Jinwoo Hong 78bb358c72 fix(linux): run each terminal in its own systemd scope so one out-of-memory kill no longer closes every terminal (#28871)
* refactor(daemon): rename the PTY process ceiling modules to terminal scopes

Pure move ahead of making per-terminal scopes the Linux default.

* fix(linux): run each terminal in its own systemd scope

The daemon and every terminal shared one systemd scope, so one kernel OOM
kill stopped the whole scope, systemd-oomd killed every terminal at once,
and all terminals shared one TasksMax. When the daemon runs in the fresh
scope its launcher made, each terminal now gets its own transient scope
under a slice bound to the daemon's scope, as the opt-in process ceiling
already did. OOMPolicy=continue is used where a probe scope accepts it,
the ceiling becomes TasksMax per terminal, and oomd is asked to avoid the
daemon's scope. The slice's binding replaces the death watch's slice
argument and the exit-time slice stop.

* test(linux): cover per-terminal scopes in the daemon scope Docker harness

Runs on systemd 249, 252 and 257: an OOM kill in one terminal leaves the
daemon and the other terminals running, the process ceiling applies per
terminal, and stopping the daemon scope or SIGKILLing the daemon reaps the
slice and every terminal. The baseline reports today's whole-daemon kill.

* chore: prune the sync-spawn baseline after removing the exit-time slice stop

* fix(linux): read the terminal scope wrappers as no foreground process yet

systemd-run and env own a new terminal until the shell execs, which took up
to ~270 ms per terminal when 50 started at once on Ubuntu 24.04. Reported as
the foreground, they read as running work and could pass the four-poll
child-process readiness gates before the shell existed.

* fix(linux): simplify terminal scope state and keep scopes without pids delegation

One nullable runtime replaces the unread ceiling state; losing the slice
logs once and later terminals stay in the daemon scope. The probe no longer
fails when pids.max is absent, so only the ceiling turns off there. The
resolution is one on/off value, the launch id comes from the daemon scope
alone, and the ManagedOOMPreference request no longer blocks startup. The
foreground filter matches Orca's exact wrapper paths, so a user-run
systemd-run stays visible.

* refactor(linux): name the terminal slice from the daemon scope and start the oomd hint at init

The slice and scope names now come from the daemon scope's own unit name, so
nothing parses its prefix back out. The ManagedOOMPreference request moves
out of the resolver into initializeTerminalScopes, where a spawn error can
no longer land in the resolver's catch after the slice exists.

* test(linux): run the terminal scope wrapper foreground test off Windows only

* test(linux): tolerate an already unloaded scope after the baseline OOM stop

* fix(linux): read Orca's scope wrapper as the shell, and bound startup systemd calls

node-pty names the wrapper path both while it execs the shell and as its
spawn file once the foreground group's leader has exited (true | claude,
seq | less). Hiding it skipped the agent scan; reporting the shell instead
matches what the unwrapped spawn reports. Each startup systemd call now
times out after 1.5 s, so a wedged user manager turns terminal scopes off
inside the launcher's 10 s wait instead of failing the launch.

* fix(linux): mark a timed-out terminal scope setup in the daemon log

A busy user manager and one that refused both reported slice_unavailable.
The log-only off detail now carries timedOut: true for the first; the
reported ceiling reason and the wire are unchanged.
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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.

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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.


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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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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.

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