Official2026-06-02

CodeWhale v0.8.49 Adds Claude Desktop Model Mapping

DeepSeek TUI has moved to CodeWhale v0.8.49 with a newer release/install surface, and DeepSeek's own Anthropic docs now spell out Claude-style model mapping for Claude Desktop developer mode.

1. DeepSeek TUI: CodeWhale v0.8.49 is now latest

  • GitHub Releases now marks v0.8.49 as latest on the canonical Hmbown/CodeWhale repository, dated June 1, 2026.
  • The rename remains official and time-bounded: legacy deepseek and deepseek-tui binaries still ship only as deprecation shims for one release cycle and are still scheduled to disappear in v0.9.0.
  • README and release examples now need to be read together: the current README still treats ~/.codewhale/config.toml as the primary config home and keeps ~/.deepseek/config.toml as legacy fallback, but the v0.8.49 release page's Docker example mounts ~/.deepseek into the container. That means setup pages should explain the split instead of claiming every upstream surface already converged.
  • The README also now freezes a cost-tracking fact that matters to TUI users: it says the DeepSeek pricing table baked the previous promotional discount into a one-quarter base-rate adjustment as of 2026-05-31 15:59 UTC, and that the TUI cost estimator already uses the current rates.

2. DeepSeek in Claude Code / Claude Desktop: official Anthropic mapping is now documented

  • DeepSeek's official Claude Code guide still documents the environment-variable baseline: ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://api.deepseek.com/anthropic, deepseek-v4-pro[1m], deepseek-v4-flash, and CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL=deepseek-v4-flash.
  • The stronger new change is in DeepSeek's official Anthropic API guide: it now explicitly documents model mapping for Claude-style names, stating that claude-opus* maps to deepseek-v4-pro, while claude-haiku* and claude-sonnet* map to deepseek-v4-flash.
  • DeepSeek also now says this mapping can bypass model-name restrictions in the new Claude Desktop app's developer mode when users change only the base URL and API key. That shifts this topic from a pure community workaround story to an official compatibility behavior that still needs local verification.
  • The migration deadline remains important: DeepSeek's quick-start still marks deepseek-chat and deepseek-reasoner for deprecation on 2026-07-24, so Claude-related setup pages should keep moving readers to exact V4 model strings.

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