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TinyCorp vs Orca
Orca is a fast, open-source environment for running many coding agents. TinyCorp turns them into a team that plans, reviews, and asks before it merges.
| Feature | Orca | TinyCorpPRIVATE BETA |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | An agent IDE: terminals, editor, browser | A team with roles, chat and a board |
| Agents talk to each other | Via an orchestration skill | Yes, in threads |
| Planning before code | No | PM plans with you |
| Review between agents | You comment on diffs | Line-by-line on the PR |
| Merge gate / autonomy levels | You merge | Supervised / Managed / Autonomous |
| Per-repo rules | No | Local only / PR only / merges |
| Runs on your subscription | Yes | Yes, never API keys |
| Cloud option | SSH remote worktrees | No — nothing leaves your machine |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux, mobile companion | macOS, Windows (native & WSL) |
| Price | Free, open source (MIT) | Free in beta |
Compared on 2026-09-22 from each product's public pages. · Also compare: TinyCorp vs Conductor
An honest take
Two good tools.
Different jobs.
When to pick Orca
You want an open-source workbench with terminals, an editor and a browser, and you drive each agent yourself.
- You want every agent in one IDE-like window
- You work across remote machines over SSH
- You like building your own workflow on top
When to pick TinyCorp
You want planning, peer review and gated merges, so you can oversee five to ten agents without reading every line first.
- The PM plans with you before any code is written
- Another Employee reviews each PR line by line
- You set per-repo rules and decide what merges
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