# DeepSeek Harness (dsh) vs Rovo Dev CLI (slim)

> DeepSeek Harness scores 49.2 (D) to Rovo Dev CLI's 43.9 (E) for agent harnesses. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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DeepSeek Harness (dsh) scores 49.2 (D) on agent readiness against Rovo Dev CLI's 43.9 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Rovo Dev CLI leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do agent harnesses.

- DeepSeek Harness (dsh): D 49.2, rank #909 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-harness.min.md
- Rovo Dev CLI: E 43.9, rank #1010 of 1146 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rovo-dev-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 Schema & documentation, 77 against 45; Agent ergonomics, 68 against 53; Payments & pricing, 60 against 15; Maintenance & community, 71 against 61. Also Free to start without a card; Open source; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.0 against 2.0 out of 5.
- Rovo Dev CLI, good for Teams already on Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket who want the agent to read and update work items and pages from the terminal or a pipeline. Ahead on Security & auth, 48 against 40; Transparency & trust, 61 against 50. Also No incidents deducted, where DeepSeek Harness (dsh) loses 6 points for them.

| Category | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | Rovo Dev CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 33 | 35 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 77 | 45 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 68 | 53 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 40 | 48 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 15 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 71 | 61 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 50 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepSeek Harness (dsh) | Rovo Dev CLI |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | DeepSeek | Atlassian |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary, under the Atlassian Customer Agreement (effective 1 October 2026) and the Atlassian AI Terms (effective 17 August 2026). No source is published |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-16 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| 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 | none |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 2/5 (4) |