DeepSeek Harness (dsh) is an MIT, model-agnostic agent runtime whose model adapter, tool registry, sandbox and agent loop are all swappable plugins.
Yes, DeepSeek Harness (dsh) is open source under the MIT license.
DeepSeek Harness (dsh) is free to use.
Yes, DeepSeek Harness (dsh) can be self-hosted (the source is available under the MIT license).
Open-source agent harness from DeepSeek AI (MIT, TypeScript) where everything is a plugin: the model adapter, tool registry, sandbox and agent loop itself are all swappable, so it runs any model rather than being locked to one vendor. Ships four agent presets, an instant web UI (npx @deepseek-ai/dsh web), OS-level sandboxing (Landlock, Seatbelt, ACL), full MCP support, and a subagent bridge that plugs Claude Code and Codex in as tools. Currently v0.1 (RC7) — a developer preview.
Most agent tooling asks you to accept one vendor's scaffolding along with their model. dsh inverts that: the model is a plugin, the tools are a plugin, the sandbox is a plugin. For a GTM team that has already picked its models and its enrichment/outreach tools, a forkable, model-agnostic harness is the difference between renting an agent product and owning the runtime your agents run in. The subagent bridge (plug Claude Code or Codex in as tools) means adopting it is additive, not a rip-and-replace. Caveat first, though: this is a v0.1 developer preview — prototype on it, don't bet a revenue workflow on it yet.