Tianshu use
Tianshu is a terminal coding agent that keeps goals, evidence, and test checks outside the chat so it finishes tasks and reports what it verified, for developers using DeepSeek.
What it is good for
- Keeping a long coding session on its original goal
- Fixing failing tests and showing the root cause
- Checking that code changes were actually verified
- Running a coding agent from scripts and CI jobs
At a glance
- Who it is for
- Setup
- Guided command-line setup
Level 4 of 5. You copy and paste commands into a terminal by following the instructions. Comfortable territory for vibe coders.
- Cost
- Free and open source
- Type
- Agent app
- Tasks
- Works with
- DeepSeek, OpenAI-compatible endpoints, Ollama, VS Code, Claude
Momentum
- Rank this week
- Not ranked yet
- Best rank
- None yet
- GitHub stars
- 1,250
GitHub numbers as of Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Official links
Setup steps are on the official pages. We do not repeat them here, since they change.
Questions
- Is Tianshu use free?
- Yes. It is free and open source (Apache-2.0 license).
- Do I need to know how to code to use Tianshu use?
- You do not need to write code, but setup means copying and pasting commands into a terminal by following its instructions.
- What does Tianshu use work with?
- According to its own documentation, it works with DeepSeek, OpenAI-compatible endpoints, Ollama, VS Code, and Claude.
- What is Tianshu use good for?
- Keeping a long coding session on its original goal, fixing failing tests and showing the root cause, checking that code changes were actually verified, and running a coding agent from scripts and CI jobs.
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