Brennan BensonandSiddiqui Qamar
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* fix(grok): stop Orca's Grok hooks from costing anything outside Orca Orca registers Grok agent-status hooks in the global $GROK_HOME/hooks. Grok loads that directory on every session, so a Grok run that Orca did not launch still paid for the hook on every event, and Orca rewrote the file even after a user had emptied it to opt out (#15518). The registered POSIX command now guards on ORCA_PANE_KEY before doing anything. That variable is part of the pane identity Orca injects into terminals it launches, and unlike the port and token it never comes from the endpoint file, so it is present exactly when the session belongs to Orca. A standalone session short-circuits without spawning a shell for the managed script at all. The same guard is applied to the remote install, because a remote host runs standalone Grok sessions too. PreToolUse is no longer registered. It is a blocking hook, so Orca sat on the critical path of every tool call and doubled the per-tool spawns, for a transition PostToolUse already reports. Windows cannot use the guard: the command there must be a single spawnable token, so it is a bare script path with no shell to evaluate a test. For that case the hooks are removed when Orca quits -- locally, on WSL guests, and on connected SSH hosts -- and reinstalled on the next launch. A config the user has emptied is left alone on startup; turning the setting back on in Settings is an explicit and later choice, so that path reinstalls. Removal is careful about what it is deleting. It strips only Orca's own entries, keeps user-authored ones, and deletes the file only when no hook entries remain -- keying that off the whole object would leave a stray non-hook key behind, and the emptied-config check would then read that remnant as a deliberate opt-out and never reinstall. A config the user has symlinked into a dotfiles repo is written through rather than unlinked, and is exempt from the emptied-config check for the same reason: after a quit it is a file Orca emptied, not one the user did. Writes go through temp+rename. Grok refuses to build a sandbox profile for a hook JSON with more than one hard link, so publishing by hard link would fail any session that started during the write. Install and removal on remote hosts now read the platform from the same field. They did not, so a Windows remote whose bridge env was incomplete had hooks installed and never removed. Co-authored-by: Siddiqui Qamar <137684575+siddqamar@users.noreply.github.com> * fix(grok): preserve hook state outside Orca --------- Co-authored-by: Siddiqui Qamar <137684575+siddqamar@users.noreply.github.com>
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.
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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 0.0.44 · 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.