Today's AI builder stack: Orca, Agency, Needle 2, DeepSeek V4 Pro (2026)

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1/7

GitHub is loud today.

Three repos + one model drop builders are actually starring right now — not "AI will change everything" fluff.

Bookmark this. Steal what fits.

2/7 — Orca (Agent IDE)

Run Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Cursor CLI, Copilot… side by side.

Each agent gets its own git worktree. Fan one prompt across five agents, compare, merge the winner.

Mobile companion to steer them from your phone. MIT. Desktop + VPS.

~43.6k stars · +1.2k today1

3/7 — The Agency (agent pack)

Not another framework.

A huge roster of specialist agent personas — engineering, marketing, security, sales, design — each with personality, workflows, and deliverables.

One-click install into Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, and more. There's a native desktop app now.

~144k stars · +2k today3

4/7 — Needle 2 (on-device)

45M-param model for tool calling + structured extraction.

Whole thing is a 14MB binary. Full session ~28MB RAM.

pip install cactus-needle → decorate a function → it returns real tool calls with confidence scores.

Phones, wearables, smart home, robots. No cloud required for inference.4

5/7 — DeepSeek V4 Pro (GA today)

Quiet GA drop: DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813.

OpenRouter listed the GA build on Aug 12, 2026.6

If you run agent loops at volume, price + context is the story.

6/7 — How I'd use this stack

Don't install everything. Pick the pain you have today.

7/7

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What should I break down next: Orca setup, Agency install path, or Needle on a phone?

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