Rivetdeck
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DeepSeek Harness, as a desktop app

Rivetdeck wraps the DeepSeek Harness runtime in a native window for macOS, Windows and Linux. Pick a workspace, start a session, review changes with Git, and theme it, all without leaving the app.

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  • Developer preview
  • MIT licensed
  • Unofficial distribution
Rivetdeck window with the Workspaces sidebar, a new session composer, and the Git Changes panel listing two modified files and one untracked file on branch feat/checkout-flow.

Captured from the Rivetdeck desktop build: Workspaces sidebar, session composer and the preinstalled Git panel.

The same Harness, in its own window

Rivetdeck start screen with the Workspaces sidebar and a session composer showing the Workspace Write sandbox mode and the current Git branch.
Start screen: workspace picker, session composer, sandbox mode and Git branch.

Rivetdeck does not replace the agent runtime. It packages it, supervises it, and adds the native surface around it.

What the desktop build adds

A real operating-system window
Electron starts DeepSeek Harness on a random 127.0.0.1 port and shows its Web application in a native window, with installers for macOS, Windows and Linux.
A locked-down renderer
The renderer has no Node.js integration, uses context isolation and Chromium sandboxing, and opens HTTP and HTTPS links in your system browser.
Workspace-first sessions
Choose the workspace folder from the app. The composer shows the sandbox mode and the current Git branch; agent shell commands otherwise start in your home directory.
Same runtime as upstream
Rivetdeck keeps the upstream Web application, agent runtime, profiles and workspace workflow. Provider setup happens in the Harness UI you already know.

Git and Theme Studio, preinstalled

Two portable DSH plugins ship inside Rivetdeck. Others install separately and run on the same plugin system.

Try the themes

Pick a palette to see how the app chrome changes. Values come straight from Theme Studio.

Preview appearance

Nordic — Cool blue-gray with a cyan-blue accent. Rendered from the palette values in Theme Studio 0.1.3. Illustrative layout, not a screenshot.

Rivetdeck with the Nordic theme applied in dark mode.
Real capture: Nordic, dark.
Rivetdeck with the Claude theme applied in light mode.
Real capture: Claude, light.

Optional · installed separately

Multi-root Workspace

Give an agent write access to a primary root and additional folders at once. The native read, write, edit and bash tools stay the same; the sandbox scope gets wider.

Explore Multi-root Workspace
The Workspace folders dialog in Rivetdeck listing one primary working directory and two secondary working directories.

Download Rivetdeck

Version 0.2.0-beta.2, published October 9, 2026. This is a pre-release.

Verify downloads with SHA256SUMS.txt. Release notes and the Store (.appx) packages are on the release page (opens in a new tab). After installing, finish provider setup in the Harness UI before you start an agent session.

Or run from source

Needs Node.js ^22.19.0 or ≥ 24 and pnpm. Builds the Harness runtime, then starts Electron.

shell
$ git clone https://github.com/cherrchen/rivetdeck.git$ cd rivetdeck$ pnpm install$ pnpm run build$ pnpm --filter @dsh-electron/dsh-electron start

Open source, maintained independently

Rivetdeck is a community desktop distribution. It follows upstream development and maintains only the desktop packaging.

Unofficial

Not affiliated with DeepSeek. The project follows the DeepSeek Harness brand guidelines: it describes compatibility and does not claim endorsement.

MIT license

Source, issues and releases are public. Third-party dependency notices ship with the repository.

Developer preview

Upstream now ships a first-party Desktop app, so this Electron distribution may move to archived maintenance. Its unique part is Electron integration (ctx.desktop) for portable plugins.

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