When ChengOS fits, and when it does not
This page makes no performance comparison and judges no other product. It answers one question: given what is verified today, which situations suit ChengOS and ChengApp, and which do not.
Fits: processes you want to inspect and reuse
If the goal is turning a repeated process into something testable and reusable rather than a one-off conversation, a visual workflow with sub-workflows is easier to maintain than prompt text.
Fits: you need to own the data boundary
Native and Docker self-hosting keep business data in your own database. If compliance forbids business data leaving your infrastructure, this is usually the deciding factor.
Fits: phone and desktop on the same network
After QR pairing, a phone connects directly to a Windows host on the same network for messaging, meetings and agent work — an office or shared Wi-Fi setting.
Does not fit, today
You need a macOS or iOS client: there is none, and macOS is roadmap only. You need file transfer between phone and desktop: not implemented. You need the phone to find the desktop automatically: Android does not auto-discover, pairing is by QR code. You want to choose on package size or startup time: we have no reproducible public benchmark, so we publish no such numbers.
Questions people ask
- Why are there no performance numbers on this site?
- Because there is no reproducible benchmark pinned to a version, machine, scenario and date. When one is published, the numbers will appear together with those conditions.
- Can phone and desktop transfer files?
- Not yet. Same-network direct connections currently cover messaging, meetings and agent collaboration; file transfer will not be claimed here until it is verified end to end.
Evidence for the claims on this page
Last verified:
- 当前提供 Windows 与 Android 客户端;macOS 仅在路线图中,无 iOS 目标。
- Scope: 以发布清单 lib/config/release-manifest.json 为准。
- Source: lib/config/release-manifest.json ·
- 手机扫码配对后可与同一网络内的 Windows 直连进行消息、会议与 Agent 协同。
- Scope: 已配对设备、同一局域网、Windows 端为常驻 Host;不含文件直传。
- Source: ChengApp 产品验证记录(扫码配对 + 同网直连) ·
- 支持原生与 Docker 私有化部署,服务端数据边界由部署方掌握。
- Scope: 部署脚本覆盖 docker / hybrid / distributed 模式。
- Source: deploy/chengos.sh 与 deploy/README.md ·
- Android 端不具备 mDNS 自动发现或本地 Host 常驻能力。
- Scope: 适用于当前 Android 构建。
- Source: chengapp/src-tauri/Cargo.toml — mdns-sd 与 tauri-plugin-single-instance 位于非 Android/iOS 的 desktop 依赖 ·