Comparison
Heard vs Orca
Orca has more GitHub stars (92,670 vs 205). Orca was updated more recently (last commit 11h ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Heard
Open-source (Apache 2.0) voice layer for Claude Code and Codex on macOS. Runs fully local with Kokoro text-to-speech, no account or API keys: hear a short spoken summary when…
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git clone https://github.com/heardlabs/heard
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 | Heard | Orca |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Plugin | Plugin |
| GitHub stars | 205 | 92,670 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | n/a |
| Forks | 28 | 5,910 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | Python | TypeScript |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last commit | 20h ago | 11h ago |
| Created | Apr 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| Categories | Media & audio, AI & LLM tooling, Mobile & desktop | Dev tools, AI & LLM tooling, Mobile & desktop |