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Omarchy can install into free space beside Windows, but the safe path requires backups, completed BitLocker decryption, Windows-created unallocated space and post-install verification that both systems still boot.
Omarchy coordinates its own packages, Arch packages, migrations, configuration updates and snapshots through stable, RC, edge and dev channels instead of treating direct pacman upgrades as equivalent.
Omarchy installs from a bootable USB and currently supports full-disk or free-space installation, with encryption enabled by default and clear disk-erasure risks on the full-disk path.
Omarchy is an opinionated Arch-based Linux distribution built around Hyprland, Quickshell, keyboard-driven navigation and a coordinated configuration/update layer rather than a conventional desktop metaphor.