Where performance meets aesthetics
🚀 Installation • NixOS version •
MacBook version
Most ready-made rice setups for Arch solve only one problem:
- Either beauty, but the system eats RAM.
- Or performance, but the UI looks ugly.
- Or functionality, but the code turns into "spaghetti" that you can't fix yourself.
We don't sacrifice one for the other. Instead, we create a system where each component is chosen based on the principle of "maximum results with minimum resources".
But most importantly — we don't limit ourselves to beautiful configs.
We create our own tools that solve long-standing pain points of the entire Linux community:
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🏷️ Nemo Tags
For 10+ years the community requested a tagging system for Nemo. Developers ignored it. We made it. Now file organization like in macOS Finder is available to everyone. |
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🩸 BlueVein
Dual-boot Windows/Linux = Bluetooth hell. Switched OS? Reconnect your mouse, keyboard, headphones. Every. Single. Time. We solved this agonizing problem. |
Note
All our tools are open-source and work not only in Meowrch.
We develop an ecosystem for the entire Linux community, not just "making it pretty for ourselves".
| Feature | What it gives you |
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| Optimization | The system has the best optimizations from ARU and CachyOS. More details |
| Community theme store | Change the appearance of the entire system with one command |
| Open-source development | We support Linux development by creating our own components, useful for the global Linux community. More details here |
| Automation | Installation in 10 minutes, complete setup and optimization — without manual config editing |
| Ergonomics | Hotkeys are thought out down to the smallest detail — work faster |
| Two environments | BSPWM (X11) or Hyprland (Wayland) — stability or modernity |
| Lightweight | 1 GB RAM at system startup — thanks to lightweight components |
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🏝️ Meet Mewline — Dynamic Island for Linux
- System tray — all your background applications
- Workspaces — quick switching between desktops
- Date & Time — always visible
- Brightness — screen brightness control
- Volume — sound control
- Battery — charge and charging status
- Power — power management menu
- OCR — text recognition from selected screen area.
- Compact mode — information about active window and playing music
- Information menu — calendar and notification history (Super+Alt+D)
- App launcher — application launcher (Super+Alt+A)
- Wallpapers — wallpaper change with preview (Super+Alt+W)
- Emoji picker — emoji selection (Super+Alt+.)
- Clipboard — clipboard history (Super+Alt+V)
- Network manager — Wi-Fi and Ethernet (Super+Alt+N)
- Workspaces — windows and workspaces manager (Super+Alt+Tab)
- Bluetooth — device management (Super+Alt+B)
Note
Yes-yes. All this is in one utility.
Instead of configuring Rofi + Waybar + Dunst + wlogout + network-manager-applet + clipboard manager — one installation command.
Warning
The installer is designed for clean Arch Linux.
If you already have a configured system, installation will overwrite configurations.
For testing, create a new user.
If you like it — switch to Meowrch completely
# 1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/meowrch/meowrch --depth 1 --single-branch
cd meowrch
# 2. Run the installer
sh install.sh
# 3. Reboot
reboot
In addition to the standard Arch Linux installation, the Meowrch community maintains the following ports:
| Platform | Description | Repository |
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| Full Meowrch port to NixOS using home-manager and flakes | NixOS-Meowrch | |
| Meowrch on Arch-based system for MacBook M1 (via Asahi Linux) | meowrch-asahi | |
| Meowrch on NixOS for MacBook M1 (via Asahi Linux) | NixOS-Asahi-Kennel |
Warning
These are unofficial community ports.
These repositories are maintained by community enthusiasts and are not part of the official Meowrch codebase.
We do not take responsibility for their functionality, but we welcome community contributions to the ecosystem!
| Component | Details |
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| 🐧 Base OS | Arch Linux + aggressive optimization |
| 🪟 Window Managers | BSPWM (X11) | Hyprland (Wayland) |
| 📊 Panels | Polybar | Waybar | Mewline |
| 🎨 Customization | Pawlette with preinstalled Catppuccin Mocha theme |
| 🖥️ Terminal | Kitty |
| 🐚 Shells | Fish | Zsh |
| 📱 Menus and Widgets | Rofi | Mewline |
| 🔔 Notifications | Dunst | Swaync | Mewline |
| 📦 Repositories | Arch Official + Chaotic AUR |
Note
Why these components? We chose between performance, functionality, and stability. More about component selection
| Action | Combination | Why is it convenient? |
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| Open terminal | Super + Enter | Quick access to a universal tool. |
| Application selection | Super + A | Convenient way to select the needed application. |
| Color picker | Super + C | Recognize color from screen for design/development. |
| Change wallpaper | Super + W | Rofi with preview. One button — new desktop look. |
| Change theme | Super + T | New theme in 2 seconds. Without editing configs. |
| Emoji | Super + . | Like in Windows 11, but faster. |
| Disable hotkeys | Super + Escape | Can help when using virtual machines on Meowrch with configurations that also work through hotkeys. |
Tip
All available hotkeys can be found here.
🌐 Official Wiki — guides, FAQ, troubleshooting
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News, updates and quick support |
Report a bug or suggest a feature |
Share your impressions about the distribution |
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