Founding membership

Back Orbit early.
Lock in your price.

From the people who build it

Laika Orbit is open source under the MIT licence, and it stays that way. Every feature in the app is in the free version, and nothing is held back to make you pay.

Pro is the hosted service on top: what only we can run for you. Its headline is Orbit Anywhere, your fleet from your phone. It isn't built yet, so we'll be plain about it: today Pro is email support answered within two working days, and your price held where it is while the rest is built. The app itself, signed and notarised, is free.

Join now and you're a founding member. Your price stays where it is for as long as you stay subscribed, and Orbit Anywhere arrives at no extra cost.

Not paying? That's fine. Laika Orbit is MIT open source and the whole app is free; Pro is the hosted service on top.What's in the free app
What the membership is

What you get today.
And what's coming.

Today

Ready the day you join

  • Email supportWrite to us and you get an answer within two working days.
  • Your price, lockedUS$15 a month or US$150 a year, for as long as you stay subscribed.
Coming

Orbit Anywhere

Your fleet in your pocket. Through a relay we run, with no ports open on your Mac.

  • The iPhone app: see every chat and what it needs
  • Approve or answer from anywhere, with push alerts
  • The morning briefing on your phone
  • Sync across your Macs
Status
Not built yet
Sync, aiming for
First half of 2027
For founding members
No extra cost
Standard price once it ships
US$20 a month

We'd rather you joined for what's here today. If Anywhere is the reason you'd pay, the free app will do the job until it ships.

Later Cloud GPU and real-device testing: metered add-ons, coming later. Never in the flat price.

Our side of it

Four promises.

  1. 01

    Your price is locked

    US$15 a month or US$150 a year stays that way for as long as you stay subscribed.

  2. 02

    30 days to change your mind

    Ask within 30 days and you get your money back. The refund policy has the details.

  3. 03

    Cancel any time

    Pro stops at the end of your billing period. The free app carries on, and your data stays on your Mac.

  4. 04

    Your Claude account stays yours

    Chats run on your own Claude account. We never provide, resell or meter model usage.

Free $0 · MIT licensed

The whole app, free.

Laika Orbit is open source under the MIT licence. Nothing is paywalled: download it or build it from source and you have every feature in the app. Pro is the hosted service on top.

1.0.3 · 651 MB · macOS 13 Ventura or later, Apple silicon and Intel · or install from source

On Windows: the early x64 installer, 216 MB · not signed

  • The full Laika Orbit app
  • Claude Code chats side by side, grid or task track
  • A browser with a profile per account
  • Inbox, calendar and widgets
  • Laika Orbit recall: knowledge map, CLI, MCP server
  • Signed and notarised by Apple: the Mac download opens without a warning

Prices in US dollars, tax added at checkout · 30 days to change your mind · Cancel any time; the free app carries on. Laika Orbit runs Claude Code and is not affiliated with Anthropic.

Questions

Do I need a Claude account?

Yes. Chats run Claude Code under your own Claude account, and it stays yours. Laika Orbit never provides, resells or meters Claude usage, on Free or Pro.

What is a founding membership?

Pro is early. Today it is email support, answered within two working days, and your price locked for as long as you stay subscribed. The app itself is free, open source, and signed and notarised by Apple, so you can run it without paying us anything. Pro's headline, Orbit Anywhere, is being built, and it lands for founding members at no extra cost. Founding members keep US$15 a month or US$150 a year for as long as they stay subscribed; the standard price becomes US$20 a month once Anywhere ships. You have 30 days to ask for a refund while sync is still missing. If that is not enough yet, the app is free and open source: wait for us.

What is Orbit Anywhere?

Your fleet from your phone: an iPhone app that shows every chat and what it needs, lets you approve or answer from anywhere with push alerts, brings the morning briefing to your phone, and keeps your Macs in sync. It runs through a relay we host, with no ports open on your Mac. It is not built yet. Sync is aiming for the first half of 2027; we'll give dates for the rest when we have them.

When does sync arrive?

Sync is part of Orbit Anywhere and is not built yet. It will keep your settings, workspaces and pins in step across your Macs, end-to-end encrypted. We are aiming for the first half of 2027, and founding members get it at no extra cost.

What about cloud GPUs and device testing?

They're coming later as metered add-ons, charged for what you use and never folded into the flat price. Offloading to your own machines stays free.

What happens if I stop paying?

Pro features stop at the end of your billing period, and the app carries on as the free, open-source version. Your data stays on your machine.

Can I cancel or change plans?

Any time, from the billing portal linked in your account. Yearly plans can switch to monthly at renewal.

What currency, and do you charge tax?

Prices are in US dollars. Where the law requires it, such as GST in New Zealand or VAT in the UK and EU, tax is calculated at checkout from your address. Business customers can add a tax ID.

Is there a refund?

Yes. While sync is missing you have 30 days to change your mind. The details are in the refund policy.

Is the code really open source?

Yes, MIT licensed, on GitHub.