Orca ADE — Command AI Coding Agents From Your Smartphone

If VS Code and Cursor are "an environment where a human can type code comfortably," Orca is "a control tower that commands several AI agents at once." And the tool's greatest strengths are perfect Korean support and its own mobile app integration.

1. What Orca Is: An ADE (Agent Development Environment)

Orca is not an AI model. It is a desktop app that runs and manages roughly 30 terminal-based AI agents — Claude Code, Codex, Grok, Gemini CLI, and so on — simultaneously on one screen.

How it differs from existing IDEs:

2. Core Features

Perfect Korean Support

Everything from prompt input to the UI, settings, and menus works in Korean. It suits users who have found the English UI of overseas AI tools inconvenient.

Mobile App Integration

Orca provides its own iOS/Android mobile app.

• Remote control: give instructions to your AI agents from a phone at a cafe or in bed
• Real-time monitoring: watch on your phone as AI writes code on your PC
• Remote commit/push: commit the results with a single tap in the app

How to connect:

1. Launch the desktop Orca app
2. Settings > Mobile Sync tab
3. Scan the QR code on screen with the Orca app on your phone
4. Complete the connection after security verification

Parallel Git Worktree Handling

If you give different tasks to several AIs, branches get tangled. Orca automatically creates an independent Git Worktree for each AI agent to prevent file conflicts.

Prompt Fanning — Pick the Best-Written Code

Throw the same request at Claude Code and Codex at the same time, compare the resulting diffs on one screen, and choose the best code.

UI Session Restore

Even after a reboot, your previous working environment is restored as it was. Open tabs, agent sessions, and project state are all preserved.

3. Download and Installation

Desktop

Official site: https://www.onorca.dev

Mobile App

• iOS: search "Orca ADE" in the App Store
• Android: search "Orca ADE" in Google Play

4. Basic Setup

First Run

1. Launch Orca
2. Select AI agents: it detects Claude Code, Codex, etc. installed on your PC
3. Choose your primary agent
4. Set the theme (dark/light)
5. Check the Git/GitHub CLI environment
6. Add a project repository
7. Open an agent-dedicated terminal with the + button

Recommended AI Agent Combination

5. Real-World Usage Examples

Multi-Agent Parallel Work

1. Open the project
2. Create 3 terminals with the + button
3. Terminal 1: tell Claude Code "refactor the login module"
4. Terminal 2: tell Codex "write the test code"
5. Terminal 3: tell Grok "update the API docs"
6. Each agent works in parallel in its own isolated Worktree
7. Compare and adopt the results in the diff view

Remote Instructions From Mobile

1. Launch the Orca app on your phone while out
2. Connect to Orca on your PC
3. Give the AI agent an instruction:
   "Add email validation to the signup page you just made
    and write the Jest test code"
4. Monitor in real time as the AI works on your PC
5. Check the result and commit with one tap in the app

6. Tips for Using Orca Better

1. Divide roles per agent: Claude Code for complex design, Codex for simple repetitive work
2. Use Worktrees: do complex work in an isolated environment
3. Verify quality with Prompt Fanning: give the same task to several agents and compare
4. Save time with mobile integration: check agent progress even while on the move
5. Use session restore: resume work right where you left off even after a reboot

7. Pros and Cons Summary

Pros

• Perfect Korean support
• Its own mobile app integration (unique in the industry)
• Manage 30+ AI agents simultaneously
• Automatic Git Worktree isolation
• UI restore after reboot
• MIT licensed, completely free

Cons

• CLI-based agents must be installed (prior setup)
• Not a GUI IDE, so code editing is separate
• Mobile app features are limited compared with the desktop

Orca ADE is the only open-source ADE as of 2026 for managing multiple AI agents, and it offers the unrivaled combination of Korean support and mobile integration.