# Try Omarchy (open-source developer tool)

> Try Omarchy is a free, open-source developer tool for macOS and Linux. Run Omarchy on MacOS without any setup. It has 2,509 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license. Its source code is on GitHub at omacom/try-omarchy.

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. Temporary fixes carried ahead of the next upstream release are enumerated with strict hashes in the guest build spec and artifact provenance.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/omacom/try-omarchy |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS |
| Interface | desktop GUI |
| GitHub stars | 2,509 |
| License | MIT (open source) |
| Replaces | n/a |
| Language | Swift |
| Website | none listed |
| Official | no |
| Category | Code editors & developer tools |
| Latest release | v0.5.1 (Oct 7, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |

## Install

Download a build for your system from the project's releases (https://github.com/omacom/try-omarchy/releases) or website, or build it from source by following the README.

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