What it is
Omarchy takes a bare Arch Linux install and turns it into a full, keyboard-driven desktop: windows tile themselves, everything opens from a launcher, and one command switches the theme across the bar, terminal, editor and wallpaper. The defaults are strong. My own config lives in a few small override files that load on top of them, so updates keep improving the base without overwriting my changes.
Themes
White
Current
bg
dark bg
darker
select
muted
accent
red
fg
One of Omarchy's built-in themes: pure greyscale, light mode, where even "red" is just a dark grey.
dqsis-wallhaven-0001
My own
bg
select
brown
red
green
magenta
accent
fg
A dark theme generated with Aether from a wallpaper I found on Wallhaven: near-black brown, muted rust tones and a cold blue-grey accent.
My tweaks
- Idle Suspend plugin: the built-in idle service handles the screensaver (15 min) and the lock (30 min). I wrote a small Quickshell plugin,
dqsis.idle-suspend, that adds a third step and suspends the laptop after 45 minutes. It respects idle inhibitors and the Stay Awake toggle. - Bar layout: menu and workspaces on the left; the clock in the centre, flanked by indicators, keyboard layout, weather and the update check; tray, agents, Bluetooth, network, audio, monitor and power on the right.
- Clock: shows the weekday and the time (
dddd HH:mm). Its alternate view shows the date with the week number (d MMMM 'W'ww yyyy). - Two screens: the laptop panel at 1.25× scale and a 34-inch 3440×1440 ultrawide over HDMI.
Stack
Base
Arch Linux, set up by Omarchy
Window manager
Hyprland, configured in Lua with personal override files
Shell & bar
Omarchy Shell on Quickshell, laid out in
shell.json, with QML pluginsThemes
Omarchy's built-ins, plus my own generated with Aether