Skyware OS

SkywareOS has reached End of Life. Thank you for supporting this Distribution along its development.

Final: Crimson v1.1

a linux distribution built around arch, a curated app stack, and a cohesive aesthetic. powered by the ware package manager — one command to rule them all.

↓ install ware docs github ↗

kitty — ~/setup

❯ git clone https://github.com/

SkywareSW/SkywareOS

❯ cd SkywareOS

❯ chmod +x skyware-setup.sh

❯ ./skyware-setup.sh

skywareOS v1.0(Crimson)

setting up your system...

✓ packages installed

✓ ware configured

✓ hyprland ready

❯ ware status

channel ~ crimson

version ~ Crimson v1.0

getting started

install skywareOS

clone the repo

grab the latest source from github — just needs git installed on your base system

run the script

chmod and execute skyware-setup.sh — it handles everything from packages to display manager

ware is ready

after install, use ware for everything — install, update, search, switch channels

select your preferred DE from your display manager — optionally run ware setup hyprland for a full hyprland rice

install commands

# clone the repo git clone https://github.com/SkywareSW/SkywareOS cd SkywareOS # make executable and run chmod +x skyware-setup.sh ./skyware-setup.sh # after install — verify ware is working ware status # optional: set up hyprland rice ware setup hyprland # switch to testing channel (optional) ware switch

or just run this


        $ bash <(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SkywareSW/SkywareOS/main/skyware-setup.sh)

update logs

version history

0.x.x— Red

1.x.x— Crimson

2.x.x— Ember

and so on...

v1.0 Crimson latest ▾

Major milestone release — SkywareOS 1.0 Crimson

Overhauled ware with full GUI Settings app — manage packages, theming, power, display managers and more from a sleek Electron interface

Added AI-powered system doctor via ware doctor — detects and repairs broken packages, corrupted deps, and firewall issues

SDDM dark theme with custom SkywareOS branding applied automatically on install

KDE Kickoff start button now shows the SkywareOS logo

Plymouth bootsplash with SkywareOS logo and animated Pac-Man progress bar

New ware backup — Timeshift-backed snapshots with create, list, and restore commands

New ware benchmark — CPU, memory, disk, and GPU benchmarking suite

New ware repair — one command to fix pacman locks, broken keyring, failed services, and more

GameMode + MangoHud integration with ware setup gaming

Full zsh shell setup — plugins, fzf, zoxide, eza, tmux, and custom MOTD with system info

AppArmor, SSH hardening, USBGuard, and automatic security updates configured out of the box

Bluetooth, CUPS printing, touchpad gestures, Docker/Podman support added to setup

Auto-mount with udiskie, fingerprint auth with fprint, multi-monitor with autorandr

Limine bootloader now shows SkywareOS branding and logo

OTA update notifier — desktop notification when a new SkywareOS version is available

Welcome app shown on first login with setup tips and quick actions

v0.7 Red ▾

Added command to open the SkywareOS git website: ware git

Detects if DE is installed, if so, skip DE selection (makes ware upgrade go by smoother)

v0.6.1 Red ▾

Added version display to ware status

v0.6 Red ▾

Added snap support via ware setup snap

GPU drivers now automatically detected — no more manual selection

Dramatically improved ware search accuracy and speed

v0.5 Red ▾

Significantly faster installation — added --needed flag to most install commands

Fixed installer: switched to sed (was broken in previous builds)

General ware performance optimizations

package manager

ware commands

packages

ware installsearches pacman, flatpak and AUR then installs the package

ware removeremoves a package from the system

ware updateupdates system or a specific package

ware searchsearches for package or closest keyword across pacman, flatpak and AUR

ware infoshows available information on a package

ware listlists all installed packages

ware interactivesimpler guided way to find and install a package

ware --jsonrun a custom command or script using JSON

system

ware statusshows kernel, version, uptime, updates, firewall, disk, memory, desktop, channel

ware upgradeinstalls and runs the latest version of skywareOS

ware switchswitches between Release and Testing channels

ware gitopens the SkywareOS git website in the default browser

ware doctorfinds and fixes corrupt or broken packages and dependencies, checks firewall

ware repairfixes pacman locks, broken keyring, failed services, and common system issues

ware cleanremoves unused repositories and packages

ware autoremoveautomatically removes unused packages

ware syncsyncs mirrors for faster package downloads

ware benchmarkruns CPU, memory, disk, and GPU benchmarks and shows a summary report

backup

ware backup createtakes a Timeshift snapshot of the current system state

ware backup listlists all available system snapshots

ware backup restoreinteractively restore a previous system snapshot

power

ware power balancedswitch to balanced power mode

ware power performanceswitch to performance power mode

ware power batteryswitch to battery saver power mode

display manager

ware dm listlists available display managers

ware dm statusshows currently active display manager

ware dm switchswitch between sddm, gdm, or lightdm

setup

ware setup hyprlandautomatically sets up hyprland with jakoolit's dotfiles

ware setup lazyvimautomatically sets up LazyVim neovim config

ware setup gaminginstalls GameMode, MangoHud, Proton and Wine for gaming

ware setup nirisets up Niri window manager (experimental)

ware setup mangosets up MangoWC (experimental)

ware setup snapinstalls and enables the Snap package manager

ware setup snap-removeremoves the Snap package manager

Skyware OS

SkywareOS has reached End of Life. Thank you for supporting this Distribution along its development.

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version history

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