Crush vs Orca
Side-by-side comparison of two AI agent tools
Short answer
- Orca is growing faster: +16,110 GitHub stars in the last 30 days vs +1,110 for Crush.
- Pick Crush for: glamourous agentic coding for all. Pick Orca for: orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents.
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Crushopen-source
Glamourous agentic coding for all π
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Orcaopen-source
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.
Metrics
| Crush | Orca | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 28.4k | 82.8k |
| Star velocity /mo | 1.1k | 16.1k |
| Commits (90d) | 614 | 6.4k |
| Releases (6m) | 10 | 10 |
| Overall score | 0.8619635447366276 | 0.9574638661741814 |
FAQ
- Which is more popular, Crush or Orca?
- Orca has more GitHub stars (82,800 vs 28,432).
- Which is more actively developed, Crush or Orca?
- Orca had more commits in the last 90 days (6,418 vs 614).
- Should I use Crush or Orca?
- Compare their capabilities, limitations and "best for" notes above. Both are open source, so trying each on a small task is the fastest way to decide.