Comparison
orc vs Ponytail
Ponytail has more GitHub stars (164,282 vs 26). Ponytail was updated more recently (last commit 1d ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
orc
A lightweight orchestration framework that piggybacks your local Agentic CLI setup. Intentionally simple. Yet powerful... like an army of Orcs
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git clone https://github.com/spencermarx/orc
Ponytail
Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.
$
/plugin marketplace add DietrichGebert/ponytail| Metric | orc | Ponytail |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Agent skill | Agent skill |
| GitHub stars | 26 | 164,282 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | n/a |
| Forks | 4 | 8,852 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 1 |
| Language | Shell | JavaScript |
| License | n/a | MIT |
| Last commit | 3mo ago | 1d ago |
| Created | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| Categories | AI & LLM tooling, Frameworks & SDKs | AI & LLM tooling |