# DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs Qoder CLI (slim)

> Qoder CLI scores 59.3 (C) to DeepSeek Harness's 49.2 (D) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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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 & pricing. Both do agent harnesses.

- DeepSeek Harness (dsh): D 49.2, rank #909 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.min.md
- Qoder CLI: C 59.3, rank #609 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/qoder-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. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 60 against 35. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Qoder CLI, good 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. Ahead on Reliability, 51 against 33; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 68; Security & auth, 55 against 40; Transparency & trust, 64 against 50. Also Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.5 against 3.0 out of 5.

| Category | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | Qoder CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 33 | 51 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 40 | 55 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 72 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 50 | 64 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | Qoder CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | DeepSeek | Qoder (BRIGHT ZENITH PRIVATE LIMITED) |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| 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 |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |
| Popularity | 245k npm/wk | 5k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 3.5/5 (4) |