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Homebrew is the cleanest CodeWhale install path when brew already owns most of your macOS CLI tools

If you searched for DeepSeek TUI on macOS, the branding changed but the package-owner question did not. If your machine already treats Homebrew as the package authority for developer tools, using brew keeps updates and binary ownership clearer than introducing another package path just for one app.

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DeepSeek TUI has been renamed to CodeWhale

Upstream now ships the project under the new name. For fresh installs, use npm install -g codewhale and launch it with codewhale.

The older deepseek and deepseek-tui names still exist as compatibility shims for now, but upstream documents them as transitional and scheduled for removal in v0.9.0.

Questions this page should answer fast

  • When does Homebrew simplify the install story on macOS?
  • How do you avoid competing binary ownership between brew and other package paths?
  • Which checks tell you the brew route is truly active?

What to verify next

  • Validate `codewhale --version` after reopening the terminal.
  • Check whether `/opt/homebrew` or `/usr/local` ordering hides another binary.
  • Continue into config only after the binary route is clear.

Common mistakes

  • Using Homebrew because it looks convenient even though another package manager already owns most of your CLI tools.
  • Updating with brew while the active binary still comes from npm or cargo.
  • Debugging provider issues before confirming the binary path.

Recommended reading order

Move through the page by workflow need first, then branch into adjacent detail pages or hubs.

Step 1

Confirm brew health

Make sure `brew --version` and your normal brew install flow already work before adding DeepSeek TUI to that stack.

Step 2

Install through the same package owner you update with

Do not mix a brew install with later updates from npm or cargo unless you are intentionally migrating.

Step 3

Verify the active binary path

After install, inspect which binary your shell resolves first and confirm it matches the brew-managed location.

Use-it-now examples

Start from working examples first, then adjust the details.

Install and verify through brew only

Keep package ownership obvious. Install, reopen the shell, then confirm the same brew-managed binary is active.

brew install deepseek-tui
codewhale --version
command -v codewhale || which codewhale

Check which Homebrew prefix actually won

On macOS, confusion often comes from `/opt/homebrew` versus `/usr/local` or another package path winning first.

command -v codewhale || which codewhale
# compare whether the resolved path matches your brew prefix

Confirm brew health before you blame the app

If brew itself is stale or unhealthy, fix that first so you do not turn package-manager drift into an app debugging session.

brew --version
brew doctor
brew list | rg deepseek-tui || true

Common failure branches

Work out which layer failed first instead of treating every problem as the same.

Brew install succeeded but the command still points somewhere else

That means Homebrew is not the active owner yet. Fix PATH order before you treat this as a DeepSeek TUI issue.

The brew binary is active but requests still fail

That is usually not an install problem anymore. Move straight into provider setup or config checks.

`brew doctor` is already complaining before install

Treat that as Homebrew environment debt first. A noisy brew base will make install verification unreliable.

When to leave this page

Once the route is clear, leave this page quickly. Install pages should hand you into config, config pages should send you into provider or troubleshooting, and MCP or mode pages should send you back into live workflow decisions. A detail page is valuable because it narrows the problem, not because you stay on it forever.