OrcaShell - A GPU-Accelerated Terminal for Agentic Coding
Free & open source · MIT / Apache-2.0 · macOS, Linux, Windows
OrcaShell is a GPU-accelerated terminal emulator built from the ground up for agentic coding workflows. It lets you run multiple AI coding agents simultaneously - like Claude Code, Codex, and others - and monitor all of them in real time from a single window.
Key Features
- Real-time agent monitoring - Activity pulses show which terminals have live output. Notification badges surface the instant an agent posts an approval prompt or permission request.
- GPU-accelerated rendering - Scrolling stays smooth and responsive even when multiple agents are flooding output at full speed. No lag, no tearing, no dropped frames.
- Built-in git workflows - Stage, unstage, commit, push, pull, and merge without leaving the terminal. A full diff explorer with syntax highlighting, word-level changes, and dual-gutter line numbers.
- Managed worktree isolation - Give each agent its own branch and directory. Create, track, merge back, and clean up worktrees. The full lifecycle, handled for you.
- Session persistence - Window positions, splits, tabs, working directories, and worktree associations are all saved. Quit and relaunch and everything is exactly where you left it.
- Kitty keyboard protocol - Full protocol support, regex search across scrollback, box-drawing, true color, five underline styles.
How It Works
- Launch and monitor - Give each agent its own pane, tab, or worktree. Activity pulses show who's working. Notification badges tell you the instant an agent needs approval.
- Work in a real terminal - GPU-accelerated rendering with Kitty keyboard protocol, regex search, box-drawing, true color, and every pixel rendered by the GPU.
- Ship with confidence - Review diffs with syntax highlighting and word-level changes. Stage, commit, and push without leaving the terminal.
Open Source
OrcaShell is built in Rust with 10 clean workspace crates. It's dual-licensed under MIT and Apache-2.0. Fork it, build on it, contribute to it.
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Release Notes
Current version: 0.3.2 (April 13, 2026). View all release notes.
OrcaShell 0.3.2 focuses on UI refinements and reliability improvements, with better behavior in very large repositories, faster split creation from terminal tabs, smoother repository branch workflows, an updated app icon, and a round of bug fixes.