From 984f3368b4c68fc3f744f6f59a541f5996ce03c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@hey.com>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 18:19:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] On-demand Signal install

---
 bin/omarchy-install-service-signal | 15 +++++++++++++++
 bin/omarchy-launch-signal          | 15 +++++++++++++++
 config/hypr/bindings.lua           |  2 +-
 default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc |  1 +
 install/omarchy-base.packages      |  1 -
 5 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 bin/omarchy-install-service-signal
 create mode 100755 bin/omarchy-launch-signal

diff --git a/bin/omarchy-install-service-signal b/bin/omarchy-install-service-signal
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f7679686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/omarchy-install-service-signal
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# omarchy:summary=Install Signal and launch it.
+# omarchy:requires-sudo=true
+
+set -e
+
+echo "Installing Signal..."
+omarchy-pkg-add signal-desktop
+
+echo "Opening Signal..."
+setsid uwsm-app -- /usr/bin/signal-desktop >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+
+echo ""
+echo "Signal has been installed."
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-launch-signal b/bin/omarchy-launch-signal
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..31d94cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/omarchy-launch-signal
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# omarchy:summary=Launch Signal or start its installer when missing.
+
+set -e
+
+WINDOW_ADDRESS=$(hyprctl clients -j | jq -r '.[]|select((.class|test("\\bsignal\\b";"i")) or (.title|test("\\bsignal\\b";"i")))|.address' | head -n1)
+
+if [[ -n $WINDOW_ADDRESS ]]; then
+  hyprctl dispatch "hl.dsp.focus({ window = \"address:$WINDOW_ADDRESS\" })" >/dev/null 2>&1 || hyprctl dispatch focuswindow "address:$WINDOW_ADDRESS"
+elif [[ -x /usr/bin/signal-desktop ]]; then
+  exec setsid uwsm-app -- /usr/bin/signal-desktop
+else
+  exec omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-install-service-signal
+fi
diff --git a/config/hypr/bindings.lua b/config/hypr/bindings.lua
index b0c94dbd..e006e199 100644
--- a/config/hypr/bindings.lua
+++ b/config/hypr/bindings.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ o.bind("SUPER + SHIFT + M", "Music", { omarchy = "spotify" })
 o.bind("SUPER + SHIFT + ALT + M", "Music TUI", { tui = "cliamp", focus = true })
 o.bind("SUPER + SHIFT + N", "Editor", { omarchy = "editor" })
 o.bind("SUPER + SHIFT + D", "Docker", { tui = "lazydocker" })
-o.bind("SUPER + SHIFT + G", "Signal", { launch = "signal-desktop", focus = "^signal$" })
+o.bind("SUPER + SHIFT + G", "Signal", { omarchy = "signal" })
 o.bind("SUPER + SHIFT + O", "Obsidian", { launch = "obsidian", focus = "^obsidian$" })
 o.bind("SUPER + SHIFT + W", "Typora", { launch = "typora --enable-wayland-ime" })
 o.bind("SUPER + SHIFT + SLASH", "Passwords", { launch = "1password" })
diff --git a/default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc b/default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc
index b8af0dce..047f3e9a 100644
--- a/default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc
+++ b/default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@
   "install.service.1password": {"icon":"󰢁","label":"1Password","keywords":"password","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-install-service-1password"},
   "install.service.dropbox": {"icon":"","label":"Dropbox","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-install-dropbox"},
   "install.service.spotify": {"icon":"󰓇","label":"Spotify","keywords":"music","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-install-service-spotify"},
+  "install.service.signal": {"icon":"󰭹","label":"Signal","keywords":"messenger chat","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-install-service-signal"},
   "install.service.tailscale": {"icon":"","label":"Tailscale","keywords":"vpn","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-install-tailscale"},
   "install.service.nordvpn": {"icon":"󱇱","label":"NordVPN [AUR]","keywords":"vpn","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-install-nordvpn"},
   "install.service.once": {"icon":"󰏖","label":"ONCE","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-install-once"},
diff --git a/install/omarchy-base.packages b/install/omarchy-base.packages
index a0c29299..7b2838d5 100644
--- a/install/omarchy-base.packages
+++ b/install/omarchy-base.packages
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ ruby
 rust
 satty
 sddm
-signal-desktop
 slurp
 socat
 starship