Brennan Benson
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* Guard managed server restarts with host work reservations * Protect legacy server update requests with host admission * Reserve chat-safe restarts in SSH and WSL server updates * Keep activation host fixtures within the module line limit * fix(orcad): preserve session queue timing during admission * Explain chat-safe update deferrals and superseded restarts * Clarify managed server Force upgrades and retry instructions * Separate chat entry delegates from conversation creation * Report child work through main's child evidence in the restart drain test * Drive main's snapshot-room tests through the restart reservation Main's room tests deployed over a serving incumbent with a census that has no chat work count and no restart admission, so the update deferred before the room probe ran. Give them the same idle census and slot admission as the other activation tests, and pin the probe before the reservation instead of before the recount it replaced. * fix(native-chat): an update keeps waiting on a chat start after its conversation is closed The restart check counted a start only while its conversation stayed open, so an idle close during a stalled start let a managed update through. Every tracked attach, create, start and open now counts as restart work in the same tracker that counts the session queue. * fix(native-chat): keep the structured session view within its line limit once formatted Main's copy sat at 400 lines only because one line was left unformatted; the merge's formatter pushed it to 401. Inlining the one-use question list keeps it at 400 with identical behavior. * fix(orcad): a recovery stop request stops the server; only an older client's empty request waits for idle Stopping a slot and restarting it for an older client's update were both an empty .orcad-stop-request file, so routing that file through restart admission let a crash recovery, stranded-setup release or rejected-candidate rollback leave the server running. New clients now write "stop-now" into the request (renamed in whole), which stops at once as before; an empty or unrecognized request takes the chat-safe restart, and a deferred restart logs why. Also gives the restart admission activation fixtures the now-required recount. * docs(orcad): say a directory at the stop-request path is refused, not restarted * docs(orcad): the plain stop request's comment states both of its meanings * style: format the restart admission files for the format check * test(wsl): count the incumbent's recount bridge after the reservation's * fix(orcad): a Windows stop request retries its rename while antivirus holds the new file Renaming the just-written stop-now request can briefly fail with EPERM, EACCES or EBUSY on Windows; the stop now retries those with the same bounded delays as record-publish instead of answering SIGNAL_FAILED and leaving the server up. * test(orcad): a real Windows host stops on the slot's stop-now request and relaunches * test(orcad): recovery stops a real server whose restart admission refuses * test(orcad): the recovery-stop cell tunnels over the cell's SSH connection * test(orcad): the recovery-stop cell names itself in the CI log * fix(settings): a deferred WSL update shows its full reason below the row * test(orcad): fixtures pass releaseIncumbentAdmission; the census test calls its own method * test(orcad): the capable-server census in the fence test reports idle chat work * Record server chat restart offers and desktop creation history * Offer interrupted chat recovery per managed runtime * Ship the remote chat resume action labels in the runtime catalog * Update removal contracts for desktop chat history cleanup * Scope remote chat recovery to each server occurrence * Preserve recovery choices and uncertain continuation outcomes * fix: preserve uncertain restart action outcomes * Fix restart recovery CI imports and fixtures * test: align resume assertions with unconfirmed outcomes * test: bound restart recovery work across scaled populations * fix(native-chat): title the remote resume dialog with the restart The dialog can appear out of nowhere when another desktop updates a shared server, so its title now says what happened: "<machine> restarted".
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
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 · 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: Group 12 is full. Scan to join the Orca community WeChat group 13.
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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.