Which Liho product fits you
The three products solve different problems and are often used together. Compare them on what matters for your work.
| Liho Cowork | Liho IDE | Liho LLM | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | A general-purpose agent in a desktop app | A development environment on its own core: plugins and agents exchange data through it both ways | An API for language models and a dashboard |
| Who it is for | Anyone who hands tasks to an agent: documents, data, websites, code | Developers | Developers of apps and agents |
| What you do | Describe the task in words and answer the agent’s questions | Run the whole development cycle: issues, specs, code, review and CI — with agents at any step | Send model requests from your own code |
| Result | Files and code changes in your folder and a report in the chat | Reviewed code changes, commits, merge requests | Model responses and spending records |
| Agents | The built-in Cowork agent | The Liho agent and your Claude Code, Codex CLI, Kimi CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI — in one chat, including over ACP | — |
| Models | Only from the Liho LLM catalog | Liho LLM, OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, compatible gateways | The Liho LLM catalog |
| Where it runs | Your computer, your own server, Liho Cloud; managed from any device and a browser | Your computer | The llm.liho.dev cloud service |
| Platforms | macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows x64, Linux x64 | macOS (Apple Silicon), Windows x64, Linux x64 | Any language and platform with HTTP |
| Payment | Model requests from the Liho LLM balance | Requests through Liho LLM from the balance; your own keys are paid to the providers | Requests from a ruble balance |
| Learn more | Learn more | Learn more |
How the products work together
One account
A Liho LLM account is how you sign in to Cowork and the source of models for Cowork, Liho Server and, if you choose, the Liho IDE agent.
One balance
Requests from all products through Liho LLM are charged to a single ruble balance. Separate keys help you split spending.
Different jobs
Development and its whole cycle go in the IDE. Documents, spreadsheets and scheduled tasks go in Cowork. Your services use the API.
If you are not sure
| You need to hand off a task and get a finished result: a file, a spreadsheet or a code change | Liho Cowork |
| You need a task that runs on a schedule without you | Liho Cowork and Liho Server |
| You write and debug code yourself and want to approve every edit the agent makes | Liho IDE |
| You already use Claude Code or Codex and want Git, tests and a debugger alongside | Liho IDE |
| You need to add a model to your own app | Liho LLM |