Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/vs/shipshapecode/shepherd
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/vs/shipshapecode/shepherd.md
Description: cherry-studio and shepherd share 3 technologies: React, Tailwind CSS, and @floating-ui/dom. Both are written in TypeScript.

# cherry-studio vs shepherd

cherry-studio and shepherd share 3 technologies: React, Tailwind CSS, and @floating-ui/dom. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [CherryHQ/cherry-studio](https://seerepo.com/r/CherryHQ/cherry-studio): Your AI workspace for models, agents, and productivity.
- [shipshapecode/shepherd](https://seerepo.com/r/shipshapecode/shepherd): Guide your users through a tour of your app

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, Tailwind CSS, @floating-ui/dom
- Only in cherry-studio: Vite, TanStack, SQLite, lru-cache, dexie, electron-store, @aws-sdk/lib-storage, sqlite-vec, MCP, OpenAI, Anthropic, Sentry, Electron, elysia, @electron-toolkit/preload, quickjs-wasi, grammy, quick-lru, PostCSS, tailwind-merge, tiptap, motion, React Hook Form, react-spinners, @tanstack/react-virtual, react-hotkeys-hook, dnd-kit, react-error-boundary, echarts, @uiw/react-codemirror, xyflow, virtua, emoji-picker-react, @dagrejs/dagre, @pierre/highlights, @react-aria/live-announcer, ansi-to-react, CodeMirror, react-player, Lucide, Drizzle, ai, ai-sdk, earendil-works, tesseract.js, ollama-ai-provider-v2, partial-json, gpt-tokenizer, unified, streamdown, file-type, unist-util-visit, remark-parse, sharp, yaml, markdown-it, qrcode.react, turndown, @firecrawl/anydoc, dompurify, htmlparser2, @napi-rs/canvas, katex, officeparser, remark-gfm, remove-markdown, @mozilla/readability, @tiptap/markdown, Cheerio, docx, fast-xml-parser, gray-matter, html-to-image, html-to-text, mdast-util-from-markdown, mediabunny, micromark-util-types, pdf-lib, pdf-parse, pdfjs-dist, qrcode, remark-math, remark-stringify, word-extractor, Zod, @hookform/resolvers, opentelemetry, winston, winston-daily-rotate-file, @earendil-works/pi-ai, OpenRouter, @aiden0z/pptx-renderer, docx-preview, exceljs, @ai-sdk/provider-utils, class-variance-authority, Radix UI, uiw, @lezer/highlight, cmdk, react-day-picker, react-dropzone, react-resizable-panels, vaul, rehype-parse, rehype-stringify, remark-github-blockquote-alert
- Only in shepherd: @astrojs/starlight, Astro, @astrojs/rss

## Side by side

| | cherry-studio | shepherd |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,744,076 lines written, 6,114 code files | 18,990 lines written, 57 code files |
| Who writes it | 11.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Factory, Jules, Amp, Gemini CLI, Qwen Code, and Codex | 0.7% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 9,918 commits, 53,285 stars | Last push November 9, 2026, 3,114 commits, 13,827 stars |
| Tests | 3,190 test files. 47.1% of its code files have a test that imports them | 60 test files. 33.3% 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 shepherd?

cherry-studio, with 1,744,076 lines written; shepherd has 18,990.

The proof: [CherryHQ/cherry-studio's code at commit 2292fdd](https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/tree/2292fdd739266df12518e4f706de1aa99f66015f)

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

cherry-studio, with 53,285 stars; shepherd has 13,827.

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

### Which has more tests, cherry-studio or shepherd?

cherry-studio, with 3,190 test files; shepherd has 60.

The proof: [CherryHQ/cherry-studio's code at commit 2292fdd](https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/tree/2292fdd739266df12518e4f706de1aa99f66015f)

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

shepherd: its last push was on November 9, 2026, and cherry-studio's on November 5, 2026.

The proof: [shipshapecode/shepherd's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/shipshapecode/shepherd/commits)

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

cherry-studio: an AI signed 11.8% of its commits, with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Factory, Jules, Amp, Gemini CLI, Qwen Code, and Codex; in shepherd, 0.7%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in CherryHQ/cherry-studio](https://seerepo.com/r/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/ai)

## Sources

- CherryHQ/cherry-studio: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 2292fdd (https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/tree/2292fdd739266df12518e4f706de1aa99f66015f)
- shipshapecode/shepherd: Read on November 9, 2026, at commit f2170c9 (https://github.com/shipshapecode/shepherd/tree/f2170c9cefde87228717dadc8608d3d2dd1e6cf1)

## 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.