Install

Recommended — npm (one command, both binaries)

npm install -g deepseek-tui

The wrapper downloads both binaries from this Release and places them in the same directory.

Docker / GHCR

docker run --rm -it \
  -e DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" \
  -v ~/.deepseek:/home/deepseek/.deepseek \
  ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui:v0.8.40

The image ships the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui runtime. The latest tag is also updated on release.

Cargo (Linux / macOS)

cargo install deepseek-tui-cli deepseek-tui --locked

Both crates are required — deepseek-tui-cli produces the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui produces the interactive runtime that the dispatcher delegates to. Installing only one binary will fail at runtime with a MISSING_COMPANION_BINARY error.

Manual download

Both binaries below must be downloaded for your platform and dropped into the same directory (e.g. ~/.local/bin/):

Then chmod +x both (Unix) and run ./deepseek.

Verify (recommended)

Download deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt from this Release and verify:

# Linux
sha256sum -c deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt

# macOS
shasum -a 256 -c deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for the full notes for this release.

Install

Recommended — npm (one command, both binaries)

npm install -g deepseek-tui

The wrapper downloads both binaries from this Release and places them in the same directory.

Docker / GHCR

docker run --rm -it \
  -e DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" \
  -v ~/.deepseek:/home/deepseek/.deepseek \
  ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui:v0.8.39

The image ships the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui runtime. The latest tag is also updated on release.

Cargo (Linux / macOS)

cargo install deepseek-tui-cli deepseek-tui --locked

Both crates are required — deepseek-tui-cli produces the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui produces the interactive runtime that the dispatcher delegates to. Installing only one binary will fail at runtime with a MISSING_COMPANION_BINARY error.

Manual download

Both binaries below must be downloaded for your platform and dropped into the same directory (e.g. ~/.local/bin/):

Then chmod +x both (Unix) and run ./deepseek.

Verify (recommended)

Download deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt from this Release and verify:

# Linux
sha256sum -c deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt

# macOS
shasum -a 256 -c deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for the full notes for this release.

Install

Recommended — npm (one command, both binaries)

npm install -g deepseek-tui

The wrapper downloads both binaries from this Release and places them in the same directory.

Docker / GHCR

docker run --rm -it \
  -e DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" \
  -v ~/.deepseek:/home/deepseek/.deepseek \
  ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui:v0.8.38

The image ships the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui runtime. The latest tag is also updated on release.

Cargo (Linux / macOS)

cargo install deepseek-tui-cli deepseek-tui --locked

Both crates are required — deepseek-tui-cli produces the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui produces the interactive runtime that the dispatcher delegates to. Installing only one binary will fail at runtime with a MISSING_COMPANION_BINARY error.

Manual download

Both binaries below must be downloaded for your platform and dropped into the same directory (e.g. ~/.local/bin/):

Then chmod +x both (Unix) and run ./deepseek.

Verify (recommended)

Download deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt from this Release and verify:

# Linux
sha256sum -c deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt

# macOS
shasum -a 256 -c deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for the full notes for this release.

Install

Recommended — npm (one command, both binaries)

npm install -g deepseek-tui

The wrapper downloads both binaries from this Release and places them in the same directory.

Docker / GHCR

docker run --rm -it \
  -e DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" \
  -v ~/.deepseek:/home/deepseek/.deepseek \
  ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui:v0.8.37

The image ships the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui runtime. The latest tag is also updated on release.

Cargo (Linux / macOS)

cargo install deepseek-tui-cli deepseek-tui --locked

Both crates are required — deepseek-tui-cli produces the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui produces the interactive runtime that the dispatcher delegates to. Installing only one binary will fail at runtime with a MISSING_COMPANION_BINARY error.

Manual download

Both binaries below must be downloaded for your platform and dropped into the same directory (e.g. ~/.local/bin/):

Then chmod +x both (Unix) and run ./deepseek.

Verify (recommended)

Download deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt from this Release and verify:

# Linux
sha256sum -c deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt

# macOS
shasum -a 256 -c deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for the full notes for this release.

Install

Recommended — npm (one command, both binaries)

npm install -g deepseek-tui

The wrapper downloads both binaries from this Release and places them in the same directory.

Docker / GHCR

docker run --rm -it \
  -e DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" \
  -v ~/.deepseek:/home/deepseek/.deepseek \
  ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui:v0.8.36

The image ships the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui runtime. The latest tag is also updated on release.

Cargo (Linux / macOS)

cargo install deepseek-tui-cli deepseek-tui --locked

Manual download

Both binaries must be downloaded for your platform and dropped into the same directory. See the release assets above.

Changelog: v0.8.36 (2026-05-14)

A cache-hygiene and UX polish release focused on leaner sub-agent handoffs, sidebar visibility control, and improved RLM batch safety.

Added

• The right sidebar can be hidden for copy-friendly terminals.
  sidebar_focus = "hidden" (or Ctrl+Alt+0 for the current session) removes
  the Work/Tasks/Agents/Context rail so raw terminal selection cannot copy
  sidebar borders alongside transcript text.

Changed

• Sub-agent completion handoffs are leaner and more cache-friendly.
  Internal <deepseek:subagent.done> sentinels now point to the preceding
  human summary line instead of duplicating the summary, elapsed time, and
  step count inside JSON sent to the parent model.
• Prefix stability is visible beside cache telemetry by default. The
  footer now includes the prefix-stability chip in the default status layout,
  and low last-request cache hit rates are no longer colored as hard errors
  when the system/tool prefix itself is stable.
• RLM batch helpers now require an explicit independence assertion.
  sub_query_batch, sub_query_map, and low-level *_batched helpers refuse
  dependency-unsafe parallel fanout unless callers pass
  dependency_mode="independent", and RLM now exposes sub_query_sequence
  for A-to-B dependent work.

Fixed

• Mutex poisoning handling in InMemoryKeyringStore. Lock poison errors
  are now propagated as SecretsError::Keyring instead of causing panics.

Contributors

No new external contributors in this release cycle.

Highlights

• Cleaner TUI sidebar behavior: active checklist work stays visible in short layouts, completed live-tool rows age out, and shell helper tasks are labeled with readable names instead of internal task IDs.
• Broader settings coverage: /config, schema-driven settings UI, /set, and single-setting display now cover the available setting surface, including animation, paste, vim-mode, synchronized output, context panel, currency, and PDF extraction toggles.
• Leaner prompt/context hygiene: first-turn project context avoids hidden tool/cache state, /context shows named prompt layers, and compaction guidance now separates the 60% manual suggestion from the 80% automatic guardrail.
• Stronger release hygiene: version checks now catch changelog/package drift and README contributor-credit drift before release.
• Contributor credit correction: Horace Liu (@liuhq) is now credited for Nix package support and install documentation contributed during the v0.8.34 cycle.

Install

Recommended: npm (one command, both binaries)

npm install -g deepseek-tui

The wrapper downloads both binaries from this Release and places them in the same directory.

Docker / GHCR

docker run --rm -it \
  -e DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" \
  -v ~/.deepseek:/home/deepseek/.deepseek \
  ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui:v0.8.35

The image ships the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui runtime. The latest tag is also updated on release.

Cargo (Linux / macOS)

cargo install deepseek-tui-cli deepseek-tui --locked

Both crates are required: deepseek-tui-cli produces the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui produces the interactive runtime that the dispatcher delegates to. Installing only one binary will fail at runtime with a MISSING_COMPANION_BINARY error.

Manual Download

Download both binaries for your platform and put them in the same directory, such as ~/.local/bin/.

On Unix platforms, run chmod +x on both downloaded binaries before launching ./deepseek.

Verify

Download deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt from this Release and verify:

# Linux
sha256sum -c deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt

# macOS
shasum -a 256 -c deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt

Full Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for the full notes for this release.

Install

Recommended — npm (one command, both binaries)

npm install -g deepseek-tui

The wrapper downloads both binaries from this Release and places them in the same directory.

Docker / GHCR

docker run --rm -it \
  -e DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" \
  -v ~/.deepseek:/home/deepseek/.deepseek \
  ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui:v0.8.34

The image ships the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui runtime. The latest tag is also updated on release.

Cargo (Linux / macOS)

cargo install deepseek-tui-cli deepseek-tui --locked

Both crates are required — deepseek-tui-cli produces the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui produces the interactive runtime that the dispatcher delegates to. Installing only one binary will fail at runtime with a MISSING_COMPANION_BINARY error.

Manual download

Both binaries below must be downloaded for your platform and dropped into the same directory (e.g. ~/.local/bin/):

Then chmod +x both (Unix) and run ./deepseek.

Verify (recommended)

Download deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt from this Release and verify:

# Linux
sha256sum -c deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt

# macOS
shasum -a 256 -c deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for the full notes for this release.

Install

Recommended — npm (one command, both binaries)

npm install -g deepseek-tui

The wrapper downloads both binaries from this Release and places them in the same directory.

Docker / GHCR

docker run --rm -it \
  -e DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" \
  -v ~/.deepseek:/home/deepseek/.deepseek \
  ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui:v0.8.33

The image ships the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui runtime. The latest tag is also updated on release.

Cargo (Linux / macOS)

cargo install deepseek-tui-cli deepseek-tui --locked

Both crates are required — deepseek-tui-cli produces the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui produces the interactive runtime that the dispatcher delegates to. Installing only one binary will fail at runtime with a MISSING_COMPANION_BINARY error.

Manual download

Both binaries below must be downloaded for your platform and dropped into the same directory (e.g. ~/.local/bin/):

Then chmod +x both (Unix) and run ./deepseek.

Verify (recommended)

Download deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt from this Release and verify:

# Linux
sha256sum -c deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt

# macOS
shasum -a 256 -c deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for the full notes for this release.

Install

Recommended — npm (one command, both binaries)

npm install -g deepseek-tui

The wrapper downloads both binaries from this Release and places them in the same directory.

Docker / GHCR

docker run --rm -it \
  -e DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" \
  -v ~/.deepseek:/home/deepseek/.deepseek \
  ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui:v0.8.32

The image ships the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui runtime. The latest tag is also updated on release.

Cargo (Linux / macOS)

cargo install deepseek-tui-cli deepseek-tui --locked

Both crates are required — deepseek-tui-cli produces the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui produces the interactive runtime that the dispatcher delegates to. Installing only one binary will fail at runtime with a MISSING_COMPANION_BINARY error.

Manual download

Both binaries below must be downloaded for your platform and dropped into the same directory (e.g. ~/.local/bin/):

Then chmod +x both (Unix) and run ./deepseek.

Verify (recommended)

Download deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt from this Release and verify:

# Linux
sha256sum -c deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt

# macOS
shasum -a 256 -c deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for the full notes for this release.

Install

Recommended — npm (one command, both binaries)

npm install -g deepseek-tui

The wrapper downloads both binaries from this Release and places them in the same directory.

Docker / GHCR

docker run --rm -it \
  -e DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" \
  -v ~/.deepseek:/home/deepseek/.deepseek \
  ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui:v0.8.31

The image ships the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui runtime. The latest tag is also updated on release.

Cargo (Linux / macOS)

cargo install deepseek-tui-cli deepseek-tui --locked

Both crates are required — deepseek-tui-cli produces the deepseek dispatcher and deepseek-tui produces the interactive runtime that the dispatcher delegates to. Installing only one binary will fail at runtime with a MISSING_COMPANION_BINARY error.

Manual download

Both binaries below must be downloaded for your platform and dropped into the same directory (e.g. ~/.local/bin/):

Then chmod +x both (Unix) and run ./deepseek.

Verify (recommended)

Download deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt from this Release and verify:

# Linux
sha256sum -c deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt

# macOS
shasum -a 256 -c deepseek-artifacts-sha256.txt

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for the full notes for this release.