An open-source AI-powered code editor. Like Cursor. Any provider you want.
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Orbit Editor is an open-source AI code editor forked from Void Editor and VS Code. Run AI agents on your codebase, checkpoint and visualize changes, and bring any model or host locally — messages go directly to providers without retaining your data.
This repo contains the full source code for Orbit Editor's desktop app. If you're new, welcome!
- AI agents — Run agents that understand your codebase, with support for subagents and configurable tool policies.
- Bring your own model — Connect any provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, local) or run models locally. Messages go directly to the provider without retaining your data.
- Checkpoints & change visualization — Inspect, revert, and replay edits as you work, with a clear view of what changed and why.
- Plan mode — Collaboratively design an implementation approach before any code is written.
- MCP integration — Extend agent capabilities with Model Context Protocol servers.
- Skills — Reusable, scoped workflows that encode project-specific knowledge and best practices.
Orbit Editor is currently in beta and available for macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel). Windows and Linux support is coming soon.
Recommended — one-line install (no Gatekeeper warning):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ashish200729/orbiteditor/main/install.sh | bashThis downloads and installs Orbit into /Applications via curl, which never
tags the app with macOS's com.apple.quarantine flag — so it launches with no
Gatekeeper prompt, on any Mac, with no Apple Developer account required.
Alternative — download the .dmg from
Releases or
orbiteditorai.com, then drag Orbit to Applications.
Because Orbit is not (yet) notarized by Apple, a DMG downloaded through a browser
is quarantined and macOS shows "Apple could not verify Orbit is free of
malware." Bypass it once, any of:
- Right-click
Orbit.app→ Open → Open Anyway, or - System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway, or
- Terminal:
xattr -cr /Applications/Orbit.app
▶ Watch the full demo on orbiteditorai.com
Orbit Editor is a fork of Void Editor, which itself is a fork of VS Code. We are grateful to both projects for their excellent foundation.
Orbit Editor is a fork of the vscode repository. For a guide to our codebase, see ORBIT_CODEBASE_GUIDE.
For a guide on how to develop your own version of Orbit, see HOW_TO_CONTRIBUTE.
Additional feature docs:
- To get started working on Orbit, check out our Project Board! You can also see HOW_TO_CONTRIBUTE.md.
- Feel free to open issues and pull requests!
- Please read our Code of Conduct before participating.
Orbit Editor's additions and modifications are licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
The VS Code base is licensed under the MIT License.
The Void Editor base contains both Apache 2.0 and MIT licensed components.
See LICENSE.txt, LICENSE-VS-Code.txt, and NOTICE for full details.
You can reach us via GitHub issues, join our Discord server for community support and discussions, or email us at ashishp.292007@gmail.com.
To report a security vulnerability, see SECURITY.md.