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The migration moved legacy `ssh:<target>` pane bindings into `local` and cleared them, on the theory that the ssh partition was a stale spill of the desktop plane's state. Investigation of both hypotheses the team raised disproved that: - NOT cross-version compat. The introducing commit says it is for CONCURRENT multi-host. Nothing about the partition crosses the wire (zero references under src/main/runtime/rpc/), and the payload that does cross the SSH boundary — RemoteWorkspaceSnapshot — is projected from `local`. The only downgrade-compat comment protects `local`, the other direction. - NOT multi-client. PersistedState is one file on one machine; phones and CLI are RPC clients into that same process. Orca's real per-client state is `mobileClientTabSelectionsByDeviceId`, 13 lines above in the same struct, and it carries selections only — never a ptyId. What it actually is: the headless/CLI/mobile plane's OWN home, written and read deliberately across several tickets (STA-3463, STA-3465), with tests that assert that partition by name. So the fold was not tidying a spill — it was erasing another plane's live state. Measured symptom: a split SSH tab would disappear from mobile while its shell kept running. The desktop plane's fix never needed it. Supersession multiplied panes because `durablyBoundPtyIdForPane` hedged into the other plane's copy; reading `local` alone is the fix, and it stands without any migration. Deleting rather than redesigning, because the redesign had no target: five review rounds each found a defect in that function, three of them inside the previous round's fix, and every one was a cell of a merge matrix that only existed to serve a premise that was false. The `boundPtyIdsAcrossPartitions` clause is INVERTED, not dropped. It required the two partitions to AGREE after load — which encoded the false premise, and is what made a migration look necessary. It now asserts the narrower, stronger property: what the desktop plane resolves follows `local` alone, whatever the other plane holds. Also proven, and the reason unification was NOT attempted: worktreeId is `<repoId>::<path>` where repoId is a randomUUID minted client-side at repo add (orca-runtime.ts:18722), so two servers cannot collide on one. Host scoping was not protecting against that here — but the two planes' opposite choices are each deliberate and each test-pinned, so choosing a winner is an architecture call, not a cleanup. Net production: -75 lines.
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
Mobile CompanionMonitor and steer your agents from your phone — get notified when an agent finishes and send follow-ups from anywhere. |
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Parallel WorktreesFan one prompt across five agents, each in its own isolated git worktree — compare the results and merge the winner. |
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Terminal SplitsGhostty-class terminals with WebGL rendering, infinite splits, and scrollback that survives restarts. |
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Design ModeClick any UI element in a real Chromium window to send its HTML, CSS, and a cropped screenshot straight into your agent's prompt. |
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GitHub & Linear, NativeBrowse PRs, issues, and project boards in-app — open a worktree from any task and review without a context switch. |
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SSH WorktreesRun agents on a beefy remote box with full file editing, git, and terminals — auto-reconnect and port forwarding included. |
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Annotate AI DiffsDrop comments on any diff line and ship them back to the agent — review, edit, and commit without leaving Orca. |
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Drag Files to AgentsVS Code's editor with autosave everywhere — drag files or images straight into an agent prompt. |
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Orca CLIAgents drive Orca too — script every workflow with |
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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 0.0.42
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 7.
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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.
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.