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The speculative warm-up that runs while the create composer is open resolved
refs and fetched with host Git even when the project's runtime is a WSL distro,
while both the checkout preparation it feeds (`prepareWorktreeCreateForRepo`,
which already resolves `{ wslDistro }` itself) and the real create path run
inside the distro.
The concrete cost was a discarded fetch: `getCanonicalFetchKey` namespaces the
runtime's remote-fetch cache `wsl:<distro>` vs `local`, so the warm-up's fetch
landed in a namespace create never looks at, and create fetched again. On a
Windows host with no usable host-side Git the probes also failed outright, so
that cohort got no warm-up at all.
Thread the project's worktree Git options through the prefetch (resolved by a
non-throwing helper, because an optimistic warm-up must not surface a
repair-required runtime as a failure) so every probe and fetch runs where create
runs. `gitOptions` is a required argument, so a caller cannot drop the routing
silently. Host-routed calls keep their original arity, so macOS, Linux,
native-Windows-host projects, SSH repos and folder workspaces are unchanged.
Narrower than it looks: for a repo under \\wsl.localhost\<distro>\... the probes
were already routed by cwd, and for a repo on a Windows drive letter host Git
and WSL Git read the same on-disk repository, so the answers were already
correct there. What those cohorts gain is a fetch create can reuse; what they
pay is that the probes now run inside the distro (over /mnt/c for drive-letter
repos, which also newly arms the linked-worktree routing probe) and the
speculative fetch now shares create's per-remote fetch queue, as it always has
on native platforms.
Also collapse the three byte-equivalent copies of `hasLocalWorktreeBaseRef`
(create, prefetch, remote-repo create) into one in
git/worktree-base-ref-probe.ts, drop the host-only `hasLocalCommitObject` that
caused the routing bug, and add the first routing assertions on the create-path
consumers of the now-shared probe.
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 0.0.47 · 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
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License
Orca is free and open source under the MIT License.