The new non-profit aims to provide long-term support for the open-source Arch-based Linux distribution, including development, tooling and hardware compatibility.
The Omarchy Foundation has launched with $8 million in initial funding to support the continued development of Omarchy, an Arch Linux-based desktop distribution developed by Basecamp co-founder David Heinemeier Hansson. The non-profit aims to provide long-term financial support for development, ecosystem work and hardware integration.
The foundation received its initial $8 million funding from eight technology executives and founders, each contributing $1 million personally. The contributors include Michael Dell, Jack Dorsey, Patrick Collison, Tobi Lütke, Matthew Prince, Brendan Iribe, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson.
Omarchy is an Arch Linux-based desktop distribution that uses the Hyprland dynamic tiling window manager, which runs on the Wayland display server protocol. The distribution provides a curated, keyboard-focused desktop environment with development tools including Neovim, Alacritty, Ghostty, Tmux and Waybar.
The foundation plans to use the funding to support core maintainers of open-source projects, improve developer tooling and expand hardware support across popular laptops. Some funding will also support developers in the Linux desktop ecosystem, including Hyprland developer Vaxry. The foundation will collaborate with companies such as Dell on kernel and power-management improvements for modern laptop hardware, including Intel Core Ultra systems.
The establishment of the non-profit provides Omarchy with a structured way to sustain its open-source development while reducing reliance on venture capital and advertising-based tracking.
