Description
Once you have Claude Code, Codex and a few agents working for you, a traditional IDE falls short: they crowd one workspace and step on each other, switching branches means endless stashing, and real parallelism turns chaotic. Orca takes a different tack — it is not an IDE built for you to type in, but an agent development environment (ADE) built for you and a fleet of agents: every task runs in its own git worktree, multiple agents work side by side without interfering, and one prompt can fan out across five agents to compare and merge the winner.
It packs what agents need into one app: a GPU-rendered terminal with infinite splits; an embedded Chromium per worktree (click any UI element to send its HTML/CSS and a screenshot to the agent); native GitHub and Linear so you browse PRs, approve, and create issues in-app; and SSH to run agents on a beefy remote box, with a mobile companion to watch agent status anywhere. It supports 27 agent CLIs including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini and Copilot, plus an orca CLI so agents can drive the environment themselves. MIT open source, on macOS, Windows and Linux.
Parallel worktrees: Every task runs in its own git worktree — no stashing or branch juggling — and one prompt can fan out to multiple agents to merge the best.
Terminal splits: A WebGL-rendered terminal with infinite splits, restored scrollback on restart and full scrollback search.
Design mode: A real Chromium window per worktree; click any UI element to send its HTML, CSS and a cropped screenshot into the agent.
Native GitHub and Linear: Browse PRs, issues and boards in-app, open a worktree from a task, approve PRs and create Linear issues without switching apps.
Remote worktrees: Run agents on a powerful remote box over SSH, with auto-reconnect, port forwarding and passphrase caching.
Broad agent support: Preconfigured for 27 CLIs including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini and Copilot, any other CLI agent drops in, with MCP, hooks and skills.
It packs what agents need into one app: a GPU-rendered terminal with infinite splits; an embedded Chromium per worktree (click any UI element to send its HTML/CSS and a screenshot to the agent); native GitHub and Linear so you browse PRs, approve, and create issues in-app; and SSH to run agents on a beefy remote box, with a mobile companion to watch agent status anywhere. It supports 27 agent CLIs including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini and Copilot, plus an orca CLI so agents can drive the environment themselves. MIT open source, on macOS, Windows and Linux.
Features
Parallel worktrees: Every task runs in its own git worktree — no stashing or branch juggling — and one prompt can fan out to multiple agents to merge the best.
Terminal splits: A WebGL-rendered terminal with infinite splits, restored scrollback on restart and full scrollback search.
Design mode: A real Chromium window per worktree; click any UI element to send its HTML, CSS and a cropped screenshot into the agent.
Native GitHub and Linear: Browse PRs, issues and boards in-app, open a worktree from a task, approve PRs and create Linear issues without switching apps.
Remote worktrees: Run agents on a powerful remote box over SSH, with auto-reconnect, port forwarding and passphrase caching.
Broad agent support: Preconfigured for 27 CLIs including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini and Copilot, any other CLI agent drops in, with MCP, hooks and skills.
