose Cherry Studio if you want the larger community (52,003 stars) or its AGPL-3.0 licence terms. Choose BotSharp if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.