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DeepSeek TUI is a terminal-based, open-source (MIT) coding agent the author found…

2026-05-11 · 11:51 UTC ·@hasantoxr ·1 min read

Brief

DeepSeek TUI is a terminal-based, open-source (MIT) coding agent the author found on 2026-05-11 and says prompted them to uninstall Cursor and other AI tools. Installable via npm, it edits codebase-wide, runs shell and web tasks, handles git, resumes sessions, exposes an HTTP API, offers Plan/Agent/YOLO modes, is written in Rust, and uses DeepSeek’s low-cost API.

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I'm uninstalling Cursor and every other AI coding tool after finding this.

It's called DeepSeek TUI. A full coding agent that runs in your terminal on DeepSeek's API.

One command to install. No browser. No IDE plugin. No subscription.

npm i -g deepseek-tui

Here's what it does:

→ Edits files across your entire codebase
→ Executes shell commands
→ Browses the web with web run
→ Handles git operations
→ Resumes sessions after you close the terminal
→ Connects to any MCP server
→ Spins up as an HTTP API with deepseek-tui serve --http

Three modes depending on how much control you want:

→ Plan: see the full execution plan before the agent touches anything
→ Agent: interactive multi-step tool use
→ YOLO: auto-approves every tool call in a trusted workspace

DeepSeek's API is already one of the cheapest frontier models available.

Now you have a full coding agent on top of it.

Built in Rust. 29 releases. Active development.

100% Opensource. MIT License.