Orca: One IDE, Ten Agents, Zero Git Conflicts
The biggest bottleneck in coding with AI agents is not the model. It is managing multiple agents working on the same repo without them stepping on each other.
Orca solves this by building the IDE around git worktrees. Each agent gets its own isolated worktree, its own terminal, and its own context. You run Claude Code in one, Codex in another, OpenCode in a third, all working on different features of the same project simultaneously. The IDE manages the worktrees, tracks agent status with smart notifications, and provides GitHub integration for PRs, issues, and Actions checks. Think of it as a mission control for your coding agents.
What makes Orca different from just having multiple terminal windows is the orchestration layer. You can see all active agents at a glance, switch between their outputs instantly, and the worktree isolation means no merge conflicts until you are ready to merge. There is a built-in file editor, source control tools, and even a CLI so agents can control the IDE programmatically. It runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
The project hit 541 stars since launching on March 17 and shipped v1.1.6 today, April 9. It is open source under the stablyai org. For anyone running more than one coding agent at a time, this is the kind of infrastructure that saves hours of git stash and branch juggling every day.
https://github.com/stablyai/orca
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Orca solves this by building the IDE around git worktrees. Each agent gets its own isolated worktree, its own terminal, and its own context. You run Claude Code in one, Codex in another, OpenCode in a third, all working on different features of the same project simultaneously. The IDE manages the worktrees, tracks agent status with smart notifications, and provides GitHub integration for PRs, issues, and Actions checks. Think of it as a mission control for your coding agents.
What makes Orca different from just having multiple terminal windows is the orchestration layer. You can see all active agents at a glance, switch between their outputs instantly, and the worktree isolation means no merge conflicts until you are ready to merge. There is a built-in file editor, source control tools, and even a CLI so agents can control the IDE programmatically. It runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
The project hit 541 stars since launching on March 17 and shipped v1.1.6 today, April 9. It is open source under the stablyai org. For anyone running more than one coding agent at a time, this is the kind of infrastructure that saves hours of git stash and branch juggling every day.
https://github.com/stablyai/orca
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