{ "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": 49.2, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 909, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1146, "categoryRank": 33, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 71, "payments": 60, "reliability": 33, "schema": 77, "security": 40, "transparency": 50 }, "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": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 49.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 68, "maintenance": 71, "payments": 60, "reliability": 33, "schema": 77, "security": 40, "transparency": 59 }, "provenanceScore": 40 }, "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": 40 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.json" }, "answer": "Qoder CLI scores 59.3 (C) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Harness (dsh)'s 49.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek Harness (dsh) leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "qoder-cli", "name": "Qoder CLI", "vendor": "Qoder (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED)", "vendorUrl": "https://qoder.com/cli", "kind": "harness", "category": "agent-harnesses", "summary": "Qoder's terminal coding agent. It reads and edits files, runs commands and calls MCP servers under permission rules, with a `-p` headless mode, an Agent Client Protocol server and a TypeScript and Python Agent SDK. Needs a Qoder account.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qoder-cli", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qoder-cli.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qoder-cli.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/qoder-cli.json", "license": "Proprietary, under the Qoder Terms of Service (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED, last updated 29 April 2026). No source is published, and the Agent SDK's LICENSE file points to the same terms", "transports": [], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@qoder-ai/qodercli" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@qoder-ai/qoder-agent-sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "qoder-agent-sdk" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "`/login` or `qoder login` through a browser on a Qoder account, with background token refresh, or a Personal Access Token in `QODER_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN` for CI, ACP clients and the SDK. A PAT is created at qoder.com/account/integrations with chosen permissions and an expiry, and can be revoked. Organisations can use service accounts with scoped tokens.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free gives basic models for a limited number of messages and a 14-day Pro trial with 300 credits. Pro is $20 a month (2,000 credits), Pro+ $60 (6,000) and Ultra $200 (20,000). Credit Packs cost $20 for 1,500 credits and expire after a month. Teams is $40 a seat a month with 3,000 credits, Enterprise $20 a seat with credits bought separately (checked 2026-10-18).", "priceSummary": "$20 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the CLI or SDK docs, the pricing docs or the CLI release notes (checked 2026-10-18).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 4996, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-18" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.qoder.com/cli/overview", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.qoder.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "agent.harness", "agent.mcp-client", "agent.multi-agent" ], "tags": [ "official", "harness", "coding-agent", "cli", "closed-source", "mcp", "acp", "llms-txt", "telemetry-default-on", "free-tier" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 59.3, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 609, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1146, "categoryRank": 19, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 35, "reliability": 51, "schema": 81, "security": 55, "transparency": 64 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-18" }, "negative": -3, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-09-19. CLI 1.1.57 fixed \"a security issue where internal Git calls could execute repository configuration commands\", so opening an untrusted repository could run commands from its Git configuration. Fixed within the month and disclosed only as a release-note line, with no advisory, affected versions or CVE found. Inside six months, -2 (https://docs.qoder.com/release-notes/qoder-cli.md)", "2026-07-16. CLI 1.0.47 fixed the PreToolUse hook not taking effect in headless and SDK modes. The permissions page describes that hook as an interception that holds even in YOLO mode, so headless and SDK runs before the fix skipped organisation hooks. Fixed and noted in the release notes. Judgement call, -1 (https://docs.qoder.com/release-notes/qoder-cli.md)" ], "verdict": "A closed-source terminal agent with a documented headless mode, an ACP server, typed TypeScript and Python SDKs and near-daily releases. Permission rules and modes are detailed, but no local sandbox is documented, usage statistics are on by default, and security fixes appear only as one-line release notes with no advisories or disclosure policy.", "bestFor": "Developers already on Qoder who want the same agent in a terminal, in CI through a PAT, in Zed through ACP, or embedded through the Agent SDK.", "strengths": [ "Headless `-p` with text, json and stream-json output, `--max-turns`, and ask turned into deny", "Agent SDK for TypeScript and Python that drives the CLI with approval callbacks, hooks and session control", "Documented exit codes and Result error subtypes for scripts and SDK hosts", "Personal Access Tokens with chosen permissions and expiry, and scoped service accounts for organisations", "74 dated releases in the 90 days to 16 October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "No local sandbox is documented, and `auto` mode approves read-only tools on any path", "Usage and AI code statistics are on by default, and content use for improvement depends on the plan", "Closed source with no public CI, issue tracker or security advisories, and the audit log leaves out CLI execution", "No security.txt, disclosure policy or status page found", "Agent SDK release notes stop at 1.0.41 on 15 September while npm has 1.0.53" ], "agentNotes": [ "Set `QODER_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN` in CI. The browser sign-in can't complete in a headless run", "Pass `--permission-mode` with `--allowed-tools` in headless runs. Every ask is denied, and `--yolo` removes all checks", "Set `--max-turns` on unattended runs, and branch on exit codes 41 (authentication) and 53 (turn limit)", "Set `privacy.usageStatisticsEnabled` and `aiCodeStatistics.enabled` to false in ~/.qoder/settings.json if usage data must stay local", "Don't pass `--model lite`. The Lite tier was removed on 18 September 2026 and headless requests naming it fail" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 59.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 80, "maintenance": 72, "payments": 35, "reliability": 51, "schema": 81, "security": 55, "transparency": 51 }, "provenanceScore": 76 }, "connect": { "install": "curl -fsSL https://qoder.com/install | bash", "headless": { "env": { "QODER_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "\u003ctoken\u003e" }, "run": "qoder -p \"Review these changes and list potential issues\" --output-format json --permission-mode accept_edits --max-turns 20" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/agent.harness", "tool": "https://letme.dev/qoder-cli" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pro plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 20, "note": "2,000 credits a month" }, { "item": "Credit Pack", "unit": "tx", "usd": 20, "note": "1,500 credits, expires after one month, not refundable" }, { "item": "Teams", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 40, "note": "3,000 credits a seat a month" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED", "domain": "qoder.com", "domainRegistered": "2009-08-21", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://qoder.com/product-service", "privacy": "https://qoder.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://docs.qoder.com/release-notes/qoder-cli.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-18", "notes": [ "The terms of service (last updated 29 April 2026) name BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED as the provider of the Services. The privacy policy (last updated 12 May 2026) describes it as a Singapore registered entity, with a DPO at intldpo@qoder.com.", "We didn't name a parent company, because neither the terms nor the privacy policy names one.", "qoder.com/.well-known/security.txt and docs.qoder.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404 on 18 October 2026.", "No status page was found, and status.qoder.com didn't resolve.", "RDAP (Verisign) gives qoder.com a registration date of 21 August 2009, long before the product.", "qoder.com's robots.txt disallows /pricing, so prices come from docs.qoder.com/account/pricing.md." ], "score": 76 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qoder-cli.json", "live": { "slug": "qoder-cli", "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.qoder.com/release-notes/qoder-cli.md", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:29:24.344546027Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "ad416e727d33" }, { "url": "https://docs.qoder.com/release-notes/lite-model-tier-retirement-notice.md", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:29:19.692659395Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "6c149bbabe94" }, { "url": "https://docs.qoder.com/release-notes/model-consumption-reference-update.md", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:29:22.276830732Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "bc85b1b0ed5c" }, { "url": "https://qoder.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:36:08.120044012Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "2117f74023c8" }, { "url": "https://qoder.com/product-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-18T23:36:10.318722396Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "b0a4a5ea5693" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T23:36:10.318722396Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Agent harness", "b": "Agent harness", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "DeepSeek", "b": "Qoder (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "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": "Proprietary, under the Qoder Terms of Service (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED, last updated 29 April 2026). No source is published, and the Agent SDK's LICENSE file points to the same terms", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-17", "b": "2026-10-16", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no document linked", "b": "", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "245k npm/wk", "b": "5k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3/5 (4)", "b": "3.5/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Qoder CLI scores 59.3 (C) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Harness (dsh)'s 49.2 (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 Qoder CLI?" }, { "answer": "DeepSeek Harness (dsh) is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Qoder CLI.", "question": "Are DeepSeek Harness (dsh) and Qoder CLI open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 35" ], "also": [ "Free to start without a card", "Open source" ], "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, 51 against 33", "Agent ergonomics, 80 against 68", "Security \u0026 auth, 55 against 40", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 64 against 50" ], "also": [ "Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5" ], "goodFor": "Developers already on Qoder who want the same agent in a terminal, in CI through a PAT, in Zed through ACP, or embedded through the Agent SDK.", "slug": "qoder-cli", 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"json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-warp.json", "title": "DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-warp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Devin vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/devin-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Droid CLI vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/droid-cli-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Pi vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/earendil-pi-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Gemini CLI vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-cli-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "GitHub Copilot CLI vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/github-copilot-cli-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "goose vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/goose-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness2-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Harness² vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness2-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "HarnessRouter vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harnessrouter-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jules-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Jules vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/jules-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Mistral Vibe CLI vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mistral-vibe-cli-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-code-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Muse Code vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/muse-code-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "OpenAI Codex vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-codex-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "OpenCode vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/opencode-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "OpenHands vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openhands-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prime-agent-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Prime Agent vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/prime-agent-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-qwen-code.json", "title": "Qoder CLI vs Qwen Code", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-qwen-code" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-reflection-mirror.json", "title": "Qoder CLI vs Mirror CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-reflection-mirror" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-rovo-dev-cli.json", "title": "Qoder CLI vs Rovo Dev CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-rovo-dev-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-warp.json", "title": "Qoder CLI vs Warp (Warp Agent CLI and the Oz Agent API)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/qoder-cli-vs-warp" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-deepseek-harness.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs DeepSeek Harness (dsh)", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-deepseek-harness" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "CLI Manager vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cli-manager-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-harness-autonomous.json", "title": "DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs Harness", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-harness-autonomous" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-paperclip.json", "title": "DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs Paperclip", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-paperclip" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-parallax-agents.json", "title": "DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs Parallax", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-parallax-agents" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Harness vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/harness-autonomous-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Paperclip vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/paperclip-vs-qoder-cli" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-qoder-cli.json", "title": "Parallax vs Qoder CLI", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallax-agents-vs-qoder-cli" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 18, "deepseek-harness": 33, "edge": "qoder-cli", "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "qoder-cli": 51, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 4, "deepseek-harness": 77, "edge": "qoder-cli", "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "qoder-cli": 81, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 12, "deepseek-harness": 68, "edge": "qoder-cli", "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "qoder-cli": 80, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 15, "deepseek-harness": 40, "edge": "qoder-cli", "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "qoder-cli": 55, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 25, "deepseek-harness": 60, "edge": "deepseek-harness", "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "qoder-cli": 35, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 1, "deepseek-harness": 71, "edge": "qoder-cli", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "qoder-cli": 72, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 14, "deepseek-harness": 50, "edge": "qoder-cli", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "qoder-cli": 64, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Qoder CLI scores 59.3 (C) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Harness (dsh)'s 49.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored 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Permission rules and modes are detailed, but no local sandbox is documented, usage statistics are on by default, and security fixes appear only as one-line release notes with no advisories or disclosure policy." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-qoder-cli", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-qoder-cli.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-qoder-cli.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-qoder-cli.min.md" }, "markdown": "Qoder CLI scores 59.3 (C) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Harness (dsh)'s 49.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek Harness (dsh) leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do agent harnesses.\n\n- DeepSeek Harness (dsh): grade D, 49.2/100, rank #909 of 1146. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-harness.json\n- Qoder CLI: grade C, 59.3/100, rank #609 of 1146. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qoder-cli.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/qoder-cli.json\n- Best agent harnesses and coding agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/agent-harnesses/index.md\n- All 713 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 35\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n- Open source\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### Qoder CLI (C)\n\nGood for: Developers already on Qoder who want the same agent in a terminal, in CI through a PAT, in Zed through ACP, or embedded through the Agent SDK.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 51 against 33\n- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 68\n- Security \u0026 auth, 55 against 40\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 64 against 50\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: No local sandbox is documented, and `auto` mode approves read-only tools on any path\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | Qoder CLI | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 33 | 51 | Qoder CLI +18 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 81 | Qoder CLI +4 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 68 | 80 | Qoder CLI +12 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 40 | 55 | Qoder CLI +15 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 35 | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) +25 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 72 | Qoder CLI +1 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 50 | 64 | Qoder CLI +14 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -6 | -3 | |\n| **Total** | | **49.2 · D** | **59.3 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | Qoder CLI |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent harness | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | DeepSeek | Qoder (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED) |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Free | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Proprietary, under the Qoder Terms of Service (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED, last updated 29 April 2026). No source is published, and the Agent SDK's LICENSE file points to the same terms |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-16 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Popularity | 245k npm/wk | 5k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (4) |\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**Qoder CLI.** A closed-source terminal agent with a documented headless mode, an ACP server, typed TypeScript and Python SDKs and near-daily releases. Permission rules and modes are detailed, but no local sandbox is documented, usage statistics are on by default, and security fixes appear only as one-line release notes with no advisories or disclosure policy.\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### Qoder CLI\n\n1. Set `QODER_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN` in CI. The browser sign-in can't complete in a headless run\n2. Pass `--permission-mode` with `--allowed-tools` in headless runs. Every ask is denied, and `--yolo` removes all checks\n3. Set `--max-turns` on unattended runs, and branch on exit codes 41 (authentication) and 53 (turn limit)\n4. Set `privacy.usageStatisticsEnabled` and `aiCodeStatistics.enabled` to false in ~/.qoder/settings.json if usage data must stay local\n5. Don't pass `--model lite`. The Lite tier was removed on 18 September 2026 and headless requests naming it fail\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, DeepSeek Harness (dsh) or Qoder CLI?\n\nQoder CLI scores 59.3 (C) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Harness (dsh)'s 49.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. DeepSeek Harness (dsh) leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Are DeepSeek Harness (dsh) and Qoder CLI open source?\n\nDeepSeek Harness (dsh) is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Qoder CLI.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-qoder-cli.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-harness-vs-qoder-cli.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"deepseek-harness\", \"b\": \"qoder-cli\"}`. 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