Neil 0efe201fbf feat(remote-runtime): use E2EE v2 for desktop and CLI connections to remote runtimes (#39218)
* feat(remote-runtime): use E2EE v2 for desktop and CLI connections to remote runtimes

Desktop connections to remote runtimes (orca serve, orcad, managed SSH,
browser bridge) and the orca CLI now use E2EE v2 framing for hosts that
support it, and fall back to the legacy framing for hosts that do not.

- One-shot requests try v2 first. A host that refuses the v2 hello
  (hosts from before v2) or refuses capabilities on v2 token auth gets
  one transparent legacy redial; nothing but the handshake is sent before
  authentication, so the redial is safe.
- After a v2 sign-in succeeds, the host's pinned key is remembered in the
  profile (shared by the app and the CLI). Every connection to that host,
  including long-lived sockets, then uses v2 and never falls back.
- Long-lived sockets keep legacy framing until a host has proven v2, so
  they never see an older host refuse a v2 hello.
- Hosts accept clientCapabilities on direct v2 token auth, so desktop and
  CLI clients keep their capability negotiation on v2. Relay token auth
  stays exact.

* feat(remote-runtime): recover a latched host that was downgraded, without a legacy downgrade path

A host this profile had signed in to over v2 was refused for good if it
was later downgraded below capability-carrying v2 token auth. Hosts now
advertise pairing.e2ee-v2-token-capabilities.v1. When a latched host
refuses v2, a one-shot request asks the host over legacy framing (keyed
to its pinned key, so only the real host can answer) for status.get:

- no capability: the host itself says it was downgraded; the latch is
  dropped and the request goes ahead over legacy;
- capability present, or no answer: the request fails with an error
  that says to update the host or check the network path. Only the
  read-only status check ever ran over legacy.

A refusal faked on the path cannot produce the host's answer, so it
cannot force legacy framing for a latched host.
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Orca Orca

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The AI Orchestrator for 100x builders.
Run Claude Code, Codex, and any other coding agent in parallel, each in its own worktree. Chat or terminal, on your laptop or in the cloud, with diffs, a browser, and a CLI in one app.

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Orca desktop app with a coordinator agent running worker agents in parallel workspaces, and the Orca mobile app in the corner

Features

Orchestrate Agents

Hand a big task to one agent. It splits the work, starts worker agents in their own workspaces, and brings their results back to you.

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A coordinator agent splitting a task between two worker agents and reporting their results

Chat or Terminal

Run any agent in Chat UI or as the raw CLI, and move a conversation between the two without losing context.

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The same agent conversation in Chat UI and in the terminal, side by side

Run Anywhere

Pair a Remote Orca Server, work on any SSH host, or give a worktree its own cloud VM. Your agents keep running when your laptop sleeps.

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Choosing which machine a new worktree runs on, from this computer to an SSH host or a per-workspace environment

Mobile App

Pair Orca with the mobile app to get pinged when an agent needs you, reply in chat, and keep work moving on any of your machines when you are away from your desk.

iOS App Store · Android APK · Docs →

The Orca mobile app getting a notification that Claude needs input, opening the session, and replying so the agent opens the PR

Review AI Output

Review diffs, leave notes on exact changed lines, and send focused feedback back to an agent.

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A note on a changed diff line sent back to the agent

Git Integration

Draft commit messages and pull requests from the diff, then send failing checks or PR review comments back to an agent to fix.

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Drafting a commit and pull request, then sending a review comment back to the agent

Parallel Worktrees

Quickly split tasks into isolated environments, so multiple agents can work side by side without interfering with each other.

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Creating a new worktree with its own agent next to other running worktrees

Design Mode

Click any element in Orca's browser to copy its HTML, styles, and selector, then paste it into your agent's chat.

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Picking a button in Orca's browser and sending it to the agent's chat

GitHub & Linear, Native

See your GitHub and Linear tasks in one place, and start a workspace for each when you're ready to build.

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GitHub and Linear issues in Orca, with a workspace started from a Linear issue

Orca CLI

Anything you can do in Orca, your agents can do too: create worktrees, start workers, drive the browser and desktop apps, and schedule automations, all from the command line.

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An agent running orca worktree create to start a worker in a new worktree

Plugins

Themes, editors, languages, and panels from the community, installed in a click.

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Installing the Orca Midnight theme from the plugin catalog

Split Anything

Put agents, terminals, browsers, and diffs side by side in split panes shaped to the task.

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Dragging tabs into split panes with an agent, browser, terminal, and diff

Also in the box:

  • Drag Files to Agents: drag files from the explorer, or images from your desktop, straight into an agent's prompt.
  • Jump Anywhere: one shortcut jumps to any workspace or tab across every repo and host.
  • Rich Previews: open images, PDFs, and Markdown right in the workspace, next to the agent that made them.
  • Mobile Emulator: run an iOS Simulator or Android emulator beside your agent, and let it tap, type, and check its own work.
  • Dictation: press a shortcut and talk. Orca types what you say into the agent's prompt or terminal.
  • Usage & Accounts: see how much of your agent limits you've used and when they reset, and switch accounts without logging out.
  • Automations: schedule prompts to run on any repo: nightly dependency bumps, weekly triage, flaky-test sweeps.
  • Computer Use: when there's no CLI or API, agents can see and drive desktop apps and external browsers.
  • 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 logo Claude Code   Codex logo Codex   Grok logo Grok   Cursor logo Cursor   GitHub Copilot logo GitHub Copilot   Muse logo Muse   DeepSeek Harness logo DeepSeek Harness   ZCode logo ZCode   OpenCode logo OpenCode   MiMo Code logo MiMo Code   Amp logo Amp   OpenClaude logo OpenClaude   Antigravity logo Antigravity   Pi logo Pi   oh-my-pi logo oh-my-pi   Hermes Agent logo Hermes Agent   Devin logo Devin   Goose logo Goose   Auggie logo Auggie   Autohand Code logo Autohand Code   Charm logo Charm   Cline logo Cline   CodeBuddy logo CodeBuddy   Codebuff logo Codebuff   Freebuff logo Freebuff   Command Code logo Command Code   Continue logo Continue   Droid logo Droid   Kilocode logo Kilocode   Kimi logo Kimi   Kiro logo Kiro   Mistral Vibe logo Mistral Vibe   Qwen Code logo Qwen Code   Rovo Dev logo Rovo Dev   + any CLI agent


Install

Desktop — macOS, Windows, Linux

Or via a package manager:

# macOS (Homebrew)
# Always use the full name; bare `orca` is an unrelated Plotly cask.
brew install --cask stablyai/orca/orca
# Upgrade an existing install
brew upgrade --cask stablyai/orca/orca

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

Mobile App — 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.

  • WeChat: Scan to join the Orca community WeChat group.

    WeChat QR code for the Orca community
  • 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.

Orca contributors

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Signed Builds

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License

Orca is free and open source under the MIT License.

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Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop, mobile and remote runtime.
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