Comparison
Research Mode vs Orca
Orca has more GitHub stars (93,312 vs 151). Orca was updated more recently (last commit 2h ago). Data comes straight from GitHub and refreshes daily.
Research Mode
Anti-hallucination research mode for Claude Code. Toggle on/off to enforce citation requirements and source grounding.
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/plugin marketplace add assafkip/research-mode
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 | Research Mode | Orca |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Plugin | Plugin |
| GitHub stars | 151 | 93,312 |
| Stars, last 7 days | n/a | n/a |
| Forks | 17 | 5,948 |
| Upvotes | 0 | 0 |
| Language | n/a | TypeScript |
| License | n/a | MIT |
| Last commit | 6mo ago | 2h ago |
| Created | Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| Categories | AI & LLM tooling | Dev tools, AI & LLM tooling, Mobile & desktop |