DSHDesktop
dataelement/dsh-desktopReviewed by Radar
What it does
DSH Desktop packages DeepSeek Harness, an AI assistant (agent) framework, as an installable app for Windows and Mac. You point it at project folders and give it tasks; it can work with files, create Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, and build editable slide decks from 16 templates. You can continue sessions from your phone. It is for people who want an AI assistant on their own computer. You need an API key from DeepSeek or another AI model provider. The project calls itself an early preview.
How easy it is to install
B · installer plus one simple step · Windows
There is a code-signed Windows x64 installer (dsh-desktop-windows-x64-setup.exe); after installing you add an API key for DeepSeek or another model provider.
Numbers on GitHub
- Stars
- 17,004on Oct 31, 2026
- Downloads
- 135,0194,569 this week
- Growth
- —no gain in the last reading
Stars over time
Facts
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS
- You need to install
- Nothing extra
- To build from source
- Node.js
- Disk space
- 272 MB–815 MB · from the installer
- Accounts or keys
- DeepSeek API or another supported AI model provider
- Cost
- Free, API costs extra · The app is free (MIT). You pay the AI model provider you connect, such as DeepSeek. The README also mentions an enterprise edition, with no price stated.
- License
- MIT (Permissive)
- Can replace
- Gamma, ChatGPT Plus
- Last update
- Oct 30, 2026
Risk signals (4)
- Attentionpublic internet tunnel
README.md, Phone access: remote phone access uses "Cloudflare Quick Tunnel" or "Free Pinggy" as a fallback; the phone enters "a 6-digit pairing password", and "A durable password is created only after you opt in".
AI review
- Infoagent runs local commands
package.json depends on "@deepseek-ai/dsh-bash-local" and "@deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-local", and the README describes adding project workspaces for the agent to work in.
AI review
- Infoearly preview
README.md: "DSH Desktop is an early preview built on the rapidly evolving @deepseek-ai/[email protected]."
AI review
- Infothird party plugins
README.md: a Safe Mode exists because "a third-party plugin interferes with startup or rendering", and .dshpreset packages show "a trust warning before installation".
AI review
Evidence is shown in its original language.
What Radar could not check
- What the agent can change on your computer when it runs commands, and how well the approval prompts limit it.
- Who can reach the phone bridge while a public tunnel is open.
- Real API cost per task with DeepSeek or other providers.
- Whether the Windows installer triggers security warnings on your PC, which the README says may still happen.
- Quality of the generated slide decks and Office files.