Brennan Benson
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* fix(orchestration): enforce nested worker depth instead of an accidental fence Orca documented that "dispatched workers cannot spawn their own sub-workers (worker-start is coordinator-fenced)". No such check existed. What existed was a single Run-binding check in the workerStart RPC: a worker's terminal is not bound to a Run, so worker-start happened to fail. The rule was emergent, asserted by no test, and written in no doc — and it leaked. A worker could run-create its own Run, task-create, and worker-start: now bound, the check passed. Replace it with a real, configurable depth cap. Depth is derived from the caller's own active Dispatch rather than from Run binding, which is what dissolves the run-create bypass: creating a Run does not stop you being a worker. Enforcement lives in a single dispatch-row writer that owns all three INSERTs that mint a live worker — the generic claim, the supervised worker-start path (including every retry), and the remote attachment. Two of those were missed by earlier drafts of this change, so `creator` and `maxDepth` are required parameters: a new spawn path cannot compile without deciding, and a boundary test refuses the SQL anywhere else. Schema v30 adds depth to dispatch_contexts and remote_dispatch_attachments, NOT NULL DEFAULT 1 and backfilled to 1 so an unstamped or pre-upgrade row fails closed rather than reading as a root coordinator. The attachment pane indexes widen to the five states in which a remote worker may still be running: loss of contact is not evidence of process death, so an unverifiable worker still counts as a nesting parent. Also adds the caller-evidence assertion that workerStart was the only Run-scoped verb to skip, so a declared --from cannot name another terminal's pane and inherit its depth. Default is 1, so behaviour is unchanged unless the new setting is raised. Two limitations are deliberate and documented rather than papered over: this is a guardrail and not a security boundary, since a caller whose launch evidence is unverifiable (any ordinary restored terminal) can declare another handle; and it is enforced at supervised dispatch creation, so a settled worker whose process is still alive counts as a root again. * fix(orchestration): share caller resolution and pin worker gaps * refactor(orchestration): make the caller resolver's pane contract explicit Overloads so requireStablePane callers get a non-null string instead of casting, and rename the attestation opt-out to say what it means: the caller asserts it itself. A flag called assertEvidence:false reads as "attestation optional", which is the hole this helper exists to close. * fix(orchestration): propagate dispatch depth to federated workers * chore(cli): refresh bundled orchestration guide
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.