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Cherry Studio vs Open WebUI

Open WebUI leads on trust: 84.5/100 (Grade A) against 67.0/100 (Grade B), a 17.5-point gap. Open WebUI leads on provenance and adoption, and rests on broader evidence.

B Cherry Studio 67.0

Your AI workspace for models, agents, and productivity.

CherryHQ/cherry-studio · #454 overall · #8 UI & App Builders · coverage C (2/5)

Cherry Studio doesn't lead on any scored dimension in this pair.

A Open WebUI 84.5

User-friendly AI Interface (Supports Ollama, OpenAI API, ...)

open-webui/open-webui · #103 overall · #3 UI & App Builders · coverage A (4/5)

Choose Open WebUI if provenance and adoption matter most.

+8.1Adoption: 157.6k GitHub stars against 53.2k
+7.2Identity / Provenance: package provenance attested, against none
+5.7Safety / Integrity: package provenance attested, against none
A vs CEvidence coverage: 4 of 5 independent signal types, against 2

Where they differ

12.5

Safety / IntegrityOpen WebUI +5.7

18.2

10.8

Identity / ProvenanceOpen WebUI +7.2

18.0

13.6

TransparencyCherry Studio +0.1

13.5

19.9

MaintenanceOpen WebUI +0.1

20.0

11.3

AdoptionOpen WebUI +8.1

19.4

-1.1

Runtime calibrationCherry Studio +3.5

-4.6

Full evidence table

An independent, evidence-based trust comparison of Cherry Studio and Open WebUI, two UI & App Builders projects in the HVTracker registry. Scores come from public, checkable signals — supply-chain provenance, OSSF Scorecard, maintenance, and adoption — not popularity.

Full evidence

Signal	Cherry StudioCherryHQ/cherry-studio	Open WebUIopen-webui/open-webui
HVTrust score	67.0	84.5
Evidence grade	B	A
Coverage grade	C	A
Overall rank	#454	#103
Rank in UI & App Builders	#8	#3
GitHub stars	53.2k	157.6k
Last updated	1d ago	today
Build provenance	No	Yes
OSSF Scorecard	6.0 / 10	5.9 / 10
License	AGPL-3.0	NOASSERTION
Downloads	—	159k/wk
Trust dimensions (points earned)
Safety / integrity / 25	12.5	18.2
Identity & provenance / 18	10.8	18.0
Transparency / 17	13.6	13.5
Maintenance / 20	19.9	20.0
Adoption / 20	11.3	19.4
Runtime capability surface (full matrix)
MCP server	Implemented	—
External providers	6 — Anthropic, DeepSeek, Firecrawl, …	8 — Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic, OpenAI, …
Requires API keys	No	Yes
Plugin surface	extensions	—
Provenance drift	—	Unknown

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How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption, scaled by an evidence-confidence factor. Grade bands: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Signals refresh daily. Full methodology v4.4 →