Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness/vs/mudler/LocalAI
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness/vs/mudler/LocalAI.md
Description: deepseek-harness and LocalAI share 3 technologies: React, Vite, and MCP. deepseek-harness is written in TypeScript and LocalAI in Go.

# deepseek-harness vs LocalAI

deepseek-harness and LocalAI share 3 technologies: React, Vite, and MCP. deepseek-harness is written in TypeScript and LocalAI in Go.

- [deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness](https://seerepo.com/r/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness): DeepSeek Harness: Everything is a Plugin.
- [mudler/LocalAI](https://seerepo.com/r/mudler/LocalAI): LocalAI is the open-source AI engine. Run any model - LLMs, vision, voice, image, video - on any hardware. No GPU required.

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: React, Vite, MCP
- Only in deepseek-harness: GitHub, Anthropic
- Only in LocalAI: Echo, net/http, Postgres

## Side by side

| | deepseek-harness | LocalAI |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 1,487,888 lines written, 2,982 code files | 1,000,131 lines written, 1,953 code files |
| Who writes it | 12.5% of its commits signed by AI. With Codex and Claude Code | 2.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor |
| Activity | Last push October 28, 2026, 15,334 commits, 264,728 stars | Last push October 28, 2026, 8,765 commits, 50,022 stars |
| Tests | 3,270 test files. 72.4% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,783 test files. 56.1% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, deepseek-harness or LocalAI?

deepseek-harness, with 1,487,888 lines written in 2,982 code files; LocalAI has 1,000,131 in 1,953.

The proof: [deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness's code at commit f3803c9](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness/tree/f3803c96974ad4a94195fb97e5c637e9c2a3afe3)

### Which has more GitHub stars, deepseek-harness or LocalAI?

deepseek-harness, with 264,728 stars; LocalAI has 50,022.

The proof: [deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness on GitHub](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness)

### Which has more tests, deepseek-harness or LocalAI?

deepseek-harness, with 3,270 test files; LocalAI has 1,783.

The proof: [deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness's code at commit f3803c9](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness/tree/f3803c96974ad4a94195fb97e5c637e9c2a3afe3)

### Which was updated more recently, deepseek-harness or LocalAI?

Both got their last push on October 28, 2026.

The proof: [mudler/LocalAI's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, deepseek-harness or LocalAI?

deepseek-harness: an AI signed 12.5% of its commits, with Codex and Claude Code; in LocalAI, 2.2%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness](https://seerepo.com/r/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness/ai)

## Sources

- deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness: Read on October 28, 2026, at commit f3803c9 (https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness/tree/f3803c96974ad4a94195fb97e5c637e9c2a3afe3)
- mudler/LocalAI: Read on October 28, 2026, at commit e7d2e76 (https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/tree/e7d2e76fdf40057fb428f11bae13e4c00ab9bdd9)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.