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Install Omanta

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Make it your file manager

Try Omanta alongside Nautilus, and switch the whole desktop over when you're ready.

Where it is

A terminal · Super+Ctrl+O, Toggle

What you can do

  • omanta-switch omanta makes Omanta the default everywhere at once: Super+Shift+F, folders opened from other apps, and double-clicked archives.
  • omanta-switch nautilus switches back, and puts your settings back exactly as they were.
  • omanta-switch status shows which is in charge now; omanta-switch toggle flips.
  • omanta-switch install-menu adds Omanta File Manager to the Omarchy Toggle menu (Super+Ctrl+O). It's ticked while Omanta is the default. remove-menu takes it out again.
  • Omarchy's own files are never changed; there's no need to log out.
  • After switching, close the other file manager's windows, so "show in folder" from other apps goes to the new one.

In this film

  1. See what's in charge now
  2. Switch to OmantaFolders, archives and Super+Shift+F now open Omanta
  3. A switch in the Toggle menuSuper+Ctrl+O, then Toggle: tick or untick it
  4. Going back is one commandYour settings return exactly as they were

The commands

omanta-switch omantaMake Omanta the default: Super+Shift+F, folders opened from other apps, double-clicked archives.
omanta-switch nautilusBack to Nautilus, with your settings exactly as they were.
omanta-switch toggleWhichever isn't in charge now.
omanta-switch statusWhich is in charge, and whether the Toggle-menu entry is installed.
omanta-switch install-menuAdd Omanta File Manager to the Toggle menu (Super+Ctrl+O). It's ticked while Omanta is the default.
omanta-switch remove-menuTake that entry out again.

Switching sets the default apps for folders and archives, and adds a clearly marked block to ~/.config/hypr/bindings.lua for the two file-manager keys. Omarchy's own files are never changed, and switching back removes the block.