Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/vs/dataelement/dsh-desktop
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/vs/dataelement/dsh-desktop.md
Description: cherry-studio and dsh-desktop share 7 technologies: React, Electron, sharp, yaml, qrcode, Zod, and @aiden0z/pptx-renderer. cherry-studio is written in TypeScript and dsh-desktop in JavaScript.

# cherry-studio vs dsh-desktop

cherry-studio and dsh-desktop share 7 technologies: React, Electron, sharp, yaml, qrcode, Zod, and @aiden0z/pptx-renderer. cherry-studio is written in TypeScript and dsh-desktop in JavaScript.

- [CherryHQ/cherry-studio](https://seerepo.com/r/CherryHQ/cherry-studio): Your AI workspace for models, agents, and productivity.
- [dataelement/dsh-desktop](https://seerepo.com/r/dataelement/dsh-desktop): DSHDesktop：DeepSeek Harness Desktop / DeepSeek Harness 桌面版

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, Electron, sharp, yaml, qrcode, Zod, @aiden0z/pptx-renderer
- Only in cherry-studio: Vite, TanStack, SQLite, lru-cache, dexie, electron-store, @aws-sdk/lib-storage, sqlite-vec, MCP, OpenAI, Anthropic, Sentry, Hugging Face, Perplexity, PostHog, elysia, @earendil-works/chord, @electron-toolkit/preload, quickjs-wasi, grammy, quick-lru, Tailwind CSS, PostCSS, tailwind-merge, tiptap, motion, React Hook Form, @tanstack/react-virtual, react-spinners, react-hotkeys-hook, dnd-kit, react-error-boundary, echarts, @uiw/react-codemirror, xyflow, @floating-ui/dom, virtua, emoji-picker-react, @dagrejs/dagre, @pierre/highlights, @react-aria/live-announcer, @viz-js/viz, ansi-to-react, CodeMirror, emoji-picker-element-data, og-crd, react-player, Lucide, Iconify, @iconify-json/material-icon-theme, Drizzle, @elysia/bearer, ai, ai-sdk, cherrystudio, earendil-works, @vectorstores/core, tesseract.js, @napi-rs/system-ocr, @paddleocr/api-sdk, ollama-ai-provider-v2, partial-json, @opeoginni/github-copilot-openai-compatible, ai-retry, gpt-tokenizer, voyage-ai-provider, unified, streamdown, unist-util-visit, file-type, remark-parse, markdown-it, qrcode.react, strict-url-sanitise, turndown, @firecrawl/anydoc, @napi-rs/canvas, dompurify, htmlparser2, katex, remark-gfm, @vectorstores/readers, fast-xml-parser, officeparser, remove-markdown, @e965/xlsx, @mozilla/readability, @tiptap/markdown, @tryfabric/martian, Cheerio, docx, epub, gray-matter, html-to-image, html-to-text, mdast-util-from-markdown, mediabunny, micromark-util-types, pdf-lib, pdf-parse, pdfjs-dist, remark-math, remark-stringify, telegram-markdown-v2, vfile-location, word-extractor, @hookform/resolvers, typebox, opentelemetry, winston, winston-daily-rotate-file, @agentclientprotocol/sdk, @earendil-works/pi-ai, OpenRouter, fast-formula-parser, docx-preview, exceljs, numfmt, rtf.js, @ai-sdk/provider-utils, class-variance-authority, @uiw/codemirror-themes-all, Radix UI, uiw, @lezer/highlight, @mermanjs/web-render, @viz-js/lang-dot, cmdk, react-day-picker, react-dropzone, react-resizable-panels, vaul, rehype-parse, rehype-stringify, remark-definition-list, remark-github-blockquote-alert, remark-mark-highlight
- Only in dsh-desktop: deepseek-ai, @deepseek-ai/cordis, js-yaml, pptxgenjs, @deepseek-ai/libreoffice-kit, @deepseek-ai/schemastery, @deepseek-ai/dsh-tools, @deepseek-ai/dsh-credentials, saxes

## Side by side

| | cherry-studio | dsh-desktop |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,788,458 lines written, 6,208 code files | 123,294 lines written, 224 code files |
| Who writes it | 11.9% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Factory, Jules, Amp, Qwen Code, and Codex | 56.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push November 10, 2026, 10,134 commits, 53,389 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 548 commits, 17,489 stars |
| Tests | 3,273 test files. 48% of its code files have a test that imports them | 304 test files. 83.9% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, cherry-studio or dsh-desktop?

cherry-studio, with 1,788,458 lines written; dsh-desktop has 123,294.

The proof: [CherryHQ/cherry-studio's code at commit 321e3dd](https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/tree/321e3dda993aea22bb47360d29cf9f00c1b8aee3)

### Which has more GitHub stars, cherry-studio or dsh-desktop?

cherry-studio, with 53,389 stars; dsh-desktop has 17,489.

The proof: [CherryHQ/cherry-studio on GitHub](https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio)

### Which has more tests, cherry-studio or dsh-desktop?

cherry-studio, with 3,273 test files; dsh-desktop has 304.

The proof: [CherryHQ/cherry-studio's code at commit 321e3dd](https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/tree/321e3dda993aea22bb47360d29cf9f00c1b8aee3)

### Which was updated more recently, cherry-studio or dsh-desktop?

cherry-studio: its last push was on November 10, 2026, and dsh-desktop's on November 6, 2026.

The proof: [CherryHQ/cherry-studio's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, cherry-studio or dsh-desktop?

dsh-desktop: an AI signed 56.2% of its commits, with Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor; in cherry-studio, 11.9%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in dataelement/dsh-desktop](https://seerepo.com/r/dataelement/dsh-desktop/ai)

## Sources

- CherryHQ/cherry-studio: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit 321e3dd (https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/tree/321e3dda993aea22bb47360d29cf9f00c1b8aee3)
- dataelement/dsh-desktop: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 46666d3 (https://github.com/dataelement/dsh-desktop/tree/46666d34277571a7b48ada6060a9428ee503b136)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.
