Project comparison
Compare adoption, momentum, maintenance health, and project basics before choosing which tool to evaluate deeper.
Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop, mobile and VPS.
Best matched with other agent tools.
An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal.
Best matched with other agent tools.
gemini-cli has the larger GitHub footprint with 106.1K stars.
gemini-cli is currently growing faster at +2.4K stars this week.
gemini-cli has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 97/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.
Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.
| Signal | Orca | gemini-cli |
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| Evidence status | Basic listing· 11h ago | Recently verified· 9h ago |
| GitHub stars | 25.9K | 106.1K |
| Weekly growth | 0 | +2.4K |
| Health score | Healthy69/100 |
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| Contributors | 226 | 688 |
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| Commits per week | 456.6 | 30.3 |
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| Open issues | 2.0K | 1.4K |
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| Language | TypeScript | TypeScript |
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| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
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| Last commit | 13h ago | 9h ago |
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| Last release | v1.4.150 | v0.51.0 |
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