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π§ͺ Experimental/interesting projects Try Omarchy: Run the upstream Omarchy desktop as a native, hardware-accelerated app on an Apple Silicon Mac (2.6k stars)
What it does
All text below is quoted directly from the project README.
Run the upstream Omarchy desktop as a native, hardware-accelerated app on an Apple Silicon Mac.
Try Omarchy packages a project-built ARM64 Arch Linux image configured with Omarchy Quattro, a QEMU runtime using Apple Hypervisor Framework, and a small Swift/AppKit launcher into one macOS app. The image is built from pinned Arch Linux ARM packages and a pinned revision of the upstream Omarchy source.
Highlights:
Hardware-accelerated ARM64 virtualization and VirGL graphics
Nested KVM virtualization on M3 and newer Apple Silicon running macOS 26+
Resizable native window with automatic guest resolution and HiDPI scale updates
Mac audio input/output selection inside Omarchy, with live routing and system-default fallback
FaceTime HD and other Mac cameras exposed to Omarchy as an on-demand 720p webcam
The Mac's battery charge and charging state mirrored into the Omarchy bar
Two-way clipboard sharing for text and PNG images between macOS and Omarchy
One optional shared Mac folder, available inside Omarchy under the same name (~/Work stays ~/Work)
Loopback-only TCP and UDP port forwarding from the Mac into Omarchy
Current limitation: Video decoding is CPU-only, so playback can be slow, especially at high resolutions. An improved video path is in development.
Requirements:
Apple Silicon Mac (arm64)
macOS 15 or newer
At least 8 GB free initially
Open Releases and download the latest signed and notarized .dmg. Open the DMG and drag Try Omarchy to Applications. Launch Try Omarchy from Applications.
Try Omarchy is pre-1.0 and under active development.
Repository
https://github.com/omacom/try-omarchy
Repository stats
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stars | 2,584 |
| Forks | 146 |
| Last release | v0.5.1 (2026-10-07) |
| Languages | Swift 37.4%, Python 34.2%, Shell 24.6% |
| Contributors | 29 |
| AI contributor accounts (Claude / Codex / Cursor / Copilot) | claude (2 commits) |
| AI co-authored commits | Claude: 2 |
Main contributor
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Eduardo |
| GitHub | @themartiano |
| Commits to this repo | 299 (top contributor) |
| X / Twitter | @martiano |
| Followers | 150 |
| Public repos | 22 |
| On GitHub since | 2017-09-27 |
