Neil e86cba888b build: reduce native dependency installs to the host platform (#20420)
* Reduce native dependency installs to the host platform

* Remove install policy documentation

* Guard cross-arch packaging and scope release installs to the runner

electron-builder only logs a warning for a missing extraResources source,
so a host-only install silently shipped a foreign-arch slice without its
natives — `pnpm build:mac` on Apple Silicon produced an x64 DMG with no
sherpa-onnx-darwin-x64 and no @parcel/watcher-darwin-x64. The previous
beforePack hook covered only win32.

- Add assertPackagedNativeVariantsInstalled, an arch-aware check over the
  target's sherpa-onnx, @parcel/watcher, and (on Windows) node-gyp addons.
  beforePack now runs it for every platform, with remedies split: another
  architecture comes from install:release, the os:win32 addons need a
  Windows host.
- Drop --os from the release installs. Every packaging job already runs on
  a runner whose OS matches its target, so only the macOS lanes need extra
  breadth, and only on CPU for their x64+arm64 config. Windows and Linux
  packaging return to a plain host-only install.
- Add --frozen-lockfile to install:release so a bare run cannot rewrite
  the lockfile.
- Restore the install policy reference doc and the CONTRIBUTING note, plus
  the rationale comments dropped from the runtime contract test.
- Gate the packaging-closure assertions on whether the Windows addons are
  installed rather than on the host OS, so a cross-arch install exercises
  them off Windows too.
- Make the workflow contract test read `run:` steps as well as retry-action
  commands, and enforce host-only scoping on the non-macOS packaging lanes.
- Remove the unreferenced install measurement script; its numbers live in
  the policy doc.

* Track the install policy doc and index it from AGENTS.md

docs/** is ignored behind a per-file allow-list, so the new reference doc
was only committed via git add -f and future edits would be skipped. Add
it to the allow-list and give it an AGENTS.md entry like every other
tracked reference doc, so the host-only install rule is discoverable
before someone packages a second architecture.

* Route Windows-lane removals through the retrying helper

Adding these four specs to the PR Windows lane pulled them into the
windows-lane-tree-removal-boundary ratchet, which failed on 20 raw
recursive removals. On Windows a bare rmSync races a handle the OS has
not released, throwing EPERM after the assertions already passed and
reporting a green test as a lane failure.

* Adapt the packaging guard to the vendored Windows registry addon

main vendored windows-native-registry as the workspace package
@orca/windows-registry (#20438). A workspace link resolves on every
host, so including it in the installed-Windows-addons checks proved
nothing. @vscode/windows-process-tree is the only os: win32 npm addon
left, so it alone decides whether the win32 resource plan resolves.
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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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Orca desktop app running agents in parallel worktrees, with the Orca mobile companion app in the corner

Features

Mobile Companion

Monitor and steer your agents from your phone — get notified when an agent finishes and send follow-ups from anywhere.

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Orca desktop with the mobile companion app

Parallel Worktrees

Fan one prompt across five agents, each in its own isolated git worktree — compare the results and merge the winner.

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Parallel worktree orchestration

Terminal Splits

Ghostty-class terminals with WebGL rendering, infinite splits, and scrollback that survives restarts.

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Terminal splits

Design Mode

Click 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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Embedded browser and Design Mode

GitHub & Linear, Native

Browse PRs, issues, and project boards in-app — open a worktree from any task and review without a context switch.

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GitHub and Linear task workflows in Orca

SSH Worktrees

Run agents on a beefy remote box with full file editing, git, and terminals — auto-reconnect and port forwarding included.

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Remote worktrees over SSH

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Drop comments on any diff line and ship them back to the agent — review, edit, and commit without leaving Orca.

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Annotate AI-generated diffs

Drag Files to Agents

VS Code's editor with autosave everywhere — drag files or images straight into an agent prompt.

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Drag files and images into an agent prompt

Orca CLI

Agents drive Orca too — script every workflow with orca worktree create, snapshot, click, and fill.

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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.

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# macOS (Homebrew)
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yay -S stably-orca-bin

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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.

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