Catppuccin-dsh-theme
π± Soothing pastel theme for DeepSeek Harness
- Stars
- 11
- Language
- JavaScript
- Created
- Aug 14, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 3, 2026
Introduction

Catppuccin for DeepSeek Harness
Table of Contents
Intro
π± A Catppuccin theme plugin for
DeepSeek Harness β one
package that covers Web GUI (dsh web), DSH Desktop and
dsh-TUI:
- Web / Desktop: the whole UI re-skinned with the official 26-color pastel palette β every component, not just a few accents.
- dsh-TUI: four official theme palettes auto-synced to
~/.dsh-tui/themes/on install.
The four flavors β Latte, FrappΓ©, Macchiato, Mocha β plug into the built-in theme system on a level with the light/dark/system choices, with a one-click switch row in Settings β General. Your choice is saved automatically and restored on restart, and switching back to Default restores the built-in appearance pixel-perfectly β no leftovers.
Features
- π¨ Full palette coverage β every value is a Catppuccin palette color (or a mix of palette colors); the default DeepSeek blue-gray never shows through.
- π±οΈ Component-level accents β message bubbles, tool-call rows, code tags, timestamps and hover interactions are tinted from the palette; hover glows in the theme accent, and the empty-workspace headline reads in brand mauve.
- π» dsh-TUI themes β one install command drops the four themes into your terminal client; they auto-sync on every start. See Install Β· dsh-TUI.
- π Update check β Settings silently checks npm for a newer release (with a manual button too) and shows a copyable upgrade command.
- π§ Choice remembered β persisted across restarts and re-applied even when the host re-asserts its own preference; turning it off restores the built-in light/dark choice you had before, not a forced "system".
- ποΈ Durable state β flavor choice survives DSH Desktop's random per-launch port where browser localStorage starts empty.
- βοΈ Zero intrusion β switching to Default restores the built-in appearance pixel-identical; uninstall leaves nothing behind.
Previews
The four flavors in DeepSeek Harness (headline image above is the catwalk composite; each flavor below in full):
π» Latte
πͺ΄ FrappΓ©
πΊ Macchiato
πΏ Mocha
Install
From GitHub (recommended β always the latest):
dsh plugin --profile web add github:zhijun-dai/Catppuccin-dsh-theme
From npm:
dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-catppuccin
π‘ The npm release may lag slightly behind GitHub. For the very latest, use the GitHub install above (pin a branch with
#branch-name).
For DSH Desktop, target the desktop profile:
dsh plugin --profile desktop add dsh-catppuccin
dsh-TUI (terminal themes)
The same package also syncs the four Catppuccin themes into your dsh-TUI. Install into the TUI profile and they land on the first start:
dsh plugin --profile dsh-tui add dsh-catppuccin
Then pick a theme inside the TUI: /theme catppuccin-mocha.
π‘ Installed into a web/desktop profile of a user who also runs dsh-TUI, the themes stay in sync on every web start β no second install needed. No
~/.dsh-tuion disk? Strict no-op, nothing is created.
Restart the web server afterwards:
dsh web
Usage
Open the web UI, go to Settings β General, and pick one of the four Catppuccin flavors (or Default to follow the built-in appearance). Choice is saved per browser and restored at boot.
FAQ
Q: I installed the plugin but don't see the themes in Settings.
Make sure the profile you installed into is the one dsh web runs
(--profile web above), and restart dsh web after installing.
Q: How is my choice remembered?
It lives in browser localStorage (instant) and, for Desktop users, in a
small durable file under $DSH_HOME β so it survives restarts, model
switches and Desktop's per-launch port changes. Your explicit
light/dark/system pick in the built-in Appearance row always wins.
Q: How do I upgrade?
Re-run the install command (it fetches the newest release), or check the
Settings row β it silently tells you when a newer version exists and shows
the copyable upgrade command. Then restart dsh web.
How it works
The theme definitions are generated from the official
catppuccin/palette palette.json
(never hand-edited). scripts/gen-themes.mjs maps the 26 Catppuccin colors
per flavor onto the --dsw-alias-* token directory from dsh's
@deepseek-ai/dsh-client-ui-theme stylesheets (including the --shiki-*
syntax palette and the leaked --dsw-static-deepseek-* static colors),
writes the per-flavor token tables to themes/, and embeds them into the
browser bundle lib/client.js. The dsh-TUI themes come from
scripts/gen-tui-themes.mjs.
π Thanks to
- zhijun-dai
- Catppuccin
- KinGao294/dsh-skin β the reference theme plugin this port is modeled on
- DeepSeek
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