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DeepSeek Code: A TUI for working in your terminal with DeepSeek!

Hermenics has released DeepSeek Code, an open-source CLI designed for working with DeepSeek AI models in the terminal. Inspired by Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex, the tool is available via npm and bun, and the project welcomes contributions on GitHub.

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DeepSeek Code is an open-source CLI built specifically for DeepSeek — one of the most cost-effective AI models on the market!

It was heavily inspired by tools like Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex for most of its feature set. Since it is fully open-source, you are more than welcome to open Pull Requests, report bugs, or submit issue suggestions!

Installation

You can install it globally via npm or bun:

``

npm install --global @hermenics/deepseek-code

bun add -g @hermenics/deepseek-code

``

Check out the repository, star the project, or contribute:

👉 GitHub: https://github.com/Hermenics/deepseek-code Feel free to test it out and leave your feedback below! PRs and Issues are highly appreciated.

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