Brennan Benson
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* feat(native-chat): a queued card can record a Dispatch's task as its source A chat worker's task is held in the chat's queue like any agent message, so the card needs to say which Dispatch it is from: the sender, run, task and Dispatch ids. An older build reads an unknown kind as the person's card and sends it as written. * feat(orchestration): a chat can be a dispatch worker, like a terminal agent `dispatch --to orca_session_id:<id>` and `worker-start --terminal orca_session_id:<id>` now accept a chat on this host instead of refusing it. - The chat is refused only where mail to it would be: unknown, a provider id, another host, or closed. A chat can't be its own coordinator's worker. - Its task goes through sendAgentTurn as a queued send, as mail notices do: an idle chat starts a turn, a busy one holds a card naming the Dispatch. The operation id is derived from the Dispatch, so a resend replays. - worker-start reads that outcome as the terminal path reads its write; a card held behind a running turn is handed over with its start unobserved. - The Dispatch names the chat by its /clear root, with no pane or process, and records its Orca session id, so its own sub-dispatches nest under it. - Mail to dispatch:<id> reaches the chat; worker-show/list/read read the chat's session records; stop and abandon never close the chat; closing the chat fails its Dispatch as closing a terminal does. - A dispatch preamble for a structured session names the CLI the structured mail lane names. * test(orchestration): a chat worker's reach, and its Dispatch across a /clear At rest is live, a closed chat has exited, and another host or nothing to read is unverifiable. A /clear keeps the chat's Dispatch, and the session that continues the chat reports as it. * fix(orchestration): chat worker review round 1 - dispatch --inject is a keepalive-backed wait, so a chat that takes a while to accept its task no longer reads as a dead runtime at the 30 s idle cut. - An injected task whose delivery is unknown keeps its Dispatch open, as an unknown worker-start does, instead of failing it while the chat may run it. - A busy chat's worker-start receipt says the task waits as a card in the chat's queue, and that worker-abandon does not remove that card. - A close that puts the chat's tab back no longer fails its Dispatch: the closed-chat settle runs after the close's outcome, not at its hide. - worker-start adopting a chat says it gave the task to the chat, instead of claiming it started a terminal agent; the mode value is unchanged. - Test: a chat whose agent has not taken its task reads outcome_unknown. * test(native-chat): a close's hide defers its hidden notice until the close settles The rollback suite pinned the hide's arguments; it now expects the deferred notice, and that the notice is sent once, after a rolled-back tab is back. * fix(orchestration): a chat worker whose successor is unknown is unverifiable, not exited A /clear successor this host has no record of is missing evidence, not proof the chat is gone. Only a closed chat reads exited, so only a closed chat settles its Dispatch; a lost successor reads unverifiable with that reason. * fix(orchestration): chat worker review round 2 - A chat's close notice settles only that chat's Dispatch. A scan of every chat Dispatch read another chat whose close was still in flight (its tab hidden, maybe to be put back) as closed and failed its Dispatch. - Only a dispatch --inject into a chat is a long poll; a terminal inject writes and returns, and keeps its short-RPC slot. - Receipt wording: worker-start says it gave the task to the chat, and a queued task is sent when the chat's queue reaches it. * fix(orchestration): chat worker wording, review round 3 - worker-start's mode sentence for a chat states the placement, which is true whether the task is delivered, queued or refused. - Comments and a test title no longer claim a close notice re-derives every chat worker, or that a queued task waits for the current turn. * fix(orchestration): build a structured worker's task sender from the start's own ids The minted worker's preamble names who its task is from with the run, task and Dispatch ids worker-start already holds, so it reads no Dispatch row. * fix(orchestration): point a chat worker at its held Dispatch mail again A chat worker's coordinator mail lands in its Dispatch's mailbox, but a chat's idle edge re-derived the Dispatch mailbox only for a party with a terminal handle. A pointer lost with the provider then waited for new mail after a restart or a /clear. The re-derivation now looks the Dispatch up by the party's address, which names a worker by its handle and a chat by its root. * fix(native-chat): open a task card's sender by address; a task carries no mail Opening an agent message's sender looked up the mail it carried, which only a mail notice has; with the task kind in the union that read no longer typed. A task's coordinator is found by its address alone.
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
Muse
DeepSeek Harness
ZCode
OpenCode
MiMo Code
Amp
OpenClaude
Antigravity
Pi
oh-my-pi
Hermes Agent
Devin
Goose
Auggie
Autohand Code
Charm
Cline
CodeBuddy
Codebuff
Freebuff
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
- Android: Download APK 0.0.52 · 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 11.
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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.
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.
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.