DeepSeek Harness vs Claude Code

The 145k-star newcomer from DeepSeek AI vs the most battle-tested CLI agent. What the data says.

结论

Claude Code is the only harness with AgentRunDB-verified DeepSeek runs today (4 runs, 75%). DeepSeek Harness is the fastest-growing open-source alternative (145k+ stars, MIT) but is in developer preview — and AgentRunDB has not verified it yet.

DeepSeek Harness (dsh) Claude Code
Status on AgentRunDB Source Only ⚠ Partial (run-verified)
Verified runs 0 4
License MIT (open source) Proprietary CLI
Architecture Everything is a Plugin (Cordis) Monolithic CLI + Skills
Maturity Developer preview (breaking changes expected) Production
Model DeepSeek-native Anthropic (DeepSeek via endpoint override)

When to pick which

  • Want open source + plugin ecosystem + DeepSeek-native: try dsh — it is iterating fast.
  • Want verified reliability on DeepSeek today: Claude Code has the evidence trail — see the compatibility page.

This comparison updates as AgentRunDB verification runs land.