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dsh-desktop

Desktop agent app for macOS and Windows with Office document templates

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Stars
18.2k
License
MIT
Last commit
Nov 2026
Last release
Nov 2026
Language
JavaScript
Stars, last 13 weeks+18,068
11 Aug 2026: 91 stars18 Aug 2026: 1,024 stars25 Aug 2026: 2,547 stars1 Sept 2026: 3,717 stars8 Sept 2026: 4,510 stars15 Sept 2026: 6,616 stars22 Sept 2026: 8,341 stars29 Sept 2026: 10,679 stars6 Oct 2026: 11,902 stars13 Oct 2026: 13,385 stars20 Oct 2026: 15,285 stars27 Oct 2026: 16,720 stars3 Nov 2026: 17,267 stars10 Nov 2026: 18,159 stars

91 on 11 Aug 202618,159 on 10 Nov 2026

From GitHub's daily star counts.

Checked on GitHub.

Overview

DSH Desktop wraps the DeepSeek Harness agent runtime in a native Electron-style desktop app for macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Windows x64. It adds model provider setup, Word, Excel and PPT template modes that output DOCX, XLSX and PPTX, a workbench app market, safe-mode recovery from broken plugins, and phone pairing over LAN or a tunnel. Sessions and config stay in the local user data directory.

Who it is for: Desktop users wanting an agent that produces Office files, on macOS or Windows

Strengths

  • Generates editable DOCX, XLSX and PPTX from templates; PPT ships 16 templates, 192 layouts
  • Bundles Python and Office processing dependencies, so no separate runtime install
  • Safe mode (--safe-mode) disables third-party plugins while keeping sessions and model config
  • Signed, notarized macOS builds and code-signed Windows installer with auto-update

Weaknesses

  • No Linux or Windows ARM64 builds
  • Built on DeepSeek Harness; depends on its runtime and upstream licenses
  • Phone access over the internet relies on Cloudflare or Pinggy tunnels; Pinggy expires after ~60 minutes
  • README is primarily Chinese; built-in PPT template previews are English only

What it needs

  • Needs DeepSeek Harness, Cloudflare Quick Tunnel (optional, phone access), Pinggy (optional fallback tunnel)
  • Models: Third-party model providers via configurable provider setup

Quick answers

Is dsh-desktop open source?

Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.

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