herdr vs Orca
Side-by-side comparison of two AI agent tools
Short answer
- Orca is growing faster: +18,590 GitHub stars in the last 30 days vs +3,900 for herdr.
- Pick herdr for: the runtime your coding agents live on. Pick Orca for: orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents.
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the runtime your coding agents live on
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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
| herdr | Orca | |
|---|---|---|
| Stars | 42.0k | 84.1k |
| Star velocity /mo | 3.9k | 18.6k |
| Commits (90d) | 783 | 6.6k |
| Releases (6m) | 10 | 10 |
| Overall score | 0.8859779841623416 | 0.953845632256653 |
FAQ
- Which is more popular, herdr or Orca?
- Orca has more GitHub stars (84,122 vs 42,035).
- Which is more actively developed, herdr or Orca?
- Orca had more commits in the last 90 days (6,597 vs 783).
- Should I use herdr 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.