Neil 3f435fba28 perf(editor): watch only active, recent and at-risk workspaces (#30415)
* perf(editor): watch only active, recent and at-risk workspaces

Background workspaces no longer hold a whole-tree native file watch. The
active workspace, the 3 most recently visited ones, and any showing a
deleted/renamed tab keep theirs; every other workspace's subscription is
released (local, WSL, SSH via the relay, and runtime hosts alike).

When a dropped workspace is watched again, its tabs are verified against
disk through the existing paths: one overflow resync once the watch is in
place reloads clean tabs and refreshes git status, Files and markdown
lists; dirty tabs go through the restored-tab disk check, which shows the
changed-on-disk banner. Saves stay guarded by the host-side disk check, so
nothing is held while unwatched.

Also: watch requests are shared per directory and host; root events reach
every workspace on that root and SSH payloads carry their connection id;
late SSH and local/WSL capacity-retry installs send an overflow resync.

* fix(editor): catch up combined reviews, deletions, late installs and Files trees after a rewatch

- Overflow catch-up drops cached combined-diff bodies for the workspace and
  re-reads every loaded section of a mounted review (snapshot-backed too).
- Clean edit tabs are probed on the owning host first; a file proven gone is
  marked deleted and keeps its last content instead of reloading into an error.
- Dirty tabs are checked from the overflow itself, so the check runs after the
  watch is installed, including late capacity/SSH installs.
- Local/WSL Files trees also take the renderer-synthesized catch-up.
- Deleted/renamed-tab pins are capped at 3 beyond the active and recent set.

* fix(editor): catch-up keeps unsaved combined-diff edits and drops stale existence answers

- Cached Changes views reset only clean loaded sections; dirty sections keep
  their drafts and baselines (also for per-path invalidation).
- A mounted review re-reads loaded and in-flight sections on catch-up.
- Existence answers carry a per-tab generation; a newer probe or watch event
  for the tab supersedes an older answer.
- A tab is marked deleted only on a per-path ENOENT, never on a whole-request
  not-found or an old host's scalar fallback.

* fix(editor): re-check dirty tabs requested mid-read, prove runtime deletions, chunk existence probes

- A disk check requested while one is in flight is followed by one fresh read
  (coalesced) instead of being answered by the older reply.
- The restored-tab check probes runtime-owned files on their host; a per-path
  ENOENT marks the tab deleted. After a retry ceiling it stops, clears the
  suspension and shows the changed-on-disk banner.
- Overflow existence probes are split into host-sized chunks, in order.

* fix(editor): a reload that finds the file gone keeps its content; stale absence answers re-read

- A tab that already read its file and now gets a path-specific ENOENT on reload
  is marked deleted and keeps its last content, with or without an existence
  probe, so older paired servers are covered.
- The restored-tab check applies its request generation after the absence
  probe too, so an older answer cannot resolve a newer request.
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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.

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Orca desktop app running agents in parallel worktrees, with the Orca mobile companion app in the corner

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 · Android APK · Docs →

Orca desktop with the mobile companion app

Parallel Worktrees

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

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Parallel worktree orchestration

Terminal Splits

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

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Terminal splits

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.

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Embedded browser and Design Mode

GitHub & Linear, Native

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

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GitHub and Linear task workflows in Orca

SSH Worktrees

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

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Remote worktrees over SSH

Annotate AI Diffs

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

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Annotate AI-generated diffs

Drag Files to Agents

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

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Drag files and images into an agent prompt

Orca CLI

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

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Script Orca from the CLI

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 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)
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

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  • 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.

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.

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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