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Orca vs Paseo
Orca has 71,017 GitHub stars, 4,642 forks, 5,801 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Paseo has 17,595 stars, 1,993 forks, 677 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Orca leads on adoption by 304% (71,017 vs 17,595 stars). Orca is written in TypeScript under MIT; Paseo is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Orca has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, Paseo 11%. Orca was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 4 topic tags (ade, claude-code, codex, opencode), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Orca | Paseo | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 71K | ★ 18K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.6K | ⑂ 2.0K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Orca if
- You weight community size — 71K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Paseo if
- You want the Paseo feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Paseo fits your workflow better
About Orca
Orca is an agent desktop environment (ADE) that runs multiple AI coding agents in parallel, each in its own isolated git worktree. It unifies workflow, monitoring, and collaboration around AI assisted coding across desktop, mobile, and remote runtimes. Built for developers who rely on several AI coding tools simultaneously, Orca eliminates context switching by tracking all agents and their outputs in one place.
About Paseo
Paseo is a developer tool for orchestrating coding agents from a phone, desktop, or terminal. It lives in the AI assisted coding ecosystem and presents one interface for Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, OpenCode, and Pi agents. The project centers on a local server called the daemon, which manages agents on the user's machine.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Orca or Paseo more popular?
Orca has 71,017 GitHub stars and Paseo has 17,595. Orca has the larger community by that measure.
Are Orca and Paseo free?
Both are open source. Orca is licensed under MIT, and Paseo has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Orca and Paseo?
Orca is written in TypeScript and Paseo in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Orca or Paseo?
Choose Orca if you want the larger community (71,017 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Paseo if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.