I can't stop making Omarchy plugins

20 August 2026

Omarchy Quattro is out, the new major version of Omarchy, and it comes with a plugin system. Writing your own is super easy. That turned out to be a dangerous thing to hand me. :-)

The first one took five minutes, couple of prompts with my friend Claude. So I wrote a widget that puts a name next to your workspace: invoicing, bug #4412, reading. After that I couldn’t stop.

The ones that are on GitHub, most starred first:

  1. time-machine: backups that run every night (114 stars)
  2. tesla: where the car is (74 stars)
  3. notification-center: every notification you were sent (63 stars)
  4. herdr: which coding agent needs you (51 stars)
  5. workspace-name: names and icons for your workspaces (26 stars)
  6. clippy: the paperclip is back, with tips from the Omarchy manual and news from your agent (21 stars)
  7. unifi-protect: my UniFi cameras in a panel (18 stars)
  8. downloads: the file you just downloaded (15 stars)
  9. omasweeper: Minesweeper (13 stars)
  10. text-transform: your clipboard, rewritten (11 stars)
  11. meetings: my week, and the way into the next call (10 stars)
  12. gmail-inbox: unread count in the bar (9 stars)
  13. nag: disposable alarms you type in one line (9 stars)
  14. github-build-monitor: whether main is green right now (9 stars)
  15. screen-time: screen time for kids, in two flavours (5 stars)
  16. omableep: the sounds your computer used to make (5 stars)
  17. bambu-lab: the status of my 3D printer (3 stars)
  18. stripe-mrr: your recurring revenue in the bar (2 stars)
  19. framework-desktop-rgb: the fan LEDs of my Framework Desktop, in any colour (new)

DHH quoted five of them, which was an interesting couple of weeks for my notifications and followers on X. I went past five thousand followers, and I’m close to seven thousand now. Never thought that this could happen so fast.

DHH quoting my calendar widget: "If you can think of it, Omarchy can make it happen." DHH quoting my UniFi Protect widget: "I need this but for Google Home!" DHH quoting Omasweeper: "Honoring the greats before us is good for the heart." DHH quoting time-machine: "If you want to stay in touch with what's possible using Omarchy plugins, you should follow Jankees." DHH quoting the Tesla widget: "Is there anything Jankees can't build as an Omarchy plugin!?"

Eighteen of them are in the Omarchy plugin directory now, which is the easiest way to install one:

screen-time is still in review, so that one is GitHub for now.

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