A repo's orca.yaml archive hook is the user's last chance to save work off a checkout Orca is about to delete. A failed hook was logged as advisory and stepped over, so the removal went ahead with nothing archived — and the caller could still be told it succeeded. The hook is now a blocking precondition, evaluated while the checkout, its Git registration, its agents and Orca's ownership evidence are all still intact: it sits ahead of the registration re-read, the lock/dirty preflights, stopPtys() and removeWorktree in every orchestrator that runs it. Failure is typed (worktree_archive_hook_failed) and carries the worktree path, outcome, exit code where one was observed, and the hook's output. unverifiable stays distinct from exited, so loss of contact is never read as a pass. The waiver rides its own field at every layer and is never implied by --force, which already carries the PTY-stop waiver; when used, the waived failure comes back on result.archiveHookOverride rather than being swallowed. worktree.archive-failure-blocking.v1 is advertised so an integration can tell "accepts --run-hooks" from "safely propagates a failing hook" without risking the data loss to find out. The runtime's SSH path cannot run a hook at all, so rather than delete with the archive step silently skipped it refuses — waivable like every other refusal here. #18563 retires that gate by making the path run the hook for real. Stacked on #20559, which makes a timed-out hook report honestly; without it a hook that traps SIGTERM and exits 0 would defeat this gate. Fixes #19334
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 0.0.48 · 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 8. Group 8 may be full; if so, scan the Group 9 QR code instead.
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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.












