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.
CLI proxy that reduces LLM token consumption by 60-90% on common dev commands. Single Rust binary, zero dependencies
Best matched with other agent tools.
Rtk has the larger GitHub footprint with 72.6K stars.
Rtk is currently growing faster at +26.5K stars this week.
Rtk has the stronger automated maintenance signal at 90/100. This is not a security or fit verdict.
Use these signals to narrow your choice, then confirm setup, license, and fit upstream.
| Signal | Orca | Rtk |
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| Evidence status | Basic listing· 14h ago | Basic listing· 14h ago |
| GitHub stars | 25.9K | 72.6K |
| Weekly growth | 0 | +26.5K |
| Health score | Healthy69/100 |
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| Contributors | 226 | 125 |
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| Commits per week | 456.6 | 39.8 |
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| Open issues | 2.0K | 1.7K |
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| Language | TypeScript | Rust |
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| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
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| Last commit | 16h ago | 16h ago |
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| Last release | v1.4.150 | v0.43.0 |
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