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Orca (GitHub Repo)

Orca (GitHub Repo)

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Orca is an open-source orchestrator that lets developers manage fleets of parallel coding agents within isolated worktrees.
What: StablyAI released Orca, a tool that provides a unified interface for managing multiple coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode. It features terminal splitting, native GitHub and Linear integration, and a mobile companion for remote agent monitoring.
Why it matters: As developers move toward agentic workflows, the bottleneck shifts from writing code to managing the context and outputs of multiple specialized agents simultaneously.
Takeaway: Install via Homebrew using `brew install --cask stablyai/orca/orca` if you are managing multiple AI-powered coding agents on macOS.
Decoder
  • Worktree: A Git feature that allows multiple branches of a repository to be checked out in different directories simultaneously, enabling parallel agent tasks on the same codebase.
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Orca

The AI Orchestrator for 100x builders.
Run Codex, ClaudeCode, OpenCode or Pi side-by-side — each in its own worktree, tracked in one place.

Download Orca

Features

Mobile Companion

Monitor and steer your agents from your phone — get notified when an agent finishes and send follow-ups from anywhere.

iOS App Store · TestFlight · Android APK · Docs →

Parallel Worktrees

Fan one prompt across five agents, each in its own isolated git worktree — compare the results and merge the winner.

Docs →

Terminal Splits

Ghostty-class terminals with WebGL rendering, infinite splits, and scrollback that survives restarts.

Docs →

Design Mode

Click any UI element in a real Chromium window to send its HTML, CSS, and a cropped screenshot straight into your agent's prompt.

Docs →

GitHub & Linear, Native

Browse PRs, issues, and project boards in-app — open a worktree from any task and review without a context switch.

Docs →

SSH Worktrees

Run agents on a beefy remote box with full file editing, git, and terminals — auto-reconnect and port forwarding included.

Docs →

Annotate AI Diffs

Drop comments on any diff line and ship them back to the agent — review, edit, and commit without leaving Orca.

Docs →

Drag Files to Agents

VS Code's editor with autosave everywhere — drag files or images straight into an agent prompt.

Docs →

Orca CLI

Agents drive Orca too — script every workflow with orca worktree create, snapshot, click, and fill.

Docs →

Also in the box:

  • Quick open — Search across worktrees, files, agents, commands, and repo context without leaving your flow.
  • Account switcher & usage tracking — See Claude and Codex usage and rate-limit resets, and hot-swap accounts without re-logging in.
  • Rich repo previews — Preview Markdown, images, PDFs, and repo docs in the workspace.
  • Computer Use — Let agents operate desktop apps and visible UI when a workflow needs real interaction.
  • Notifications and unread state — Know when an agent finishes or needs attention, then mark threads unread to come back later.
  • And many, many more — we ship daily, so this list is perpetually behind. The changelog is the real feature list.

Supported Agents

Works with any CLI agent — if it runs in a terminal, it runs in Orca.

Install

Desktop — macOS, Windows, Linux

Or via a package manager:

# macOS (Homebrew)
brew install --cask stablyai/orca/orca

# Arch Linux (AUR) — or stably-orca-git to build from source
yay -S stably-orca-bin

Mobile Companion — iOS, Android

Pair with your desktop app to monitor and steer your agents from your phone.

Community & Support

  • Discord: Join the community on Discord.
  • Twitter / X: Follow @orca_build for updates and announcements.
  • Feedback & Ideas: We ship fast. Missing something? Request a new feature.
  • Privacy: See the privacy & telemetry docs for what anonymous usage data Orca collects and how to opt out.
  • Show Support: Star this repo to follow along with our daily ships.

Developing

Want to contribute or run locally? See our CONTRIBUTING.md guide.

License

Orca is free and open source under the MIT License.

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