Orkas is a free, open-source desktop app for macOS and Windows in which a lead AI agent, the Commander, splits a goal into tasks and shares them out to a team of specialist agents.
In plain words
Most AI assistants answer one request at a time. In Orkas you tell the Commander what you want; it handles small jobs itself and, for bigger ones, plans the steps and calls in specialists. Sixteen come with the app, for work such as research, slide decks, video and office files, and it can also use coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex. Each project remembers its aim, rules and files between chats. Your data stays on your own computer. The code uses the MIT licence.
A quick example
Imagine asking an AI team to research a market and turn it into a report and a short slide deck. The lead agent splits the job, hands the research to one specialist and the slides to another, then gathers the results for you to review.
Where you'll meet it
- Running ongoing business work, such as reports, posts and slide decks, with several AI agents.
- Repeating routine tasks on a schedule, such as every day or every week.
Related
Sources
- DocsOrkas-AI/Orkas, GitHub · read 31 Oct 2026
- DocsOrkas, Orkas · read 31 Oct 2026
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