bjarneo/omarchy-quickapps — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-05-18
Bind a keyboard shortcut in Hyprland to open a radial app launcher.
Configure a JSON list of favorite apps with custom icons and accent colors.
Switch between ten included visual themes to match your desktop aesthetic.
| bjarneo/omarchy-quickapps | brianblakely/omarchy-plugins | avik43218/theme-lgl | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 44 | 22 | 13 |
| Language | QML | QML | QML |
| Setup difficulty | moderate | moderate | easy |
| Complexity | 2/5 | 2/5 | 1/5 |
| Audience | developer | developer | general |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Requires Quickshell with Wayland layer-shell support and a compositor such as Hyprland.
Omarchy Quick Apps is a visually styled application launcher for Linux desktops running the Hyprland window manager. Instead of a traditional list style menu, it displays your most used applications arranged in a circular radial layout that pops up as an overlay when you press a keyboard shortcut, and dismisses again after you make a selection. The main appeal is aesthetics: the launcher comes in ten distinct visual themes, each with its own personality: a Tony Stark HUD inspired look with rotating rings, a retro green phosphor terminal style, a Japanese ink painting theme, a vaporwave sunset gradient, a medieval parchment design with blackletter text, and more. You pick whichever theme suits your setup and point Hyprland at that theme's entry point file. You configure which apps appear by editing a simple JSON file where you list each application's name, icon, launch command, and an accent color. Once running, you can navigate with arrow keys, Vim style hjkl keys, Tab, or by pressing a number key to jump directly to a slot and launch it immediately. Mouse hovering and clicking also work. It is built with Quickshell, a toolkit for building desktop shell components on Wayland, the display system used by modern Linux environments like Hyprland, and the interface is written in QML, a declarative language for building user interfaces. You would use this if you are a Linux power user who wants a fast, keyboard driven way to launch a small curated set of applications, with a flair for distinctive visual design.
A radial, keyboard-driven app launcher for the Hyprland Linux window manager with ten visual themes.
Mainly QML. The stack also includes QML, Quickshell, Hyprland.
No license information is provided in the README.
Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.
Mainly developer.
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