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Security Audit
Fail
Health Warn
  • License — License: AGPL-3.0
  • Description — Repository has a description
  • Active repo — Last push 0 days ago
  • Low visibility — Only 5 GitHub stars
Code Fail
  • rm -rf — Recursive force deletion command in scripts/release.sh
Permissions Pass
  • Permissions — No dangerous permissions requested
Purpose
This is a desktop application designed to supervise and manage multiple Claude Code sessions simultaneously. It provides real-time status indicators, tab notifications, and session persistence so you can resume projects exactly where you left off after closing the app.

Security Assessment
The application interacts closely with your local development environment. It automatically modifies project-local settings files (`.claude/settings.local.json`) to inject hooks and monitors session state via local file watchers. It does not request dangerous global permissions, and no hardcoded secrets were detected in the codebase. However, the release script contains a recursive force deletion command (`rm -rf`), which is a minor automated maintenance risk rather than an active runtime threat. Since it wraps a CLI tool that inherently executes shell commands, you should be aware of what your underlying Claude sessions are doing. Overall risk is rated as Medium due to its deep integration with local project files and automated setting modifications.

Quality Assessment
The project is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and is currently active, with its most recent code push happening today. It includes continuous integration workflows and a clear, well-documented README. On the downside, it has extremely low community visibility with only 5 GitHub stars. This means it has not been broadly vetted by the open-source community, so hidden bugs or edge-case security issues are more likely.

Verdict
Use with caution: the tool is actively maintained and transparent about its local operations, but its low community adoption and deep integration into local project settings warrant a careful review before deploying in sensitive environments.
SUMMARY

Desktop app for supervising Claude Code sessions across multiple projects. Session persistence, live status indicators, multi-project tabs.

README.md

Orbit

Orbit

Desktop app for supervising Claude Code sessions across multiple projects.

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Download · Features · How it works · Development

The problem

You run Claude Code in multiple projects. You close the terminal, lose track of which session was doing what. You have no way to know if a background task finished. You restart and can't resume where you left off.

What Orbit does

Orbit wraps Claude Code CLI in a native desktop app. You keep all your projects open as tabs, resume any session after restart, and get notified when a background session needs attention.

Features

  • Session persistence — close the app, reopen later, resume exactly where you left off
  • Live status indicators — see which sessions are working, idle, or waiting for input — per project, in real time
  • Tab notifications — tab flashes when a background session completes
  • Multi-project tabs — switch between projects without killing sessions
  • Multi-session per project — run several Claude sessions and plain terminals in parallel
  • Prompt navigation — jump between prompts in terminal scrollback
  • Auto session naming — titles generated via Claude Haiku from your first prompt
  • Mode toggle — supervised (asks permissions) or autonomous (runs freely)

How it works

Orbit detects session state (working / idle / waiting) through Claude Code hooks — not by parsing terminal output. On first launch, Orbit automatically adds hooks to your project's .claude/settings.local.json (the local settings file that isn't committed to git). If the file doesn't exist, it's created.

The hooks write state to ~/.orbit/session-state.json. Orbit watches this file with a native filesystem watcher and updates the UI in real time.

Orbit never modifies your global Claude Code settings (~/.claude/settings.json). Only project-local settings are touched. The one exception is the status line script (~/.claude/statusline.sh) which Orbit creates on first launch with your permission.

Download

Platform Architecture Download
macOS Apple Silicon .dmg
Windows x64 .msi
Linux x64 .deb / .AppImage

Prerequisites

Claude Code CLI installed and authenticated.

Development

Requires Node.js 20+ and Rust 1.75+.

npm install            # Install dependencies
npm run tauri dev      # Launch app in dev mode
npm test               # Run tests (171 tests)
npx tsc --noEmit       # Typecheck
npm run tauri build    # Production build for current platform

Architecture

src/                    React 19 + TypeScript
  core/                 Zustand store, types, API layer
  features/terminal/    xterm.js terminal + PTY hooks
  layout/               TabBar, Sidebar, StatusBar
  modals/               Preferences, NewProject
  lib/                  Analytics, themes, parsers

src-tauri/src/          Rust backend
  pty.rs                PTY lifecycle (spawn/write/resize/kill)
  claude.rs             CLI integration + session hooks
  watcher.rs            Filesystem watcher for session state
  terminal.rs           Editor integration, scrollback

Tech stack

Frontend: React 19, TypeScript, Zustand, xterm.js · Backend: Rust, Tauri 2, portable-pty · Build: Vite, Cargo · CI: GitHub Actions

Contributing

Contributions welcome. Please open an issue first to discuss what you'd like to change.

License

AGPL-3.0

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