* perf(watch): stop watching all of userData and .git for a handful of files On macOS a directory fs.watch is a recursive FSEvents stream. Two watches used that to notice a few files: - The Active Server preference watched the whole userData directory for orca-environments.json, so Orca's own writes there (agent-hooks status, terminal history, browser caches; ~10 events/s measured) were routed back to it. - The shallow git metadata watch ran fs.watch on each repo's whole common .git dir (and .git/logs), receiving objects/, refs/, lfs/ and every linked worktree's churn to see six files. Both now watch the individual files (kqueue on macOS, no fseventsd) through a new rebinding file watch: events and a 30s sweep re-stat the path, rebind when a rename-replace or deletion moved it, and pick up files created later. Events are confirmed by a stat (size/mtime/ctime/inode) because macOS raises an attribute event for every mmap read of the index and packed-refs; the watch is one-shot with a backing-off window so a file every git process maps costs about one rebind a second instead of a wakeup per read. The registry path is unchanged, so CLI/serve readers and older peers are unaffected. Linux and Windows keep the non-recursive directory watch for shallow subscriptions. Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix(watch): don't hang unsubscribing an errored watcher; find late metadata files sooner - Node closes an errored fs.watch handle without emitting 'close', and a later close() is a no-op, so awaiting 'close' could hang a watcher-child unsubscribe and every subscribe queued behind it. Errored watchers are now dropped without a close, and closeFileSystemWatcher also settles on 'error' or after 1s. Applies to both the macOS file watch and the Linux/Windows directory watch. - Missing metadata files (packed-refs from pack-refs/gc) are re-statted every 2s instead of waiting for the 30s rebind sweep. - On macOS the delivery probe watches a file, matching the kqueue path the shallow subscriptions now use. Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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
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.










