Weniger

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„Weniger, aber besser" — Less, but better.

A Dieter Rams-inspired theme for the DeepSeek Harness (DSH) Web GUI: warm paper whites, hairline borders, near-black ink, one signal-orange accent, squared 0–4px geometry, flat surfaces, and a single Swiss type stack across the whole UI.

Installation

Install as a DSH web plugin, then restart dsh web:

dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-weniger-theme@latest

Upgrading from ≤ 0.1.3? Those versions shipped no dsh.bundle declaration, so dsh plugin add silently installed the package as a plain dependency — the theme never loaded and /plugins/dsh-weniger-theme/client.js returned 404. 0.1.4 adds cordis.patch.yml as a bundle patch layer; re-run the add command above (or dsh plugin --profile web update dsh-weniger-theme) and restart dsh web — the reconciler picks up the declaration automatically.

Or straight from the GitHub repo:

dsh plugin --profile web add github:lesliechowsh/dsh-weniger-theme

1. Install the package into your web profile:

   cd "$DSH_HOME/profiles/web"
   npm install dsh-weniger-theme
   

2. Append one insert entry to the profile's cordis.patch.yml:

   - insert:
       - id: weniger-theme
         name: 'dsh-weniger-theme'
   

3. Restart dsh web.

Uninstall

dsh plugin --profile web remove dsh-weniger-theme

(Manual installs: remove the cordis.patch.yml entry and the dependency, then restart.) The theme switches the UI to the light scheme once on activation; you can switch back to dark in Settings → Appearance afterwards — the Weniger dark palette is complete.

What it does

• Remaps the entire design-token graph (theme-service tokens, derived tokens, and the static color ramp) to a warm Braun-style palette, in both light and dark modes.
• Converges every component radius to a 0–4px grid and flattens all shadows.
• Recolors the user bubble, code blocks, send button, active-nav accents, focus rings, selection, and the syntax-highlight palette.
• Adds a footer chip (orange square + label) that opens a small panel quoting the ten principles of good design, with attribution.

Repository layout

• client.js + index.js + package.json — the plugin as a standard DSH client module (dsh.client manifest).
• weniger-theme.client.js — the development form (dynamic plugin) used for iteration; not required for installation.
• ui-probe.host.js / ui-probe.client.js — self-review tooling used during development.
• DESIGN-NOTES.md — design decisions: token layers, palette, radius grid, verification loop.
• docs/ — screenshots.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Attribution & disclaimer

Inspired by the design philosophy of Dieter Rams and his ten principles of good design, quoted briefly in the UI as homage. This project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Dieter Rams, Vitsœ, Braun GmbH, or Procter & Gamble. "Braun" is a trademark of its respective owner; no Braun trademarks, logos, or product designs are reproduced here. The color palette and layout values are original.