dao-code

About dao-code

Dao Code (command dao) is a terminal-native AI coding assistant: it reads code, writes code, runs commands, and fixes bugs right in your terminal — streaming its reasoning and tool calls while executing safely behind an approval gate, until the task is done. It targets DeepSeek V4 (1M context), is Chinese-first, and is inspired by Claude Code — but takes a different road: rather than buying experience with an expensive model, it builds on DeepSeek's strong price-performance and ultra-cheap ca…

Prices as of 2026-06 official rates: DeepSeek V4 Pro hit/miss/output = $0.003625 / $0.435 / $0.87 per 1M; Claude Opus 4.8 = $5 / $25 (hits at 0.1× cache-read), Sonnet 4.6 = $3 / $15. Multiples are USD-on-USD, exchange-rate-independent; ¥ converted at ¥7.1/$. Cross-check: re-pricing L1 at current rates gives ¥0.140 ≈ the ¥0.136 the in-log /cost reported. - Verify the cache mechanism live — npm run accept:cache runs a multi-turn conversation against the live API so you can watch the hit rate cl…

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dao-code is an open-source project written primarily in TypeScript, with 1.3k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in August 2026.