# DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs goose (slim)

> goose scores 73.9 (BB) to DeepSeek Harness's 49.2 (D) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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goose scores 73.9 (BB) 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
- goose: BB 73.9, rank #82 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/goose.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. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.5 out of 5.
- goose, good for People and pipelines that want one agent across many model providers or local models, with recipes for repeatable jobs and a desktop app for non-engineers. Ahead on Reliability, 77 against 33; Agent ergonomics, 82 against 68; Security & auth, 77 against 40; Maintenance & community, 86 against 71; Transparency & trust, 63 against 50. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; No key needed to call it.

| Category | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | goose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 33 | 77 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 82 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 40 | 77 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 86 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 50 | 63 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | goose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | DeepSeek | Agentic AI Foundation (originally Block) |
| Auth | API key | None |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-16 |
| Popularity | 245k npm/wk | 55k stars |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 2.5/5 (2) |