Brennan Benson
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A launch prompt for an agent whose CLI takes one could still be pasted into its screen once it looked ready: the host pasted any prompt whose typed line was over 512 bytes or held a newline (outside short-lined zsh), and the desktop's generated-prompt launches started the agent empty and pasted. A paste can lose text, land its Enter on a startup dialog (Codex's update prompt), or wait seconds for the agent to look ready. Where a launch prompt rides is now decided in one place, the startup-plan builder (carryLaunchPrompt), for every launch path: - on the agent's command line, which the previous step stages when the line is too long or multi-line to type; - in a private launch file the line points at, when the prompt is past 16,384 characters, sensitive, or one a Windows shell would damage (a control byte; on PowerShell a ", a %NAME% pair or a trailing \; past cmd's 8,191-character cap). The execution host writes it before typing the line, quoted for its shell, and grants Claude a read of its directory. A failed write refuses the spawn with a Copy-prompt notice; - pasted once the agent is ready only for an agent that takes text after start, a prompt needing a launch file its agent is not measured reading (only Claude and Codex are), a reused terminal, and a paired host, which is sent a command and never a file. This replaces the host's typed-line check (512 B, or zsh with every line <=512 B and <=8 KiB), which existed because nothing staged a long line. WSL writes its staged line and launch file into the distro and runs the line in the account's own login shell (sourced in bash, zsh and sh, eval'd in fish, through /bin/sh in ksh), with ~/.cache/orca made 0700 first. The "prompt wasn't sent" notice with Copy prompt lives here, shared by the new agent tab, background draft, paste timeout, work item and new workspace. Rebuilt on the restacked staging step; the earlier version sat on a base that carried #23748.
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 0.0.50 · 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.