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: 0.3.4 (June 2, 2026). View release notes.
OrcaShell 0.3.4 is a security-focused release that adds signed update verification, hardens local IPC and command authentication, strengthens open-project path validation, and improves notification handling.