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 cwy/minimax/minimax-m2.5

Chat completions Streaming Tool calling

Step by step

Connect Cherry Studio to FreeTheAi.

1

Open Model Provider

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

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

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

3

Add models

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

Recommended aliases

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

Heads up

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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