Summary
DeepSeek TUI shipped v0.8.50 with an official project rename to CodeWhale while keeping legacy deepseek and deepseek-tui binaries as compatibility shims through the v0.8 line. The rebrand arrives alongside active reliability work on engine hangs, image attachment handling, and provider expansion.
What changed
The project renamed from DeepSeek TUI to CodeWhale in v0.8.50 and announced deprecation shims for the old binary names until v0.9.0.
Why it matters
A rename can signal broader positioning away from a single provider toward a multi-provider coding-agent client. Maintaining shims reduces migration friction while the project addresses reliability regressions.
Evidence excerpt
Radar reported v0.8.50 as the official rename release, with legacy deepseek binaries retained as compatibility shims through v0.8.x.