DeepSeek TUI moves the current CodeWhale baseline to v0.8.47 and makes `~/.codewhale` the primary config home

Accepted developer update

Today's safe publishable change is on the DeepSeek TUI track again, but it is not just another patch-version bump. The install surface now changed in a way that can break setup and persistence advice if a page still teaches the older home directory.

What changed upstream

• GitHub Releases now marks v0.8.47 as latest on the canonical Hmbown/CodeWhale repository, dated May 27, 2026.
• The rebrand contract is still explicit: codewhale / codewhale-tui remain canonical, while legacy deepseek / deepseek-tui binaries are temporary deprecation shims scheduled to disappear in v0.9.0.
• The primary user config home has moved: the current README says user config is now ~/.codewhale/config.toml, with ~/.deepseek/config.toml only as a legacy fallback.
• The project-overlay path moved too: workspace overrides now live at <workspace>/.codewhale/config.toml, while <workspace>/.deepseek/config.toml is legacy compatibility only.
• Docker persistence moved with the rename: current README examples mount a named codewhale-home volume to /home/codewhale/.codewhale, not /home/codewhale/.deepseek.
• Skill discovery and bundled system skills now document the new home explicitly: global lookup includes ~/.codewhale/skills, with ~/.deepseek/skills still listed as legacy compatibility.

Why this matters for crawlable setup pages

1. The stable reference point should now be v0.8.47, not v0.8.43.
2. Setup pages should teach ~/.codewhale as the primary config and skill home, while labeling ~/.deepseek as a fallback for older installs.
3. Docker examples should mount codewhale-home:/home/codewhale/.codewhale so credentials, sessions, and config persist in the current path.
4. Pages that explain DeepSeek TUI as a reusable developer environment should mention the new home-directory migration, not only the CodeWhale rename.

What we rejected today

• DeepSeek local development: the official DeepSeek V4 Flash model card still shows the same maintained local baseline already covered on this site: vLLM and SGLang launch commands, Docker Model Runner, OpenAI-compatible curl checks, and the quantization browser for llama.cpp, Ollama, and LM Studio. No stronger official Mac- or guide-shaping delta appeared today.
• DeepSeek in Claude Code / Cloud Code: the official DeepSeek Claude Code guide still uses the same Anthropic-compatible environment recipe already reflected on this site, including ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://api.deepseek.com/anthropic, deepseek-v4-pro[1m], deepseek-v4-flash, CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL, and CLAUDE_CODE_EFFORT_LEVEL=max.
• Release-title features without anchored docs: the latest release title mentions verification gates, goal tools, and DuckDuckGo, but today's safe editorial delta is the documented install/config-home migration and current release line, not inferred feature behavior.

Editorial takeaway

Today's public update belongs on the DeepSeek TUI guide, the dedicated /deepseek-tui landing page, and the news stream. It does not affect stocked plans, pricing cards, stock, or any purchasable inventory surface.

Sources checked

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