deepseek-harness vs marketing-team-eve-template
Two of the top projects in Agent backends, side by side: who leads on each score part and who each one suits, then setup, license, activity and what each review found.
deepseek-harness
Plugin-based agent harness from DeepSeek with a local Web UI
marketing-team-eve-template
eve lead agent delegating to five marketing specialists with approval gates
Verdict
deepseek-harness ranks higher, 70 to 56. Of the 5 score parts we measure for both, deepseek-harness leads on 3, marketing-team-eve-template on 1 and 1 is even.
- Adoptiondeepseek-harness leads by 78 points, 99 to 21: a wide gap.
- FreshnessEven at 100.
- Maintenancedeepseek-harness leads by 72 points, 100 to 28: a wide gap.
- Easy to runmarketing-team-eve-template leads by 67 points, 67 to 0: a wide gap.
- Agent-readydeepseek-harness leads by 15 points, 85 to 70: a wide gap.
Pick deepseek-harness if you are
Developers building agents through plugins, tolerant of breaking changes
- Starts with one npx command; no Docker or database mentioned
- Everything-is-a-plugin design on Cordis, with a dsh-plugin topic for discovery
Pick marketing-team-eve-template if you are
Teams studying multi-agent delegation with real tool writes
- Approval matrix is enforced in connection tool lists, not only in prompts
- Each specialist is a directory; the lead routes on its description alone
| What we compare | deepseek-harness | marketing-team-eve-template |
|---|---|---|
| Score parts, out of 100 | ||
| Adoption | 99, widely used | 21, niche |
| Freshness | 100, active | 100, active |
| Maintenance | 100, healthy | 28, weak |
| Easy to run | 0, hard | 67, easy |
| Agent-ready | 85, ready | 70, partly |
| Facts from GitHub and the README | ||
| Stars | 249.7k | 453 |
| License | MIT (permissive) | MIT (permissive) |
| Last commit | Oct 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| Last release | None published | None published |
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Docker | No | No |
| GPU | Not stated | Not needed |
| arm64 or Apple Silicon | Not stated | Not stated |
deepseek-harness
DeepSeek Harness (`dsh`) is a TypeScript agent harness built on the Cordis plugin framework, where every component is a plugin. It runs via `npx @deepseek-ai/dsh web` or from a source checkout with pnpm, and serves a Web UI at 127.0.0.1:3080 by default. It is a developer preview, and the README warns of compatibility-breaking changes.
Who it is for: Developers building agents through plugins, tolerant of breaking changes
Strengths
- Starts with one npx command; no Docker or database mentioned
- Everything-is-a-plugin design on Cordis, with a dsh-plugin topic for discovery
- MIT license, documentation site and third-party license notices
- Web UI binds to 127.0.0.1 by default; --no-open skips the browser
Weaknesses
- Developer preview; README warns of compatibility-breaking changes
- No tagged release published
- README does not list supported models, providers or system requirements
- Safety notice must be read before running; its contents are not in the README
- TypeScript
- Needs Node.js, pnpm (source build)
marketing-team-eve-template
An eve project where a lead agent briefs one of five specialists (product marketing, content, social, SEO, email) and returns their output as Notion pages, Typefully drafts or Resend campaigns through MCP connections. A shared brand context document in Vercel Blob is the only state, sends and scheduled publishes pause for approval in Slack or the terminal, and models come through Vercel AI Gateway. For teams studying multi-agent delegation.
Who it is for: Teams studying multi-agent delegation with real tool writes
Strengths
- Approval matrix is enforced in connection tool lists, not only in prompts
- Each specialist is a directory; the lead routes on its description alone
- Remote agents let a specialist live in its own deployment
- CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md and architecture docs included
Weaknesses
- Needs Notion, Resend and Slack connectors via Vercel Connect plus a Typefully key
- Tied to eve, Vercel AI Gateway, Blob and Sandbox
- No tests; pnpm validate covers lint and typecheck
- No .env.example
- TypeScript, eve, ai-gateway, ai-sdk
- Needs vercel-connect, notion, resend, slack, typefully-api-key, vercel-blob, ai-gateway
- GitHub template
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