dsh plugin market vs store: DeepSeek Harness entry & usage

The dsh plugin market is DeepSeek Harness's plugin storefront (often written dsh plugin store): it is provided by a market-type DSH plugin, and once installed it lives under Settings → Plugin Market, where you search, browse by category and one-click install, update or uninstall plugins (source). This piece works through three directions: what it is and where to enter it; what it can do; and how it differs from dsh plugin store and the official Hub, and which one to install first.

Overview

In one line: the dsh plugin market is the visual entry for finding and installing plugins, turning the command-line dsh plugin add into a button. It is itself a plugin — you first pull the market plugin in from the command line, and only then do you get an interface to install other plugins. Three directions unfold in turn.

What the dsh plugin market is and how to reach it: Settings entry and CLI install

The dsh plugin market is itself a market-type DSH plugin: once installed into a profile it adds a Settings → Plugin Market entry, so "entering the market" splits into connecting first, then entering. The connecting step is done from the command line (source), as follows:

1. Check prerequisites: confirm DeepSeek Harness runs and the web profile is initialised. Expected: dsh web starts normally.
2. Connect the market plugin from the command line: run dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-plugin (the official market) or dsh plugin --profile web add dshmarket (another community market). Expected: download and install progress appears, ending with no error.
3. Restart the service: stop and start dsh web so the plugin reloads. Expected: startup completes with no plugin-resolution error.
4. Enter the market from Settings: open the Web UI → Settings → Plugin Market. Expected: you see the search box, categories and plugin cards, and the entry stays usable from now on.

If you arrived from keywords like "dsh market" or "dshmarket", note that they mostly refer to a market plugin's package name or slang; the real connecting action is still that dsh plugin --profile web add command.

What the dsh plugin market can do: search, category browsing and one-click install, update, uninstall

The market does three things: locate plugins by name or feature word, filter and browse by category (All / Installed / Not installed), and install, update or uninstall with a button on the card (source). It turns the command-line dsh plugin add into visual operations: the search box filters live as you type, the category filter keeps only the target plugins, install shows the source repo and the command it will run in a confirmation dialog, Install turns into Update when a newer version is detected, and uninstall happens in the Installed list. For where to click and what each dialog looks like, see how to use the plugin market — that piece covers the step-by-step operations, while this one only covers what it can do.

If this is your first visit, start with the first five minutes in the plugin market, then read five ways to search the market to get systematic about it. What changed in 2.2.5 is covered in what's new in Hub 2.2.5; plugins the catalog does not list can go through custom install, and entry points plus preferences live in the market settings page — all of it part of day-to-day use of the deepseek harness plugin market, so read whichever you need.

dsh plugin market vs dsh plugin store vs DSH Plugin Hub

The dsh plugin market and dsh plugin store point at the same entry, just under different names; DSH Plugin Hub is the official plugin market for that entry. Lined up together they are easy to keep apart:

How to choose: official plugin market first, third parties later. DSH Plugin Hub is the community-official plugin market, with search, categories, one-click install and a pre-install confirmation dialog where both source and command can be verified; dshmarket is another market plugin of the same kind with similar features, and one is enough — there is no need to install two of the same type. Understanding these three differences avoids mismatches such as "searched store but installed another market."

Rather than remembering a pile of plugin names, source repos and flags on the command line, just open the DSH Plugin Hub market: search, browse by category, one-click install and update all happen in one interface, with a confirmation dialog before every install.

Notes and limits

Treat the dsh plugin market as an "entry" rather than a "source of capability", and you trip up less. A few boundaries:

1. The market must be installed first: the market is itself a plugin, so without connecting it there is no entry — do not assume Settings ships with a market built in.
2. Restart after installing: plugins load at startup, so without a restart the entry will not appear.
3. Keep the profile consistent: when connecting from the command line, write --profile web to match the environment the interface uses.
4. Do not install several markets of the same kind: multiple market plugins overlap, so one is enough, avoiding a duplicated entry and muddled sources.
5. Do not be misled by naming: store, market and marketplace are the same entry, so when choosing a plugin, check which concrete market it actually is.

Sources: dsh CLI README, dshplugin/dsh-plugin-hub, dsh-plugin.org