KDE Plasma 6 · Free & open source

kOMA Desktop Theme

Omarchy’s feel, still all Plasma. A dark, sharp, keyboard-driven desktop with tiling, built entirely from native KDE Plasma parts.

kOMA (KDE + Omarchy) is inspired by Omarchy. I wanted its look, its keyboard-driven workflow, and its tiling, but I wanted KDE Plasma’s goodness too: its widgets, its settings, and all the customization. kOMA gets Plasma as close to the Omarchy experience as it can while still being Plasma, so you can keep tweaking it like any other Plasma desktop.

The kOMA desktop

A clean kOMA desktop: the Lightcycles wallpaper and the compact top panel.

kOMA across two screens with a browser, file manager, terminal, and code editor tiled side by side — One workspace across two screens, with windows tiled side by side.

Tiling that’s still Plasma

Krohnkite, a KWin script, tiles your windows like a tiling window manager, but it runs on top of Plasma, so you keep the best of both.

Pop out to float

Pop any window out of the tiling into a floating window, and back again.

Tiled and resizable

Tiled windows stay resizable: drag a border to change their widths.

One workspace, every screen

Each workspace spans your whole screen set, so a single workspace covers both screens on a two-monitor setup.

Omarchy-style hotkeys

Optional Omarchy-style shortcuts for launching, moving, and switching, alongside the kOMA Launcher on Super+Space.

What you get

One bright accent

A dark look in four color schemes: Tron Aqua, McLaren, Ferrari, and Lambo. Switch between them from the panel.

No title bars

Windows without title bars, with a colored outline on the focused window.

A compact top panel

One panel per screen: workspaces, the launcher, the clock, network, audio, and power controls, built from the kOMA widgets below.

Wallpapers and screens

The kOMA Lightcycles wallpaper, plus Powder and River, with matching lock and login screens, Plasma Monochrome icons, and an animated kOMA splash.

Get the kOMA desktop

In a KDE Plasma 6 session, open a terminal and run:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/gregoftheweb/kOMA-desktop-theme/releases/latest/download/get-koma.sh | bash

This downloads the kOMA installer, checks it against the release checksums, and opens it. The installer shows every change and asks before applying anything. Your current settings are backed up first, and Restore puts your original desktop back, panels included.

Latest release → Source & support →

Requires KDE Plasma 6, Python 3, and curl. On Arch-based systems the installer can install the remaining packages it needs, asking for your password. Tested on EndeavourOS.

Inspired by Omarchy

Inspired by Omarchy by David Heinemeier Hansson / Basecamp. kOMA is maintained by Columbia Foundry and is not an official Omarchy release. Components keep their own licenses; see LICENSES.md.

The kOMA plugins

The kOMA installer sets these widgets up for you; some are optional and it asks first. Each one is also available on its own for any KDE Plasma 6 desktop.

kOMA LauncherOmarchy’s keyboard-driven launcher, recreated for KDE Plasma 6. kOMA Workspace IndicatorCompact desktop switching and application icons. kOMA PluginsInstalled add-ons, KDE Store downloads, Git installs, and updates in one widget. kOMA Network ManagerLive network statistics, DNS switching, and Wi-Fi controls. kOMA Audio ControlOutput and microphone volume, mute, and device selection. kOMA Power ControlBattery details, power profiles, and a shared keep-awake switch. kOMA Music ThingA compact MPD music player, with rmpc in the popup and a cava sound graph.