Comparison
Agent Shell vs Orca
Orca has more GitHub stars (93,312 vs 1,953). Orca was updated more recently (last commit 7h ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Agent Shell
Brings your favorite AI agents to Emacs, keeping you at home: familiar buffers and bindings, no terminal emulation. Powered by ACP.
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git clone https://github.com/xenodium/agent-shell
Orca
Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop, mobile and remote runtime.
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brew install --cask stablyai/orca/orca| Metric | Agent Shell | Orca |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Plugin | Plugin |
| GitHub stars | 1,953 | 93,312 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | n/a |
| Forks | 249 | 5,948 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | Emacs Lisp | TypeScript |
| License | GPL-3.0 | MIT |
| Last commit | 3d ago | 7h ago |
| Created | Sep 2025 | Mar 2026 |
| Categories | AI & LLM tooling, Dev tools | Dev tools, AI & LLM tooling, Mobile & desktop |