DeepSeek Harness,
packaged for Linux.

The official Electron desktop app with its bundled Node, pnpm, and Python runtime — as AppImage, .deb, .rpm, and .tar.gz. Auto-updating, checksum-verified, one command to install.

Download View source
curl -fsSL https://github.com/butterpurse-dot/deepseek-harness-linux/releases/latest/download/install-linux.sh | bash

Installs to ~/.local. x64 and arm64. Community build, not an official DeepSeek project.

DeepSeek Harness desktop running on Linux

What you get

The real desktop application, not a browser wrapper. Everything ships in the package, so there is no system Node installation to manage.

Official app

Same Electron app

The upstream apps/desktop build, with the agent, plugins, workspaces, and dsh:// protocol intact.

Formats

AppImage, deb, rpm, tar.gz

Pick a single-file AppImage, a native Debian or Fedora package, or a portable tarball. x64 and arm64.

Updates

Automatic on x64 + arm64

AppImages check GitHub Releases and update in place. dsh-update handles the same flow from a terminal.

Trust

Checksums every time

Every release publishes SHA256SUMS.txt. The installer verifies the download before installing.

Fresh

Follows upstream

An hourly workflow rebases the Linux changes onto each new upstream release, tests them, and publishes.

Portable

Bundled runtime

Node, pnpm, and Python travel with the app. No system packages beyond FUSE for the AppImage.

Install

The one-liner picks the right architecture, verifies the checksum, and adds a desktop entry.

One command

curl -fsSL https://github.com/butterpurse-dot/deepseek-harness-linux/releases/latest/download/install-linux.sh | bash

Requires curl and python3. Installs to ~/.local; pass --prefix /usr/local to change it.

Manual

# AppImage
chmod +x deepseek-harness-*.AppImage
./deepseek-harness-*.AppImage

# Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt install ./deepseek-harness-*.deb

# Fedora / RHEL
sudo dnf install ./deepseek-harness-*.rpm

# Portable
tar -xzf deepseek-harness-*.tar.gz
./deepseek-harness-*/deepseek-harness

AppImage needs FUSE 2 on some distributions: sudo apt install libfuse2 or sudo dnf install fuse2.

Updates

x64 and arm64 AppImages check GitHub Releases on startup and every six hours. The app asks before downloading and installs after you choose Install and Restart.

From a terminal

dsh-update --check   # is a newer release available?
dsh-update           # download, verify and install it
dsh-update --force   # reinstall the current release

arm64 AppImages auto-update through the arm64 feed. A separate v<version>-arm64 release is also published for manual downloads.

Community build

This is a downstream packaging project, not an official DeepSeek product. The upstream desktop app targets macOS and Windows; this repository adds Linux packaging, CI, and installers.

Maintenance

Best-effort, no SLA, no active maintainer. Upstream releases are synced automatically; issues and pull requests are handled by the community when someone has time. If the sync workflow is blocked, it opens an upstream-sync issue and anyone may fix it.

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