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It runs DSH's local Web UI, Host service and plugin system at a pinned upstream version, unchanged, and adds a window, tray, terminal, updater and work profiles as an installable app (Windows x64 NSIS installer, macOS Universal DMG). The desktop shell is itself a Cordis-based DSH plugin, and a plugin marketplace (DSH Community Market) is built in. 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Windows x64: download the installer from https://www.dshdesktop.cn/api/downloads/windows and run the NSIS installer" }, { "command": false, "text": "2. macOS Universal: download the DMG from https://www.dshdesktop.cn/api/downloads/mac, open it and drag DSH Desktop into Applications" }, { "command": false, "text": "3. Run from source: git submodule update --init --recursive" }, { "command": false, "text": "4. corepack yarn install --immutable" }, { "command": false, "text": "5. corepack yarn dev" } ], "caveat": [ "Licence MIT. Windows x64 and macOS Universal only (no Linux). The README is Chinese-first; README.en.md exists. Unofficial and unrelated to DeepSeek; the README carries a sponsors section (Alibaba Cloud Wuying, UCloud, 88API — with affiliate links). The LAN-exposure option has no authentication — the README warns that anyone on the same network could operate your computer. Update checks send the installed version and a random installation ID. Model API keys and billing belong to DSH upstream: [확인 필요]." ] }, "cta": { "type": "install", "label": "INSTALL", "url": "https://dshdesktop.cn/" }, "ready": "install", "categories": [ "ai" ], "categories_confirmed": true, "tags": [ "deepseek", "coding-agent", "desktop-client", "plugins", "windows", "macos" ], "platform": [ "windows", "macos" ], "license": { "spdx": "MIT", "scope": "permissive", "scope_text": "Use, change and redistribute, commercially too. 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The text is editorial; the numbers are stored observations.", "null in the JSON means not observed — never zero. The Markdown writes [unconfirmed] for it.", "Star total = the value last checked on GitHub (stars_checked_at) + increases observed via GH Archive since. The 24h · 7d · 30d gains are GH Archive hourly events summed to the reference time (as_of). No score of ours.", "Reconstructed from archive data, not a live discovery.", "A summary, not legal advice." ] }