Comparison
Emdash vs Orca
Orca has more GitHub stars (92,670 vs 5,987). Orca was updated more recently (last commit 9h ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Emdash
Emdash is the Open-Source Agentic Development Environment ( YC W26). Run multiple coding agents in parallel. Use any provider.
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git clone https://github.com/generalaction/emdash
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.
$
brew install --cask stablyai/orca/orca| Metric | Emdash | Orca |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Plugin | Plugin |
| GitHub stars | 5,987 | 92,670 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | n/a |
| Forks | 630 | 5,910 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last commit | 22h ago | 9h ago |
| Created | Aug 2025 | Mar 2026 |
| Categories | Dev tools, AI & LLM tooling | Dev tools, AI & LLM tooling, Mobile & desktop |