The exit gate used to read `if (result.hasChildProcesses)` and refuse on `true`. Moving it onto the evidence union dropped the legacy field, so the gate now refuses only on a children verdict other than 'exited'. That is more conservative in one direction — the direction the positive-exited arm pins — and less conservative in its mirror: `hasChildProcesses: true` beside `children: 'exited'` is a shape the boolean-only line refused and the verdict-only gate dispatches a process-exit completion for. Only the boolean's `false` pole is the lossy collapse this batch removes; it conflates "no children" with "could not ask". Its `true` pole is a positive observation on every producer — buildPtyProcessInspectionWireResult sets it from `children.verdict === 'live'`, processHasChildren from a pgrep that exited 0 with output, and the daemon host from an observed non-shell foreground. Dropping a positive liveness observation to honour a disagreeing 'exited' is the #16900/#16908 polarity bug pointing the other way, so the gate now refuses whenever either half reports live children. No conforming host is affected: readPtyProcessInspectionEvidence's legacy fallback maps `true` to 'live', which the verdict term already refuses, and the wire builder never emits the disagreeing pair. Only a peer this client cannot vouch for can, which is the same premise the mirror arm is pinned on. Pinned by three monitor tests through the real reader with no mock (all three fail on the previous head, each with a false process-exit completion). The four-way ablation keeps the arms independent: reverting only this term reddens its three tests and leaves the vocabulary-guard and positive-exited pins green.
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 0.0.46 · 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.












