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The open source version of Claude Project that gives you the context ownershp

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Why This Matters

Orbital tackles a real pain point for developers juggling multiple AI coding assistants: the loss of project context when switching between tools like Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor. By storing context locally rather than trapping it inside a single session, it lets any agent pick up mid-task without re-explanation, potentially changing how developers workflow across AI tools and reducing vendor lock-in.

Key Takeaways

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Claude Code hit its usage limit mid-task. Codex picked it up in the same conversation. Nothing was re-explained.

Orbital

The project agent

Every agent owns a session. Orbital owns the project.

Is your context actually yours?

The plan it took three rounds with Claude Code to settle, the file Codex left half-edited, the trade-off you decided in Cursor: each one is locked inside its own session.

Close the session, hit the usage limit, switch tools, and that context is out of reach. Next task, you explain it all again.

You are the agent's intern: copying and pasting, ferrying context, remembering where all the odd files live, while the agent gets the thinking.

Orbital takes the context out of the session and puts it back in your local folder. Any agent can pick it up at any time, with all of it intact. Claude Code, Codex and Cursor all work.

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