Reading up on Omarchy

Omarchy on a M1 MacBook Air with 8gb of ram This thing is dog slow in OS X It screams 🏎️ in Omarchy The gestures in Chonkstep feel so fluid, way better ergonomics than OS X in my opinion. Our test user is my 9 year old who's using Claude and playing ChonkCraft

@SiliconForested

I've been using Omarchy for a week, and here's my full honest review. It's an OS that made me excited about computers again. I was planning to play with it for only a couple of hours. But I find myself spending more and more time using it. It's so pleasant to use that I don't want to go back. Omarchy is a chef's special. And you can say that all the ingredients, like Arch, Hyprland, OpenCode, etc., existed long before, so you could always make it for yourself (not really true; people have built some things specifically for Omarchy from scratch). But someone spending so much time and resources to package everything nicely makes a big difference. The fact that a fully working Omarchy setup is just a couple of minutes away makes a big difference. I can literally install it while I'm brewing my coffee and simply start using it immediately. It just works ™️ And then I can spend all the time in the world tinkering with it because it's such a nice experience. You can notice that Omarchy is built by a person who cares about a product. It's not just tech supremacism. Every minor detail matters, and every papercut is taken seriously. As it should be. Even an innocent tiny thing like "pressing an arrow or backspace key moves the cursor a little bit faster" makes a big difference for me. I do feel like the computer matches my speed of thinking and working. Omarchy is not perfect. I had a minor issue with copy/paste keybindings with multiple language layouts (there's an open PR to address that already, and my agent fixed it for me locally). Terminal and browser windows take several noticeable seconds to start on my old laptop in a power-saving mode. My agent broke my theme once when I was trying to be too experimental with it (but then it easily reverted it to a working state). But honestly, this is nothing compared to how bad Windows and macOS can be in areas that matter. Omarchy will get better. Substantial resources are put into it, and I trust the @DHH vision to make it even better. My biggest genie wish for now is having a better file browser, e.g. a TUI version of Total Commander or Far Manager style. But I've already seen someone working on a similar thing, so I have high hopes. I just can't believe my oldest and least powerful laptop in my home is the machine I'm the most excited to use.

@ChShersh

The unboxing experience for a brand new Omarchy machine is so damn incredible. We are going to have a lot of this soon. So many conversations happening now about taking this mainstream.

@dhh

I wanted my tickers on the Omarchy bar, so I built Omafinance. Pin the ones you actually watch (they rotate every few seconds), click through for sparklines, search-to-favorite, range charts, and the usual fundamentals. Stocks and crypto. No API key. If you’re on Omarchy: omarchy plugin add

@mohamedmansour

It really is full circle that the man partly responsible for bringing me to Linux is now spearheading automated QA for Omarchy. Love this man! 💪

@dhh

I have been using Maple Mono this evening as the system font in Omarchy and it is Really nice. https://github.com/subframe7536/maple-font

@OldJobobo

https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/omarchy-patronage?impact_chain_source=pete%40peteonrails.com Today I put a little money where my mouth is.

@peteonrails

Omarchy looks so good with rounded corners cc: @dhh

@suny_nick

Finally. Omarchy on M1 Mac. Stable. On a second partition. For close to a year I've been trying to emulate the beautiful flow on osx. Nothing beats the real deal. Thanks 🙏 @dhh and the community. Espacially @OmarchyMac

@crabcore

Really nice walk-through of Omarchy by Microsoft's Dan Wahlin. Super cool to see him use Copilot for all his agentic alterations! Omarchy supports every major harness right out of the box. (Now can we talk bringing Office to Omarchy, @satyanadella 😄?)

@dhh

Trying out Omarchy by @dhh and there is something incredibly fulfilling (and scary!) being table to change your OS just by talking to it in plain English. Since Omarchy is keyboard-centric I've changed the OS so it shows keyboard shortcut every time I DON'T use it. Very helpful.

@jsuchal

When working on Omarchy plugins I would like to have a VM to test things, so basically run Omarchy in Omarchy. How do you do this @dhh?

@jankeesvw

The crazy clown posse is totally crashing out over Omarchy on Bluesquare. I was going to laugh, but again, it's actually just sad. Anyway, back to fixing everything!

@dhh

We love the new OS Omarchy (from @dhh) and decided to build the last few days on a truly native Linux version of our game. We previously used Photon, but wanted to go true native. The latest build with some special support for Omarchy is now live on steam. This allows for full resizing, playing in tiles and more!

@bonkcity_

This short now has half a million views. People really are paying attention to Omarchy. It’s crazy because it got some traction last year but has really shot up since Quattro was released. "Omarchy feels like a Ferrari" https://youtube.com/shorts/8YULk160fIw?feature=share

@stolinski

Just built my first Omarchy plugin! This also happens to be the first piece of software I've ever made solo entirely with AI. Back-and-forth over English and nothing else. So two firsts for me. Super fun experience. Here's a quick little tour. Hope you dig it.

@jasonfried

installed omarchy today! first (raw!) impressions: - installation process itself was easy, but getting my PC to read the .ISO on my external SSD required some research. a USB thumbdrive might have been simpler - the OS is really fast. even on cheap mini PC - love the automatic window tiling - keyboard-first navigation is great (something I already did on macOS, but on Omarchy it's even faster) - years of macOS keyboard shortcut muscle memory no longer working is VERY frustrating (and ironic, considering Omarchy is all about the shortcuts) - mouse movement feels a bit off even after trying to tweak the settings (macOS' is just REALLY good I think) - UI is pragmatic and gets out of the way. but still think macOS is nicer looking (sorry!) especially with the Liquid Glass fixes coming in the next release - installing my most used apps and logging into everything is a lot easier than I expected! - got a few weird errors and app crashes already, but I'm on the cutting edge release. I like that I can 1-click (or probably using some keyboard shortcut) debug the error in claude - all settings being config files is great, because easy to backup and claude can update it easily overall it's both fun, frustrating, and a great neuroflex. it reminds me of when I first started using vim after decades of textmate/sublime looking forward to see where @dhh and community will take this!

@marckohlbrugge

Omarchy is blowing up. I've never been involved with anything in my career that has grown this fast. With Ruby on Rails, we had years to build solid institutions, teams, and relationships. With Omarchy, we've been forced to figure it all out in twelve days. It's exhausting, but also incredibly exciting. It was never sustainable with just Ryan and me running everything. That's how it was, more or less, up until Quattro. Lots of other contributors, but all the responsibility was on us to make sure the ship stayed afloat, the servers didn't crash, and fixes got pushed out quickly. Now it's time to build a proper institution. Durable, resilient, and competent. That's what we're doing here on Basecamp now. I'm spinning up teams for every facet of responsible distro management, and I'm getting an absolute outpouring of interest for all of them. Everyone wants to be part of this. We're winning hearts, minds, and volunteers at an astounding rate. Great! We need all of it to succeed. Because make no mistake: There are many people who'd love to see this rocket blow up before it reaches the moon. Aggrieved Linux users who don't like the sudden attention their exclusive hobby has received. Competing Linux distributions that are seeing our numbers explode. Mac stans who've sunk their identity into an apple. And, of course, any of the haters I've picked up in my quarter-century career speaking bluntly on the internet. They're not going to succeed. Because we've already become unstoppable. There's too much momentum, too much money, and too much support now backing this effort. We're living the Mandate From Heaven meme at the moment. And we are here to fulfill the prophecy: The Year of Linux on the Desktop! That has been a joke for two decades. But by the end of the year, nobody at Apple or Microsoft is going to be laughing. They're going to be scrambling. Because neither of these proud organizations currently has any method to counter the speed, vision, or ambition with which we're going to accelerate into the future of personal computing. This is the moment. This is the opening. This is our chance. For thirty years, we've been subject to one OS overlord or another. Dictating how we compute. Choking off competitors through platform malfeasance. Tollboothing the distribution. That ends now. Because Linux is going to win. And Linux is free. As in beer, speech, and source. But just because it's inevitable doesn't mean it's going to be easy. We have a lot of work in front of us if we actually want to make our mark. But there's never been a better time for this kind of delusional ambition. The age of agents is the unlocking factor. It sounds like a LinkedIn slogan, but it's true. Where the application of tokens goes, the innovation follows. We can fix everything. Let's do it together. Let's go. --- This is what I sent to the dozens of new volunteers who've signed up for teams within the new Omarchy organization yesterday. But we might as well broadcast our mission and intentions to the world too.

@dhh

When something you make get lots of irrational haters, usually you're on to something Omarchy by @DHH passes that test with flying colours 😂

@levelsio

Introducing Omarchy Artists in Residence (AIR). We will not just fund infrastructure and technology, we will also fund art. The next High demands superior aesthetics. Beauty is truth. Congrats to @hancore_linux and @OldJobobo for the first seats! https://omarchy.org/news/2026/08/introducing-omarchy-air/

@dhh

I know we have a lot of PRs pending for Omarchy. It was around 200 when Quattro launched and now we're at ~1000. I promise they'll all get reviewed. But I worked on Quattro for 3 months straight, and have been pulling 16h days since launch. Might just need a quick break 😄

@dhh

I only installed Omarchy for a day, and at least 5 different programs have crashed.

@localhost_5173

And now Omarchy. I can't believe how spoiled we are. Imagine paying top dollar for macOS, Vercel, GitHub, etc, when we literally get all this for free 🥹

@SimonHoiberg

This is crazy! Still needs a bit of polish to get to full Omarchy Quattro parity, but what an incredible option to get a taste of Omarchy on the Mac without actually running the real thing.

@dhh

This is what they told @drewhouston about Dropbox back in 2007. This is what they're saying about Omarchy now. You could just spend hundreds of hours setting everything up yourself?! Nerds may know computers, but they rarely know markets 😂

@dhh

omarchy looks so damn sick but i fear i will use atleast 6 weeks of idle time just making my computer work (which may very well be worth the hassle, though im not quite ready to find that out)

@jackfriks

See, here's the thing. I don't have any major problems with Apple products. Quality may have slipped on the software side recently, but ok, things happen. New guy in charge soon, maybe that turns around. And their hardware is undeniably great. I still enjoy using Apple products, and I'm cheering Apple on. The industry benefits when Apple's at the top of their game. But also... Omarchy is super interesting and super good. I try to be a curious person, and Omarchy presents an opportunity for me to stretch my curiousity, crack some habits, and try a novel different approach on for size. Linux!? I never thought. But here I am, and I'm here for it. I mean this is what we ask our HEY and Basecamp customers to do. Try something new! Be open! Be curious! We don't make software like everyone else. Our products don't look or work like anyone else's. We have a very different point of view than the mainstream. And those open to shedding their perception of what they think they need, are always in for a treat when they walk through our doors. I've essentially been following the Apple way for 40 (!) years. Maybe it's time for a break? Omarchy feels good for my brain! And I really like it! Getting more and more used to it every day. It's now my primary computer. The Macbook is sleeping, clamshell closed, under a pile of papers. The Dell XPS 16 w/ Omarchy is bright and alive. I'm writing this on it right now. I try to live my life by a few simple principles. One of those is to Like More Things. I wish that for you too.

@jasonfried

Spencer is delivering on our promise for the fully agentic OS of The Future. This is even running off a local Qwen 27B model! We'll be shipping a version of this in Omarchy 4.1. GET READY TO ACCELERATE! 🤖🚀

@dhh

I have never tried Omarchy so far but there are a few reasons why I think what DHH is trying to do with Linux on the Desktop could be significant. There is the right mix of AI help with many boring and costly tasks (drivers for instance), MacOS dropping in quality, and the fact the only reason why Linux never succeeded in the Desktop is that UX requires an opinionated development path from some entity able to also fuel it, not the distributions setup Linux historically had. For all this reasons, a few starts aligned, so this could be the right time. Also ROCm / Vulkan / CUDA GPU hardware options are evolving, and could end creating a compelling alternative to Apple hardware for local inference: but this is also the major risk, if Apple wins the local inference hardware battle, MacOS could become a forced choice for many.

@antirez

The Omarchy Core Team has been formed. It includes @ryanrhughes, @tobi, @iamdothash, @hancore_linux, @SpencerGBull, and yours truly. Pouring the foundations for a durable distro that can go the distance. Firmitas, utilitas, venustas! https://omarchy.org/news/2026/09/the-omarchy-core-team/

@dhh

Look at how clunky Chrome looks in Omarchy with its big dumb rounded tabs. Do people theme it to not look so out of place?

@bradgessler

Every insult and objection to Omarchy is an echo of what I heard twenty years ago with Ruby on Rails. Hundreds of billions of dollars in enterprise value created later, I'm ready for round two.

@dhh

It was the right call by @dhh to move Omarchy to use Quickshell, it is a delight to use, very happy I just migrated from waybar to it, so much more polished and pretty. Only took me a few hours to build this.

@samsaffron

I share because I care. I really don't need the money. So going to roll these four grand forward into the Omarchy ecosystem. It'll be the prize pot for a plugin competition to be announced next week!

@dhh

I've updated my list of hardware recommendations for Omarchy. We really are spoiled with some killer options now! The Dell XPS 14/16 is my top laptop pick and the Framework Desktop my top desktop pick. https://learn.omacom.io/3/omacom/74/good-linux-hardware

@dhh

Omarchy community plugin repository is growing exponentially. Yesterday we started with 40 plugins, today there are 75. Quattro isn't even out in general release yet! https://omarchyplugins.com/

@dhh

Fair warning: Omarchy is leaning fully into the future and the age of agents. This is how we truly democratize Linux, bring the malleable OS to all, and capture as much of this newfound intelligence as possible. If that's not your jam, there's a lot of anti-AI distro options ✌️

@dhh

Hey fellow linux lovers, shouldI I install omarchy over my ubuntu lniux server on my spare ssd?

@BlockedPaths

New native Codex app for Linux looking great on Omarchy. Good job, @OpenAI! We'll have it hosted on the OPR and available for immediate install in Quattro.

@dhh

Great to see Dell collecting their well-deserved accolades for the XPS 13. And doubly so that YouTube reviewers are now focusing so much on Linux compatibility! The XPS 13 is a great choice for an Omarchy terminal/agent deck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2B7oI0FYqo

@dhh

Omarchy and AI makes it so easy to customize this. I just prompted my agent to make a personal plugin for the speedtest that "looks like a mustang speedometer", and voila, I had dhh.speedtest plugin. AI truly enables the malleable operating system!

@dhh

Obsessing about Omarchy's install time was directly downstream from the outrage exhibited here. We don't need to live like this! New computers should be ready to use right away.

@dhh

Omarchy 3.7 is out! Huge release with new CLI, tons more gaming options, unlock screen themeing, OCR text extraction, cliamp, Asus ExpertBook PTL compatibility, and a million other fixes and improvements. https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/releases/tag/v3.7.0

@dhh

Great walk through of everything new in Omarchy 3.4 by @stevenharms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHLIuvihO1U

@dhh

Omarchy 3.4.1 is out with Hyprland 0.54 and its new niri-like scrolling layout. It's even configurable on a per-workspace basis, so you can stick with dwindle for your main spaces that you keep neat, then go messy on others. Enjoy! https://t.co/GF3T8n0C01 pic.twitter.com/YKhcQtpOwf

@dhh

Omarchy 3.4 is out! Massive release with 61 contributors, three new themes, tailored Tmux, new screenshot flow, new agent features (claude by default + tmux swarm!), keyboard RGB theme syncing, and a million other things. https://t.co/TNTp4kl137 pic.twitter.com/svamyqHV1p

@dhh

Omarchy 3.4 will ship with a new Remove > Preinstalls option, so purists can get that barren default setup they've been asking for. Just Neovim, terminals, browser, media readers, and the defaults. Take it, heathens! pic.twitter.com/f7ol7qa3Um

@dhh

I've really come to love Tmux's programmability. Next Omarchy will have a "nic" function that starts current directory with this 3-way split: Neovim, Opencode, Terminal. Everything a programmer needs! pic.twitter.com/KbvPHESq7T

@dhh

Next version of Omarchy will have a delightfully configured Tmux setup out of the box. Many terminals, including Ghostty, have panes and tabs built-in, but let me show you why I've still come to prefer Tmux. pic.twitter.com/AhKJT7vwtC

@dhh

AI is such an incredible boost to Linux accessibility. Omarchy is a product of this. Good chance I would have given up without. https://t.co/wGGKvfucBH

@dhh

The beauty of opinionated open source software, like Rails or Omarchy, is that the initial experience can be carefully designed AND still offer the user infinite freedom to tailor it thereafter. It's your framework, it's your OS, it's your computer. https://t.co/b05Lb7yr4X

@dhh

Writebook is going open source in a not too-distant future, but before then, I still want markdown exports of all my Omarchy manuals to feed to LLMs. So giving Codex 5.2 the first shot at an implementation. Love this split with Ghostty! pic.twitter.com/eL8Tr9Jttj

@dhh

I love Aether, but I love the terminal even more.Here's Peachy.Omarchy is the first-class citizen for theming. However, it has full support for all kinds of distros. It even supports macOS.Started playing Arc Raiders during the Holidays, so a new theme had to be made. pic.twitter.com/SqqY1Ij6LK

@iamdothash

I had no idea that local model dictation had gotten this good and this fast! I'm blown away by how good hyprwhspr with Omarchy is just using a base model backed by the CPU. Unbelievably accurate. https://t.co/Jtz3eN84Jf

@dhh

Omarchy 3.2 is out! @mitchellh's Ghostty is the new default terminal, @tobi's Try is included, new stable mirror/pkg repo, TUI for bluetooth, two new themes, visual theme picker, and SO MUCH MORE! https://t.co/9irAh5Gh63 pic.twitter.com/4MHuOnykfO

@dhh