Orca vs Ruflo
Orca (Stably) and Ruflo (rUv) side by side on public data, as of Oct 21, 2026.
Orca has 1.3x the GitHub stars of Ruflo (100K against 78K).
Which should you choose?
Choose Orca if
- you want to switch between model providers (9 documented against 0)
- you want to run it unattended in scripts or CI
Choose Ruflo if
- you need to run local models
Built from documented features, official prices, status pages and usage data on this page; it does not judge output quality.
Side-by-side numbers
| Metric | Orca | Ruflo |
|---|---|---|
| Gid Score | 51 | 46 |
| Usage data as of | Oct 21 | Oct 21 |
| Rank by Gid Score | #36 | #53 |
| Downloads, last 7 days | — | 43.1K |
| Downloads, 7-day change | — | down 45.5% |
| Downloads, 30-day change | — | up 9.9% |
| VS Code installs | — | — |
| Marketplace rating | — | — |
| GitHub stars | 100K | 78K |
| Homebrew installs, 30 days | — | — |
| Hacker News mentions, 30 days | 3 | 0 |
| Latest stable release | 1.4.235 · yesterday | 3.59.6 · today |
| Stable releases, 90 days | ||
| Terminal-Bench (best run) | — | — |
| Price | Free (OSS) | Free (OSS) |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| First released | March 2026 | June 2025 |
| Interfaces | Desktop app, Mobile app, CLI | CLI, MCP server |
| Models |
Trends
Orca
Orca is an open-source desktop agent development environment that runs Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Pi and other CLI agents side by side, each in its own git worktree, with terminals and a mobile companion app for monitoring agents.
Pricing: Free and open source (MIT).
Latest release 1.4.235:
- Rewind Claude chats: Use Rewind to here on a message that started a turn, edit your prompt, and take the conversation in a new direction. Claude continues from the history you kept.
- Your chat, your settings: Each conversation remembers its own model, effort and Fast settings. Switching models keeps compatible choices, and changes to an agent's defaults no longer silently move…
- Keep more of your agent's work: Completed replies and tool results are saved in full rather than cut off at the preview limit. Use Show full output on desktop or phone, or Show full message on…
- Less waiting, less background work: New Chat opens the composer immediately, Codex chats get the time they need to start, and the workspace jump palette is preloaded. The editor watches active,…
Ruflo
Open-source agent meta-harness for Claude Code and Codex by rUv: it installs as Claude Code plugins (core tools, a visual console and mods that add routing and policy enforcement) or runs as an MCP server for Codex and other MCP clients, and coordinates teams (swarms) of agents with shared memory, self-learning and vector search.
Pricing: Free and open source (MIT).
Latest release 3.59.6:
- memory export can now target an explicit store (#4341, fixes #3196). It was the only primary
- @claude-flow/cli@3.59.6, claude-flow@3.59.6, ruflo@3.59.6 — latest/alpha/v3alpha
Orca vs Ruflo: common questions
Which is more popular, Orca or Ruflo?
Orca has a Gid Score of 51 against 46 for Ruflo. The score combines package downloads, editor installs, GitHub activity and attention, updated daily.
Do Orca and Ruflo support local models?
Ruflo documents support for local models; Orca's documentation does not.
Do Orca and Ruflo support MCP servers?
Orca documents support for MCP servers; Ruflo's documentation does not.