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Hunter Bown a3acdbe70b docs(brand): rename to codewhale across READMEs and docs
Sweep brand mentions of `DeepSeek TUI` / `deepseek-tui` / bare
`deepseek` (the dispatcher binary) across all user-facing docs to
the new `codewhale` brand. The DeepSeek **provider** integration is
left untouched throughout: env vars (`DEEPSEEK_*`), model IDs
(`deepseek-v4-pro`, `deepseek-v4-flash`, `deepseek-chat`,
`deepseek-reasoner`), the `api.deepseek.com` host, the
`~/.deepseek/` config dir, and the `--provider deepseek` argument
value all keep the legacy spelling.

Anti-scope items deliberately left as the legacy `deepseek-tui`:

- Homebrew tap and formula (`Hmbown/homebrew-deepseek-tui`,
  `brew install deepseek-tui`, `scoop install deepseek-tui`). The
  tap rename ships separately.
- Docker image (`ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui`). Image-tag rename
  ships separately.
- CNB mirror namespace (`cnb.cool/deepseek-tui.com/DeepSeek-TUI`).
  Third-party hosted path.
- Security contact email (`security@deepseek-tui.com`).
- GitHub repo URL (`Hmbown/DeepSeek-TUI`).

New artifact:

- `docs/REBRAND.md` documents what changed, what didn't, the
  deprecation window, and migration commands for npm / Cargo /
  Homebrew / manual installs.

CHANGELOG entries:

- Root `CHANGELOG.md` and `crates/tui/CHANGELOG.md` both gain a
  new `[Unreleased]` section describing the rename and the one-
  release deprecation window. Historical entries are untouched.

Issue templates:

- `.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md` and `feature_request.md`
  refer to "codewhale" / `codewhale --version` instead of the old
  brand name in their environment fields.

The rebrand sweep was driven by a perl script with bulk patterns
(`deepseek-tui` -> `codewhale-tui`, `DeepSeek TUI` -> `codewhale`,
bare `deepseek` -> `codewhale` with provider/model/host/env-var/
config-path negative lookbehind/lookahead) followed by targeted
reverts for the anti-scope items above. Output was visually
reviewed file-by-file before committing.

Verified:

- `cargo check --workspace --all-targets --locked` — pass.
- `cargo test --workspace --all-features --locked` — pass (no
  test source touched here; suite stayed green to confirm no
  doc-from-string assertions broke).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-23 11:25:48 -05:00

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Docker

DeepSeek-TUI publishes a multi-arch Linux image to GitHub Container Registry for each release.

docker pull ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui:latest

Quick start

Run the published image with a Docker-managed data volume:

docker volume create codewhale-tui-home

docker run --rm -it \
  -e DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" \
  -v codewhale-tui-home:/home/deepseek/.deepseek \
  -v "$PWD:/workspace" \
  -w /workspace \
  ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui:latest

Use a pinned release tag for reproducible installs:

docker run --rm -it \
  -e DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" \
  -v codewhale-tui-home:/home/deepseek/.deepseek \
  -v "$PWD:/workspace" \
  -w /workspace \
  ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui:vX.Y.Z

Replace vX.Y.Z with a tag from GitHub Releases.

Local build

Build the image locally from a checkout:

docker build -t codewhale-tui .

Then run it with the same Docker-managed data volume:

docker run --rm -it \
  -e DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" \
  -v codewhale-tui-home:/home/deepseek/.deepseek \
  -v "$PWD:/workspace" \
  -w /workspace \
  codewhale-tui

Docker Hub publishing is not configured; GHCR is the supported prebuilt image registry.

Environment variables

Variable Required Description
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY yes DeepSeek API key
DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL no Custom API base URL (e.g. https://api.deepseek.com)
DEEPSEEK_NO_COLOR no Set to 1 to disable terminal colour output

Volumes

Mount /home/deepseek/.deepseek to persist sessions, config, skills, memory, and the offline queue across container restarts. A Docker-managed named volume is the safest default because Docker creates it with ownership the container can write:

-v codewhale-tui-home:/home/deepseek/.deepseek

Without this mount the container starts fresh each time.

If you bind-mount an existing host directory instead, the image runs as the non-root codewhale user with UID/GID 1000:1000. The mounted directory must be writable by that user, or startup can fail while creating runtime directories under .deepseek/tasks. On Linux hosts, either use the named volume above or prepare the bind mount explicitly:

mkdir -p ~/.deepseek
sudo chown -R 1000:1000 ~/.deepseek

docker run --rm -it \
  -e DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" \
  -v ~/.deepseek:/home/deepseek/.deepseek \
  ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui:latest

That chown changes ownership of the host ~/.deepseek directory. Skip it if you do not want the container UID to own your local config, and use a named volume instead.

Non-interactive / pipeline usage

When stdin is not a TTY, codewhale drops to the dispatcher's one-shot mode (codewhale -c "…"). Pipe a prompt on stdin:

echo "Explain the Cargo.toml in structured English." | \
  docker run --rm -i -e DEEPSEEK_API_KEY ghcr.io/hmbown/deepseek-tui:latest

Building locally

# Single platform (your host architecture)
docker build -t codewhale-tui .

# Multi-platform (requires a builder with emulation)
docker buildx create --use
docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 -t codewhale-tui .

Devcontainer

The repository includes a .devcontainer/devcontainer.json configuration for VS Code / GitHub Codespaces. It pre-installs the Rust toolchain, rust-analyzer, and the codewhale binary. Open the repo in a devcontainer to get a ready-to-use development environment.

Release status

Docker image publishing is part of the release gate. The image is published to GHCR for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64 with semver tags plus latest.