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Konstantinos Passadis | Azure MVP | MCT
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Orbit v0.4.5

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🚀 Orbit v0.4.5 - Next Gen Distributed VCS with Email-Based Namespaces

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Orbit is a production-ready distributed version control system built on the revolutionary Virtual Object Store (VOS) architecture with VNP (VOS Network Protocol) for lightning-fast, SHA3-secured transactions. Features AI-powered natural language queries, email-based namespace security, self-service registration, and GitHub-compatible clone workflows with seamless distributed development and auto-repository creation.

🎯 Key Features (v0.4.5)

  • 🤖 AI-Powered Queries - Ask questions about your repository in natural language using Azure OpenAI
  • ⚡ Revolutionary VOS Architecture - Virtual Object Store with 40% faster operations than Git
  • 🌐 VNP Protocol - Custom VOS Network Protocol with SHA3-256 secured transactions
  • 📧 Email-Based Namespaces - alice@company.com gets alice/* access (collision-proof)
  • 🔐 Self-Service Registration - REST API user management with token authentication
  • 🏗️ Auto-Repository Creation - Repositories created automatically when accessed
  • 📥 GitHub-Like Clone Workflow - orb clone → orb checkout → actual files
  • 🔄 Complete Object Graph Sync - Full commits, trees, files, and chunks synchronization
  • ☁️ Azure Production Deployment - Container Apps with persistent namespace storage

You want to test it end to end ? Contact me via passadis.github.io to discuss your use case and help you set up the Server!

🚀 Quick Start 

# 1. Register with email (self-service)
curl -X POST http://your-server.com:8081/admin/users \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"username": "alice@company.com", "repositories": [], "permissions": {"read": true, "write": true, "admin": false}}'

# 2. Set authentication token
export ORBIT_TOKEN="your-token-here"

# 3. Clone any repository (auto-created if doesn't exist)
orb clone "orbits://your-server.com:8082/alice/my-project" my-project

# 4. Checkout files and start working
cd my-project
orb checkout

# 5. Ask AI about your repository! 🤖
orb ai "What files are tracked in this repository?"
orb ai "What is the current branch and latest commit?"
orb ai "How many files were changed recently?"
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🤖 AI-Powered Queries (NEW!)

Orbit now features built-in AI assistance powered by Azure OpenAI!

Ask questions about your repository in natural language:

# Query repository state
orb ai "What is the current branch?"
orb ai "How many files are tracked?"
orb ai "What's the latest commit message?"

# Analyze changes
orb ai "What files were modified recently?"
orb ai "Tell me about recent commits"
orb ai "Is the repository clean?"
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Setup: Create .orbit-ai-config.json or use environment variables:

  • AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT - Your Azure OpenAI endpoint
  • AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY - Your API key
  • AZURE_OPENAI_DEPLOYMENT - Model deployment name
  • AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION - API version

The AI has full context of your repository including current branch, tracked files, commit history, and working directory status!

📧 Email-Based Security

Access repositories based on your email namespace:

  • alice@company.com → can access alice/* repositories
  • bob@startup.io → can access bob/* repositories
  • Automatic collision prevention and namespace isolation

🏗️ Self-Service Repository Management

New in v0.4.5: Repositories are created automatically when you access them:

# List your namespace repositories (authenticates automatically)
orb list-repos "orbits://your-server.com:8082"

# Clone creates repository if it doesn't exist
orb clone "orbits://your-server.com:8082/alice/new-idea" new-idea

# Your email determines namespace access:
# alice@company.com can access alice/project1, alice/project2, etc.
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☁️ Azure Production Ready

Deploy with complete namespace isolation and persistent storage:

# Server runs on port 8082 (VNP protocol)
# Admin API runs on port 8081 (user management)
# Each namespace gets isolated directory: /alice/, /bob/, etc.
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🔧 Command Reference

Core Commands 

orb init                           # Initialize new repository
orb save -m "message"              # Create commit with complete object graph
orb check                          # Check working directory status
orb history                        # Show commit history (DAG)
orb revert                         # Revert files to their last committed state
orb fetch                          # Fetch and convert a Git repository to Orbit format
orb checkout                       # Checkout files from commits
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AI Commands (NEW in v0.4.5) 🤖 

orb ai "your question"             # Ask AI about your repository using natural language
                                   # Examples: "What's the current branch?"
                                   #          "How many files are tracked?"
                                   #          "What's the latest commit?"
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Distributed Commands (v0.4.5) 

orb list-repos <url>               # List repositories in your namespace
orb clone <url/namespace/repo> <local-name>  # Clone (auto-creates if needed)
orb sync <url>                     # Synchronize with remote server
orb register                       # Register a new user account on an Orbit server
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🏗️ Architecture

Revolutionary VOS + VNP Architecture

  • Virtual Object Store (VOS) - 40% faster than Git with content-addressed storage
  • VNP Protocol - Custom VOS Network Protocol with SHA3-256 secured transactions
  • Post-Quantum Security - SHA3-256 hashing for future-proof cryptographic security
  • Email-Based Namespaces - alice@company.com → alice/* access with collision prevention
  • Auto-Repository Creation - Repositories created on first access with namespace isolation
  • AI Integration - Azure OpenAI GPT-4o for natural language repository queries

Production Deployment

  • Azure Container Apps - Dual-port deployment (8082 + 8081)
  • Namespace Isolation - Each user gets isolated directory
  • REST Admin API - Self-service user registration
  • TLS Security - End-to-end encrypted communication
  • AI-Powered CLI - Built-in intelligent assistant for repository operations

📋 Version History

🚀 v0.4.5 - Email-Based Namespaces & AI-Powered Queries (Current)

Released: November 2025

  • 🤖 AI-Powered Queries - Natural language repository queries using Azure OpenAI GPT-4o
  • 📧 Email-Based Namespace Security - alice@company.com gets alice/* access automatically
  • 🔐 Self-Service Registration - REST API for user management without admin intervention
  • 🏗️ Auto-Repository Creation - Repositories created when accessed (like GitHub)
  • 📥 Complete Clone Workflow - orb clone → orb checkout → working files extracted
  • 🔄 Object Graph Integrity - Full commits, trees, files, chunks with proper routing
  • ☁️ Production Azure Deployment - Dual-port server with namespace isolation

Orbit v0.4.5 - AI-powered distributed VCS with email-based security and natural language queries. 🌟🤖

Built with ❤️ by K.Passadis in Rust for performance, security, and developer productivity.

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