Hornero OS

Arch Linux · Hyprland · Pre-release

A desktop with room to become yours.

One Quickshell system brings the bars, launcher, dashboard and settings together. Shape its layout, palette and rhythm without stitching together separate tools.

15 layouts20 looks1 shell
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Hornero Light running with a slim side rail over a sunlit Patagonian landscape; a shell notification confirms the theme was applied.

Hornero QAPackage-only flagship theme runshell 98a5de2config 96b6870horneroctl 9c15172Hornero Light1280×8002026-10-03

Space, not skin

Make the shell fit the way you work.

Explore all 15 layouts
Cockpit Clear layout captured in a running Hornero desktopCockpit ClearOne calm line, edge to edge.Hornero QA · 2026-10-03Islands layout captured in a running Hornero desktopIslandsSeparate surfaces, one shell.Hornero QA · 2026-10-03Dock Bottom layout captured in a running Hornero desktopDock BottomA dock that leaves the sky open.Hornero QA · 2026-10-03

Side rail, paired bars, floating islands or a dock. Switch layouts from the desktop and keep your settings.

Personalization that stays coherent

Choose a look.
Keep the details in sync.

The shell, GTK apps, icons and wallpaper can move together. When you want to fine-tune, the controls are there too.

Find your starting point
01Hornero Dark · Light · PampaThree considered palettes with matching desktop appearance.02Find a different atmosphereFrom soft natural tones to neon, monochrome and synthwave.03Shape colors from your wallpaperChoose among seven generation styles while keeping the same scene.

The wallpaper changes the atmosphere

One Hornero shell. Three scenes.

The rail stays familiar while the view moves from a rain-lit city to a synthwave road and a Patagonian sunrise.

Hornero desktop with the Neon City cyberpunk skyline behind its left rail.Neon CityElectric cyan and amber, after dark.Hornero desktop with a coral synthwave road and dusk-purple sky behind its left rail.Vapor DreamsCoral cliffs under a synthwave sky.Hornero desktop with a pale alpine sunrise above cloud behind its left rail.Soft MorningA cool alpine dawn above cloud.

Three real desktop captures, each using a different wallpaper already in the collection. Wallpaper-derived colors are an optional Appearance setting; these captures show the scenes, not a palette-generation comparison. See the Showroom for capture context.

Built in the open

Explore the real thing.

Hornero is a work in progress, tested as a complete desktop and documented as it changes.

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