General chat clients

Cherry Studio

Cross-platform desktop chat client.

Cherry Studio supports many providers through one UI. Add FreeTheAi as an OpenAI provider and load the aliases you want as separate models.

Base URL https://api.freetheai.xyz/v1
Recommended models min/minimax-m3
Chat completions Streaming Tool calling
Step by step

Connect Cherry Studio to FreeTheAi.

3 steps
  1. 1

    Open Model Provider

    Go to `Settings`, then `Model Provider`, and click `Add Provider`.

  2. 2

    Pick OpenAI

    Set the provider type to `OpenAI` (or `New API` - both map to OpenAI-compatible). Fill in the name, host, and key.

    text
    Provider Name: FreeTheAi
    Provider Type: OpenAI
    API Host: https://api.freetheai.xyz/v1
    API Key: PASTE_YOUR_FREETHEAI_KEY
  3. 3

    Add models

    Click `Manage` under Models, then `Add Model`. Paste FreeTheAi aliases, one per row.

Recommended aliases

Models that pair well with Cherry Studio.

  • min/minimax-m3
  • glm/glm-5.1
  • bbl/gpt-5.5-mini

See the full live catalog at /models. Aliases are stable; pricing on the free tier stays $0.

Heads up

Common gotchas.

  • Use the `OpenAI` provider type and include `/v1` in the host yourself - some other types try to add their own path.
  • Cherry's `Test` button hits chat completions with a 1-token probe. Reasoning models may report `length` finish; that still confirms auth.
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