#19542 broke `orchestration send --to <handle>` between two terminals in no Run — the FIRST command the orchestration guide teaches — and every gate was green. The CLI tests mock the runtime client, so the runtime's throw was never produced; the RPC harness uses `:memory:` with a bound Run, so the unbound path was never taken; the guide-contract check only matched strings against ORCHESTRATION_COMMAND_SPECS. No gate ran the taught argv through a real binary against a real runtime. This spec does. It boots Electron, spawns the compiled out/cli/index.js, and runs the guide's sequence in the printed order — plain-terminal send, check, reply, restart, run-create, task-create, worker-start, the worker's own check/heartbeat/ask/escalation/worker_done, the coordinator's wait/reply/ack, retain/release, the run:/dispatch:/@group address forms, gates, low-level dispatch --inject, and worker-stop — asserting each receipt's shape rather than a zero exit. Commands run with ORCA_TERMINAL_HANDLE set instead of an added --from, because that is how the guide's argv actually runs. The second half is a drift gate: the spec records every argv it ran and compares it with the commands parsed out of skill-guides/orchestration*.md at test time. A documented command nobody executes fails, and so does a flag the spec executes that the guide never teaches. Excuses are per (verb, flag) with a stated reason, and an excuse that stops matching the guide fails too. The static contract test stays: it runs on every PR in seconds with no build and is the only gate covering the documented commands one local profile cannot reach. Both now read the guide through one parser so they cannot disagree about what is documented.
Orca
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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
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.
Claude Code
Codex
Grok
Cursor
GitHub Copilot
OpenCode
MiMo Code
Amp
OpenClaude
Antigravity
Pi
oh-my-pi
Hermes Agent
Devin
Goose
Auggie
Autohand Code
Charm
Cline
Codebuff
Command Code
Continue
Droid
Kilocode
Kimi
Kiro
Mistral Vibe
Qwen Code
Rovo Dev
+ any CLI agent
Install
Desktop — macOS, Windows, Linux
- Download from onOrca.dev
- Or grab a build directly: macOS Apple Silicon · macOS Intel · Windows (.exe) · Linux AppImage · All builds
- Running
orca serveon a headless Linux server? See the headless Linux server guide.
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.
- iOS: Download on the App Store or join TestFlight
- Android: Download APK 0.0.48 · Install guide
Community & Support
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Discord: Join the community on Discord.
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Twitter / X: Follow @orca_build for updates and announcements.
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WeChat: Scan to join the Orca community WeChat group 8. Group 8 may be full; if so, scan the Group 9 QR code instead.
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Feedback & Ideas: We ship fast. Missing something? Request a new feature.
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Privacy: See the privacy & telemetry docs for what anonymous usage data Orca collects and how to opt out.
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Show Support: Star this repo to follow along with our daily ships.
Developing
Want to contribute or run locally? See our CONTRIBUTING.md guide.
The relay that pairs the mobile app with a desktop host is also in this repository under
cloud/, with a separate pnpm workspace and setup guide.
Signed Builds
Windows code signing sponored/provided by SignPath.io, certificate by SignPath Foundation.
License
Orca is free and open source under the MIT License.












