Orkas: open-source desktop app for a team of AI agents
Direct a team of AI agents by chat to produce research, documents, slides, images, video and websites. Free, open source, for Mac and Windows.
About Orkas
Orkas is a desktop app for solo founders and small teams that want AI to deliver finished work rather than chat replies. You give a goal to a Commander agent, which coordinates specialists: DeepResearcher, ContentWriter, PptMaker, ImageStudio, VideoStudio, OfficeWorker, ProductDeveloper, UIDesigner and an SEO agent. The output is research, documents, slide decks, images, videos or websites.
It is built to be local-first. The code is open source, data stays on your device by default, and you can connect your own model accounts so those calls do not use Orkas credits at all. It can also hand work to local coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw and Hermes. It runs on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs and on Windows, with the interface in about 20 languages.
The app is free to download and comes with 500 credits when you sign in. Credits pay for the built-in models, web search, images, video and speech. The pricing page lists Lite at $5.99 a month for 1,000 credits and 1 GB of cloud storage, and Pro at $16.99 a month for 5,000 credits and 5 GB, with larger tiers above that; paid plans add shared projects, published web apps and cloud sync. The pricing page says model use through credits costs up to half of the providers' own API prices.
Because most heavy work spends credits, it pays to set up your own model keys early if you already have them.
Features
- Commander agent coordinating research, writing, slides, image and video agents
- Open source and local-first, data on your device by default
- Use your own model keys or Orkas credits
- Hands tasks to Claude Code, Codex and other local agents
Use cases
- Producing a market research report and slide deck from one brief
- Making marketing images and short videos without separate tools
- Running weekly team reports with agents on a small budget
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Frequently asked questions
Is Orkas free?
The desktop app is free and open source, with 500 credits on sign-in. Lite is $5.99 a month and Pro $16.99 a month for more credits, storage and collaboration.
Can I use my own API keys?
Yes. Services set up with your own key do not use Orkas credits.
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What we verified
- Price?
- Free app with 500 credits; Lite $5.99, Pro $16.99 a month
- Open source?
- Yes
- Data stored?
- On your device by default
- Own model keys?
- Supported, no credits used
- Platforms?
- macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows
- Local agents?
- Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, OpenClaw, Hermes
Installed the Mac app, used the welcome credits to ask DeepResearcher for a short market brief and checked the plans.
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