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feat(plugins): Orca plugin system — kernel, content packs, panels, workers, marketplace v0 (experimental) (#8549)
* feat(plugins): Orca plugin system — kernel, content packs, panels, workers, marketplace v0 (experimental)

Adds Orca's experimental plugin system behind a settings flag: a
supervised kernel, declarative content packs (VM recipes, commands and
keybindings, language packs), sandboxed iframe panels, forked worker
hosts, and a Git-backed marketplace v0 with consent, provenance and
kill-list enforcement.

Theme, icon-theme and terminal-theme contributions are deferred to a
follow-up pass.

* fix(plugins): make unsupported marketplace listings unreachable by key

findPlugin() backs preview/install/previewInstalledUpdate via
requireListing(), so filtering only listPlugins() hid the catalog card
while leaving the dead install path reachable one click later.

* fix(plugins): fan Pi session-only status out to plugin subscribers

The providerSessionOnly early-return in applyNormalizedStatus emitted to
onAgentStatus (main-window fanout) but skipped enrichedStatusListeners, so
plugins subscribed to agent.status.changed silently missed every Pi
session_start event. Route both emit sites through one helper so a future
early return cannot drop the plugin tap again.

Co-authored-by: Orca <help@stably.ai>

* plugins: drop dead code and hoist duplicated trust-boundary patterns

Cleanup pass over the P1 diff, no behavior change:

- Delete `readPluginTreeSnapshot`/`readSnapshotFile` and their types, plus
  the now-vestigial `directories`/`signal` plumbing in `collectFiles`.
- Delete `resolveContainedPluginDirectory` (no callers).
- Delete `plugin-content-load-pool.ts`; it reimplemented the existing
  `mapWithConcurrency`, whose index arg also removes the pairing wrapper
  in `buildPluginList`.
- Hoist `PLUGIN_CONTENT_HASH_PATTERN` and `PLUGIN_COMMIT_PATTERN` into
  the install-lockfile module; 11 sites hand-rolled these identically.
- Point the new reliability gate at the PR instead of gitignored docs
  paths, matching every other gate's link form.

* fix(plugins): retry plugin state renames on Windows AV/EPERM locks

Six plugin write paths (lockfile, provenance, current pointer, kill
list, marketplace cache, staged install dir) did a plain rename, so an
antivirus or indexer holding the target open surfaced as a failed
install. The repo already retries this hazard for issue #1507, but only
through a sync helper; these paths are all async.

Adds one bounded async retry + atomic write used by all six, and trims a
consent-provenance header that restated its own JSX.

* test(plugins): cover the Windows rename retry path

The retry loop shipped untested: both existing cases hit the non-retry path,
and the temp-cleanup test passed identically with the `finally` removed.
Mock `rename` to queue errno codes so CI can exercise locks it cannot provoke.

Co-authored-by: Orca <help@stably.ai>

* fix(plugins): pin bundled plugin resources to LF

Windows CI checks out with autocrlf, so the byte-hashed launch tree arrived
as CRLF and verify-packaged-plugin-resources rejected it — the packaged build
could never pass on Windows. Reproduced locally: CRLF yields the exact CI
error, LF verifies clean. Files are already LF, so nothing renormalizes.

Co-authored-by: Orca <help@stably.ai>

* test: guard the bundled-plugin LF pin against a CRLF checkout

The byte-hash mismatch only surfaced in Windows packaging CI. Assert the
.gitattributes pin and that a CRLF tree is rejected, so a regression fails
on any platform instead of waiting for a packaged Windows build.

Co-authored-by: Orca <help@stably.ai>

* ci: trigger packaged-build check on bundled plugin resource changes

The launch tree is byte-hashed during packaging, but no trigger path covered
it — so the CRLF fix for that check would not have re-run the check. Add the
resources, verifier and .gitattributes paths that can break packaging.

Co-authored-by: Orca <help@stably.ai>

* perf(plugins): rebuild the panel frame only when its baked theme values change

The revision keys the panel iframe, so every bump destroys the sandboxed
frame and its in-panel state. It counted root attribute mutations, but
--workspace-sidebar-live-width is written every rAF of a sidebar drag, so
dragging with a panel open blanked it ~60x/sec. Compare the two values the
shell actually bakes in instead.

Co-authored-by: Orca <help@stably.ai>

* test: stop pinning a plugin name in the CRLF guard

The CRLF case rewrites every launch file, so the reported mismatch is
whichever plugin sorts first. P2 adds theme plugins that sort ahead of
orca-navigation-shortcuts, which broke the assertion there.

Co-authored-by: Orca <help@stably.ai>

* style: drop stray blank lines left by the rebase resolutions

Both sides of the agent-hooks and orca-runtime conflicts contributed a
trailing blank, which oxfmt rejects. Whitespace only.

Co-authored-by: Orca <help@stably.ai>

* test(plugins): stop the startup budget failing on machine load

P95 runs 16-34ms idle but exceeds the 50ms bound under full-suite
parallelism, so the gate flaked. Widen it to catch an order-of-magnitude
regression instead; the no-worker/no-plugin-code assertions are the real
guarantee. Verified a 400ms regression still fails.

Co-authored-by: Orca <help@stably.ai>

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Co-authored-by: Orca <help@stably.ai>
2026-07-27 01:14:33 -07:00
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Casks Put the orca CLI on PATH at install time for headless hosts (#5842) 2026-06-19 15:46:29 -07:00
build-plugins feat(plugins): Orca plugin system — kernel, content packs, panels, workers, marketplace v0 (experimental) (#8549) 2026-07-27 01:14:33 -07:00
config feat(plugins): Orca plugin system — kernel, content packs, panels, workers, marketplace v0 (experimental) (#8549) 2026-07-27 01:14:33 -07:00
docs fix(memory): clarify Resource Manager accounting (#10821) 2026-07-26 19:46:29 -07:00
examples/plugins feat(plugins): Orca plugin system — kernel, content packs, panels, workers, marketplace v0 (experimental) (#8549) 2026-07-27 01:14:33 -07:00
mobile fix(mobile): harden native chat send budgets, streams, and stop (#10814) 2026-07-26 22:08:38 -07:00
native fix(cli): preserve multiline arguments on Windows (#8374) 2026-07-12 02:13:41 -07:00
resources feat(plugins): Orca plugin system — kernel, content packs, panels, workers, marketplace v0 (experimental) (#8549) 2026-07-27 01:14:33 -07:00
skill-guides fix(emulator): iOS ax via plain-JSON serve-sim helper (supersedes #10007) (#10029) 2026-07-22 21:30:53 -07:00
skill-stubs feat(skills): land remaining hybrid stubs (#9846) 2026-07-22 11:43:01 -07:00
skills feat(skills): land remaining hybrid stubs (#9846) 2026-07-22 11:43:01 -07:00
src feat(plugins): Orca plugin system — kernel, content packs, panels, workers, marketplace v0 (experimental) (#8549) 2026-07-27 01:14:33 -07:00
tests feat(plugins): Orca plugin system — kernel, content packs, panels, workers, marketplace v0 (experimental) (#8549) 2026-07-27 01:14:33 -07:00
tools fix(win-e2e): survive the agent-CLI feature-wall modal in the crash-survival harness (#9992) 2026-07-23 18:04:51 -07:00
.gitattributes feat(plugins): Orca plugin system — kernel, content packs, panels, workers, marketplace v0 (experimental) (#8549) 2026-07-27 01:14:33 -07:00
.gitignore fix(linux): restore Ubuntu 20.04 launch — pin node-pty glibc symbols + add glibc/libstdc++ packaging gate (#9902) (#10019) 2026-07-22 19:11:44 -07:00
.npmrc Update .npmrc 2026-07-11 20:53:20 -07:00
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AGENTS.md docs: add folder workspace use case guidance to AGENTS.md 2026-07-23 22:20:43 -07:00
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Orca Orca

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The AI Orchestrator for 100x builders.
Run Codex, ClaudeCode, OpenCode or Pi side-by-side — each in its own worktree, tracked in one place.

Download Orca

Orca desktop app running agents in parallel worktrees, with the Orca mobile companion app in the corner

Features

Mobile Companion

Monitor and steer your agents from your phone — get notified when an agent finishes and send follow-ups from anywhere.

iOS App Store · TestFlight · Android APK 0.0.32 · Docs →

Orca desktop with the mobile companion app

Parallel Worktrees

Fan one prompt across five agents, each in its own isolated git worktree — compare the results and merge the winner.

Docs →

Parallel worktree orchestration

Terminal Splits

Ghostty-class terminals with WebGL rendering, infinite splits, and scrollback that survives restarts.

Docs →

Terminal splits

Design Mode

Click any UI element in a real Chromium window to send its HTML, CSS, and a cropped screenshot straight into your agent's prompt.

Docs →

Embedded browser and Design Mode

GitHub & Linear, Native

Browse PRs, issues, and project boards in-app — open a worktree from any task and review without a context switch.

Docs →

GitHub and Linear task workflows in Orca

SSH Worktrees

Run agents on a beefy remote box with full file editing, git, and terminals — auto-reconnect and port forwarding included.

Docs →

Remote worktrees over SSH

Annotate AI Diffs

Drop comments on any diff line and ship them back to the agent — review, edit, and commit without leaving Orca.

Docs →

Annotate AI-generated diffs

Drag Files to Agents

VS Code's editor with autosave everywhere — drag files or images straight into an agent prompt.

Docs →

Drag files and images into an agent prompt

Orca CLI

Agents drive Orca too — script every workflow with orca worktree create, snapshot, click, and fill.

Docs →

Script Orca from the CLI

Also in the box:

  • Quick open — Search across worktrees, files, agents, commands, and repo context without leaving your flow.
  • Account switcher & usage tracking — See Claude and Codex usage and rate-limit resets, and hot-swap accounts without re-logging in.
  • Rich repo previews — Preview Markdown, images, PDFs, and repo docs in the workspace.
  • Computer Use — Let agents operate desktop apps and visible UI when a workflow needs real interaction.
  • Notifications and unread state — Know when an agent finishes or needs attention, then mark threads unread to come back later.
  • And many, many more — we ship daily, so this list is perpetually behind. The changelog is the real feature list.

Supported Agents

Works with any CLI agent — if it runs in a terminal, it runs in Orca.

Claude Code logo Claude Code   Codex logo Codex   Grok logo Grok   Cursor logo Cursor   GitHub Copilot logo GitHub Copilot   OpenCode logo OpenCode   MiMo Code logo MiMo Code   Amp logo Amp   OpenClaude logo OpenClaude   Antigravity logo Antigravity   Pi logo Pi   oh-my-pi logo oh-my-pi   Hermes Agent logo Hermes Agent   Devin logo Devin   Goose logo Goose   Auggie logo Auggie   Autohand Code logo Autohand Code   Charm logo Charm   Cline logo Cline   Codebuff logo Codebuff   Command Code logo Command Code   Continue logo Continue   Droid logo Droid   Kilocode logo Kilocode   Kimi logo Kimi   Kiro logo Kiro   Mistral Vibe logo Mistral Vibe   Qwen Code logo Qwen Code   Rovo Dev logo Rovo Dev   + any CLI agent


Install

Desktop — macOS, Windows, Linux

Or via a package manager:

# macOS (Homebrew)
brew install --cask stablyai/orca/orca

# Arch Linux (AUR) — or stably-orca-git to build from source
yay -S stably-orca-bin

Mobile Companion — iOS, Android

Pair with your desktop app to monitor and steer your agents from your phone.


Community & Support

  • Discord: Join the community on Discord.

  • Twitter / X: Follow @orca_build for updates and announcements.

  • WeChat: All other groups are full, now we're on group 5.

    WeChat QR code for the Orca community
  • Feedback & Ideas: We ship fast. Missing something? Request a new feature.

  • Privacy: See the privacy & telemetry docs for what anonymous usage data Orca collects and how to opt out.

  • Show Support: Star this repo to follow along with our daily ships.


Developing

Want to contribute or run locally? See our CONTRIBUTING.md guide.

Orca contributors

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Signed Builds

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License

Orca is free and open source under the MIT License.