Drop the systemd running on advice from outfoxxed

AGENTS.md

@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ When testing layer-shell UI, capture the reference and candidate states as separ
 # Omarchy shell
 
 The Quickshell desktop runs as a single long-running process out of
-`shell/`. The `omarchy-shell.service` user unit
+`shell/`. Hyprland autostart launches it directly with `quickshell -p`; do
-keeps it running for the graphical session; do not start additional
+not start additional standalone `quickshell -p` instances for individual
-standalone `quickshell -p` instances for individual components.
+components.
 
 Run `omarchy-restart-shell` after making changes to QML files.
 
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ Plugin contract:
 IPC:
 
 - `bin/omarchy-shell` is the canonical IPC entry point. It forwards to
-  the running shell service and does not start it. Prefer it over
+  the running shell and does not start it. Prefer it over re-implementing
-  re-implementing direct Quickshell socket calls in every CLI.
+  direct Quickshell socket calls in every CLI.
 - The `shell` IPC target exposes `ping`, `summon`, `hide`, `toggle`,
   `rescanPlugins`, `setPluginEnabled`, and `listPlugins`. Individual
   plugins can register additional IPC targets (the bar registers `bar`,

bin/omarchy-first-run

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ if [[ -f $FIRST_RUN_MODE ]]; then
 
   bash "$OMARCHY_PATH/install/first-run/battery-monitor.sh"
   bash "$OMARCHY_PATH/install/first-run/recover-internal-monitor.sh"
-  bash "$OMARCHY_PATH/install/first-run/omarchy-shell.sh"
   bash "$OMARCHY_PATH/install/first-run/cleanup-reboot-sudoers.sh"
   bash "$OMARCHY_PATH/install/first-run/firewall.sh"
   bash "$OMARCHY_PATH/install/first-run/dns-resolver.sh"

bin/omarchy-restart-shell

@@ -3,5 +3,8 @@
 # omarchy:summary=Restart the Omarchy shell
 # omarchy:examples=omarchy restart shell
 
-systemctl --user enable omarchy-shell.service >/dev/null
+CONFIG_DIR="$OMARCHY_PATH/shell"
-systemctl --user restart omarchy-shell.service
+
+if ! quickshell reload -p "$CONFIG_DIR" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  setsid quickshell -n -p "$CONFIG_DIR" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+fi

bin/omarchy-shell

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ if [[ $# -eq 0 || $1 == "-h" || $1 == "--help" ]]; then
   cat <<USAGE
 Usage: omarchy-shell <target> <method> [args...]
 
-Forwards an IPC call to the supervised omarchy-shell service. The shell is
+Forwards an IPC call to the running Omarchy shell. The shell is expected
-expected to already be running; this command does not start it.
+to already be running; this command does not start it.
 
 Examples:
   omarchy-shell shell ping

config/systemd/user/omarchy-shell.service

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Omarchy Shell
-PartOf=graphical-session.target
-After=graphical-session.target
-StartLimitIntervalSec=30
-StartLimitBurst=5
-
-[Service]
-Type=exec
-Environment=OMARCHY_PATH=%h/.local/share/omarchy
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/quickshell -p %h/.local/share/omarchy/shell
-Restart=always
-RestartSec=2
-Slice=session-graphical.slice
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=graphical-session.target

default/hypr/autostart.lua

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ hl.on("hyprland.start", function()
   hl.exec_cmd("systemctl --user import-environment $(env | cut -d'=' -f 1)")
   hl.exec_cmd("dbus-update-activation-environment --systemd --all")
 
-  hl.exec_cmd("systemctl --user start omarchy-shell.service")
+  hl.exec_cmd("quickshell -n -p $HOME/.local/share/omarchy/shell")
   hl.exec_cmd("uwsm-app -- hypridle")
   hl.exec_cmd("uwsm-app -- fcitx5 --disable notificationitem")
   hl.exec_cmd("omarchy-first-run")

install/first-run/omarchy-shell.sh

@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
-cp "$OMARCHY_PATH/config/systemd/user/omarchy-shell.service" ~/.config/systemd/user/omarchy-shell.service
-systemctl --user daemon-reload
-systemctl --user enable --now omarchy-shell.service

migrations/1779047753.sh

@@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
-echo "Run omarchy-shell as a supervised user service"
+echo "Use omarchy-shell as the Quickshell IPC entry point"
-
-mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
-cp "$OMARCHY_PATH/config/systemd/user/omarchy-shell.service" ~/.config/systemd/user/omarchy-shell.service
-systemctl --user daemon-reload
 
 for file in ~/.config/hypr/bindings.lua ~/.config/hypr/bindings/*.lua; do
   [[ -f $file ]] || continue
   sed -i 's/omarchy-shell-ipc-fast/omarchy-shell/g; s/omarchy-shell-ipc/omarchy-shell/g; s/omarchy-shell[[:space:]]\+--if-running/omarchy-shell/g' "$file"
 done
 
-if ! systemctl --user is-active --quiet omarchy-shell.service && omarchy-cmd-present quickshell; then
+omarchy-restart-shell
-  quickshell kill -p "$OMARCHY_PATH/shell" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-  quickshell kill -p "$OMARCHY_PATH/default/quickshell"/omarchy-shell >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-fi
-
-systemctl --user enable --now omarchy-shell.service || true

migrations/1779107651.sh

@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 echo "Move omarchy-shell to the top-level shell directory"
 
-mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
-cp "$OMARCHY_PATH/config/systemd/user/omarchy-shell.service" ~/.config/systemd/user/omarchy-shell.service
-systemctl --user daemon-reload
-
 if omarchy-cmd-present quickshell; then
   quickshell kill -p "$OMARCHY_PATH/default/quickshell"/omarchy-shell >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 fi
 
-if systemctl --user is-enabled --quiet omarchy-shell.service || systemctl --user is-active --quiet omarchy-shell.service; then
+omarchy-restart-shell
-  systemctl --user restart omarchy-shell.service || true
-fi

migrations/1779180647.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+echo "Remove the omarchy-shell user service"
+
+systemctl --user disable --now omarchy-shell.service >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+rm -f ~/.config/systemd/user/omarchy-shell.service
+systemctl --user daemon-reload >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+omarchy-restart-shell

shell/README.md

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Omarchy shell
 
 `omarchy-shell` is a single long-running [Quickshell](https://quickshell.org/)
-instance that hosts the Omarchy desktop. A supervised user systemd service
+instance that hosts the Omarchy desktop. Hyprland autostart launches one shell
-keeps one shell running per graphical session; everything else — the bar,
+per graphical session; everything else — the bar, the bar settings UI, the
-the bar settings UI, the background switcher, future panels and overlays —
+background switcher, future panels and overlays — runs **inside** the shell as
-runs **inside** the shell as a plugin.
+a plugin.
 
 Hosting everything inside one shell means:
 
@@ -119,13 +119,12 @@ Direct invocation:
 quickshell ipc -p $OMARCHY_PATH/shell call shell ping
 ```
 
-The `omarchy-shell.service` user unit starts the shell for the graphical
+Hyprland autostart launches the shell directly with `quickshell -p
-session and restarts it if it exits. Use `omarchy-restart-shell` to reload
+$OMARCHY_PATH/shell`. Use `omarchy-restart-shell` (`quickshell reload`) to
-the long-running shell process.
+reload the long-running shell process.
 
-A convenience wrapper, [`omarchy-shell`](../bin/omarchy-shell),
+A convenience wrapper, [`omarchy-shell`](../bin/omarchy-shell), forwards IPC
-forwards IPC calls to the running service. It does not start the shell; the
+calls to the running shell. It does not start the shell.
-systemd unit owns the shell lifecycle.
 
 ```
 omarchy-shell shell ping