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Notes on the people, ideas, and releases shaping Omarchy.
September 2026
2 updates- Omacom Foundation reaches $13M with four Distinguished PatronsRyan R. Hughes, Ed Huang, Adrien Treccani, and Max Schoening each pledge $100,000, and the foundation hits $13 million.
- Omarchy Quattro crosses 200,000 ISO downloadsTwo hundred thousand Quattro ISOs in under 19 days, downloads from 215 countries and territories, and a date for the first million.
August 2026
14 updates- 1Password and 37signals become Distinguished Corporate PatronsThe first two Distinguished Corporate Patrons each pledge $100,000 a year for three years, taking the Omacom Foundation to $12.6 million.
- Omacom Foundation welcomes Brian Armstrong and Yunjie DaiTwo more Founding Patrons join the mission with $1 million each, and the foundation hits $12 million.
- Omarchy tops 100,000 downloads in a weekA hundred thousand people installed Omarchy in seven days, and we moved nearly a petabyte doing it.
- Introducing Omarchy AIRA six-month, funded residency for the artists who make Omarchy beautiful. The first two are HANCORE and OldJobobo.
- The first plugin competition winnersRadio Atlas, Omagotchi, and AirPods take the podium in the first Omarchy plugin competition.
- Introducing Omarchy RangersThe first Omarchy Rangers are here to help people find their way, and applications are open.
- Omacom Foundation to be premier mise sponsorThird sponsorship out the door! The Omacom Foundation is becoming a premier sponsor of mise , and thereby of jdx , who has spent years building the tool that quietly makes managing different versions of Ruby, Node, Go a joy to manage, and…
- Omacom Foundation funding hits $10mDrew Houston and Peter Steinberger join the Omacom Foundation as Founding Patrons, taking total funding to $10 million.
- Omacom Foundation to be premier Quickshell sponsorMore money in , more money out! Our second major sponsorship from the Omacom Foundation is going to outfoxxed for his superb work on Quickshell . It’s only been part of the public release for a week, but it’s already crystal clear that it…
- Omarchy meetups around the worldFind an Omarchy meetup near you or start one yourself and add it to the global calendar.
- Omacom Foundation launches with $12.6 millionIt’s time to dream big. Omarchy Quattro has given people a chance to experience what the malleable computer of the future looks like, and they like it (a lot!). It now feels like a moral obligation to make this future more broadly…
- Omacom Foundation to be exclusive Hyprland sponsorWhat better way to start spending some of the treasure we just raised for the Omacom Foundation than on the most cracked Linux kid in Poland: Vaxry ! As the creator of Hyprland , he’s responsible for one of the three core technologies in…
- The first plugin competitionThe Omarchy Plugin Marketplace is already home to over 500 plugins and growing very fast. We have a million ideas for how we can improve this setup, including with automated agent-powered security reviews, but let’s not have perfect be…
- The Omarchy Core TeamOmarchy’s explosive growth demands structured teams in response, and we’re going to get started by incorporating The Omarchy Core Team. This group will share the responsibility of driving the direction of our distro, ensuring we continue…