Orca Desktop App (5.9k★) Unifies Claude, Codex, and Cursor in a Single Window

Problem addressed

When developers use several AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor CLI simultaneously, they often end up with many open windows, frequent context switching, and tangled Git branches. Switching branches repeatedly requires git stash and tasks compete for the same workspace.

What is Orca

Orca is positioned as an ADE (Agent Development Environment), a specialised workbench for AI‑assisted programming rather than a traditional IDE. It bundles a terminal, editor, browser, Git, and task board around the concept of “how an agent works”.

Core experience: multiple agents side‑by‑side

In a single window you can launch Claude Code, Codex, Cursor CLI, OpenCode and other CLI agents simultaneously. Each agent runs in an isolated Git worktree, so changes made by one do not affect the others. The Parallel Worktrees feature lets you generate several implementations of the same requirement, compare the results, and merge the preferred version.

No need to git stash when switching branches.

Tasks truly run in parallel instead of queuing.

All agent statuses are visible on a single panel.

Most useful features

1. High‑quality terminal

Orca embeds a terminal comparable to Ghostty, with WebGL rendering, unlimited splits, and persistent scroll history after a restart.

2. Design Mode

When the built‑in Chromium browser shows a UI problem, clicking a button automatically injects the page’s HTML, CSS, and a screenshot into the active agent’s prompt, streamlining front‑end debugging.

3. Native GitHub and Linear integration

Pull requests, issues, and Kanban boards open directly inside Orca; a worktree for a task can be created with one click, and code review stays within the app.

4. Mobile monitoring

A companion iOS app (available on the App Store) and an Android APK let you watch agent progress, receive notifications, and send follow‑up commands while away from the desktop.

5. Additional utilities

Drag‑and‑drop files or images into an agent’s chat window.

Annotate diffs and send them back to the AI for modification.

Switch accounts and track usage quotas for Claude and Codex.

SSH remote worktrees enable lightweight laptops to offload compute to a server.

Bring Your Own Agent (BYOA)

Orca does not bind to a specific AI model. Any CLI‑based agent that can run in a terminal works out of the box. The official distribution ships support for more than 25 agents, including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode, and Pi, while allowing users to add their own tools.

Desktop releases

Windows – https://github.com/stablyai/orca/releases/latest/download/orca-windows-setup.exe

macOS (Apple Silicon) – https://github.com/stablyai/orca/releases/latest/download/orca-macos-arm64.dmg

macOS (Intel) – https://github.com/stablyai/orca/releases/latest/download/orca-macos-x64.dmg

Linux – https://github.com/stablyai/orca/releases/latest/download/orca-linux.AppImage

macOS users can also install via Homebrew: brew install --cask stablyai/orca/orca After installation, open your project folder, select the desired agent, and start coding.

Project repository: https://github.com/stablyai/orca