Independent register of AI agents & harnesses · no sponsored placementsEdition 2026-09 · 107 entries · evidence to 26 Sept 2026

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Orca vs Superset

Orca rates 78 against Superset's 70 in this edition. The table lines up every dimension we record; the leading value in each numeric row is marked. Add a third or fourth entry.

Dimension
OrcaStably AI
SupersetSuperset Inc.
Rating
AgentsWisdom score7870
Confidencemediumhigh
Rank in categoryNo. 1 of 7No. 2 of 7
Pillars
Adoption & momentum9176
Experts (independent reviews)7572
Crowd (community sample)6360
Community posts sampled918
Experts vs crowdCrowd cooler by 12Crowd cooler by 12
Adoption
GitHub stars78k15k
npm weekly downloadsn/en/e
PyPI monthly downloadsn/en/e
VS Code installsn/en/e
Reported usersn/en/e
Reported customer organisationsn/en/e
Releases, last 90 days9629
Benchmarks (shown, not scored)
Terminal-Bench 2.0not listednot listed
SWE-benchnot listednot listed
Independent reviews36
Trust & safety
Overall gradeBA
Permission modelCB
Data access scopeBB
Data storageAA
Data retention & trainingn/en/e
Incident historyBA
ComplianceCA
TransparencyAB
Price
PriceFreeFree, paid from $20
Plans
  • Free (open source): Free
  • Enterprise: Custom
  • Free: Free
  • Pro: $20 / monthly
  • Enterprise: Custom
Product
CategoryOrchestrators & meta-harnessesOrchestrators & meta-harnesses
MakerStably AISuperset Inc.
LicenceMITElastic-2.0
Use it viaDesktop app, Mobile app, CLIDesktop app, CLI, MCP server, API, Mobile app
Runs onmacos, windows, linuxmacos, linux
Models it drivesany terminal agent: Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi, Gemini, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Grok, Amp, Goose, Hermes Agent and othersClaude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor Agent, Gemini CLI, any terminal-based coding agent
Key features
  • Parallel agents, each in its own git worktree; fan one prompt across several agents and compare
  • Works with any CLI agent (30+ listed)
  • Terminal splits with persistent scrollback; built-in editor and diff annotation sent back to the agent
  • Embedded Chromium browser with 'design mode' element capture
  • GitHub and Linear integration; SSH worktrees and remote Orca servers
  • Orca CLI and orchestration skills so agents can drive Orca
  • iOS and Android companion apps
  • Claude/Codex account switching and usage tracking
  • One git worktree, branch, terminal set and port range per workspace
  • Runs any CLI coding agent unmodified in a persistent terminal (sessions survive app restarts via a background daemon)
  • Built-in diff viewer, PR review and CI check view
  • In-app browser pane with per-workspace port detection and a Design mode for UI edits
  • Agent status sidebar with notifications when an agent needs attention
  • Scheduled automations, CLI, TypeScript SDK and MCP server
  • Remote access to workspaces on other machines and an iPhone app (Pro)
Verdicts
Praised for
  • Session/status sidebar for many concurrent agents across repos (Reddit r/ClaudeCode users)
  • Worktree-per-agent model and diff review make comparing parallel attempts straightforward (Chancay, Margrop, HN users)
  • Very active development; free and open source (HN, Reddit)
  • Terminal-first design lets users run the real Claude Code/Codex CLIs with their latest features, which reviewers contrasted with Conductor's custom chat UI
  • Supports many agents rather than one or two vendors
  • Persistent terminals that survive app updates or closing were singled out by users
Criticised for
  • Performance complaints: slow editor, lag in remote work, high CPU (HN, Reddit)
  • Experimental chat UI and mobile input reported as buggy (Reddit)
  • Launches agents with their permission-bypass flags by default
  • Parallel agents multiply token spend (Margrop)
  • Some users reported terminal rendering glitches and freezes
  • Reviewers and users found the PR/workspace flow less polished than Conductor and the UI growing 'bloated'
  • Linear and some team features are gated behind the $20/user/month Pro plan; sign-in to the vendor cloud is required for the hosted build
  • No Windows build; Linux build is experimental
Evidence
Evidence collected26 Sept 202626 Sept 2026
Sources cited35