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Orbit 0.2.0
Install: download Orbit_0.2.0_x64-setup.exe below. The installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen shows a warning: click More info → Run anyway. Requires Claude Code and/or Codex CLI (logged in), git, and gh for the GitHub features.
Two headline features: a built-in code editor that lets you watch agents work, and images and files in chat.
Code view (Alt+2)
- A built-in editor on CodeMirror 6: explorer, tabs, quick open (Ctrl+P), find and replace, go to line, themed for Void and Paper. Opens any repo, workspace or folder.
- Integrated terminal with several tabs (Ctrl+`), project search with regex, case, whole-word and glob filters (Ctrl+Shift+F), git gutter, and side-by-side diffs against HEAD or the base branch.
- Watch mode follows the agent as it edits, with change flashes, gutter marks and a per-turn activity timeline; the editor is read-only while the agent runs.
- Ask about a selection (Ctrl+I) sends the lines and your question to the workspace's agent; Open in Code from the chat header, Ship panel and palette.
- Preview: live typing (the agent's edits stream in as they are written), a "Watch an agent" picker on any folder, Manual mode that never overwrites unsaved work silently (Reload, Keep mine, Compare), and Settings > Editor.
Images and files in chat
- Paste, drop or attach images and files in the composer. Images go to Claude and Codex natively; files are passed as paths the agent reads with its own tools. Thumbnails, file chips and a lightbox in the chat.
- Preview: images from the agent (screenshots it reads, Codex image view and generation, markdown images) shown in the chat.
Agents and skills
- Model lists come from the agent CLIs (Codex's model catalog, Claude's aliases) plus custom model ids; refresh in Settings > Agents or the palette.
- Preview: per-workspace skill pack toggles.
- Preview: roles are optional. New workspaces start with no role ("+ Add role" when you want one), Settings > General can set a default role, and "No role" in the chat footer removes one. Workspaces without a role no longer default to Builder.
Look and feel
- Preview: VS Code keybindings everywhere (Ctrl+K chords included), rebindable in Settings > Keyboard shortcuts with key recording, conflict detection and reset.
Fixes
- Cancelling "discard uncommitted changes" when archiving no longer shows an error.
- An agent's atomic file replace no longer shows up as a deleted file in the Code view.