--- title: BSD Users Can Now Enjoy Omarchy Flavor | daily.dev description: Jordan Hubbard, FreeBSD's original co-creator, built Daemonarchy, a FreeBSD distro styled after the Omarchy desktop, with help from OpenAI's GPT Astra 6 model.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bsd-users-can-now-enjoy-omarchy-flavor-gpe1lz5qd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: BSD Users Can Now Enjoy Omarchy Flavor | daily.dev og:description: Jordan Hubbard, FreeBSD's original co-creator, built Daemonarchy, a FreeBSD distro styled after the Omarchy desktop, with help from OpenAI's GPT Astra 6 model.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bsd-users-can-now-enjoy-omarchy-flavor-gpe1lz5qd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Gpe1lZ5qd.png og:image:alt: BSD Users Can Now Enjoy Omarchy Flavor og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # BSD Users Can Now Enjoy Omarchy Flavor **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Jordan Hubbard, FreeBSD's original co-creator, built Daemonarchy, a FreeBSD distro styled after the Omarchy desktop, with help from OpenAI's GPT Astra 6 model. The first pass took under two hours, not counting Poudriere builds for validation. GPT also picked the project's name. Daemonarchy runs on FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT, uses ZFS with rollback support, and ships a compatibility layer mapping pacman to pkg, wpa_supplicant for Wi-Fi, and PipeWire for sound. Jails and the bhyve hypervisor provide isolation and VM support. The v1.3.1 ISO is under 2 GiB and needs 40 GB of storage. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Daemonarchy and how is it related to Omarchy? Daemonarchy is a FreeBSD-based distro that ports over the Omarchy desktop, using the BSD daemon as its theme instead of Arch Linux. It was created by Jordan Hubbard, one of FreeBSD's original founders, with help from OpenAI's GPT Astra 6 model, which built the first pass in under two hours and also picked the project's name. _Developers evaluating BSD desktop alternatives can follow new distro releases like this on daily.dev._ ### What filesystem and hypervisor does Daemonarchy use? Daemonarchy installs on ZFS with rollback support and optional encryption, and runs on FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT, with each ISO image pinned to a specific snapshot since CURRENT updates daily. It uses FreeBSD jails for isolated environments and bhyve, the built-in hypervisor, to run virtual machines including Linux and Windows guests. _Anyone weighing FreeBSD's ZFS and jails against other virtualization setups can track releases like this on daily.dev._ ### How do I install Daemonarchy and what are the requirements? Install Daemonarchy by writing the 1.3.1 ISO, just under 2 GiB, to a USB drive with dd or a tool like Fedora Media Writer, then boot from it. A minimum of 40 GB of storage is required, an internet connection is needed during installation since the installer downloads packages, and dual-booters must shrink other partitions beforehand since the installer won't do it. _Those planning a BSD install alongside another OS can keep up with distro requirements like these on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ezee** · 0 upvotes > Hyprland* flavor, but ok. --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#window-manager](https://daily.dev/tags/window-manager) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/bsd-users-can-now-enjoy-omarchy-flavor-gpe1lz5qd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"BSD Users Can Now Enjoy Omarchy Flavor","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/bsd-users-can-now-enjoy-omarchy-flavor-gpe1lz5qd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/bsd-users-can-now-enjoy-omarchy-flavor-gpe1lz5qd"},"datePublished":"2026-10-26T19:29:46.273Z","dateModified":"2026-10-26T19:33:59.482Z","description":"Jordan Hubbard, FreeBSD's original co-creator, built Daemonarchy, a FreeBSD distro styled after the Omarchy desktop, with help from OpenAI's GPT Astra 6 model....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6143d5e99a7b898a0c4182b86f9815b3?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6143d5e99a7b898a0c4182b86f9815b3?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"It's Foss","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"It's Foss","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/582e3faed71842bfb9d3840a787d6700","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/bsd-users-can-now-enjoy-omarchy-flavor-gpe1lz5qd","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"linux,window-manager","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"It's Foss","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"BSD Users Can Now Enjoy Omarchy Flavor"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/bsd-users-can-now-enjoy-omarchy-flavor-gpe1lz5qd","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Hyprland* flavor, but ok.","datePublished":"2026-10-29T01:46:45.759Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Gpe1lZ5qd#c-NGdQUz8mR","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"E","url":"https://daily.dev/ezee","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--fCfktlbR--/f_auto/v1767451916/avatars/avatar_93JdfDmXtcEWkGXSGC1ne?_a=BAMAK+ZW0"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/bsd-users-can-now-enjoy-omarchy-flavor-gpe1lz5qd#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is Daemonarchy and how is it related to Omarchy?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Daemonarchy is a FreeBSD-based distro that ports over the Omarchy desktop, using the BSD daemon as its theme instead of Arch Linux. 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