Jon Chery
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Reconciles the PRD against the shipped v0.8 codebase. Audit confirms the PRD's R-series and D-068+ describe a re-architecture (not a continuation): 6 foundational axes contradict the shipped code (daemon, transport, CA, identity, config format, namespace model) and 8 subsystems are net-new. Prior planning corpus (IDEATION/GRILL/RESEARCH v0.2-v0.8) confirmed no v0.9/v1.0 plan existed; step-ca was explicitly rejected (AD-010); SPIFFE was rejected (PROJECT.md:94). The re-architecture is the first direction change in the project's history. ---ci--- project: orca phase: 0 milestone: v0.9 status: research ---/ci---
Orca
Offline/CLI-first orchestration engine inspired by HashiCorp Nomad, far simpler than Kubernetes.
Status
v0.1: Foundation — see .ciagent/ROADMAP.md for the 6-phase plan.
Pillars
- Simplicity — single binary, minimal dependencies
- AI-first — CLI designed for both humans and AI agents
- Offline-first — no cloud dependencies
- CLI-first — primary interface is the command line
- Security before features — NFRs ship before new functionality
- Bug fixes before features — stability is paramount
- NFRs before features — observability and auditability first
Quickstart
Install (1-liner)
# User-level install (binary at ~/.local/bin/orca, state at ~/.orca)
curl -fsSL https://git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/raw/branch/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
# System-level install (binary at /usr/local/bin/orca, state at /root/.orca)
curl -fsSL https://git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/raw/branch/main/scripts/install.sh | sudo bash -s -- --system
# Pin a specific version
curl -fsSL https://git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/raw/branch/main/scripts/install.sh | bash -s -- --version v0.4.2
Then initialize local state and verify:
orca init # creates ~/.orca/ (or /root/.orca with --system)
orca version # prints version info
orca --help # show all subcommands
Build from source
make build # Build binary to ./bin/orca
./bin/orca init # Initialize local state
./bin/orca version # Verify
Update in place
Re-running the installer updates the binary while preserving your config, database, and certificates in the namespace dir:
curl -fsSL https://git.cloudinit.dev/coreci/orca/raw/branch/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
# → "updated orca from v0.4.1 to v0.4.2"
Subcommands
| Command | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
orca version |
Print version info | ✅ Phase 1 |
orca init |
Initialize local orca state | ✅ Phase 1 (stub) |
orca status |
Show orca daemon status | ✅ Phase 1 (stub) |
orca node |
Node management (join, leave, list) |
Phase 2 |
orca job |
Job management (run, list, stop, logs) |
Phase 3 |
Development
make build # Build binary to ./bin/orca
make test # Run tests with race detection
make lint # Run golangci-lint
make fmt # Format code
make release # Build + create Gitea release (Phase 6)
Architecture
See .ciagent/ARCHITECTURE.md for full architecture details.
License
MIT — see LICENSE.