Codewhale v0.8.65

CodeWhale is the canonical project, command, npm package, and release-asset name. The legacy npm package deepseek-tui is deprecated and receives no further releases. Users coming from v0.8.x legacy deepseek / deepseek-tui names should migrate with docs/REBRAND.md.

Install

Recommended — npm (one command, both binaries)

npm install -g codewhale

The wrapper downloads the matched runtime binaries from this Release and places them in the same directory.

Docker / GHCR

docker run --rm -it \
  -e DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="$DEEPSEEK_API_KEY" \
  -v ~/.deepseek:/home/codewhale/.deepseek \
  ghcr.io/hmbown/codewhale:v0.8.65

The image ships the codewhale dispatcher, codew shim, and codewhale-tui runtime. The latest tag is also updated on release.

Cargo (Linux / macOS)

cargo install codewhale-cli codewhale-tui --locked

Both crates are required — codewhale-cli produces the codewhale dispatcher and codew shim, while codewhale-tui produces the interactive runtime that the dispatcher delegates to. Installing only one crate will fail at runtime with a MISSING_COMPANION_BINARY error.

Manual download — platform archives (recommended)

Each archive below contains the codewhale dispatcher, codew shim, and codewhale-tui runtime, plus an install script:

Unix (Linux / macOS):

tar xzf codewhale-<platform>.tar.gz
cd codewhale-<platform>
./install.sh

Windows:

• For the installer path, run CodeWhaleSetup.exe; it installs codewhale.exe, codew.exe, and codewhale-tui.exe under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\CodeWhale\bin and adds that directory to the current-user PATH.
• Extract codewhale-windows-x64.zip
• Run install.bat (copies to %USERPROFILE%\bin)
• Add %USERPROFILE%\bin to your PATH

The portable Windows archive skips the install script — extract and run from any directory. The NSIS installer is currently unsigned and may trigger Windows SmartScreen until a signing certificate is wired into the release pipeline.

Each platform also has bare, unarchived binaries attached below (codewhale-<platform>, codew-<platform>, and codewhale-tui-<platform>) — the npm wrapper and the in-app codewhale update download the matched runtime binaries, whereas the .tar.gz / .zip archives above are the recommended manual download and additionally bundle an install script. The legacy npm package deepseek-tui is deprecated and is not republished. For migration from v0.8.x legacy binary names, see docs/REBRAND.md.

Verify (recommended)

Download the checksum manifests from this Release and verify:

# Linux — archive bundles
sha256sum -c codewhale-bundles-sha256.txt

# Linux — individual binaries
sha256sum -c codewhale-artifacts-sha256.txt

# macOS
shasum -a 256 -c codewhale-bundles-sha256.txt
shasum -a 256 -c codewhale-artifacts-sha256.txt

What's in v0.8.65

Added

• Provider/model/route resolution (EPIC #2608). Canonical provider, model, offering, and route types with a single RouteResolver that produces a resolved ReadyRouteCandidate (endpoint, wire protocol, model id, context limit, price) for every switch (#3458, #3084, #3384). The executing client is now constructed from the resolved candidate rather than re-derived from config (#3384). A committed, network-free Models.dev-shaped catalog gives models real context windows and pricing, with a secret-free live cache (#3497, #3498, #3385). Offering pricing with provenance is projected onto candidates (#3501, #3085), and route limits feed a route-aware context-budget service (#3508, #3523, #3086).
• Fleet execution substrate (EPIC #3154). Fleet profile types and config (#3469), durable manager resume, workspace agent-profile loading resolved into the worker runtime (#3367), loadout intent carried in task specs (#3512), and receipts that persist the resolved route for inspection (#3154, #3166). Worker status is folded into the unified /fleet surface and exposed through the Runtime API.
• Provider surfaces. A /provider readiness dashboard with reasoning readiness, an experimental/supported maturity marker, and an "open models for this provider" action (#3083, #2984, #3485); cross-provider /model search with scroll and provider type-ahead (#3484, #3075); inline <think> reasoning-stream routing with per-provider overrides (#3222); usage telemetry normalized into canonical token classes including Responses cache-miss and reasoning tokens (#2961, #3509); and remote MCP OAuth login with bearer/header auth precedence (#3527).
• More providers and routes. User-defined OpenAI-compatible custom providers via [providers.<name>] (#1519); a DeepSeek Anthropic-compatible route (#2963, #3449); a Qianfan route (#3425); Zhipu folded into Z.ai with equal-treatment model normalization (#3539); DashScope/Together fixtures.
• Localized mode picker and composer indicators. The /mode picker prompt, mode names, and hints, plus the composer's Vim mode indicator, now render in all seven shipped locales (model-facing mode labels stay English). Harvested from #2239 by @gordonlu.
• Website and automation. A runtime/integrations page, provenance and mirror-trust copy, a fact-drift CI gate, a published install script, and a weekly community digest archive on codewhale.net (#3419, #3421, #3415, #3482, #3420); per-automation mode/shell/trust/approval settings (#3467).
• Model reference browser. A read-only /modeldb command (aliases model-reference, modelref) opens a pager over the bundled catalog — every model's factual context window, max output, modality, and price, grouped by provider/kind. Labels only: it never selects, routes, or tiers a model (#3205, #2300).
• Transcript presets. A /config preset <name> [--save] mechanism with a first calm preset — calm mode, calm tool collapse, comfortable spacing, and low motion — presentation-only and evidence-preserving (#3478).
• Model capability profiles. A typed model_profile module separates intrinsic model facts from resolved provider-route capability, so compact routes defer heavier nonessential tools while standard/full routes keep the eager tool surface (#3451, #3365).
• Live provider catalog refresh. A secret-free /models live-fetch layer (401/403/404/429 mapped to typed outcomes) feeds the catalog cache; the API key authorizes the request but is never persisted into the delta or cache (#3385).

Changed

• Config modularization (#3311). ProviderKind (#3505), harness posture (#3507), and provider default seeds (#3503) moved into dedicated modules, and the config.rs monolith split into clean leaf modules (paths, search, model/base-URL constants, sub-agent limits) behind a pub use facade. AppMode

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