Practical guideDeepSeek Models Explained: Complete Model Overview
A current and historical map of DeepSeek V4, V3, R1, Coder, VL and other model families, with availability labels and selection advice.
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Guides to current, historical, specialised, and locally available DeepSeek model families and product surfaces.
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DeepSeek R1 Guide: Reasoning, Uses and Local Access
A documentation-based guide to DeepSeek R1, R1-Zero, distilled checkpoints, reasoning uses, local access, licensing and limitations.
DeepSeek Coder Guide for Developers
Understand DeepSeek Coder and Coder V2 variants, local deployment, licensing, code workflows, security review and current API alternatives.
DeepSeek VL Guide: Vision-Language Models Explained
A guide to DeepSeek VL and VL2 variants, multimodal capabilities, installation paths, licences, intended uses and limitations.
Which DeepSeek Model Should You Choose?
A current use-case decision guide for DeepSeek V4 Flash, V4 Pro, R1 distills, Coder V2 and VL2, including cost, privacy and hardware.