Brennan Benson
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* fix(native-chat): a host admits structured sessions by client capability, not its own chat setting A host's experimentalStructuredNativeChat decided whether any paired client could reach agentSession.* at all, and whether session.tabs.* showed it structured tabs. That setting is the host user's own launch preference: whether a new agent opens as a chat or a terminal is decided by whoever launches it. Using it as admission control meant a client whose own preference was "structured chat" was refused on a host whose preference was "terminal", and chats opened while the setting was on were withheld from mobile once it was turned off. The gate now asks one thing: did the client advertise agent-session.structured.v1 (in-process callers negotiate nothing and are always admitted). Tab projection and restore follow the same rule. With the setting no longer gating anything, the separate cleanup gate (close, cancel, unsubscribe, release), which existed only so those kept working after the setting was switched off, is identical to the main gate and is folded into it. The settings listener that republished tabs when the setting changed is removed, since projection no longer depends on it. The host setting still picks the default for launches that start on the host itself (agent.launch from mobile, orchestration worker-start). * fix(native-chat): negotiate client-chosen launch mode so released phones and old servers keep terminals Hosts advertise agent-session.structured.client-launch-mode.v1: they admit structured sessions by client capability alone. A remote client that does not advertise it (phones released before agent.launch) asks createSupport to pick the launch mode, so the host keeps answering that with its own setting, exactly as before. Cleanup methods keep their own named gate so a future admission condition cannot make close or cancel refusable. * chore(native-chat): justify the two type assertions this change's lines touch * fix(native-chat): chats that already exist keep showing whatever the chat setting says The structured chat setting decides only what new agents open as. With it off, this machine's structured chats used to be hidden while the host, which no longer reads the setting, still reported them to the workspace activation gate, so a workspace holding only a chat opened empty. The local chat mirror and its startup restore now run whatever the setting says, the continue-after-restart offer follows the chats that exist, and the setting's copy says it applies to new agents. * test(native-chat): pin that a host advertises the client-chosen launch mode * fix(native-chat): mirror this machine's chats only where it holds them Round 1 ran the local chat mirror for everyone so existing chats show whatever the setting says. That gave every desktop a permanent session-tabs listener, which turns on the runtime's phone replication paths, plus two full session-tab censuses at startup, and made the browser client mirror its remote host a second time. The runtime now says whether it holds structured chats: its structured host is built only when saved chats were restored at startup or a client created one here, and it announces the moment one is built. The mirror, the startup restore and the continue-after-restart offer run only when the setting launches chats or the host holds some, and never in the browser client. A chat a paired client creates here with the setting off still appears at once. The chat behaviour settings show wherever chats exist, and the setting's copy says it picks what new agents open as. The toggle-off teardown this made dead is removed. * test(native-chat): record install listeners without a cast * fix(native-chat): mirror this machine's chats only once it holds one, not once its host is built Session history, resume preparation, terminal resume commands and replay-safe phone launches all build the structured host for users who never had a chat, which turned on the chat mirror and the structured-only settings rows until the next restart. The signal is now derived from the host's records (or a records file still owed its import) and pushed when the first chat is restored or created. A throwing listener no longer fails the install that fired it. * feat(native-chat): createSupport reports the saved selection a new chat on this host starts with A chat on a paired server starts with the server's saved model and options, which the desktop could not read, so its picker showed a guess. createSupport's answer, which the desktop already waits for before a paired launch, now also carries that seed as a new optional field (older clients ignore it). Create and createSupport read it through one resolver so they cannot drift. * refactor(protocol): move the Electron remote client capability list into its own module Merging main left protocol-version.ts one line over the max-lines limit on this branch. The list of capabilities the desktop advertises to a paired host moves, unchanged, into electron-remote-runtime-client-capabilities.ts, the module the next PR in the stack already uses for it; importers point there. * test(cross-version): stub the launch seed resolver createSupport now reads * fix(native-chat): the desktop tells its own host it picks each launch mode, so retrying an existing chat works with the setting off * docs(native-chat): name the real exit for the released-phone createSupport rule * test(cross-version): a released client still gets the host-setting createSupport answer; a launch-mode client gets supported plus the seed
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.
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Cursor
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oh-my-pi
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Continue
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Kimi
Kiro
Mistral Vibe
Qwen Code
Rovo Dev
+ any CLI agent
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Desktop — macOS, Windows, Linux
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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
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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.
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License
Orca is free and open source under the MIT License.