# DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs Pi (slim)

> Pi scores 68.4 (B) to DeepSeek Harness's 49.2 (D) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Pi scores 68.4 (B) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Harness (dsh)'s 49.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent harnesses.

- DeepSeek Harness (dsh): D 49.2, rank #909 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.min.md
- Pi: B 68.4, rank #233 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/earendil-pi.min.md
- DeepSeek Harness (dsh), good for Developers who use DeepSeek models and want a scriptable harness with ACP, a JSON event stream and a Python SDK.
- Pi, good for Developers and pipelines that want a small, scriptable coding agent they can extend in TypeScript and drive over JSONL or RPC, inside their own container. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 33; Schema & documentation, 84 against 77; Agent ergonomics, 76 against 68; Security & auth, 61 against 40; Maintenance & community, 87 against 71; Transparency & trust, 64 against 50. Also No key needed to call it.

| Category | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | Pi |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 33 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 76 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 40 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 87 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 50 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | Pi |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | DeepSeek | Earendil |
| Auth | API key | None |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-07 |
| Popularity | 245k npm/wk | 113k stars, 5.2M npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 3.3/5 (4) |