Getting started, self-hosting and the open-source repo

Quick start

1. Sign in — an email code is all it takes. If you have no account yet, one is created for you, with free credits included.
2. Write down the task — describe what you want done in the box on the home page and press Enter.
3. Collect the result — the agent runs in a cloud container, and any web page it builds gets a public preview URL.

Get started

Self-hosting guide

The code is open source, so you can deploy it on your own servers. Once it is running you have a complete private dsh platform of your own.

You need three things at minimum:

• A machine with Docker installed (2 cores and 4 GB of RAM to start)
• A domain name (not needed if you are only trying it out locally)
• An OpenAI-compatible model endpoint and its API key

git clone https://github.com/AgentsDanceAI/deepseek-harness-cloud
cd deepseek-harness-cloud
cp deploy/selfhost/.env.example deploy/selfhost/.env   # fill in the keys as the comments describe
docker compose -f deploy/selfhost/docker-compose.yml up -d

Full documentation on GitHub

Open-source repository

The server, the desktop patches and the deployment setup all live in the repository. Self-hosting, issues and pull requests are welcome. The underlying DeepSeek Harness is MIT licensed. This project is operated independently and has no affiliation with DeepSeek.

GitHub repository

Download the apps

Desktop apps for macOS and Windows plus an Android APK. On iOS, open the web version in Safari and add it to your home screen.

Go to the download page