DSH Desktop

Recommended plugin: ds-harness-remote — continue your Harness sessions from another computer, phone, or browser. It supports the official DeepSeek Harness desktop edition; see the installation guide.

Android client: Download ds-harness-remote APK (v0.4.27) · Latest version

Archived — no longer maintained. We recommend using the official DeepSeek Harness. Follow its official documentation for setup and usage. This repository and its existing releases are preserved for historical reference; no further updates or fixes are planned.

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The following documentation describes the archived community app.

An independent, open-source desktop app for DeepSeek Harness. It bundles a tested Harness version and runs it locally in a hardened Electron window on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

The bundled Harness version is 0.2.0-rc.1 (dsh-v0.2.0-rc.1). This project keeps its own Electron application, launching the Harness Web profile with the Desktop integration adapter. It does not use upstream's Desktop application or Desktop host.

The bundled dsh-file-viewer plugin has been removed; file preview is no longer included.

DSH Desktop is a community project, not an official DeepSeek product. DeepSeek Harness is currently a developer preview and may introduce breaking changes.

Features

• Ready-to-use packages with no separate Node.js, npm, or npx setup.
• Bundled, version-matched DeepSeek Harness and Remote components.
• Remote session access from another authorized computer, phone, tablet, or browser.
• Plugin discovery and installation from npm or GitHub.
• Workspace actions for VS Code, Cursor, VSCodium, Zed, and the system file manager.
• Local-only Harness service, restricted Electron renderers, and external links opened in the system browser.
• Built-in update checks for new DSH Desktop releases with SHA-256 verification.

Historical downloads

Existing versions remain available from GitHub Releases. These are archived community builds and will not receive further updates. For new installations, use the official DeepSeek Harness.

For downloads in mainland China, use Quark Cloud Drive / 夸克网盘.

The Android client APK version follows the bundled Remote component. macOS packages are Developer ID signed and notarized. Windows may still show a SmartScreen warning. Only install packages downloaded from this repository's Release page or the mirror above.

To run the AppImage:

chmod +x DSH-Desktop-*.AppImage
./DSH-Desktop-*.AppImage

Quick start

1. Open DSH Desktop and wait for Harness to start.
2. Go to Settings → Models and configure a DeepSeek API key or another supported provider.
3. Add or select a workspace.
4. Start a session.

See the upstream Harness Web UI guide for model, workspace, and session usage.

Use the Plugins menu to browse or manage plugins. Plugins run with the same local permissions as Harness, so install only sources you trust. Restart Harness after changing plugins.

On Windows, toggle Help → Launch at Login to start DSH Desktop automatically when you sign in. The checkmark shows whether it is enabled.

DSH Desktop checks GitHub Releases for updates. After downloading and verifying the matching installer, it lets you open the package and exits so the system installer can finish the update. DeepSeek Harness and the bundled components update together with DSH Desktop.

Development

Requires Node.js 24 or newer and npm 10 or newer.

git clone https://github.com/liguobao/dsh-desktop.git
cd dsh-desktop
npm ci
npm start

npm test
npm run check
npm run dist:linux
npm run dist:mac
npm run dist:windows

Installers should be built on their target operating system. GitHub Actions builds all supported platforms when a matching vX.Y.Z tag is pushed.

Security and license

Harness can read and modify files in selected workspaces and execute commands with the permissions you grant. Review the active workspace, model provider, installed plugins, and permission prompts before starting a task. See SECURITY.md for security details and vulnerability reporting.

DSH Desktop is available under the MIT License. Third-party notices are listed in NOTICE.md.