Connect Cherry Studio to NezhaGate: 10-Minute Setup
A beginner-proof walkthrough: add NezhaGate as a provider in Cherry Studio, pick models, verify the connection and chat. Model picks and error fixes included.
Unos 10 minutos · Escrita para Cherry Studio 2.1
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What you need
- Cherry Studio 2.x for desktop (Windows, macOS or Linux), downloaded from the Cherry Studio website or GitHub.
- A NezhaGate account and API key (step 1 shows you how).
- About 10 minutes.
Step 1: Sign up for NezhaGate and create an API key
- Open nezhagate.com and click Sign up free in the top-right corner. Email works, and so does one-click sign-in with Google or GitHub.
- Go to Console → API Keys. Under Create API Key, name the key (for example
cherry), leave Per-Key Limit at 0 for no limit, and click Create Key. - A key starting with
sk-appears. Copy it right away: it is shown only once.
[Screenshot: Console → API Keys, highlighting the Create Key button and the copy button of the new key]
Check and top up your balance on the Billing page. You pay only for what you use, and failed requests are never billed. Per-model rates are on the pricing page.
Step 2: Add NezhaGate as a provider
- Open Cherry Studio, click the gear icon (Settings) at the bottom of the left bar and go to Model Provider.
- Below the provider list, click + Add Provider.
- In the Add Custom Provider dialog, fill in:
- Provider Name:
NezhaGate - API Key: the key you copied in step 1
- Under Endpoint settings, the OpenAI field: the address below. Leave the Anthropic field empty.
- Provider Name:
https://nezhagate.com/v1
- Under the field you will see "Request path: https://nezhagate.com/v1/chat/completions". If it matches, click Add.
[Screenshot: the Add Custom Provider dialog with Provider Name, API Key, the OpenAI address field and the request-path preview marked]
Step 3: Pick models, verify, enable
- The Choose models dialog opens next, filled from NezhaGate's model list.
- Don't click Select All: the list also has image and video models, which do not work in chat. Tick just the chat models you want, for example
deepseek-v4.1-flash,kimi-k3,glm-5.3,qwen3.7-maxandclaude-opus-5. - Click Add selected models. Cherry Studio verifies a model (one real request), enables the provider, and you finish with Done.
[Screenshot: the Choose models dialog with a few chat models ticked and the Add selected models button marked]
Don't click Skip. Skipping leaves the provider switched off, and you would have to turn on the switch at the top right of the provider page yourself. An enabled provider shows a green dot in the list.
To add models later, open the NezhaGate provider page and click Sync models; for a model that is not listed, use Add model manually and type its ID. To test the connection again, click Model Check, pick a model and press Start: you should see "Connection successful".
Step 4: Start chatting
- Go back to the chat screen, open the model picker and choose a model under NezhaGate.
- Send "Hello". Once a reply comes back, you are all set.
[Screenshot: the model picker on the chat screen, showing the models under the NezhaGate group]
Recommended models
| Use | Model ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Everyday chat, translation, summaries | deepseek-v4.1-flash | Cheap and fast; the best value. |
| Long documents, many files | kimi-k3 | Strong long-context understanding; prompt caching makes repeat questions about the same document cheaper. |
| Coding and hard reasoning | glm-5.3, qwen3.7-max | Both think before answering: a little slower, more accurate. |
| The hardest tasks | claude-opus-5, gpt-6-astra | Flagship models, priced higher. |
| Fiction and long-form writing | claude-fable-5 | The strongest at narrative and long-form prose. |
Current prices are on the pricing page.
Getting the address right
- Both
https://nezhagate.com/v1andhttps://nezhagate.comwork: without a version in the path, Cherry Studio adds/v1itself. - Do not enter
/v1/chat/completions. The path would be doubled and you would get a 404. - A
#at the end of the address tells Cherry Studio not to add a version. You do not need it for NezhaGate.
Still on 1.x? The screens differ: when adding the provider, set Provider Type to OpenAI and API Host to
https://nezhagate.com, then use Manage to add models and Check to test. Upgrading to 2.x is the easier path.Common problems and errors
| What you see | What to do |
|---|---|
| "The provider returned no available models" or "Failed to pull models" | Check the address and key (no spaces around the key), or use Add model manually and type the model ID. |
| "The model request failed" during verification | Make sure your account has a balance. Thinking models such as qwen3.7-max can be slow enough to time out the check; verify with deepseek-v4.1-flash instead. |
| NezhaGate models are missing from the chat model picker | The provider is off. Go to Settings → Model Provider → NezhaGate and turn on the switch at the top right. |
| 404 | The address has /v1 twice or ends in /chat/completions. Change it to https://nezhagate.com/v1. |
| 401 | The key is wrong or was deleted. Create a new one in the console and copy it. |
| 402 | Your balance ran out, or the key hit the limit you set. Top up on the Billing page or raise the key's limit. |
| 400 | Usually an unsupported parameter, too much context or an oversized image. Try again in a new assistant with default settings. Sending an image to a model without vision also returns 400. |
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