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Orca
Development environment for parallel coding agents
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v1.4.250New
November 5, 2026
- •See what agents changed — chat turns show changed files and line counts, with patches available inline on desktop and phone
- •Save passwords in Orca's browser — enable the password manager in Settings → Browser to save, fill, import Chrome passwords, and manage logins using your operating system's secure storage. The vault requires secure storage and isn't available on streamed paired-server pages or the web client
- •Review more from your phone — browse branch commits, jump between files in diffs, and read or add pull request review comments alongside the code. The updated phone Home also separates Feed, Usage, Automations, and Settings; update Orca Mobile as well as your desktop or server
v1.4.246New
November 2, 2026
- •Automations in Chat — choose Chat or Terminal for an automation, then open its recorded conversation from run details and review the output
- •Resolve merges from your phone — choose how to resolve conflicted files and complete a merge in Source Control, with the same controls on desktop
- •Notifications that fit your work — control needs-input and finished alerts separately on desktop, or choose to receive only needs-input agent alerts on your phone
v1.4.245
October 30, 2026
- •Make Orca your own with plugins — install icon themes, syntax highlighting, and custom editors from Settings → Plugins. Plugins that run code ask for your consent and then have full access to your computer
- •Keep working while agents use your Mac — agents can interact with apps such as Chrome and Blender in the background while you use your mouse and keyboard. Some actions still need the app brought forward
- •More from your phone — choose from 11 languages, see dictation as you speak, and read clearer code, tables, and diagrams
v1.4.244
October 29, 2026
- •Chrome extensions in Orca's browser — enable the experimental setting to install extensions from the Chrome Web Store in local browser profiles, including password managers such as 1Password and Bitwarden; some extensions and ad blocking are not yet supported
- •Chats that follow your work — continue a Claude or Codex terminal conversation in Chat after the agent exits, hand work to another agent from a chat, reorder queued messages on desktop and phone, and rewind Claude to before your first message
- •Remote files that feel closer to home — play audio and video from SSH hosts and paired servers, save remote text files up to 50 MB, browse large folders as you scroll, and edit host files outside workspaces from a paired desktop. Large saves and folder browsing require an updated Orca server on the host
v1.4.242
October 27, 2026
- •Agents that fit your workflow — install and update shared skills from Orca, choose chat or terminal when you start work, split a conversation into a fresh chat, and open Claude subagents directly from the sidebar
- •Chats with clearer control — Codex Ask mode now asks before it edits your workspace, remote Claude terminals can continue in Chat, and your saved permissions, effort, launch settings, and Session History follow resumed work
- •A browser that stays organized — keep browser sessions shared, per-repository, or per-workspace; search and clear history; and let web apps use files you pick, save, or drop
v1.4.241
October 26, 2026
- •Chats that follow your workflow — start chats with each agent's saved permission setting, keep their names in Session History, pick chat or terminal when creating a workspace, and continue conversations across chat and terminal
- •A more capable built-in browser — search and reopen history, use Chrome-style address-bar suggestions, per-project profiles, saved site permissions, page zoom and appearance, docked DevTools, tab muting, and familiar navigation shortcuts
- •Clearer agent activity — see where an agent is browsing, jump from chat to that page, get actionable Codex approval cards, and keep working and needs-you states accurate across desktop and phone
v1.4.237
October 21, 2026
- •More from your phone — create and edit notes on headless hosts, save Markdown, follow relative links, view embedded images, and keep unsent terminal drafts while moving between workspaces
- •Native Chat that keeps up — use Antigravity and OpenCode 2 in chat, choose which agents open as chats, install a missing agent from the conversation, rewind Claude to take a new direction, and retain each chat's model, effort, and Fast choices
- •A richer mobile composer — attach files and queued images, insert skills inline, and choose your model, effort, and permissions from one place
v1.4.229
October 17, 2026
- •Review and share Native Chat work — inspect an agent's edits turn by turn in the conversation, expand diagrams into a pan-and-zoom view, share chat visuals with a click, and keep Claude goals and Codex context usage in view
- •Shared skills for more agents — install shared skills across 20 additional agent tools, with broader WSL discovery and the right install locations for Kiro, Qoder, CodeBuddy, and more
- •Jira planning on desktop and phone — switch between issue lists and boards, focus on the current sprint, reuse saved JQL and Jira favorites, start workspaces from either device, and let agents read and update Jira tickets through the Orca CLI
v1.4.226
October 15, 2026
- •Jira planning boards and workspace workflows — Jira integration adds boards, sprint and status views, saved filters, planning columns, prompt templates, and safe CLI access for agents; folder workspaces now appear in the ⌘J jump palette, and new workspaces can start with a setup script alone
- •Interactive diagrams and richer Native Chat — Mermaid diagrams expand into a pan-and-zoom viewer, Codex chats display context usage, each chat keeps its own permission mode across model switches, and terminal conversations from Grok, OpenCode, and OMP can resume in a new Native Chat
- •Experimental WSL managed hosts — run a managed Orca host directly inside a WSL distribution with adopted background processes, faster wake paths, and console-free wsl.exe execution
v1.4.225
October 14, 2026
- •Managed SSH servers by default — new SSH connections now use Orca's managed server, terminals you left running in v1.4.224 keep working in their existing tabs through the upgrade and reconnect, saved port forwards return, Windows managed-host terminals get the orca CLI, and managed Claude chats keep their provider running after the desktop disconnects
- •Richer native chat — code blocks and shell commands are highlighted, attached files show as filename pills, you can edit a queued message even while the agent is asking a question, Codex adds Ultrafast and can stop background commands and subagents, Grok can list and stop its background commands too, interrupted replies offer Continue in the explanation card, and chat visuals can open in their own tab
- •Kiro support and better accounts — Kiro now reports agent status and appears in Session History, Claude accounts use separate folders and offer Copy sign-in link instead, orchestration workers can start as native chats, and agent launch settings, account results and MCP settings stay with the computer that runs the work
v1.4.224
October 10, 2026
- •Managed Orca servers on SSH hosts — Orca now ships and installs its own runtime when you connect to an SSH host, so connections no longer fail over a wrong Node version or missing build tools; a host with no open terminals switches on its next connect and brings its projects, folders, and open editor tabs along, a host with open terminals keeps working and offers Move to a managed Orca server, and Settings → Managed servers lets you view, update, roll back, Recover, or Forget each server
- •Per-automation model and effort — each automation can pass extra agent arguments on every run (fill in Extra agent arguments under Advanced, or use --extra-agent-args with the orca automations CLI), working today for Claude, Codex, Grok, CodeBuddy, Cursor, and OMP while your other automations keep the host's defaults
- •Native chat (experimental) grows up — structured chat is now the default for Chat UI users, OpenCode (including 2.x), Pi, and OMP open as structured chats on this computer, agents can draw charts, diagrams, and mockups inline on desktop and phone, and chats gain Cmd/Ctrl+F search, quote-a-reply with Add to chat, Up/Down prompt recall, number-key answers, and tidier folded tool rows
v1.4.223
October 8, 2026
- •Editable CSV tables — large CSV files open instantly without loading the entire file, with resizable columns, inline cell editing, add and remove rows and columns, range copy and paste, sorting and filtering, and remembered column widths
- •Structured Grok chat and a new Chat settings page — with the updated structured native chat enabled, Grok opens as a structured chat on this computer and paired Orca servers, joined by a searchable model picker, @ file mentions, conversation rewind, automatic chat naming, approval alerts, and appearance controls for text size, code size, width, contrast, or matching your terminal
- •Provider credit balances — the usage menu now shows Claude usage credits, OpenCode Zen balance, and Codex credits alongside usage limits
v1.4.221
October 5, 2026
- •Semicolon CSV viewer — automatically detects semicolon-separated CSV files and formats them into structured tabular columns in the built-in data viewer
- •Per-machine desktop notifications — toggle desktop notifications on or off independently on each computer in Settings
- •Expanded agent and account support — launch Qoder CLI China and Qwen Code, link standalone GLM Coding Plans without ZCode, manage separate OpenCode and Devin account profiles, continue Antigravity IDE history in new CLI chats, and pass max or ultra effort to newer Codex worker models
v1.4.220
October 4, 2026
- •Standalone SSH runtime — remote SSH hosts can run an optional bundled Orca runtime without requiring Node, npm, or build tools installed on the remote machine, with full support for standard Windows accounts
- •Mac screenshot drops for Claude Code — drag temporary macOS screenshot thumbnails directly into local terminals or the new-workspace composer, automatically passing readable images to Claude Code
- •Annotate page element shortcut — trigger element inspection and annotation in the built-in browser using a customizable keyboard shortcut
v1.4.219
October 2, 2026
- •Sparse checkout explorer navigation — the file explorer scopes directly to configured sparse checkout directories with compact breadcrumb navigation and an inline Back button, plus an interactive preset editor to browse repository folders or add custom paths as chips
- •Unencrypted credential warnings — Settings displays a warning banner when an API key or integration token is stored in plaintext on disk without keyring encryption, making secret exposure clear on headless and minimal environments
- •Native standalone Windows CLI — replaces the Windows orca launcher with a native binary statically linked to the C runtime, running cleanly without the Visual C++ Redistributable or false-positive antivirus warnings
v1.4.218
September 30, 2026
- •Isolated Codex terminals and server toggle — each Codex terminal tab runs on its own background server by default so closing or stopping one session never affects others, with a new toggle in Settings → Agents to switch back to Codex's shared server if preferred
- •DeepSeek, Qoder, Freebuff, and CodeBuddy harnesses — launch DeepSeek Harness (dsh), Qoder CLI, Freebuff, and CodeBuddy as first-class agents with live sidebar status tracking, plus ZCode session history in AI Vault and quota tracking in Usage
- •SSH keyboard-interactive MFA — connect to remote SSH hosts requiring multi-factor authentication, one-time passwords, or interactive verification prompts
v1.4.216
September 28, 2026
- •Single-line status bar on narrow windows — the status bar measures rendered items dynamically and steps down layout density instead of relying on fixed breakpoints, keeping all indicators on a single line without wrapping or clipping on smaller screens
- •Progressive usage meter condensation — rate limit meters gracefully condense down to compact percentages as window width narrows; calm agents fold into a clickable '+N' overflow chip that opens the full Usage popover, while high-usage agents (80%+) remain visible
- •Responsive utility badges — right-side status indicators for ports, SSH, resource usage, and background tasks switch to icon-only badges with tooltips and scroll horizontally rather than vanishing when space is constrained
v1.4.215
September 27, 2026
- •Interactive Jupyter notebooks — view and edit .ipynb files natively with click-to-edit cells, a persistent Jupyter kernel, automatic virtual environment configuration, and workspace trust protections
- •Composer context window usage — see real-time token and context window limits directly in the Native Chat composer
- •ZCode agent harness — run ZCode as a first-class agent harness alongside Codex, Claude, Pi, and Grok with unified child work and subagent tracking
v1.4.212
September 25, 2026
- •Codex 0.157+ socket path overflow fix — interactive Codex sessions in Orca terminals launch reliably without failing on UNIX domain socket length limits (SUN_LEN) in managed environments
- •Resilient Codex account and config sync — Orca guards managed homes against socket overflow without modifying global ~/.codex settings or showing false missing-configuration warnings in the accounts pane
- •Non-blocking Windows and WSL account switching — background environment checks skip blocking WSL calls during startup and account switching, keeping the UI responsive
v1.4.211
September 25, 2026
- •Muse Code agent harness — run Muse Code as a first-class agent harness with local token usage reporting, and configure Muse model and effort settings for supervised workers
- •Codex goals in Native Chat — view active Codex goals pinned directly above the chat composer, and set or update session goals from goal mode
- •Preview tabs toggle — configure whether files opened from the file tree open in temporary preview tabs or permanent editor tabs in Settings
v1.4.210
September 24, 2026
- •Antigravity supervised worker agent — run Antigravity as a supervised worker agent directly alongside your existing agent workflows
- •Collapsed chat answers and unread indicators — completed chat turns in Native Chat collapse to their final answers for readable transcripts, unread indicators highlight finished background turns, and failed turns exit cleanly instead of hanging
- •Status bar restart recovery — recover and reconnect active chat sessions directly from the status bar after an application restart
v1.4.209
September 23, 2026
- •Recency-ranked agent session search — past conversations in session search now display newest activity first and resolve relevance ties by recency, making your latest discussions and active threads easy to find
- •Direct terminal agent launch prompts — initial prompts provided when launching a terminal agent are delivered directly to the agent process upon start
- •Virtualized conflict trees and artifact lists — large merge conflict file trees and artifact lists are virtualized, keeping scrolling and navigation instant even across hundreds of modified files
v1.4.207
September 22, 2026
- •Flicker-free file search in Quick Open and File Explorer — changing your search query immediately clears prior results and displays a responsive loading state, preventing previous file listings from flashing before new search results arrive
- •Local worktree search retention — local file listings remain cached across search query changes so client-side filtering responds instantly without restarting the full directory scan
v1.4.206
September 20, 2026
- •Cross-computer agent session search — search past agent conversations from the Session History panel across all paired machines, or query the session index directly from the terminal with orca search
- •OpenCode 2 and dedicated plan cards in Native Chat — run OpenCode 2 models in Native Chat, inspect proposed plans in structured checklist cards rather than generic approvals, and switch OMP models across desktop and mobile
- •Collapsible diff regions and multi-line review comments — fold unchanged code blocks to focus on edits in diffs, and drag or use keyboard navigation to select multi-line ranges for review comments
v1.4.205
September 17, 2026
- •Prompt navigation rail in Native Chat — navigate long conversation threads with a message rail along the transcript edge that highlights your active turn, previews prompt text in an interactive hover panel, and jumps directly to any prompt on click
- •Streamed large file uploads up to 2 GB — drag and drop large files onto remote workspace terminals with uploads up to 2 GB per file (8 GB per batch), streaming directly without consuming host memory
- •Copy buttons on code blocks — quickly copy code snippets from Native Chat assistant messages with clean syntax formatting and language badges
v1.4.204
September 16, 2026
- •File drag and drop in Native Chat — drag and drop files directly onto the chat pane to attach them to your prompt, complete with a full-pane drop target indicator
- •Provider-aware Fast mode — toggle Fast mode in Native Chat for quicker, lower-latency agent responses when rapid turnarounds are needed
- •AI Vault session search — search past agent conversation sessions and transcripts with a dedicated query engine and indexer
v1.4.201
September 13, 2026
- •Subagents in the worktree sidebar — Native Chat subagents now appear directly in the left sidebar as indented child rows under their session, matching the hierarchical layout of CLI agent runs
- •Codex session goals in Native Chat — track session goals directly in the transcript with dedicated status rows when goals are set, updated, completed, or cleared, backed by provider event notifications
- •Agent-handled slash commands — commands executed directly by the agent (such as /goal for Codex, or /init and /review for Claude) pass through to the model with attached files rather than being blocked
v1.4.200
September 11, 2026
- •Turn file change rollups in Native Chat — completed turns summarize modified files in an expandable rollup header with net addition and deletion totals, grouping repeated edits per file and linking directly to individual diff cards
- •Task checklists and composer progress panel — agent task and plan updates now stream into the transcript as inline checklists with status diffs, paired with a collapsible progress panel above the composer that tracks the latest checklist state
- •Claude subagent activity in Native Chat — subagent execution now displays directly in the chat transcript with live running and completion counts, failure statuses, and expandable child agent details
v1.4.199
September 9, 2026
- •Unified sidebar Create menu — Add project and New workspace are now combined into a single Create dropdown menu across all window widths with keyboard shortcut hints
- •Grouped tool batches and execution details in Native Chat — agent tool runs collapse into clean, structured batch groups with execution details instead of noisy individual opcode rows
- •Session rewind and chat context controls — roll back structured conversation turns with session rewind, reset or compact context with /clear and /compact, and rename chat tabs
v1.4.198
September 8, 2026
- •Inline diff cards in Native Chat — agent file edits now render as compact inline diff cards directly in structured chat, with split and move-to-pane actions to arrange chat alongside your editor
- •GitHub Projects Roadmap timeline views — view GitHub Projects Roadmap boards as interactive horizontal timelines directly within Orca
- •Tab scrollbar and compact tab sizing — navigate crowded tab bars with a dedicated tab scrollbar, with minimum tab widths reduced to 72px so more tabs stay visible
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