Insights, tutorials, and updates from the team building Orbit.
Z.ai’s frontier coding model — long context, strong agents — is available through Orbit Provider at half price for the launch window. Here’s how to use it in Orbit 0.4.0.
Orbit Team
Jul 20, 2026 · 4 min read
Sign in with GitHub, pick a model, and start coding. Orbit 0.4.0 makes Orbit Provider first-class — with live model lists, wallet balance in the editor, and a cleaner Providers tab.
Orbit Team
Jul 20, 2026 · 4 min read
A feature-by-feature look at how Orbit Editor’s provider-agnostic approach compares to Cursor’s bundled model subscription, and which one fits your workflow.
Orbit Team
Jul 12, 2026 · 6 min read
Once your editor lets you choose a provider, the real question is which one to use for which task. A practical breakdown of where each option actually wins.
Orbit Team
Jul 10, 2026 · 5 min read
The actual steps to move from Cursor to Orbit Editor, including the one decision Cursor makes for you that you will need to make yourself, and what changes day to day.
Orbit Team
Jul 2, 2026 · 6 min read
Knowing when to ask a question, when to request a plan, and when to hand off to an autonomous agent is the difference between AI tooling that saves time and one that makes a mess.
Orbit Team
Jun 24, 2026 · 6 min read
Bundled model subscriptions solved an onboarding problem for early AI editors. Here is why bring your own key setups are becoming the better default for developers who already have a provider.
Orbit Team
Jun 15, 2026 · 5 min read
A step-by-step setup guide for connecting Ollama to your editor, picking the right model for your hardware, and knowing when a local model is the right tool for the job.
Orbit Team
Jun 5, 2026 · 5 min read
