--- title: Omarchy Linux Just Got $8 Million From Tech's Biggest Names description: DHH is launching the Omacom Foundation, a nonprofit backed by $8 million from tech figures including Michael Dell, Patrick Collison, Tobi Lütke, Jack Dorsey,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/omarchy-linux-just-got-8-million-from-tech-s-biggest-names-umrdovpvp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Omarchy Linux Just Got $8 Million From Tech's Biggest Names | daily.dev og:description: DHH is launching the Omacom Foundation, a nonprofit backed by $8 million from tech figures including Michael Dell, Patrick Collison, Tobi Lütke, Jack Dorsey,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/omarchy-linux-just-got-8-million-from-tech-s-biggest-names-umrdovpvp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/umrdOVPVP.png og:image:alt: Omarchy Linux Just Got $8 Million From Tech's Biggest Names 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. # Omarchy Linux Just Got $8 Million From Tech's Biggest Names **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary DHH is launching the Omacom Foundation, a nonprofit backed by $8 million from tech figures including Michael Dell, Patrick Collison, Tobi Lütke, Jack Dorsey, Matthew Prince, Jason Fried, and Brendan Iribe, each contributing a million dollars. The foundation will cover Omarchy's trademark, infrastructure, hosting, promotion, and funding for dependent open source developers. Hyprland's Vaxry becomes the first external beneficiary via a three-year exclusive sponsorship (extendable two more years), letting him work full-time on the Wayland compositor. As part of the deal, the paid Hyprperks subscription will be discontinued and made free starting October 10. The move follows past controversy over Framework's earlier Hyprland sponsorship tied to Vaxry's freedesktop.org ban. Omarchy's newest release, Quattro, builds AI agents into the desktop by default, which may have influenced backers like Michael Dell given Dell's AI infrastructure bets. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the Omacom Foundation and how much funding did it receive for Omarchy Linux? The Omacom Foundation is a new nonprofit created by David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) to support Omarchy Linux, funded with $8 million from eight backers including Michael Dell, Patrick Collison, Tobi Lütke, Jack Dorsey, and Matthew Prince, each contributing a million dollars. It covers the Omarchy trademark, infrastructure, hosting, promotion, and funding for open source developers the project depends on. _Developers weighing which Linux distros have sustainable backing can follow funding moves like this on daily.dev._ ### How is Hyprland's development being funded through the Omacom Foundation sponsorship? Omacom Foundation gave Hyprland developer Vaxry an exclusive sponsorship deal, locking him in for three years with an option to extend two more, letting him work on the Wayland compositor full time. As part of the deal, starting October 10, the paid €5/month Hyprperks subscription service will be discontinued and its features made free. _Anyone building on Hyprland can track sponsorship changes like this affecting its roadmap on daily.dev._ ### What happened when Framework sponsored Hyprland in 2025? Framework became a Gold tier sponsor of Hyprland in 2025, but backlash followed when a forum thread titled 'Framework supporting far-right racists?' surfaced, referencing Vaxry's earlier freedesktop.org ban. Framework's own account worsened the situation with a tweet comparing Omarchy to a Windows XP product key meme, prompting the company to later publish a running list of its sponsorships. _Developers tracking open source funding controversies can follow how sponsor relationships evolve on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#window-manager](https://daily.dev/tags/window-manager) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/omarchy-linux-just-got-8-million-from-tech-s-biggest-names-umrdovpvp) ```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":"Omarchy Linux Just Got $8 Million From Tech's Biggest Names","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/omarchy-linux-just-got-8-million-from-tech-s-biggest-names-umrdovpvp","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/omarchy-linux-just-got-8-million-from-tech-s-biggest-names-umrdovpvp"},"datePublished":"2026-08-24T17:01:24.913Z","dateModified":"2026-10-14T02:26:19.542Z","description":"DHH is launching the Omacom Foundation, a nonprofit backed by $8 million from tech figures including Michael Dell, Patrick Collison, Tobi Lütke, Jack Dorsey,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a58c139e971100f44bada1fff75ace9b?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a58c139e971100f44bada1fff75ace9b?_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":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/omarchy-linux-just-got-8-million-from-tech-s-biggest-names-umrdovpvp","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"linux,open-source,window-manager","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@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":"Omarchy Linux Just Got $8 Million From Tech's Biggest Names"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/omarchy-linux-just-got-8-million-from-tech-s-biggest-names-umrdovpvp#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the Omacom Foundation and how much funding did it receive for Omarchy Linux?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The Omacom Foundation is a new nonprofit created by David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) to support Omarchy Linux, funded with $8 million from eight backers including Michael Dell, Patrick Collison, Tobi Lütke, Jack Dorsey, and Matthew Prince, each contributing a million dollars. 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