v0.3.0

This version brings a new branding, requested features, better performance, better UX, 3-5x lower idle CPU usage, and many quality-of-life improvements.

Features

• Upgrade to QEMU 11.1.1 and Apple’s in-hypervisor interrupt controller, eliminate unnecessary redraws, and reduce measured total idle CPU use from roughly 71% to 15% (#62)
• Update Omarchy to 4.0.2 (#71)
• New logo (#87)
• New macOS crossover default wallpaper (#88)
• Keep Try Omarchy open during VM reboot (#42)
• Support macOS 15.0 and newer, including 15.0–15.3 (#41)
• Improve fullscreen / windowed UX by adding Immersive mode toggle (#43, #49, #50, #75, #89)
• Add port mapping (#44)
• Try Omarchy now supports running disks from older versions (#86)
• Let users choose where the VM's data lives (#48)
• Add camera support (#37, #74, #77)
• Add opt-in localhost SSH access (#38)
• Better keyboard and command capturing, fix having to re-focus (#62, #75)
• Release audio output devices when unused (#59)
• Release audio input devices when unused (#73)

Fixes

• Fix startup failure when GNU stat shadows macOS stat (#35)
• Fix build issue caused by initramfs compression (#47)
• Fix rounded corner visual glitch (#52, #55)
• Fix 1Password installation (#58, #70)
• Fix choppy audio (#60, #69)
• Restore the start menu windows after permission prompts (#72, #76)
• Fix start-menu width expansion (#78)

Dev

• Revamp tests (#64)
• Improve make build output (#53)
• Update pinned package versions (#45, #51, #53, #70, #90)

New Contributors 🎉

• @stefankuksenko
• @caius72
• @pantulis
• @nicknack5050
• @CN-Scars
• @dbachelder

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Regarding updates, now it is possible to run old disks on new versions of Try Omarchy.
OS updates (4.0.2) and certain patches will not be present because they require custom OS-related patches, and those live on the disk.
We also want to cover that on future updates, but for now, fully upgrading requires creating a new disk.

v0.2.0

This release brings a smoother experience, with the most requested features and fixes such as clipboard and folder sharing, Hyprland default config, ASCII animations and package installation working.

Features

• Omarchy updated to 4.0.1 (#19)
• Shared clipboard, bidirectional, duplicate safe (#8)
• Host-guest shared directory (#9, #21)

Fixes

• Fix AUR packages missing and installs failing (#28, #23)
• Fix ASCII animations and screensaver (#31)
• Fix missing window gaps and "floating" windows (#1)
• Start menu UI alignment and text (#15)

Dev

• Updated pinned package versions (#6, #27)
• GitHub CI workflow for PRs (#14)
• make cleanup commands (#16)
• Smarter builds, reuse previous outputs where possible (#17)

New Contributors 🎉

• @pfelrodrigues made their first contribution in #3
• @ijt made their first contribution in #6
• @rlimberger made their first contribution in #8
• @sava-vidakovic made their first contribution in #27

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The new automatic updater is not yet working reliably enough, so v0.1.0 disks won't be automatically migrated to v0.2.0.
If you have files that need to be ported, manually export them and reimport on v0.2.0.

v0.1.0

First Public Release 🎉

Try Omarchy allows you to run the upstream Omarchy desktop as a self-contained, hardware-accelerated app on any Apple Silicon Mac.

Highlights

• Full keyboard support
• High DPI and resolution switching, window resizing and monitor switching
• Audio input/output selection inside Omarchy with live routing
• Persistent VM storage
• QEMU/HVF virtualization
• Signed + notarized

Installation

1. Download Try Omarchy.dmg.
2. Open it and drag Try Omarchy to Applications.
3. Launch the app and follow Omarchy’s account-provisioning flow.

Accessibility permission enables Command-to-Super shortcuts. Microphone permission is optional.

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Try Omarchy is an independent community project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Basecamp.

Please report bugs through GitHub Issues.