Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/actualbudget/actual/vs/CherryHQ/cherry-studio
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/actualbudget/actual/vs/CherryHQ/cherry-studio.md
Description: actual and cherry-studio share 13 technologies: Vite, React, lru-cache, Electron, SQLite, react-error-boundary, react-hotkeys-hook, CodeMirror, @lezer/highlight, @uiw/react-codemirror, cmdk, remark-gfm, and winston. Both are written in TypeScript.

# actual vs cherry-studio

actual and cherry-studio share 13 technologies: Vite, React, lru-cache, Electron, SQLite, react-error-boundary, react-hotkeys-hook, CodeMirror, @lezer/highlight, @uiw/react-codemirror, cmdk, remark-gfm, and winston. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [actualbudget/actual](https://seerepo.com/r/actualbudget/actual): A local-first personal finance app
- [CherryHQ/cherry-studio](https://seerepo.com/r/CherryHQ/cherry-studio): Your AI workspace for models, agents, and productivity.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Vite, React, lru-cache, Electron, SQLite, react-error-boundary, react-hotkeys-hook, CodeMirror, @lezer/highlight, @uiw/react-codemirror, cmdk, remark-gfm, winston
- Only in actual: React Router, @capacitor/core, @sqlite.org/sqlite-wasm, Capacitor, CapacitorApp, CapacitorCordova, Express, @emotion/css, react-aria-components, usehooks-ts, recharts, react-aria, react-spring, react-joyride, react-virtualized-auto-sizer, @use-gesture/react, react-dnd, downshift, re-resizable, react-dnd-html5-backend, react-grid-layout, react-swipeable, react-markdown, hyperformula, rehype-external-links, @zumer/snapdom, csv-stringify, mdast-util-newline-to-break, handlebars, xml2js, csv-parse, appcompat, coordinatorlayout, core-splashscreen, workbox-precaching, argon2, bcrypt, jws, openid-client, express-winston
- Only in cherry-studio: TanStack, dexie, electron-store, @aws-sdk/lib-storage, sqlite-vec, MCP, OpenAI, Anthropic, Sentry, elysia, @electron-toolkit/preload, quickjs-wasi, grammy, quick-lru, Tailwind CSS, PostCSS, tailwind-merge, tiptap, motion, React Hook Form, react-spinners, @tanstack/react-virtual, dnd-kit, echarts, xyflow, @floating-ui/dom, virtua, emoji-picker-react, @dagrejs/dagre, @pierre/highlights, @react-aria/live-announcer, ansi-to-react, 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, 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-daily-rotate-file, @earendil-works/pi-ai, OpenRouter, @aiden0z/pptx-renderer, docx-preview, exceljs, @ai-sdk/provider-utils, class-variance-authority, Radix UI, uiw, react-day-picker, react-dropzone, react-resizable-panels, vaul, rehype-parse, rehype-stringify, remark-github-blockquote-alert

## Side by side

| | actual | cherry-studio |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 358,371 lines written, 1,773 code files | 1,744,076 lines written, 6,114 code files |
| Who writes it | 8.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, CodeRabbit, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Gemini CLI | 11.8% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Factory, Jules, Amp, Gemini CLI, Qwen Code, and Codex |
| Activity | Last push November 7, 2026, 5,573 commits, 30,069 stars | Last push November 5, 2026, 9,918 commits, 53,285 stars |
| Tests | 426 test files. 18.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 3,190 test files. 47.1% 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, actual or cherry-studio?

cherry-studio, with 1,744,076 lines written; actual has 358,371.

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

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

cherry-studio, with 53,285 stars; actual has 30,069.

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

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

cherry-studio, with 3,190 test files; actual has 426.

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

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

actual: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and cherry-studio's on November 5, 2026.

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

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

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 actual, 8.5%.

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

## Sources

- actualbudget/actual: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 693973b (https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/tree/693973bb3b0c63615856de2b7ff71da44adb47de)
- CherryHQ/cherry-studio: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 2292fdd (https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio/tree/2292fdd739266df12518e4f706de1aa99f66015f)

## 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.
