herdr vs DSHA
herdr is much bigger: 45.5k stars against 2.0k. Over the days we have tracked them herdr moved +98.5% and DSHA +701.6%, so DSHA is growing faster right now.
They split the axes: herdr leads on customization, DSHA on noise control and model freedom.
Stars and commit dates come from our own daily tracking. The six axes are read off each project's documentation by our review pipeline, so they describe what a project says about itself, not what we measured in its code.
Where they stand today
A terminal-first agent multiplexer that runs as a single Rust binary with detachable sessions, tmux-style interaction, and a plugin marketplace.
- Stars
- 45.5k
- Tracked growth
- +98.5%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 13h ago
- Language
- Rust
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Cost to run
- Free, local install
Runs DeepSeek Harness on unrooted Android with an integrated proroot container runtime, ADB direct device channel and real-time floating AI output overlay.
- Stars
- 2.0k
- Tracked growth
- +701.6%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 5h ago
- Language
- Java
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Your DeepSeek API key
Six axes, head to head
Each axis runs 0 to 5. The label under a score is what that project's own docs claim, not a category average.
| Axis | herdr | DSHA |
|---|---|---|
Context depth How much of your codebase it sees before it answers: the open diff, the diff plus related files, or the whole repository. | ●●●●● No repo context | ●●●●● Diff only |
Noise control How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only. | ●●●●● None mentioned | ●●●●● Confirmations & prechecks |
Customization How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config. | ●●●●● Plugins & config | ●●●●● Configurable settings |
Privacy Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only. | ●●●●● Runs fully local | ●●●●● Self-hostable |
Model freedom Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one. | ●●●●● Other/unspecified | ●●●●● API key supported |
Setup ease What it takes to get a first useful run out of it. | ●●●●● One-command start | ●●●●● One-click install |
Which one to pick
Pick herdr if…
Local-first & easy setup — install one binary to run detachable, terminal-native agent sessions with plugin support and a socket API.
- Customization: Plugins & config (5/5 against 3/5)
Pick DSHA if…
Mobile-first — run DeepSeek on unrooted Android with one-click install, proroot performance gains, persistent local data and direct ADB device integration.
- Noise control: Confirmations & prechecks (3/5 against 1/5)
- Model freedom: API key supported (3/5 against 1/5)
What people want from each one
herdrdev/herdr
Questions people ask
Is herdr better than DSHA?
They split the axes: herdr leads on customization, DSHA on noise control and model freedom. herdr is worth picking when local-first & easy setup — install one binary to run detachable, terminal-native agent sessions with plugin support and a socket API.
Which of herdr and DSHA keeps my code private?
herdr: Runs fully local (5/5). DSHA: Self-hostable (4/5).
What does each one cost to run?
herdr: Free, local install. DSHA: Your DeepSeek API key.
Full profiles: herdrdev/herdr and qiannianhuanxiang/DSHA. Everything else in Runtimes & sandboxes.