Best DSH UI and theme plugins

Interface plugins are the most visible part of the ecosystem and also the most sensitive to runtime changes, because they hook rendering paths that shift between preview releases. Every pick here has been updated recently and declares a current dshTarget.

Better Sidebar

An extensible sidebar that other plugins can add pages to, shipped with file editing, a terminal, Git and a subagent view. If you install one interface plugin, this is the one with the most leverage.

GenUI

Renders real interface inside replies: charts, plots, forms, quizzes, mermaid diagrams and 3D scenes, with an action loop back to the model. It changes the shape of an answer rather than the frame around it.

DSH TUI

A terminal front end for people who never wanted a browser tab. Whale status bar, streaming thoughts, tokens per second, context progress and double-Esc rollback.

Deep Whale

A themed skin series with several variants. Palettes are chosen so panels stay readable, which is the part skins usually get wrong.

DSH Web

An aggregation layer that installs a set of Web UI extensions together with shared component conventions, so panels look like they belong to the same product.

Working Activity

A working-line status extension that makes long-running work legible at a glance instead of hiding it behind a spinner.

deepseek-design

Generate a layout or deck, then edit it visually instead of iterating through prompts. The template market removes the blank-page problem.

How we choose

We favour plugins that modify chrome rather than content, keep contrast readable in panels, and switch on without a restart. A skin that makes a status field unreadable is a net loss regardless of how it looks, so we check the panels before the hero.