DeepSeek Harness: 1.54 million users in three months

The open-source agent framework DeepSeek Harness reached 1.54 million daily active users less than three months after launch, consuming approximately 92 trillion tokens per day via its official API.

Compiled by Sergey KostenchukPublished 2026-11-09Updated 2026-11-10

2026-11-09 Business OpenAI

💼 DeepSeek Harness: 1.54 million users in three months

The open-source agent framework Harness (v0.1 from August 13, 2026) reached 1.54 million DAU by November 4, growing from 271,000 in late September and 429,000 in early October, according to company data.

🌍 92 trillion tokens per day via API is a public benchmark for agent workloads: autonomous tasks require orders of magnitude more computation than chatbots. DeepSeek is betting on its ecosystem (35,000 plugins, marketplace, grants) and competing with OpenAI and Anthropic not just on model pricing.

👤 Harness is open and extensible via plugins—used by 60% of active users. However, the community reports looping issues with 15+ plugins, significantly higher token consumption, and slow execution; third-party plugin licenses are not disclosed.

Source 1: https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3373757/can-deepseek-challenge-openai-anthropic-ai-agents-harness-adoption-takes Source 2: https://eu.36kr.com/en/p/4057774236652417

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