Ryan Hughes
2ca15dc767
omarchy-shell's bar plugin replaces waybar on every default path, so the
waybar package, configs, indicator scripts, and toggle/restart/refresh
binaries all go away in this commit.
The four small helper scripts that Bar.qml shells out to (weather.sh and
indicators/*.sh) move with the shell rather than disappear \u2014 they live
at default/quickshell/omarchy-shell/scripts/ now, alongside the rest of
the shell code.
Companion script changes:
- omarchy-shell-ipc gains --if-running so fire-and-forget refresh
callers (toggle-idle, toggle-notification-silencing,
update-available-reset, capture-screenrecording) don't accidentally
spawn the shell when it isn't already up.
- omarchy-theme-set, omarchy-tz-select, omarchy-voxtype-{install,model},
omarchy-toggle-nightlight, omarchy-voxtype-config drop their waybar
branches and comments.
- omarchy-voxtype-status's summary stops claiming it's a Waybar helper.
- omarchy-base.packages drops waybar; install/packaging/fonts.sh's
comment points at the new bar consumer.
- SKILL.md / AGENTS.md / omarchy-menu.jsonc lose their waybar entries.
- test/omarchy-cli-test.sh substitutes a remaining toggle command.
First-party plugins
These plugins ship with Omarchy and are loaded by the shell at startup.
They use the same manifest.json contract as third-party plugins; the
only difference is that the shell flags them with __isFirstParty: true
so they cannot be disabled.
User-installed plugins live alongside these conceptually but on disk under
~/.config/omarchy/plugins/<plugin-id>/ rather than in this directory.
| Plugin | id | kinds | activation | entry point |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bar | omarchy.bar |
bar |
persistent | bar/Bar.qml |
| Settings | omarchy.settings |
panel |
on-demand | settings/SettingsPanel.qml |
| Image picker | omarchy.image-picker |
overlay |
on-demand | image-picker/ImagePicker.qml |
| Omarchy menu | omarchy.menu |
menu |
on-demand | menu/Menu.qml |
Bar
The status bar. Mounted at startup, lives forever. Layout lives in the
top-level bar: subtree of ~/.config/omarchy/shell.json (with the shell
providing shell-defaults.json when the user has
no file). Owns the bar IPC target for refresh hooks fired by indicator
scripts. See bar/README.md for the widget catalogue
and customization schema.
Bar settings
Visual editor for the entire shell config. Summoned by
omarchy-shell-ipc shell summon omarchy.settings "{}" (which is what
omarchy launch settings ultimately calls). Provides:
- per-section add/move/remove/edit of bar widget entries
- a separate "Other plugins" section for panels, overlays, services,
and menus (entries that live in
plugins[]rather than the bar layout) - a Plugin Manager tab listing every discovered plugin with its manifest
- a dynamic settings form driven by each widget's manifest schema, that writes inline back to the corresponding shell.json entry
Image picker
Fullscreen image-grid selector overlay. Used by omarchy-menu-images
(wallpaper picker) and omarchy-theme-switcher (theme picker) and any
other caller that wants to present a directory of images with previews.
Two ways to drive it:
- Shell-level summon:
omarchy-shell-ipc shell summon omarchy.image-picker '<jsonPayload>'. The payload can carryimageDirs,imageRows,selectedImage,selectionFile,doneFile,colorsFile,colorsRaw,showLabels,filterable. Best for in-shell callers that already speak JSON. - Direct IPC target:
omarchy-shell-ipc image-selector open <imageDirs> <imageRowsB64> <selectedImage> <selectionFile> <doneFile> <colorsFile> <colorsRawB64> <showLabels> <filterable>. Positional args;imageRowsB64andcolorsRawB64are base64-encoded so embedded newlines / tabs survive the bash argv handoff. This is whatomarchy-menu-imagesuses.
The selection round-trip remains file-based: callers create a
selection_file and done_file (both mktemp), pass the paths, and
poll done_file for existence. The plugin writes the chosen path into
selection_file and touches done_file when it's done. cancel IPC
clears it without writing a selection.
The plugin has keepLoaded: true so the layer-shell window survives
between summons within a single shell session.
Omarchy menu
Quickshell-powered replacement for the legacy Walker-driven omarchy-menu.
The menu UI lives in menu/Menu.qml as a first-party menu plugin and is
summoned through the shell (omarchy-shell-ipc shell summon omarchy.menu ...),
so it shares the long-running omarchy-shell process instead of starting a
second Quickshell instance.
The menu definition lives outside the shell host code:
- defaults:
default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc - user extensions:
~/.config/omarchy/extensions/omarchy-menu.jsonc
bin/omarchy-menu still owns the Bash action helpers and dynamic providers;
it builds the menu JSON, summons omarchy.menu, waits for the selection, and
runs the selected action.
Coming soon
omarchy.theme-switcher— folds theme switching into the shell.