Bernardo Magri
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The machine flake's git-tracked settings file is system state, not "theme" only — rename it to state.json. CLI becomes nomarchy-state-sync with a nomarchy-theme-sync symlink for scripts and muscle memory. Eval (mkFlake, doctor, lifecycle) still accepts theme-state.json; the next write migrates to state.json and removes the legacy file. Documented in MIGRATION.md; drop the CLI alias after release notes.
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# Coming from Omarchy
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Nomarchy and [Omarchy](https://omarchy.org) are cousins: the same
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Hyprland + Waybar desktop feel, the same opinionated "beautiful out of the
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box," one-command theming, and a keyboard-driven menu. If you liked
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Omarchy, you'll be at home here in minutes.
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The one real difference is the **foundation**:
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| | Omarchy | Nomarchy |
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|------------|---------|----------|
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| Base | Arch Linux | NixOS |
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| Config | **imperative** dotfiles you edit in `~/.config`, live | **declarative** — built from a flake; changed via the menu or your `home.nix`/`system.nix` |
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| Packages | `pacman` / `yay` / AUR, anytime | `nixpkgs` — added to your flake (no AUR) |
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| Recovery | reinstall / restore dotfiles | **every rebuild is a bootable generation** — roll back from the boot menu |
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This page maps the day-to-day deltas. Nothing about the *desktop* has to
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be relearned — only *how you change it*.
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---
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## The one mental shift: declarative, not dotfiles
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In Omarchy you open a file under `~/.config`, save it, and the change is
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live. In Nomarchy the whole desktop is **built from your flake**, so you
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change it one of two ways:
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1. **The menu** (`SUPER+M`) — the everyday path. It writes the change into
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your flake's state and rebuilds for you. You never hand-edit a config
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for theming, night light, wallpaper, keyboard layout, power, etc.
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2. **Your flake** — for anything the menu doesn't cover, edit
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`home.nix` / `system.nix` (a handful of `nomarchy.*` options and plain
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Home-Manager/NixOS), then run a rebuild.
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The payoff for the extra indirection: **a bad change never bricks you.**
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Every `nomarchy-rebuild` is a new NixOS generation; if one misbehaves,
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reboot and pick the previous entry from the boot menu — your files
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(`/home`) are never touched. See [RECOVERY.md](RECOVERY.md).
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> Editing `~/.config/hypr/*` by hand won't stick — Home-Manager owns those
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> files and rewrites them on the next rebuild. Change the source (menu or
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> flake) instead.
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---
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## Install
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| **Omarchy** | Run the bootstrap on a fresh Arch install. |
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| **Nomarchy** | Boot the ISO and run **`nomarchy-install`** (single-disk UEFI, optional LUKS, hibernation-ready swap). |
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| **Already on NixOS?** | Convert in place, no reformat — [MIGRATION.md](MIGRATION.md). |
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---
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## Keybindings (they'll feel familiar)
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The full, always-current list is one keypress away: **`SUPER+?`** opens the
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live cheatsheet — you never have to memorize this table.
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| Key | Action |
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|-----|--------|
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| `SUPER+Return` | Terminal |
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| `SUPER+Space` | App launcher |
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| `SUPER+M` | Main menu (theme, network, audio, power, tools…) |
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| `SUPER+T` | Theme picker |
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| `SUPER+SHIFT+T` | Next wallpaper |
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| `SUPER+E` | File manager (yazi) |
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| `SUPER+X` | Power menu (lock / suspend / hibernate / reboot …) |
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| `SUPER+CTRL+L` | Lock screen |
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| `SUPER+?` | Keybindings cheatsheet |
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| `Print` | Screenshot region → clipboard |
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| `SUPER+CTRL+<key>` | Jump straight to a menu module (clipboard `V`, calc `C`, emoji `E`, capture `S`, …) |
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---
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## Theming
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Both distros reskin everything from one place. In Nomarchy:
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- **`SUPER+T`** (or `nomarchy-menu theme`) — pick from 24 presets with live
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previews; it rebuilds and applies to Hyprland, Waybar, the terminal,
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btop and GTK/Qt at once.
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- Or from a shell: `nomarchy-state-sync apply <slug>` (e.g. `gruvbox`,
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`rose-pine`, `nord`).
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- Tweak gaps / rounding / fonts / opacity / icon pack without leaving the
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theme system — see [OVERRIDES.md](OVERRIDES.md). One git-tracked JSON
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(`state.json`) is the single source of truth.
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---
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## Installing software
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There is no AUR. Two paths:
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- **Keep it:** add the package to `home.packages` in your flake's
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`home.nix`, then `nomarchy-home`. It's now declared, reproducible, and
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part of your rollback history. A curated default app set already ships —
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you extend the list.
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- **Just this once:** `nix shell nixpkgs#<pkg>` drops you into a shell with
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it on `PATH`, gone when you exit — the equivalent of a throwaway install.
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Search with `nsearch <name>` (`nix search nixpkgs`).
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---
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## Update & roll back
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| | Omarchy | Nomarchy |
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| **Update** | update command | `nomarchy-pull` (bump inputs), then `nomarchy-rebuild` (system) + `nomarchy-home` (desktop) |
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| **Roll back** | restore dotfiles | reboot → pick the previous **generation** in the boot menu (or a snapper snapshot) |
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| **Health check** | — | `nomarchy-doctor` (System › Doctor) — read-only pass/fail sheet, each ✖ shows its fix |
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On a failed rebuild, `nomarchy-rebuild` / `nomarchy-home` print the last
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log lines and point you at `nomarchy-doctor` and [RECOVERY.md](RECOVERY.md)
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— you're never left guessing.
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---
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## What's exactly the same
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Hyprland tiling and feel, Waybar, the rofi-driven menu, the blur/rounding
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aesthetic, keyboard-first everything, and strong opinionated defaults. The
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desktop is the part you already know — this page is only about the NixOS
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plumbing underneath.
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