Ryan Hughes
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Chat apps (Vesktop, etc.) can rapid-fire the same Notify D-Bus call when
they sync, leaving the pending tab with hundreds of byte-identical rows
because the old handler appended unconditionally and never re-entered the
`markSeenByOriginalId` path for follow-up arrivals.
- addToPending + popup-insert now remove any existing row matching the
same `originalId` before insertion, honoring the freedesktop
"replaces_id" semantics that chat apps rely on.
- loadHistory dedupes by originalId on hydration, so existing on-disk
files with the old duplicate-laden schema collapse on next start.
- loadHistory also guards against re-entry: FileView fires onLoaded
more than once during startup (initial preload + Component.onCompleted
reload), and the old version would double the model each fire.
While in here, move the persistent notifications.json out of `~/.cache`
to `~/.local/state/omarchy` so a "clear cache" habit no longer drops
DND preference and notification history. The image thumbnail cache stays
in ~/.cache where regeneratable artifacts belong.
First-party plugins
These plugins ship with Omarchy and are loaded by the shell at startup.
They use the same manifest.json contract as third-party plugins; the
only difference is that the shell flags them with __isFirstParty: true
so they cannot be disabled.
User-installed plugins live alongside these conceptually but on disk under
~/.config/omarchy/plugins/<plugin-id>/ rather than in this directory.
| Plugin | id | kinds | activation | entry point |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bar | omarchy.bar |
bar |
persistent | bar/Bar.qml |
| Settings | omarchy.settings |
panel |
on-demand | settings/SettingsPanel.qml |
| Image picker | omarchy.image-picker |
overlay |
on-demand | image-picker/ImagePicker.qml |
| Omarchy menu | omarchy.menu |
menu |
on-demand | menu/Menu.qml |
Bar
The status bar. Mounted at startup, lives forever. Layout lives in the
top-level bar: subtree of ~/.config/omarchy/shell.json (with the shell
providing shell-defaults.json when the user has
no file). Owns the bar IPC target for refresh hooks fired by indicator
scripts. See bar/README.md for the widget catalogue
and customization schema.
Bar settings
Visual editor for the entire shell config. Summoned by
omarchy-shell-ipc shell summon omarchy.settings "{}" (which is what
omarchy launch settings ultimately calls). Provides:
- per-section add/move/remove/edit of bar widget entries
- a separate "Other plugins" section for panels, overlays, services,
and menus (entries that live in
plugins[]rather than the bar layout) - a Plugin Manager tab listing every discovered plugin with its manifest
- a dynamic settings form driven by each widget's manifest schema, that writes inline back to the corresponding shell.json entry
Image picker
Fullscreen image-grid selector overlay. Used by omarchy-menu-images
(wallpaper picker) and omarchy-theme-switcher (theme picker) and any
other caller that wants to present a directory of images with previews.
Two ways to drive it:
- Shell-level summon:
omarchy-shell-ipc shell summon omarchy.image-picker '<jsonPayload>'. The payload can carryimageDirs,imageRows,selectedImage,selectionFile,doneFile,colorsFile,colorsRaw,showLabels,filterable. Best for in-shell callers that already speak JSON. - Direct IPC target:
omarchy-shell-ipc image-selector open <imageDirs> <imageRowsB64> <selectedImage> <selectionFile> <doneFile> <colorsFile> <colorsRawB64> <showLabels> <filterable>. Positional args;imageRowsB64andcolorsRawB64are base64-encoded so embedded newlines / tabs survive the bash argv handoff. This is whatomarchy-menu-imagesuses.
The selection round-trip remains file-based: callers create a
selection_file and done_file (both mktemp), pass the paths, and
poll done_file for existence. The plugin writes the chosen path into
selection_file and touches done_file when it's done. cancel IPC
clears it without writing a selection.
The plugin has keepLoaded: true so the layer-shell window survives
between summons within a single shell session.
Omarchy menu
Quickshell-powered replacement for the legacy Walker-driven omarchy-menu.
The menu UI lives in menu/Menu.qml as a first-party menu plugin and is
summoned through the shell (omarchy-shell-ipc shell summon omarchy.menu ...),
so it shares the long-running omarchy-shell process instead of starting a
second Quickshell instance.
The menu definition lives outside the shell host code:
- defaults:
default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc - user extensions:
~/.config/omarchy/extensions/omarchy-menu.jsonc
bin/omarchy-menu still owns the Bash action helpers and dynamic providers;
it builds the menu JSON, summons omarchy.menu, waits for the selection, and
runs the selected action.
Coming soon
omarchy.theme-switcher— folds theme switching into the shell.