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DS4 Control for Mac

Control panel for local `ds4` servers that launches and monitors DeepSeek V4 (Pro/Flash, 1M context) and switches coding CLIs like Pi, Claude Code, or BYOC.

By notatestuser. Free and open source, MIT licence.

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DS4 Control at a glance

Version
1.8.2
Released
17 September 2026
Download size
7.6 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Artificial Intelligence
Developer
notatestuser
GitHub stars
916

About DS4 Control

macOS menubar app for fast local DeepSeek V4.1, with 1M context.

Screenshots

DS4 Control screenshot 1DS4 Control screenshot 2

How to install DS4 Control on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for DS4 Control and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.8.2 from notatestuser's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to DS4 Control show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: DS4-Control-v1.8.2.dmg (7.6 MB).

What is new in DS4 Control 1.8.2

## What's Changed
* Lock model switcher while running, rework Settings Server section by @notatestuser in https://github.com/notatestuser/ds4-control/pull/29
* Allow V4.1 Flash 41-q2 on 96 GiB Macs and default to V4.1 there by @notatestuser in https://github.com/notatestuser/ds4-control/pull/30

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/notatestuser/ds4-control/compare/v1.8.1...v1.8.2

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