bjarneo/omarchy-quickapps

Omarchy Quick Apps is a visually styled application launcher for Linux desktops running the Hyprland window manager. Instead of a traditional list style menu, it displays your most used applications arranged in a circular radial layout that pops up as an overlay when you press a keyboard shortcut, and dismisses again after you make a selection. The main appeal is aesthetics: the launcher comes in ten distinct visual themes, each with its own personality: a Tony Stark HUD inspired look with rotating rings, a retro green phosphor terminal style, a Japanese ink painting theme, a vaporwave sunset gradient, a medieval parchment design with blackletter text, and more. You pick whichever theme suits your setup and point Hyprland at that theme's entry point file. You configure which apps appear by editing a simple JSON file where you list each application's name, icon, launch command, and an accent color. Once running, you can navigate with arrow keys, Vim style hjkl keys, Tab, or by pressing a number key to jump directly to a slot and launch it immediately. Mouse hovering and clicking also work. It is built with Quickshell, a toolkit for building desktop shell components on Wayland, the display system used by modern Linux environments like Hyprland, and the interface is written in QML, a declarative language for building user interfaces. You would use this if you are a Linux power user who wants a fast, keyboard driven way to launch a small curated set of applications, with a flair for distinctive visual design.