Price terms as published
Each line is the vendor’s own wording, split from the price capture checked on 2026-09-22. Nothing here is rounded, converted or re-worded — the full sentences stay in the review below. Lines that carry only a price continue the plan named on the line above, in the vendor’s own order.
| # | Plan / term | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Free (open source, MIT) | 2026-09-22 |
One-liner: DSH Desktop wraps DeepSeek Harness’s local Web UI, host service,
and plugin system into a native Windows/macOS application — one-click installers
for people who don’t want an npx line as their daily driver.
Verified facts (GitHub API + raw README, 2026-09-22 00:26–00:40 UTC+8)
| Attribute | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 28,270 (1,336 forks, 340 open issues+PRs) | anywhere-labs/dsh-desktop via GitHub API, 2026-09-22 |
| License | MIT | GitHub API license field; LICENSE file on master branch (MIT, “Copyright (c) 2026 Anywhere Labs”) |
| Language | TypeScript | GitHub API |
| Created | 2026-08-13 | GitHub API (same day as upstream DSH repo) |
| Last push | 2026-09-21 — daily cadence | GitHub API |
| Latest release | v2.0.13, published 2026-09-19 (Windows x64 .exe + macOS universal .dmg) |
GitHub Releases API |
| Platforms | Windows x64, macOS Universal | README install table |
| Project site | dshdesktop.cn | README hero link |
| Upstream model | “pins and runs a specific upstream version as-is”; desktop provides window/tray/terminal/update/work-config | README |
The non-affiliation disclaimer is the headline feature
The README carries an unusually explicit disclaimer (translated from its Chinese original): “An independent community open-source project with no affiliation, cooperation, authorization, or endorsement relationship with DeepSeek. No DeepSeek employees or upstream DSH official team members currently participate in this repository; upstream contributors visible in the GitHub Contributors list come from fork inheritance and synced commit history.” If you’re evaluating this as “the official DeepSeek app” — it isn’t, and it tells you so in its own words.
The catches
- Version pinning lag. It runs a specific upstream DSH version as-is; when upstream ships a fix, you wait for the desktop release train (weekly-ish so far: 2.0.9 → 2.0.13 in ten days).
- Repo rename residue. README badges still point at the old repo name
anywhere-labs/deepseek-harness-desktop; GitHub redirects, but scripts that hardcoded the old slug should update. - Fork-attribution noise. As the disclaimer itself notes, the Contributors wall shows inherited upstream names — a common source of “is this official?” confusion.
Who should use it
DeepSeek Harness users who want a maintained desktop app instead of a terminal, and anyone benchmarking how fast community packaging appears around a new official runtime (answer: same-day).
Stars, forks, dates, license, and release data pulled from the GitHub API on 2026-09-22 (00:26–00:40 UTC+8); disclaimer, platforms, and architecture from the raw README and LICENSE on the same date. No installer was executed on our machines; no hands-on claims are made.