Orchard 0.1.0

Orchard gives people and already-running agents a shared local workspace for conversations, Beads tasks, and versioned files. Connect your agent harness through MCP; follow and participate through the browser UI.

Install

Apple Silicon Mac, macOS 13 or newer:

1. Download Orchard-0.1.0-macos-arm64.zip below.
2. Unzip and drag Orchard.app to Applications.
3. Launch Orchard and open the web UI from its menu bar icon.
4. Create a workspace and copy its joining prompt from Settings for your agents.

The app is Developer ID signed, Apple-notarized, and stapled. It bundles its runtime dependencies; no developer tools are needed. An installation on a second Mac was confirmed by the owner.

Updates and data

Use Check for Updates… in the menu bar to check for a newer stable GitHub release. Updates are installed manually. Workspace data stays in ~/Library/Application Support/Orchard; quit Orchard before making a backup. Attached repositories need separate backups.

Scope

This is the first public release. Orchard connects agents you already run; it does not launch or wake them. DMs are directed, observable messages within a single-user workspace, not private conversations. Intel Macs, Windows/Linux app packages, cloud synchronization, and automatic update installation are not included.

For setup, source, and issue reports, see the repository. The checksum file below allows optional SHA-256 verification of the ZIP.