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Introduction to Orbit

Orbit is a local, offline project workspace for developers. Learn what it does, the problems it solves, and the principles behind it.

Orbit is a local project workspace for developers. It scans a directory on your machine, finds every project, works out which technologies each one uses, and turns all of it into a fast, searchable, offline dashboard.

There are no accounts, no cloud, and no telemetry — just a clear view of the code already living on your disk. Orbit is built with Electron, React, and TypeScript, and ships a dark interface tuned for long working sessions.

The problem Orbit solves

If you keep dozens of side projects, prototypes, and experiments in one folder, it gets hard to remember what is what. Orbit answers questions like:

What projects do I have, and where are they?
Which ones use React, Prisma, Tailwind, or Vite?
What was I working on most recently?
Which projects do I keep coming back to?

What you get

Automatic discoveryRecursively scan a folder for projects and read their manifests.Technology detectionSee the real stack behind every project, grouped by category.Workspace awarenessMonorepos and multi-package workspaces are grouped automatically.Quick actionsOpen any project in your editor, terminal, or file manager.

Principles

Local-first — the filesystem never leaves your machine.
Offline by default — no network access is required at runtime.
Honest data — Orbit only reports technologies it can actually find in dependencies.
Small and predictable — a narrow, secure electron architecture with no unnecessary dependencies.

Where to go next

Install Orbit and get it running on Linux.
Check supported projects to confirm Orbit can detect your work.
Follow the quick start to run your first scan.
Tour the features to see everything Orbit can do.
Read the architecture if you plan to contribute.

Part of the Orbit documentation · v1.0.0

The problem Orbit solves

If you keep dozens of side projects, prototypes, and experiments in one folder, it gets hard to remember what is what. Orbit answers questions like:

What projects do I have, and where are they?
Which ones use React, Prisma, Tailwind, or Vite?
What was I working on most recently?
Which projects do I keep coming back to?

Principles

Local-first — the filesystem never leaves your machine.
Offline by default — no network access is required at runtime.
Honest data — Orbit only reports technologies it can actually find in dependencies.
Small and predictable — a narrow, secure electron architecture with no unnecessary dependencies.