David Heinemeier HanssonandClaude Opus 5.5
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A machine without a GPU, like most VMs, renders through llvmpipe on the CPU, where every animated frame and every translucent window costs. In a VM, opening and closing a terminal took ~5s of CPU; a panel ~3.4s. omarchy toggle animations (also under Toggle > Animations) places a Hyprland flag that turns off animations, blur and shadows and makes windows opaque. The shell follows Hyprland's animations:enabled, rereading it on every config reload: its one-shot animations run for Style.duration(ms), which is then 0, and its spinners, pulses and title marquee hold still. A new install in a VM starts with the flag in place. Measured in the ISO test VM (llvmpipe), CPU per interaction: terminal open+close 5000ms -> 481ms, workspace switch 1670ms -> 409ms, audio panel 3446ms -> 796ms, volume OSD 2324ms -> 584ms, menu 2028ms -> 1241ms. Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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.