{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "deepseek-harness", "name": "DeepSeek Harness (dsh)", "vendor": "DeepSeek", "vendorUrl": "https://deepseek-harness.github.io/deepseek-harness/", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "DeepSeek Harness (`dsh`) is DeepSeek's MIT-licensed agent harness, a developer preview built from plugins over the Cordis framework. It runs as a local Web UI, a one-shot headless command, an ACP server or a JSON-RPC server for its Python SDK.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-harness.json", "repo": "https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness", "license": "MIT", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@deepseek-ai/dsh" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "deepseek-harness-sdk" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "No account with the project. A model key goes in the environment, `$DSH_HOME/.credentials.yaml`, a `.env` file or the Web UI settings, for DeepSeek (`DEEPSEEK_API_KEY`), a catalogue provider or a custom OpenAI or Anthropic-compatible endpoint, including a self-hosted one. The Web UI listens on loopback and authenticates each request.", "pricing": "free", "pricingNotes": "Free and MIT, with nothing to buy for the harness. The owner pays the model provider, usually DeepSeek's API at its published per-token rates, or nothing with a self-hosted model.", "priceSummary": "Free · OSS", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, the CLI reference or the docs index (checked 2026-10-18).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 244843, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-18" }, "docsUrl": "https://deepseek-harness.github.io/deepseek-harness/", "llmsTxt": "https://deepseek-harness.github.io/deepseek-harness/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "open-source", "typescript", "python", "mcp", "acp", "llms-txt", "telemetry-default-on", "pre-1.0", "preview", "free", "no-card", "local" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-17", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 49.5, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 960, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1239, "categoryRank": 36, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 71, "payments": 60, "reliability": 33, "schema": 77, "security": 40, "transparency": 53 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-18" }, "negative": -6, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-09-08. CVE-2026-82533 (CVSS 9.6, published by VulnCheck). The local HTTP agent-control API trusted a client-supplied loopback Host header, so a sandboxed tool process could reach it, escape the sandbox and turn off approvals, and a tunnelled port exposed it remotely. Fixed in 0.1.2-alpha.1 with commit 3e24087 per the NVD record. Fixed, inside six months, -2. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82533", "2026-09-28 to 2026-10-16. Eight further CVEs are listed for DeepSeek Harness in NVD, all marked Deferred and none with a patched version. Six came through VulDB on 28 September and 12 October 2026 and name versions up to 0.1.0-rc.7, 0.1.1-rc.2, 0.1.5-rc.3 and 0.1.7-rc.2, with CVSS 3.1 scores of 3.1 to 6.3. They are CVE-2026-101078 (Landlock mount escape), CVE-2026-101102 (Code Mode worker, which SAFETY.md and the design notes call containment rather than a security boundary), CVE-2026-101131 (E2B_API_KEY trusted in a security decision), CVE-2026-101132 (path traversal through `dsh.bundle.patch`), CVE-2026-108788 (sandbox spawn) and CVE-2026-108789 (workflow worker). Each says the vendor was contacted early and did not respond. CVE-2026-95182 (CVSS 10.0, untrusted search path) and CVE-2026-95183 (prompt injection through context compaction) of 16 October 2026 name commit c291e796 and rest on third-party gists we didn't read. Read the way the PicoClaw note was. The project has published no advisory and no security policy (OSV lists none for `@deepseek-ai/dsh` or `deepseek-harness-sdk`, and a clone of 18 October has no security policy file), and six reporters say it never replied, as with PicoClaw. We read all eight NVD records but none of the write-ups. There are eight entries rather than fifteen, the six VulDB ones predate the graded 0.2.0-rc.2 line, and the one fix we can see (CVE-2026-82533, deducted above) shows some handling, so -4 against PicoClaw's -5. https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?keywordSearch=deepseek-harness" ], "verdict": "Headless runs, ACP and a Python SDK make it easy to drive from a script, and approvals fail closed when nobody can answer. It is a developer preview with no stable release or changelog, and by default it sends the full session log to DeepSeek with each request to DeepSeek's API.", "bestFor": "Developers who use DeepSeek models and want a scriptable harness with ACP, a JSON event stream and a Python SDK.", "strengths": [ "MIT licence, with headless `--json`, an ACP stdio server and a JSON-RPC server for the Python SDK from one `dsh` command", "In headless and ACP runs an approval nobody answers is denied, so the default `workspace-write` plus `ask` preset fails closed", "File writes are confined to the workspace by bwrap or Landlock on Linux, Seatbelt on macOS and restricted tokens on Windows", "`--dump-config-schema` prints a JSON Schema 2020-12 document for the composed configuration, and the docs serve llms.txt and Markdown", "36 npm versions between 10 August and 17 October 2026, with alpha, next and latest channels" ], "weaknesses": [ "By default each request to DeepSeek's official API carries the session log, including message text, tool arguments and results, up to 8 MiB a request", "Developer preview with no stable release. npm `latest` is 0.2.0-rc.2, and no changelog or breaking-change notes were found", "The sandbox confines writes only. Reads and network access are not confined, and `web_fetch` runs without approval", "No SECURITY.md or security.txt. NVD lists nine CVEs from September and October 2026, six saying the vendor did not respond", "The Python SDK's minimal profile pins `danger-full-access` with no approval service, and external pull requests are not accepted" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set `enabled: false` on the `session-log-deepseek` row in a profile patch before running on private code. Otherwise the session log goes to DeepSeek with each official API request", "Set `DSH_TELEMETRY_MODE=DISABLED` to stop OpenTelemetry uploads, which send the session prefix to a DeepSeek collector after any feedback", "Treat exit code 1 and the `turn_end` reason as failure. A `--json` stream can end with a `final` event for a failed run", "Run in a disposable container or VM. The sandbox doesn't confine reads or network, and SAFETY.md says the project has had no security audit", "Pin the version. npm `latest` (0.2.0-rc.2) and `next` (0.2.1-rc.2) differ, DeepSeek's changelog asks for 0.2.1-rc.1 or later, and the README warns of breaking changes" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 49.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 71, "payments": 60, "reliability": 33, "schema": 77, "security": 40, "transparency": 59 }, "provenanceScore": 47, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-18", "maintenance": "2026-10-18", "payments": "2026-10-18", "reliability": "2026-10-18", "schema": "2026-10-18", "security": "2026-10-18", "transparency": "2026-10-18" }, "last": "2026-10-18", "lastMoved": "2026-10-27", "oldest": "2026-10-18", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "npx @deepseek-ai/dsh web # or: python -m pip install deepseek-harness-sdk", "headless": { "command": "npx @deepseek-ai/dsh --profile headless --json \"$TASK\"", "env": { "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e", "DSH_TELEMETRY_MODE": "DISABLED" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/deepseek-harness" }, "area": "frameworks", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "DeepSeek (the LICENSE names DeepSeek, and no legal entity is named in the repository or the docs)", "domain": "deepseek-harness.github.io", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-18", "notes": [ "The project publishes no terms or privacy policy of its own. Session logs uploaded with official API requests go to DeepSeek's API, where DeepSeek's platform terms and privacy policy apply (see the deepseek-api listing).", "No SECURITY.md in the repository root or .github, and deepseek-harness.github.io/.well-known/security.txt and www.deepseek.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 18 October 2026.", "No CHANGELOG.md in the repository and no release notes on the docs site. Versions are on npm and PyPI only.", "GitHub's web pages and API were not read. A compiled record of 18 October (shields.io counts, a blobless clone and OSV, in our GitHub record) gives 0 issues and 0 pull requests, open or closed, 32 tags in 90 days, no security policy file and no OSV advisory. Stars, CI results and Discussions remain unchecked." ], "score": 47 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.json", "live": { "slug": "deepseek-harness", "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@deepseek-ai/dsh", "version": "0.2.1-rc.5", "seenAt": "2026-10-30T14:08:42.948188209Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "deepseek-harness-sdk", "version": "0.2.1rc2", "released": "2026-10-17", "seenAt": "2026-10-30T14:08:43.276641625Z" } ], "githubStars": 266512, "npmWeekly": 661887, "pypiWeekly": 127230, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://deepseek-harness.github.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T15:38:24.784452355Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://deepseek-harness.github.io/deepseek-harness/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T15:07:15.080559691Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "github.io", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T13:54:29.184658481Z" }, "github": { "repo": "deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness", "checkedAt": "2026-10-26T07:22:53.976861359Z", "stars": 261805, "archived": false, "issuesEnabled": false, "pushedAt": "2026-10-23T15:25:40Z", "openIssues": 0, "openPRs": 0, "issuesOpened90d": 0, "issuesClosed90d": 0, "prsMerged90d": 0, "ci": { "branch": "master", "runs": 5, "success": 3, "failure": 2, "other": 0, "latest": "failure", "latestAt": "2026-08-13T12:45:36Z" } }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-30T15:38:24.784452355Z" } }, "answer": "OpenMausBot scores 65.4 (B) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Harness (dsh)'s 49.5 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek Harness (dsh) leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "openmausbot", "name": "OpenMausBot", "vendor": "Supamaus Software Private Limited", "vendorUrl": "https://mausbot.com", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "OpenMausBot, now branded MausBot, is an open-source desktop app that runs Claude Code, Codex and other agent CLIs as a team of chat bots with their own computers. Other agents drive it through a stdio MCP server and CLI.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openmausbot", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openmausbot.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openmausbot.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openmausbot.json", "repo": "https://github.com/milind-soni/OpenMausBot", "license": "Apache-2.0", "transports": [ "stdio" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "openmausbot" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "No account for the free app. The harness binds to 127.0.0.1. In packaged builds, read-only MCP tools work on loopback without a token, while tools that create, send, switch, interrupt or run need a paired session token (`omb_sess_...`) from a single-use pairing code in Settings \u003e Phone, passed as `OPENMAUSBOT_TOKEN` and revocable there. Agent CLIs use the owner's own logins or API keys. Cloud plans need a MausBot account.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "The app is free under Apache 2.0, with model usage billed by the owner's own provider. MausBot Cloud, an always-on hosted workspace, is $15, $49 or $99 a month (Starter, Pro, Max) with 100, 300 or 800 cloud computer-hours. Team is $169 a month; Business plans start with a call. Extra computer-hours are $0.05 each. Prices from https://mausbot.com/pricing, read on 30 October 2026.", "priceSummary": "$15 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the README, the MCP and CLI docs, the pricing page or the file tree of the repository (checked 2026-10-30). Cloud plans are paid by monthly subscription.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 20, "popularity": { "githubStars": 8181, "npmWeekly": 3518, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://github.com/milind-soni/OpenMausBot/blob/main/docs/mcp-server.md", "capabilities": [ "agent.multi-agent", "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "desktop.control" ], "tags": [ "open-source", "apache-2.0", "self-hosted", "local", "freemium", "no-card", "mcp", "stdio", "cli", "typescript", "desktop-app", "macos", "windows", "linux", "docker" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-30", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 65.4, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 368, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1239, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 77, "maintenance": 74, "payments": 50, "reliability": 60, "schema": 90, "security": 59, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-30" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-18. The privacy policy (last updated 18 October 2026) says the desktop and companion apps contain no third-party analytics SDKs, while the app's source loads posthog-js and sends events to us.i.posthog.com unless the owner switches analytics off, as docs/analytics.md describes. Disclosed in the README and docs, so a misleading claim rather than undisclosed telemetry, -2. https://mausbot.com/privacy, https://github.com/milind-soni/OpenMausBot/blob/main/src/lib/analytics.ts" ], "verdict": "A bounded 20-tool MCP server with typed schemas, annotations and idempotent sends, and a headless CLI with JSON output and exit codes, let another agent hand work to a bot team and wait on it. New bots start at Full access, so provider permission requests pass without a card, and usage analytics stay on until switched off.", "bestFor": "A person or an outside agent who wants several CLI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Grok, ACP CLIs) organised as named bots with their own computers, routines and approvals, driven by MCP or a CLI.", "strengths": [ "20 MCP tools with typed inputs, `additionalProperties: false`, limits and readOnlyHint, destructiveHint and idempotentHint on every tool", "`wait_for_conversation` holds until the job changes and returns settled, needs-user, failed, stalled or timed-out with the job tree", "`send_id` makes a repeated send return the first receipt instead of posting twice", "The `openmausbot` CLI prints one JSON document with `--json` and uses documented exit codes, 3 for a pending approval and 4 for a timeout", "128 desktop releases between 11 August and 30 October 2026, published to npm by GitHub Actions trusted publishing with provenance" ], "weaknesses": [ "New bots start at Full access, which approves provider permission requests without a card", "Usage analytics to PostHog are on by default, while the privacy policy says the apps carry no third-party analytics SDKs", "Pre-1.0 (0.1.134), with new capabilities shipped in patch versions and no breaking-change section in release notes", "The MCP server answers only while the desktop app or `openmausbot serve` is running, and mutating tools need a paired token", "Not in the official MCP registry. The Windows installer is not code-signed" ], "agentNotes": [ "Ask the owner for a pairing code from Settings \u003e Phone, exchange it at `POST /api/auth/pair`, and set `OPENMAUSBOT_TOKEN` with an explicit `OMB_PORT`", "Pass a `send_id` with every `send_bot_message` and `send_channel_message`, so a retry returns the first receipt", "Use `wait_for_conversation` instead of polling, and on `needs-user` stop and tell the owner a card is waiting", "Check a bot's access level with the owner before sending work. New bots run at Full access unless defaults were changed", "Ask the owner to switch off Settings \u003e General \u003e Usage analytics if nothing beyond model calls should leave the machine" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 65.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 77, "maintenance": 74, "payments": 50, "reliability": 60, "schema": 90, "security": 59, "transparency": 57 }, "provenanceScore": 61, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-30", "maintenance": "2026-10-30", "payments": "2026-10-30", "reliability": "2026-10-30", "schema": "2026-10-30", "security": "2026-10-30", "transparency": "2026-10-30" }, "last": "2026-10-30", "oldest": "2026-10-30", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g openmausbot # Node.js 24 or newer, or download the desktop app from https://github.com/milind-soni/OpenMausBot/releases/latest", "config": { "mcpServers": { "openmausbot": { "args": [ "mcp" ], "command": "openmausbot", "env": { "OMB_PORT": "8799" } } } }, "headless": { "command": "openmausbot run \"Room Lead\" \"$TASK\" --json --export ./out", "env": { "OMB_PORT": "8799" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.multi-agent", "tool": "https://letme.dev/openmausbot" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "MausBot Cloud Starter (100 computer-hours)", "unit": "month", "usd": 15, "note": "Model usage billed by the owner's provider" }, { "item": "MausBot Cloud Pro (300 computer-hours, $10 Claude credit)", "unit": "month", "usd": 49, "note": "Model usage beyond the credit billed by the owner's provider" }, { "item": "MausBot Cloud Max (800 computer-hours, $20 Claude credit)", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "Model usage beyond the credit billed by the owner's provider" }, { "item": "MausBot Team (up to 5 people)", "unit": "month", "usd": 169, "note": "$135 a month billed yearly" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Supamaus Software Private Limited", "domain": "mausbot.com", "domainRegistered": "2026-09-30", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://mausbot.com/terms", "privacy": "https://mausbot.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/milind-soni/OpenMausBot/releases", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-30", "notes": [ "The terms name Supamaus Software Private Limited, a company incorporated in India, with the laws of India and the courts at Pune. The contact page gives CIN U62011PN2026PTC259029 and names Milind Soni, Director, as grievance officer.", "The licence file and the enterprise licence read Copyright 2026 Milind Soni. LICENSING.md says the OpenMausBot and MausBot names and the mascot are trademarks of Supamaus Software Private Limited.", "RDAP at Verisign gives 2026-08-12 for openmausbot.com and 2026-09-30 for mausbot.com. The GitHub repository was created on 11 August 2026.", "www.openmausbot.com and docs.openmausbot.com disallow our crawler in robots.txt (ClaudeBot and anthropic-ai on www, every user agent on docs), so neither was read. mausbot.com allows all and was read. The docs site's source is in the repository under apps/docs and was read there.", "mausbot.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 30 October 2026. SECURITY.md in the repository gives an email and GitHub private vulnerability reporting.", "The software runs on the owner's machine, so there is no vendor endpoint or status page to check for the listed surface. MausBot Cloud is a hosted option with no status page found." ], "score": 61 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openmausbot.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "DeepSeek", "b": "Supamaus Software Private Limited", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Free", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT", "b": "Apache-2.0", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "none", "b": "20", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-17", "b": "2026-10-30", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "2026-10-10", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "2026-10-18", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "245k npm/wk", "b": "8.2k stars, 3.5k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3/5 (4)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "OpenMausBot scores 65.4 (B) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Harness (dsh)'s 49.5 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek Harness (dsh) leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, DeepSeek Harness (dsh) or OpenMausBot?" }, { "answer": "Yes. DeepSeek Harness (dsh) is open source (MIT). OpenMausBot is open source (Apache-2.0).", "question": "Are DeepSeek Harness (dsh) and OpenMausBot open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 50" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Developers who use DeepSeek models and want a scriptable harness with ACP, a JSON event stream and a Python SDK.", "slug": "deepseek-harness", "watchFor": "By default each request to DeepSeek's official API carries the session log, including message text, tool arguments and results, up to 8 MiB a request" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 60 against 33", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 90 against 77", "Agent ergonomics, 77 against 68", "Security \u0026 auth, 59 against 40", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 59 against 53" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "A person or an outside agent who wants several CLI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Grok, ACP CLIs) organised as named bots with their own computers, routines and approvals, driven by MCP or a CLI.", "slug": 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"url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-unstoppable" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-vibe-trading.json", "title": "OpenMausBot vs Vibe-Trading", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-vibe-trading" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-warp.json", "title": "OpenMausBot vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openmausbot-vs-warp" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 27, "deepseek-harness": 33, "edge": "openmausbot", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "openmausbot": 60, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 13, "deepseek-harness": 77, "edge": "openmausbot", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "openmausbot": 90, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 9, "deepseek-harness": 68, "edge": "openmausbot", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-harness.json\n- OpenMausBot: grade B, 65.4/100, rank #368 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openmausbot.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openmausbot.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 875 harnesses comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agent-harnesses/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### DeepSeek Harness (dsh) (D)\n\nGood for: Developers who use DeepSeek models and want a scriptable harness with ACP, a JSON event stream and a Python SDK.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 50\n\nWatch for: By default each request to DeepSeek's official API carries the session log, including message text, tool arguments and results, up to 8 MiB a request\n\n### OpenMausBot (B)\n\nGood for: A person or an outside agent who wants several CLI agents (Claude Code, Codex, Grok, ACP CLIs) organised as named bots with their own computers, routines and approvals, driven by MCP or a CLI.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 60 against 33\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 90 against 77\n- Agent ergonomics, 77 against 68\n- Security \u0026 auth, 59 against 40\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 59 against 53\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: New bots start at Full access, which approves provider permission requests without a card\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | OpenMausBot | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 33 | 60 | OpenMausBot +27 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 90 | OpenMausBot +13 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 77 | OpenMausBot +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 40 | 59 | OpenMausBot +19 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 50 | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 74 | OpenMausBot +3 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 53 | 59 | OpenMausBot +6 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -6 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **49.5 · D** | **65.4 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | OpenMausBot |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | DeepSeek | Supamaus Software Private Limited |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | stdio |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |\n| Tools exposed | none | 20 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-30 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-10 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-18 |\n| Customer content may train models | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 245k npm/wk | 8.2k stars, 3.5k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**DeepSeek Harness (dsh).** Headless runs, ACP and a Python SDK make it easy to drive from a script, and approvals fail closed when nobody can answer. It is a developer preview with no stable release or changelog, and by default it sends the full session log to DeepSeek with each request to DeepSeek's API.\n\n**OpenMausBot.** A bounded 20-tool MCP server with typed schemas, annotations and idempotent sends, and a headless CLI with JSON output and exit codes, let another agent hand work to a bot team and wait on it. New bots start at Full access, so provider permission requests pass without a card, and usage analytics stay on until switched off.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### DeepSeek Harness (dsh)\n\n1. Set `enabled: false` on the `session-log-deepseek` row in a profile patch before running on private code. Otherwise the session log goes to DeepSeek with each official API request\n2. Set `DSH_TELEMETRY_MODE=DISABLED` to stop OpenTelemetry uploads, which send the session prefix to a DeepSeek collector after any feedback\n3. Treat exit code 1 and the `turn_end` reason as failure. A `--json` stream can end with a `final` event for a failed run\n4. Run in a disposable container or VM. The sandbox doesn't confine reads or network, and SAFETY.md says the project has had no security audit\n5. Pin the version. npm `latest` (0.2.0-rc.2) and `next` (0.2.1-rc.2) differ, DeepSeek's changelog asks for 0.2.1-rc.1 or later, and the README warns of breaking changes\n\n### OpenMausBot\n\n1. Ask the owner for a pairing code from Settings \u003e Phone, exchange it at `POST /api/auth/pair`, and set `OPENMAUSBOT_TOKEN` with an explicit `OMB_PORT`\n2. Pass a `send_id` with every `send_bot_message` and `send_channel_message`, so a retry returns the first receipt\n3. Use `wait_for_conversation` instead of polling, and on `needs-user` stop and tell the owner a card is waiting\n4. Check a bot's access level with the owner before sending work. New bots run at Full access unless defaults were changed\n5. Ask the owner to switch off Settings \u003e General \u003e Usage analytics if nothing beyond model calls should leave the machine\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, DeepSeek Harness (dsh) or OpenMausBot?\n\nOpenMausBot scores 65.4 (B) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Harness (dsh)'s 49.5 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek Harness (dsh) leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Are DeepSeek Harness (dsh) and OpenMausBot open source?\n\nYes. DeepSeek Harness (dsh) is open source (MIT). OpenMausBot is open source (Apache-2.0).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-openmausbot.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-openmausbot.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"deepseek-harness\", \"b\": \"openmausbot\"}`. 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