DSHCode

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DSHCode is a community-maintained Electron desktop companion for the official open-source DeepSeek Harness project. It packages the upstream Web UI and plugin runtime as a one-click macOS and Windows application, so installed users do not need Node.js or a CLI.

Download

Download installable packages for macOS Apple Silicon, macOS Intel, and Windows x64 from GitHub Releases. Preview packages are not code-signed or notarized, so macOS Gatekeeper and Windows SmartScreen may warn before first launch.

Run

Install a DSHCode package, then open DSHCode from the macOS Applications folder or Windows Start menu. The application starts and stops its bundled Web profile itself; installed users do not run a terminal command.

Run from source

Developers can still run the upstream Web entry from a repository checkout:

git clone https://github.com/whitelonng/dshcode.git
cd dshcode
pnpm install
pnpm run build
pnpm dsh web

The command prints the local Web UI address. See the Web UI guide.

Desktop application

Opening DSHCode starts the bundled Harness Web profile and displays it in a hardened Electron window. The desktop shell is intentionally small; product behavior and the Web UI remain in the upstream packages so later upstream updates can be integrated without maintaining a second interface.

See the desktop application guide for architecture, platform targets, packaging, and current limitations.

Local service and ports

Each application launch starts an HTTP service inside the Electron main process. It binds only to 127.0.0.1 and asks the operating system for an available ephemeral port, so it does not reserve a fixed port or normally conflict with another local service. DSHCode permits one application instance, loads only its exact loopback origin, and disposes the Harness tree before the process exits; closing the application therefore stops the service and releases its port.

Build desktop packages

git clone https://github.com/whitelonng/dshcode.git
cd dshcode
pnpm install
pnpm run desktop:dist

Artifacts are written to .artifacts/desktop/release/. The Desktop GitHub Actions workflow builds macOS Apple Silicon, macOS Intel, and Windows x64 packages; a desktop-v* tag publishes the completed matrix and SHA-256 checksums to GitHub Releases.

Project positioning

DeepSeek Harness (dsh) is the official open-source plugin-based agent harness developed by DeepSeek AI. DSHCode participates in its plugin ecosystem as a desktop companion distribution and uses the dsh-plugin and deepseekharness-plugin repository topics for discovery. It retains the upstream package names, copyright notices, architecture, documentation, and upstream Git remote so changes remain attributable and mergeable.

DSHCode is an independent community project. Unless DeepSeek grants explicit authorization, it is not an official DeepSeek release, endorsement, or certification.

Development

Start with the development guide, architecture documentation, and desktop application guide. For agents, follow AGENTS.md.

Acknowledgements

• LINUX DO — This project is continuously shared and discussed in the LINUX DO community.
• dsh-genui — Provides the built-in generative UI plugin.
• dsh-annotation — Provides the built-in selection-annotation workflow.
• dsh-web-ui — Provides the built-in Web UI feature and skin collection.

License and branding

The source remains available under the upstream MIT License. Redistribution must retain DeepSeek's copyright and permission notice; bundled third-party software and licenses are disclosed in THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md, and the desktop package includes both files.

The MIT software license does not by itself grant permission to use DeepSeek trademarks or logos as DSHCode branding. DeepSeek's Terms of Use (Chinese version) reserve those brand features. DSHCode distributions use an independent application icon; upstream identity retained inside the embedded Harness interface and the official powered by dsh attribution identify compatibility, not endorsement.