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Orca IDE

Orca IDE

Manage Coding Agents Remotely

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  • Released
  • Updated
  • May 7, 2026
  • September 6, 2026

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This app mirrors your desktop terminal sessions, including AI agent interactions, directly to your iPhone. It provides full keyboard input and multi-terminal support for seamless remote coding management. All processing remains on your desktop, ensuring your data stays secure.

✓Live desktop terminal mirror
✓AI agent session management
✓Full keyboard input
✓Multi-worktree, multi-terminal support
✓Phone-fit zoom and smart keyboard
✓Background command execution
✓End-to-end encrypted pairing
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What's New in Orca IDE

0.0.48

September 6, 2026

This update adds smoother image attachments in chat, terminal state that survives reopening a worktree, and steadier pairing over slow cellular connections, plus reliability fixes and more parity with the Orca desktop app.

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Last updated on September 17, 2026.

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we need opencode chat ui support

we need opencode chat ui support^_^
晨风不及你笑容温软c晨风不及你笑容温软c

Answer and Reasoning display

Pretty good client. However, the current version has both the agent answer and reasoning processes displayed, seems the collapse doesn’t take effort, but you click collapse it reveal the same thought processes in a popup with raw JSON in red. Also everything is displayed above the user’s request, both the actual answer and the reasoning text.
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very good UXvery good UX

太好用了

这个东西太好用了！电脑上可以跑很多 CLI 工具，直接 all in one 放在 orca 里一起跑，速度非常快。

其次它的手机版本也特别爽，因为有 relay，手机可以直接连到本地电脑，简直无敌。

如果你不用其他 AI 桌面端工具、只用 CLI 的话，这个 Orca IDE 巨好用，本地基本上都不用开 terminal 了，贼好用，强烈推荐！
嗯大爷嗯大爷

This is the best coding software you can get.

I've been using Orca for a while now. Before that, I used Ghostty, some terminal tools, Claude Code, and the official ChatGPT app, but none of them come close to Orca. It's genuinely the best tool I've used.

Whether it's checking files or running multiple agents in parallel, it's an absolute game-changer. I highly recommend it—five stars.
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Asher from Astralune aiAsher from Astralune ai

Just amazing

How is this free!!! Thank you for keeping this free and open source
Graham MirandaGraham Miranda
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FAQ

What is Orca IDE?

Orca IDE is a companion app for the Orca desktop workspace, allowing you to manage coding agent sessions and terminal commands remotely from your iPhone. It provides a live mirror of your desktop terminal and full keyboard input capabilities.

How does Orca IDE work?

Orca IDE acts as a thin client, displaying your desktop terminal and forwarding your keystrokes over an encrypted local network connection. All code, shells, and AI agents remain on your desktop, ensuring your data is not stored on your phone.

Is Orca IDE free to use?

Yes, Orca IDE is completely free to download and use. The associated Orca desktop app is also free and open-source, available from their official website or GitHub.

What devices does Orca IDE support?

Orca IDE is available for iPhone and iPod devices running iOS 16 or later. It requires your iPhone to be on the same Wi-Fi network as your desktop.

Does Orca IDE collect user data?

The Orca IDE mobile app does not include any analytics SDKs, crash reporters, or third-party SDKs. Your pairing tokens and preferences are stored locally. The desktop app collects anonymized usage metrics as per its privacy policy.

How secure is the connection with Orca IDE?

Pairing between your iPhone and desktop is end-to-end encrypted using a one-time keypair generated by your desktop. All traffic between the phone and desktop is sealed with these keys, ensuring a secure local network connection.

Can I run long-running commands with Orca IDE?

Yes, you can run background long-running commands and receive notifications when a TUI session becomes idle, such as when an AI agent finishes processing. This allows you to manage tasks remotely without constant monitoring.

What is the update frequency for Orca IDE?

The latest version of Orca IDE is 0.0.16, last updated on June 24, 2026. While specific update frequency isn't detailed, the app is actively maintained as indicated by recent updates.