CodeWhale v0.8.43 Keeps the New Install Path

What changed upstream

• GitHub Releases now marks v0.8.43 as latest on the canonical Hmbown/CodeWhale repository.
• The rebrand contract is still explicit: codewhale / codewhale-tui remain the canonical dispatcher/runtime pair, while legacy deepseek / deepseek-tui binaries are still temporary deprecation shims scheduled to disappear in v0.9.0.
• The canonical Docker path advanced too: the release page now shows ghcr.io/hmbown/codewhale:v0.8.43, so guide pages should move that pinned example instead of leaving the older 0.8.42 tag in place.
• The current README still keeps the practical developer hooks visible: skills discovery order, GitHub-installable skill packs, and self-hosted provider knobs such as SGLANG_BASE_URL and VLLM_BASE_URL remain part of the documented surface. That matters because DeepSeek TUI is still easiest to rank for when the page explains concrete developer workflows rather than only the rename story.

Practical setup guidance

1. The stable reference point should now be v0.8.43, not v0.8.42.
2. Canonical install, auth, and doctor examples should lead with codewhale, not a legacy shim command.
3. Docker users should see the pinned ghcr.io/hmbown/codewhale:v0.8.43 example.
4. TUI pages that mention skills or self-hosted runners can safely keep that framing, because the current README still documents both.

Sources

• CodeWhale releases
• DeepSeek TUI README
• DeepSeek official Claude Code integration guide
• DeepSeek V4 Flash model card