Daily brief · October 25, 2026

Orca, a free open-source app, runs Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents side by side

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Orca, a free open-source app, runs Claude Code, Codex and other coding agents side by side

YouTube · Tool · The Best Agent IDE I've ever used (Orca): views history

40,446 → 77,265views of a video about it in 24 h · 120 commentsabout 6.7× the typical pace of other tracked AI-tool videos

Orca is a free, open-source (MIT-licensed) agent development environment made by Stably AI. It runs Claude Code, Codex, Gemini and other CLI agents in parallel across isolated git worktrees, with terminals, a browser, diff review and git tools built in. You bring your own agent subscriptions, and no Orca account is required.

A video about it went from 40,446 to 77,265 views in 24 hours - about 6.7 times the typical pace of other AI-tool videos SteadyVane tracks on YouTube. That video has 995 likes and 120 comments.

Why it matters: If you already switch between more than one coding agent, a single place to run them in parallel is the pitch. The video's creator calls it the biggest improvement to his agent workflow, which is his claim, not a measured result.

Running agents side by side is easy to show on video. Whether it holds up on your repo is the part to test.

axuse is an MCP server that lets coding agents control a browser through the accessibility tree, not screenshots

GitHub · Tool · ctoldigital/axuse: stars (saves) history

185 → 494stars (saves) on GitHub in 4 daysabout 4.3× the typical pace of other tracked GitHub repos

axuse is one MCP server that gives agent harnesses such as Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode and Antigravity browser and computer control. It observes pages through the DOM tree, the accessibility tree and Chrome DevTools Protocol rather than a screenshot loop. It has zero dependencies and needs Node.js 22+ and a Chromium-family browser.

The repo went from 185 to 494 stars (saves) on GitHub in 96 hours - about 4.3 times the typical pace of other repos SteadyVane tracks on GitHub. It has 25 forks.

Why it matters: Reading page structure instead of screenshots is a different bet on how agents should use a browser. One thing to check before using it: it is under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0, and commercial use needs a separate license from CTOL Digital Solutions.

Read the license before it goes anywhere near commercial work.

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