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NotArchy started after almost a year of using Omarchy. I liked it, then I liked customizing it, then I got tired of updates occasionally stepping on my personal configs. So this is my own Arch installer: same kind of polished Hyprland setup, but with my preferences baked in and a stricter rule that the system can update without silently changing my personal setup.

It installs a complete encrypted Hyprland desktop with Ghostty, Walker, Waybar, Mako, Nautilus, Google Chrome, VS Code, LocalSend, Helix, Neovim, Docker tools, screenshot/OCR utilities, and a small NotArchy menu for install/remove/system actions.

Omarchy is still the reference and inspiration. The nice ideas I like are copied shamelessly, but deliberately; NotArchy does not vendor Omarchy or follow its update/migration model.

Live ISO usage

From the official Arch ISO:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/notliad/notarchy/master/boot.sh | bash

Or manually:

pacman -Sy --needed git
git clone https://github.com/notliad/notarchy.git /tmp/notarchy
cd /tmp/notarchy
./install/notarchy-install

Preview installer commands without touching a disk:

./install/notarchy-install --dry-run

Local checks:

scripts/test-dry-run
scripts/test-vm --reset

Daily Use

notarchy-apply
notarchy-update

notarchy-apply links every file under config/ to the matching path under $HOME/.config. Existing real files are moved to .bak.<timestamp> first.

notarchy-update updates system packages, AUR packages, and pulls this repo. It does not reapply configs automatically. Run notarchy-apply when you want new tracked config changes.

Useful shortcuts:

• Super + Space: app launcher
• Super + Alt + Space: NotArchy menu
• Super + Esc: system menu
• Print: screenshot
• Super + Print: OCR selection
• Super + Shift + X: color picker
• Super + Ctrl + Space: next wallpaper

More implementation detail lives in TECHNICAL_CONTEXT.md.