# DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs OpenMausBot (slim)

> OpenMausBot scores 65.4 (B) to DeepSeek Harness's 49.5 (D) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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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 & pricing. Both do agent harnesses.

- DeepSeek Harness (dsh): D 49.5, rank #960 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.min.md
- OpenMausBot: B 65.4, rank #368 of 1239 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openmausbot.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. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 60 against 50.
- OpenMausBot, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 60 against 33; Schema & documentation, 90 against 77; Agent ergonomics, 77 against 68; Security & auth, 59 against 40; Transparency & trust, 59 against 53. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | OpenMausBot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 33 | 60 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 90 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 40 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 50 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 53 | 59 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | OpenMausBot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | DeepSeek | Supamaus Software Private Limited |
| Transports |  | stdio |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | none | 20 |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-30 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-10 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-10-18 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 245k npm/wk | 8.2k stars, 3.5k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |