Omarchy is coming to LatentShift. On 17 October in İstanbul, we will have a dedicated Omarchy booth and a 20-minute live demo on stage during the lunch break. It is a chance to see the Linux desktop in use and meet people building around it.
What is Omarchy?
Omarchy is an opinionated Linux distribution built on Arch Linux and the Hyprland tiling window manager. It brings together a configured desktop, coordinated themes, a terminal, editors, and everyday applications. Its starting point is a set of choices about how those pieces should work together.
The workflow makes extensive use of the keyboard and terminal. Windows tile into place, and configuration files remain available to change. The manual is clear that learning Omarchy means getting comfortable with that way of working, including some manual configuration.
That makes it a useful subject for a live session. A screenshot can show a theme; watching someone work lets you follow how they move between applications and use the desktop.
Meet Barış Girişmen
Barış Girişmen will lead the Omarchy session and booth at LatentShift. He is part of the project’s Design team, with a direct role in shaping how people first encounter Omarchy.
In the announcement of the September website redesign, DHH credits Barış with the design that became the foundation of the new site, its interactive pixel-grid shader, and substantial implementation and refinement work.
His involvement spans both design and the code that makes it work. At the booth, you will be able to meet someone who has helped turn Omarchy’s visual character into a working experience on the web.
Meet Göktuğ Vatandaş
Joining Barış is our speaker Göktuğ Vatandaş, founder of StackBeyond, an independent software studio in İstanbul.
Göktuğ also builds tools for Omarchy. His Wayseam project brings applications running inside a Windows virtual machine into individual windows on the Omarchy desktop. The project is in alpha, with its limitations documented alongside the implementation.
His Omarchy Quick Chat plugin tackles another everyday interaction: opening installed coding-agent tools in a floating chat window from the keyboard. Both projects give him practical experience extending the desktop around specific tasks.
Twenty minutes on stage, more at the booth
During the lunch break, Barış and Göktuğ will bring Omarchy to the stage for a 20-minute live demonstration. Barış will lead the session, with Göktuğ joining him to introduce the desktop in use.
The Omarchy booth will give you another place to meet them and continue the conversation. Whether you already use Linux or are curious about trying a different development environment, bring your questions about the workflow and the choices behind it.
Join us at LatentShift on 17 October 2026 in İstanbul. You can find tickets on the conference homepage and directions to the venue.