Orca

A desktop orchestrator for running many coding agents, such as Codex, Claude Code and OpenCode, side by side, each in its own Git worktree.

112k stars, 7.1k forks TypeScript On GitHub since March 2026

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What is Orca?

Orca is a workspace for a fleet of coding agents that you run with your own subscriptions. You can fan one prompt out to several agents, each working in an isolated Git worktree, compare the results and merge the best one. Fast terminal splits keep their scrollback across restarts, a design mode lets you click an element in a real Chromium window to send it to an agent, and mobile apps for iOS and Android notify you when an agent finishes and let you send follow-ups.

Good fit if

  • You run several agents at once and want them isolated from each other.
  • You want to compare agents on the same task before choosing a result.
  • You want to check on long agent runs from your phone.

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Before you adopt it

Orca is MIT-licensed. It is very new, first published in March 2026, and changes quickly; the agents it runs need their own paid plans or API keys.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

Orca health: is it still maintained?

77 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    10,612 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 1 November 2026.
    30 / 30
  • Contributors
    10 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 53% of them.
    14 / 20
  • Releases
    11 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v1.4.245, on 30 October 2026.
    18 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Too few recent issues from outside the team to measure, so this part gets a neutral score.
    10 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

Orca license: is it open source?

Orca uses MIT, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. March 2026First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayMIT.

How to run Orca yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
None in the repository
Setup effort
Not rated: no compose file to judge from
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
Builds for Linux, macOS, Windows, including ARM in GitHub releases
Interface languages
10 languages

Install instructions: orca.dev or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about Orca

Is Orca open source?

Yes. Orca is published under MIT, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is Orca still maintained?

Its health score is 77 of 100 (actively developed). It had 10,612 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 1 November 2026, and its latest release came out on 30 October 2026.

How do I run Orca?

You can run it with Docker, as an app for Linux, macOS, Windows, including ARM. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to Orca?

Close alternatives in the AI coding agents category include CC Switch, ego lite, Paperclip.