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Orca vs Roomote
Orca has 71,017 GitHub stars, 4,642 forks, 5,801 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Roomote has 244 stars, 48 forks, 225 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Orca leads on adoption by 29,005% (71,017 vs 244 stars). Orca is written in TypeScript under MIT; Roomote is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Orca has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, Roomote 20%. Orca was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
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 | Roomote | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 71K | ★ 244 |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.6K | ⑂ 48 |
| 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 Roomote if
- You want the Roomote feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Roomote 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 Roomote
Roomote is a source available, self hostable cloud coding agent written in TypeScript. It is a full stack application rather than an IDE plugin or a wrapper: you hand it a task in Slack, Teams, Telegram, Discord, or the web UI, and it clones your repository into an isolated sandbox, writes the code, runs the tests, captures a screenshot, pushes a branch, and opens a pull request for review. It lives in the developer tooling and AI assisted coding ecosystem, connecting to the chat, source control, model, and tooling services a team already runs.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Orca or Roomote more popular?
Orca has 71,017 GitHub stars and Roomote has 244. Orca has the larger community by that measure.
Are Orca and Roomote free?
Both are open source. Orca is licensed under MIT, and Roomote has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Orca and Roomote?
Orca is written in TypeScript and Roomote 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 Roomote?
Choose Orca if you want the larger community (71,017 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Roomote if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.