Open-source Orca runs 5 Claude Code agents in parallel, hits 60k GitHub stars
alex_verem · x · 2026-09-16
Orca (stablyai/orca, MIT-licensed) is a free open-source orchestrator that has racked up 60k GitHub stars by treating AI agent management as its own job.
- Parallel horse-racing: send one prompt to 5 agents, each working in its own isolated worktree copy of your project, then compare and merge the winner
- Broad compatibility: works with any terminal-based agent — Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, Grok, OpenCode, Devin and 20 more — on subscriptions you already pay for
- Mobile companion app: pairs with desktop, notifies you when an agent finishes, lets you send next instructions from anywhere
- Extras: click any element on a live web page to inject its code + screenshot into the prompt; leave comments on any line of an AI diff and ship them back as feedback; run everything on a remote server over SSH
- Cross-platform (Mac/Windows/Linux) with near-daily releases
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