The installer asks for the language before the keyboard, and Setup > Language (omarchy language en|zh) switches it later. Under zh_CN the menu reads its labels from omarchy-menu.zh-cn.jsonc, the shell from I18nZh.js through I18n.tr, and notifications are worded by their sender through omarchy-text, which reads the same table. User text is never translated.
Omarchy shell
The Omarchy desktop runs in one long-lived Quickshell process. Its bar, panels, overlays, menus, and services are plugins hosted by shell.qml.
- Shell reference — plugin manifests, IPC, configuration, and shared UI contracts.
- Plugin user guide — install, configure, and clone plugins.
- First-party plugins — bundled plugin IDs, kinds, and entry points.
- Shell development guide — conventions for changing the desktop.
- Theming reference — theme tokens, templates, and generated configuration.