Orbi

What is Orbi?

Orbi is an AI delivery system for GitHub repositories. You label an Issue ai-ready, and Orbi creates a worktree, writes the change, runs tests, arranges an independent AI review that can repair the code, and merges only the exact commit that passed review. Releases are never automatic: you open a release Issue with the ai-release label, and Orbi then freezes the commit, creates the tag, publishes the GitHub Release and closes out the milestone. The core ships as open source under AGPL-3.0, with the Sustainable Use License as a fallback when AGPL conflicts with your policy, and self-hosting costs US$0 with your own model key. Orbi Cloud runs the same pipeline on hosted runners, signing in through GitHub and connecting only the repositories you select. Cloud has Solo at US$24 per month billed yearly and Pro at US$66 per month billed yearly, and each plan starts with 3 free merged deliveries and no credit card. Indie developers and small teams use it to automate routine tickets.

Use cases

• Turn GitHub Issues into merged pull requests
• Review AI-written code with a second model
• Automate version tagging and GitHub Releases
• Draft an Issue from a one-line change request
• Run an AI coding pipeline on your own servers
• Order work with epics and milestones

Who it's for

• Solo developers
• Small engineering teams
• Open-source maintainers
• Self-hosting teams

Why use Orbi

• Moves routine tickets from Issue to release without supervising each step, while merges remain gated by independent review.
• GitHub stays your system of record, with Issues, pull requests and release evidence kept in your own repositories.
• Gives you a free path: self-hosting costs US$0, and Cloud starts with 3 free merged deliveries and no credit card.
• Makes budgeting simple on Cloud because plans are fixed monthly prices with no per-token overage bills.
• Leaves release timing to you, since a release only starts when a human applies the ai-release label.

Orbi features

• Issue labeled ai-ready triggers implementation in a git worktree
• Independent AI review with repair and test reruns
• Exact-head merge of only the reviewed commit
• Release Issues that freeze the SHA, tag and publish a GitHub Release
• Epics, milestones and dependencies to order work
• Drafts an Issue from a short description of the change
• Optional approving review via branch protection before merge
• Self-hosted core under AGPL-3.0 or Sustainable Use License
• Orbi Cloud hosted runner with GitHub App access per repository
• Bring-your-own model key stored AES-GCM encrypted in Cloud

Orbi integrations

• GitHub
• GitHub Actions
• Stripe
• Alipay
• WeChat Pay

How to get started with Orbi

1. Sign in with GitHub and install the Orbi GitHub App on the repositories you choose, or deploy the open-source version yourself.
2. Describe a change in a sentence so Orbi drafts the Issue, or label an existing Issue ai-ready.
3. Orbi works in a worktree, runs tests, and an independent reviewer repairs and re-tests until the pull request converges.
4. The reviewed commit is merged exactly as approved, and you can require your own approving review in branch protection.
5. Open a release Issue with the ai-release label and Orbi tags the frozen commit and publishes the GitHub Release.

Orbi limitations

• Cloud Solo connects 1 repository and Pro connects up to 5
• When the monthly token allowance runs out, new deliveries pause with no overage billing
• Release test acceptance depends on your own CI results
• Self-hosting needs your own model API key and infrastructure

Orbi pricing

Yes, Orbi has a free plan. Paid plans start at $24 per month, according to the official pricing page on 24 Oct 2026.

Orbi plans

• Self-hosted

  US$0

  AGPL-3.0 or Sustainable Use License

  • Bring your own model key
  • Same GitHub-native delivery line

• Solo

  US$24/month

  Billed yearly: US$290; save 17%

  • 400M tokens / month
  • 1 repository
  • 3 free merged deliveries to start

• Pro

  US$66/month

  Billed yearly: US$790; save 17%

  • 1.2B tokens / month
  • 5 repositories
  • 3 free merged deliveries to start

Plans as listed on the official pricing page on 24 Oct 2026. Prices can change and may vary by country or exclude tax. Check the official pricing page.

Orbi alternatives

The main Orbi alternatives listed on Debuly are Devin, Factory, OpenHands, Agent Swarm, DevIntern and goose. The table compares pricing and platforms; order is A–Z.

1. 

   Agent Swarm

   Self-hosted, MIT-licensed system where a lead agent hands work to Docker-isolated Claude Code, Codex and other coding workers.

   Automation and agentsCodingDeveloper platforms
   Open sourceVisit Agent Swarm (official site)
2. 

   Devin

   Cognition's AI software engineer, with a desktop app, CLI and cloud agents that take coding tasks through to pull requests.

   CodingAutomation and agentsDeveloper platforms
   FreemiumVisit Devin (official site)
3. 

   DevIntern

   Self-hosted worker that picks up ready tickets from your tracker, runs your coding agent, and opens pull requests for review.

   Automation and agentsCodingDeveloper platforms
   FreemiumVisit DevIntern (official site)
4. 

   Factory

   Software development agents called Droids that plan, code and validate work from a desktop app, CLI or SDK, from $20/month.

   CodingAutomation and agentsDeveloper platforms
   PaidVisit Factory (official site)
5. 

   goose

   Open source AI agent that runs on your machine as a desktop app, CLI or API and connects to tools through MCP extensions.

   Automation and agentsCodingDeveloper platforms
   Open sourceVisit goose (official site)
6. 

   OpenHands

   Open-source AI coding agent platform with a free Agent Canvas, a Teams plan, and self-hosted Enterprise control

   CodingAutomation and agentsDeveloper platforms
   FreemiumVisit OpenHands (official site)

Orbi FAQ

Sources & verification

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