Add a WSL workspace from the web GUI without needing to install dsh or related tools again inside WSL. Bash commands and file read/write operations run within the local WSL distribution on the host machine, while Windows files remain accessible.
Install
# from npm (prebuilt)
dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-wsl-workspace
# from GitHub (first run asks for allowBuilds approval — follow the hint, retry)
dsh plugin --profile web add github:6Mikao9/dsh-wsl-workspace
GitHub-sourced plugins run build scripts on your machine at install time. Only install sources you trust, and pin a commit (github:owner/repo#sha).
README
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Add a WSL workspace from the DeepSeek Harness web GUI and run the whole agent session — bash commands and file reads/writes — inside a local WSL distribution with Linux paths. Nothing needs to be installed inside WSL. The session can reach both WSL and Windows at the same time: bash commands run inside the WSL distribution, while Windows files stay accessible via /mnt/<drive> (for example /mnt/c/Users/...).
Install
Pick one of the three ways below, then restart dsh web:
# 1) npm package
dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-wsl-workspace
# 2) GitHub repository (ships the prebuilt lib/, no local build required)
dsh plugin --profile web add https://github.com/6Mikao9/dsh-wsl-workspace
# 3) Local directory (development / self-hosted)
dsh plugin --profile web add D:\path\to\dsh-wsl-workspace
After restarting dsh web, a W button appears beside Settings at the sidebar foot.
Usage
Click the W button beside Settings at the sidebar foot to open the "Add WSL workspace" dialog. Pick a distribution from the list, then browse the directory tree or type an absolute Linux path (for example /home/me/proj) — use the Check button to verify the path exists before creating the workspace. The dialog follows the DeepSeek Harness UI language. The username field is optional: leave it empty to run commands as the distribution's default user, or name a Linux user of that distribution to run the session as that user instead (equivalent to wsl.exe -u <username>). The username only changes the bash tool's run identity — the file tools go through the Windows-side WSL share and are unaffected. Each workspace's username is kept in <dshHome>/wsl-workspaces.json; delete the entry (or recreate the workspace from the dialog) to return to the default user.
Click "Create & open" to start a new session in the workspace. In the new session the bash tool executes commands inside the chosen distribution and read/write/edit operate on WSL files, so every path the model sees is a Linux path. The mode picker keeps working as usual: Standard, PTC, Minimal and Creative each land on their WSL variant automatically (the WSL variant entries in the picker are bilingual, e.g. WSL · Standard mode(标准模式)), and Windows files stay reachable from inside the session under /mnt/<drive> (for example /mnt/c/Users/...).

Behavior notes
- bash tool: runs inside the WSL distribution as the configured username (empty = the distro default user, often
root), so it can read and write anywhere in the distro. The Windows ACL sandbox cannot wrapwsl.exe— its children run on the Linux kernel side — so WSL itself is the isolation boundary and the DSH file policy does not apply to bash. - File tools (
read/write/edit): go through the Windows-side WSL 9P share and run under the DSH file policy. Underworkspace-write, reads work anywhere but writes are restricted to the session workspace; switch the file policy todanger-full-accessto also allow writes outside it. The username field does not affect the file tools. - The garbled
localhostport-forwarding bannerwsl.exeprints to stderr when the distro was not running yet is harmless.
License & attribution
MIT — see LICENSE and NOTICE. The NOTICE precisely lists:
- Adapted/inherited source code: DeepSeek Harness (MIT) —
dsh-bash-local(executor mechanics),dsh-fs-local(WslFileSystemsubclasses it), and the shipped agent presets (read and transformed by the variant generator); - Design references (no source copied): dsh-bash-terminal (MIT, wsl argv / WSLENV approach), dsh-side-panel (BSD-3-Clause, host-route pattern), vpshub (MIT, roadmap reference).
Keep LICENSE and NOTICE when redistributing.
Acknowledgments
Special thanks to dsh-deep-whale (DSH Web 鲸鱼娘 skin series · 深海女仆工坊 maid-atelier, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0): the whale girl skin plugin brings a full set of adorable skins to the DeepSeek Harness Web UI and makes daily use of DSH a warmer experience.
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