dsh-remote-ide

 

SSH Remote IDE for DeepSeek Harness (DSH) — connect to a server over SSH and the IDE goes remote: the file explorer browses the server's directory tree, the editor reads/writes files over SFTP, and the terminal is a live SSH PTY. No agent installed on the server, nothing to configure remotely — just SSH.

> 中文版：README.zh-CN.md

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Why

DeepSeek Harness is a powerful coding agent, but its web GUI works on local files. When your code, data or production box lives on a remote server, you either SSH in separately or fight with sync tools. dsh-remote-ide brings the whole IDE into the harness:

┌──────────────────────────── dsh web GUI ────────────────────────────┐
│  sidebar: [远程 IDE] → opens the right-side IDE workbench           │
│  ┌─────────── conversation (kept) ────────────┬───────────────────┐  │
│  │  agent chat keeps running while you work  │  REMOTE IDE       │  │
│  │                                            │  ┌─────────────┐ │  │
│  │                                            │  │ remote tree │ │  │
│  │                                            │  ├─────────────┤ │  │
│  │                                            │  │ editor tabs  │ │  │
│  │                                            │  │ (SFTP read/  │ │  │
│  │                                            │  │  write)      │ │  │
│  │                                            │  ├─────────────┤ │  │
│  │                                            │  │ xterm SSH    │ │  │
│  │                                            │  │ terminal     │ │  │
│  │                                            │  └─────────────┘ │  │
│  └────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────┘  │
│                    │                    ↑                            │
│                    └── dsh host process ┘  ssh2 connection pool      │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Features

• SSH host manager — password / private-key auth (with passphrase), ProxyJump chains, import from ~/.ssh/config, connection testing. Credentials stay in ~/.dsh/dsh-remote-ide.json (0600), secrets never reach the browser.
• Remote file explorer — lazy-loading tree over SFTP with per-directory caching, refresh, inline rename/delete, new file/folder.
• Remote editor — CodeMirror 6 with language support (TS/JS/Python/JSON/HTML/CSS/SQL/XML/Markdown); open reads the file via SFTP, Ctrl/Cmd+S saves it back to the server; binary sniff and 2 MB read cap keep the editor safe.
• Remote terminal — xterm.js over a WebSocket-tunneled SSH PTY with resize, reconnect-safe input buffering and backpressure handling.
• Agent tools (roadmap) — remote read/write/exec tools so the DSH agent itself can operate the connected server.
• better-sidebar integration — when dsh-better-sidebar is installed, a "Remote IDE" tab appears in its workbench (additive; the standalone panel still works without it).
• i18n — zh / en, follows the DSH language.

Install

Requires DSH (rc.6+) with a web profile, Node ≥ 22.

dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-remote-ide
dsh web

Restart dsh web after install (host-half change). The sidebar then shows a 远程 IDE / Remote IDE entry.

From source (development)

git clone https://github.com/<you>/dsh-remote-ide.git
cd dsh-remote-ide
pnpm install
pnpm build
dsh plugin --profile web add link:$(pwd)     # or link:C:\path\to\repo on Windows
dsh web

Quick start

1. Open the Remote IDE panel from the sidebar. 2. Add host (alias / host / port / user / auth) — or import from ~/.ssh/config. 3. Click Connect. The explorer switches to the server's home directory. 4. Browse, click a file to edit, Ctrl+S to save to the server. 5. + New terminal opens an SSH shell in the panel.

How it works

A dual-face DSH plugin riding only official NPM SDK packages (@deepseek-ai/dsh-*) — no dsh source changes:

• Host half (src/index.ts, Node process): SshEngine (ssh2 connection pool, jump hosts, exec, PTY shells, SFTP CRUD), the /api/dsh-remote-ide/* REST family, and the /api/dsh-remote-ide/terminal WebSocket upgrade. Every route is loopback-fenced.
• Browser half (src/client/, web GUI): host manager, remote explorer, CodeMirror editor, xterm terminal. The sidebar entry is DOM-injected with a self-healing MutationObserver (the shell exposes no plugin slot), following the dsh-ssh precedent.

Host process                        Browser (dsh web GUI)
┌──────────────────────┐           ┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ SshEngine (ssh2)     │ REST/WS   │ sidebar entry (DOM injection) │
│  ├─ connection pool  │◄─────────►│ Remote IDE panel             │
│  ├─ exec / PTY shell │           │  ├─ host manager             │
│  ├─ SFTP CRUD        │           │  ├─ remote file tree         │
│  └─ jump hosts       │           │  ├─ CodeMirror editor        │
│ store ~/.dsh/…json   │           │  └─ xterm terminal           │
└──────────────────────┘           └──────────────────────────────┘

Security notes

• All API routes are loopback-only (127.0.0.1 / localhost + same-origin check). A LAN-exposed dsh web does not expose the remote-exec surface.
• Passwords are stored plaintext in a 0600 user file (~/.dsh/dsh-remote-ide.json) — same model as dsh-ssh; prefer key auth.
• The browser never receives stored secrets (summaries only).
• Remote file reads are capped at 2 MB; binary files are refused with a clear error.

Roadmap

• [x] Host manager + ssh-config import
• [x] Remote explorer (SFTP tree)
• [x] Remote editor (CodeMirror + SFTP read/write)
• [x] Remote terminal (WebSocket SSH PTY)
• [ ] Agent tools (per the official defineTool contract): remote_read / remote_write / remote_exec with typed parameter schemas, output.schema + pure presentCall/presentResult render intents, and run_in_background long ops via ctx.jobs.start — the DSH agent then operates the connected server from chat.
• [ ] Conversation-node integration (the official external-UI path): the host emits a durable SessionEventMap family (remote-ide/*), the browser half registers a ConversationNodeDefinition + keyed Chat renderer through ctx.conversationEvents.register + ctx.slots.inject('conversation.chat.node'), so remote-exec results render as replayable rows in the chat flow.
• [ ] Remote Git panel (status / diff / commit over SSH)
• [ ] File search + upload/download with progress
• [ ] Tunnel (local port forwarding)

Acknowledgements

This plugin stands on the shoulders of the DSH plugin ecosystem:

• dsh-ssh (Apache-2.0) — the SSH engine architecture, WebSocket terminal protocol and DOM-injection patterns this project builds on.
• dsh-better-sidebar (MIT) — the local IDE workbench whose service API this plugin integrates with.
• ssh2 (MIT), xterm.js (MIT), CodeMirror (MIT) — the underlying libraries.

License

[Apache-2.0](LICENSE)