# DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs Mistral Vibe CLI (slim)

> Mistral Vibe CLI scores 62.9 (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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Mistral Vibe CLI scores 62.9 (B) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Harness (dsh)'s 49.2 (D), and leads in 5 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
- Mistral Vibe CLI: B 62.9, rank #457 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mistral-vibe-cli.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.
- Mistral Vibe CLI, good for Developers and CI jobs that want an open-source harness tuned for Mistral models, with hard per-run budgets and an export file, or a local model with no account. Ahead on Reliability, 69 against 33; Agent ergonomics, 84 against 68; Security & auth, 58 against 40; Transparency & trust, 79 against 50.

| Category | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | Mistral Vibe CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 33 | 69 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 84 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 40 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 50 | 79 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | Mistral Vibe CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | DeepSeek | Mistral AI |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-09 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-25 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-03 |
| Customer content may train models |  | yes, with an opt-out |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 245k npm/wk | 5.1k stars, 332k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 3.3/5 (4) |