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Orca
The agent development environment: run Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents in parallel, each in its own worktree, with terminals, diffs, a browser and a CLI in one app.
💲 Open-source (MIT) desktop app; bring your own agent subscriptions. Enterprise offering available (pricing not listed). Source: github.com (checked Oct 20, 2026).
Pros & cons
👍 Pros
- Fan one prompt across several agents in isolated git worktrees
- Mobile companion app to monitor and steer agents
- macOS, Windows and Linux; works with your existing subscriptions
👎 Cons
- You still pay for each agent's own plan
- Very fast release cadence; native chat is experimental
Latest release
Orca v1.4.232
Manual / Auto / Yolo permission modes for agents in chat and terminal (Auto lets supported Claude and Codex agents handle approvals), OpenCode 2 in native chat, a better phone composer and smoother SSH workspaces. Source ↗
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