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Triggering a quick command opened a terminal tab titled with the command's
label, the shell started and drew its prompt, and the command never ran.
TerminalPane snapshots `pendingStartupByTabId[tabId]` in a useState lazy
initializer, and a mount effect deleted the entry immediately. The pane's key
is `${tab.id}-${tab.generation ?? 0}`, so anything that bumps generation before
the command reaches a shell — the stall-recovery remount fired from
`requestTerminalPaneRecovery`, or the allDead activation regeneration — mounted
a second pane that re-read an emptied slot and spawned with no command at all.
The loss was permanent, which is why every scope failed alike: repo, global and
agent-prompt all funnel through the same queue-then-snapshot sequence.
Spend the entry at `onPtySpawn` instead, which is the one point that proves this
pane's own fresh spawn exists. A pane retired mid-connect never reaches it, so
the command stays queued for the next mount; reattach skips `onPtySpawn`, so it
cannot spend a command it never delivers.
Three details are load-bearing:
- Ownership is reference identity (`paneOwnsQueuedStartup`). Setup and issue
splits borrow the same `deps.startup` field for their own one-shot payload, and
that payload can be structurally identical to the queued command, so a
truthiness test would let a split pane spend a command it never runs.
- The consume runs after `bindActivePanePty`. While the tab still has no ptyId,
the queued entry is the only thing holding its worktree out of the
retention-budget force-park, so dropping it first unmounts the pane mid-spawn.
- The callback is one-shot. `onPtySpawn` fires on every fresh spawn a pane makes,
including hibernation wake and the respawn ladder, and a command queued after
the first launch belongs to that later launch.
Known residual, documented at the call site: the consume tracks "a pty exists",
not "the command ran". Windows embeds short commands in the shell argv, so they
execute before the spawn resolves and a pane retired in that window re-delivers
on remount; on POSIX the write waits for shell-ready, so a pty that dies in that
window loses a command already spent. Closing either needs a delivery signal
from main rather than this callback. Both windows are narrow, and both are
strictly better than losing the command unconditionally.
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 0.0.43 · 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 7. If it is full, use group 8.
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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.