Orra – The missing glue layer for production-ready multi-agent apps
We built Orra after our AI agents crashed in production, costing us thousands in unnecessary LLM calls. It's a Plan Engine that sits between your AI app and execution environment, handling all the messy coordination so you can focus on your agents' core logic. Key features: * Works with any language or agent framework (Python, JS today, more coming) * AI-powered planning with domain safety guardrails * Production-grade reliability with exactly-once execution * Run tools as services to reduce latency and hallucinations Unlike traditional workflow systems, Orra was built specifically for the…
Orra – The missing glue layer for production-ready multi-agent apps launched on February 24, 2025 with 16 votes, #924 of 5,999 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Orra is a plan engine for multi-agent AI applications that coordinates execution between agents and their tools. It works with any programming language or agent framework and includes AI-powered planning, safety guardrails, and exactly-once execution to prevent costly errors in production. The system reduces latency and hallucinations by running tools as services, and is designed specifically for the dynamic nature of AI agents rather than traditional static workflows. It is open source and self-hostable.
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From the sources
A plan engine for dynamic planning and reliable execution of AI agent workflows. - orra-dev/orra
In the maker’s words, at launch
We built Orra after our AI agents crashed in production, costing us thousands in unnecessary LLM calls. It's a Plan Engine that sits between your AI app and execution environment, handling all the messy coordination so you can focus on your agents' core logic. Key features: * Works with any language or agent…
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