The terminal daemon was fork()ed with no explicit execPath, so its process image was the install-dir Orca.exe run via ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE. On Windows, the NSIS installer's CHECK_APP_RUNNING sweep force-kills processes whose image lives under the install directory, so an app update killed the live daemon and every terminal it hosted (including the user's running Claude process). Relocate the daemon host image out of the install dir: stage a standalone, version-correct node.exe under %APPDATA%\orca\daemon-host\<appVersion>\ and fork the daemon from it. The daemon's image now lives in userData, outside the installer's kill zone, so it survives updates. Fail-open: if no relocated node.exe is present, fall back to the current Orca.exe + ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE path (zero regression). Adoption and stale-kill are unaffected — process identification matches on daemon-entry/socket/token args and the unchanged entryPath, never the host image name. Build: afterPack stages the build host's own official (OpenJS-signed) Node 24.x node.exe into resources/daemon-host/node.exe. engines.node="24" pins the build host to the ABI Electron 42 embeds (Node 24.15, NAPI 10) so the relocated host loads node-pty's NAPI conpty.node addon. Shipping the OpenJS-signed binary means it is validly signed regardless of whether SignPath re-signs nested PEs. Extract the version-keyed copy + daemon-pinned GC shared by the node-pty native relocation (#7421) into install-dir-runtime-relocation.ts and reuse it for the host relocation. CI verify step + contract/config tests guard the staging.
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 0.0.22
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 the QR code to join the community.
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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.
License
Orca is free and open source under the MIT License.










