dsh-better-sidebar
Dual workbench for DeepSeek Harness featuring an advanced file tree, CodeMirror editor, git status, side chat, and extensible sidebar tabs.
Install
$ dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-better-sidebar@latestPlugin Overview & Capabilities
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Key Capabilities
- Lazy-loading file tree with git status colors, live directory watching, search, and drag-and-drop upload
- Editable CodeMirror editor supporting multiple languages, Markdown with Mermaid diagrams, and sandboxed HTML previews
- Source control management featuring staged/unstaged groups and a read-only paginated Git commit graph
- Tasks panel tracking live subagent topology workflows and background process outputs with kill controls
- Side Chat supporting branching conversations with parent context inheritance and independent model selection
- Bottom workbench with drag-to-split panes and persistent layout per session
- Extension API (ctx.betterSidebar) for registering third-party sidebar tabs and specialized file viewers
Useful For
- Navigating and editing workspace files directly in the DSH web interface without opening an external editor
- Inspecting git history, branch status, diffs, and staged changes during AI code generation
- Monitoring background tasks and multi-agent execution topology visually
- Conducting focused side conversations or side tasks without polluting the main session thread
- Extending DSH with custom tabs and previewers via the ctx.betterSidebar extension API
Who It Fits
- Developers using DeepSeek Harness who require a complete IDE-like workspace within the web client
- Power users managing multi-agent tasks, terminal workflows, and Git status in real time
- DSH plugin developers building custom sidebar views, dashboards, or domain-specific file viewers
Documented Limitations
- Filesystem routes perform no workspace-containment check, reading/writing any host path accessible by the user process
- Git panel does not perform network operations like push, pull, or fetch; Git graph is read-only
- Terminal tabs require host terminal capabilities; the plugin does not ship its own PTY
- Bottom panel is disabled on mobile screens under 768px, merging tabs into the right sidebar drawer
- File watcher only monitors expanded directory trees rather than the full filesystem
- Requires DeepSeek Harness 0.2.1-rc.1+ for latest v0.28.x releases
DSH Compatibility
Version-specific runtime evidence collected by DSH Plugin. A missing result means we have not tested that combination yet.
Security Signals
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package.json declares 33 runtime, 73 development, 17 peer, and 0 optional dependencies.
package.json declares DSH bundle metadata.
GitHub reports the repository license as MIT.
A root package.json was captured and can be inspected by the registry.
package.json declares a prepare lifecycle script that may run during relevant package installation workflows.
Public GitHub source metadata is available for this registry snapshot.
Source & Registry Notes
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- Source repository
- omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar
- Registry source
- Registry curated
- Registry classification
- Plugin
- Source checked
- 83faf70 · 2026-10-26
This project is independently indexed from public source information. DSH Plugin is not affiliated with DeepSeek or the plugin author. Always check the author repository before installation.
Repository Activity
- GitHub stars
- 4.6kGitHub stars
- Forks
- 435
- Open issues
- 210
- Last commit
- 2026-10-17
- Last release
- 2026-10-17
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