Orkas

Orkas is an open-source, local-first AI team for your desktop, with more than 5,800 stars on GitHub. Instead of a single chatbot, it gives you a Commander that turns a goal into to-dos and coordinates 16 built-in specialist agents, alongside the coding and personal agents you already use.

Overview

Orkas is built for work that keeps moving, not for one-off answers. A project holds the goal, rules, memory, and files, so work carries over. The Commander plans the steps, hands each part to the right specialist, and combines the results. With Auto-advance on, the team picks up the next to-do itself, and scheduled automations repeat routine jobs. Your conversations, files, and knowledge bases stay on your computer by default, and Orkas asks before it sends, posts, or deletes anything through a connected tool.

Key Features

• Commander-led teamwork: One Commander breaks a goal into steps, delegates to specialists, and handles leftover analysis, writing, and research itself.
• 16 built-in specialists: DeepResearcher, ContentWriter, PptMaker, VideoStudio, VoiceStudio, ImageStudio, UIDesigner, ProductDeveloper, OfficeWorker, and five e-commerce agents cover research, content, media, code, office files, and store operations.
• Works with your existing agents: Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, and Hermes-Agent run as local sessions in the same team, under one shared plan.
• Projects and automations: Persistent projects, to-dos, Auto-advance, and scheduled automations keep recurring work running.
• Custom agents: Browse more than 30 agents in the marketplace, or describe the role you need and let the Commander build a custom agent for you.
• Connectors and model freedom: Connect Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Drive, Notion, Slack, Shopify, and Stripe, and use the built-in Orkas model, your own provider keys, or a local endpoint.

💳 Pricing

Orkas is free to download for macOS and Windows, with 500 free credits for the built-in Orkas model, so you can start without an API key. Bringing your own provider key means that provider bills you directly. Paid plans add monthly credits, multi-device sync, more cloud storage, and more shared projects. The open-source build is MIT licensed and can be built from source, including on Linux.

Who Is It For

Orkas is for founders, small teams, marketers, store operators, and indie builders who want one AI team for ongoing work: content, store briefs, reports, client updates, bug fixes, and internal tools, with human review before anything goes out.