Orca
by Orca · Desktop environment for running CLI coding agents in parallel git worktrees
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Overview
Orca is a desktop app for running command-line coding agents in parallel, each task in its own git worktree. It combines terminals with splits and scrollback, a file editor, an embedded Chromium window, diff review with inline comments, and GitHub and Linear browsing in one window. It works with existing agent CLIs such as Claude Code, Codex, Gemini and Cursor CLI.
- Best for
- Developers running several CLI coding agents at once, each isolated in its own git worktree
- Pricing
- No prices are shown; the pages describe the app as free and open source under the MIT licence, with a separate Enterprise page whose terms are not given.
- Runs on
- iOSmacOSWindowsLinuxSelf-hostedCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Runs 25+ CLI agents side by side, incl. Claude Code and Codex
- Every task gets its own git worktree, so branches stay separate
- Free under MIT, on macOS, Windows and Linux
- Remote worktrees over SSH, plus a mobile companion app
Trade-offs
- Desktop app only; the mobile app is a companion, not a full client
- You supply your own agent CLIs and subscriptions, and their costs
- Android ships as a downloadable APK, and iOS previews via TestFlight
- New features ship daily, so the app changes quickly between builds
How Orca markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on Orca’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“Ship 100x With The Agent IDE”
- Angle: Developer-first
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from Orca’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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