Reading up on Omarchy

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