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Orca vs Superset
Orca has 72,812 GitHub stars, 4,763 forks, 5,801 open issues and last shipped today. Superset has 14,403 stars, 1,285 forks, 666 open issues and last shipped today. Orca leads on adoption by 406% (72,812 vs 14,403 stars). Orca is written in TypeScript under MIT; Superset is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Orca has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, Superset 9%. Orca was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 7 topic tags (ade, ai-agents, claude-code, cli), 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 | Superset | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 73K | ★ 14K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | TypeScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-20 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.8K | ⑂ 1.3K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Orca if
- You weight community size — 73K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Superset if
- You want the Superset feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Superset 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 Superset
Superset is an agentic IDE for orchestrating many coding agents in parallel on a developer machine. It lives in the AI assisted coding and developer tools ecosystem, and it is aimed at people who run CLI agents such as Claude Code, Codex, or any CLI agent. It can run any agent with the user's own subscription. The project treats each agent as a worker that can run in its own isolated git worktree, with its own branch, terminal, and environment.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Orca or Superset more popular?
Orca has 72,812 GitHub stars and Superset has 14,403. Orca has the larger community by that measure.
Are Orca and Superset free?
Both are open source. Orca is licensed under MIT, and Superset has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Orca and Superset?
Orca is written in TypeScript and Superset 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 Superset?
Choose Orca if you want the larger community (72,812 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Superset if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.