Orkas
Local desktop software for coordinating specialist agents and coding tools.
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About Orkas
Orkas is an MIT-licensed desktop platform with a commander agent, specialist agents and local coding-tool sessions. The publisher provides macOS and Windows installers and a source repository. Model access can use a separate provider or optional managed services; software licensing does not include model usage. Installers and agent execution were not tested in this documentation review.
Orkas is an open-source project written primarily in JavaScript, with 2.2k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in October 2026.
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