What it adds
- 01 The official BlackArch package repository
- 02 Compatibility-tested security tools
- 03 A small profile and verification CLI
- 04 Omarchy menu, update, and agent integrations
Omarchy, extended carefully
BlackArch tools.
Still Omarchy.
Black omARCHy adds the official BlackArch repository, curated security-tool profiles, and a thin CLI to a supported Omarchy host—without replacing the desktop, update path, or upstream identity.
Experimental v0.1 · Omarchy 4.x · x86_64
additive layer active
omarchy baseline preserved
Official BlackArch repository
Curated profiles
Omarchy-native updates
Cleanly removable
01 / The idea
A layer, not another Linux distribution.
What stays yours
- 01 The Omarchy desktop and applications
- 02 Your themes, keybindings, and workflow
- 03 Omarchy's supported update command
- 04 Arch and Omarchy package priority
Not a distro. Not Kali. Not a fork. Not a full BlackArch metapackage installer.
02 / Tool profiles
Install only what earns its place.
Profiles are curated, compatibility-aware subsets—not a request to install every package in BlackArch.
Core
Professional baseline
Web
Web assessment extras
Recon
Discovery and OSINT
Network
Network assessment
Wireless
Wireless analysis
Reversing
Reverse engineering
Forensics
Evidence and analysis
Password
Password and hash tools
03 / Security model
Trust is checked before anything changes.
The bootstrap verifies upstream material, records an Omarchy baseline, skips conflicting packages, and checks for unexpected drift when it finishes.
Read the security model- 01
Verify the host
Require supported, packaged Omarchy on x86_64.
- 02
Verify upstream
Check the official strap hash and keyring signature.
- 03
Protect compatibility
Install one package at a time and skip replacements.
- 04
Detect drift
Compare the Omarchy baseline and fail on surprises.
04 / Daily use
One update path.
No parallel distro to manage.
Keep using omarchy update. With BlackArch appended last,
Arch and Omarchy packages retain priority while installed security tools
update in the same supported transaction.
1Omarchy updateSupported command
→
2Upstream packagesPriority preserved
→
3BlackArch toolsSame transaction
→
4Post-update checkLayer restored
05 / Quick answers
Before you install.
Is Black omARCHy a distribution?
No. It is an independent integration layer installed on a supported Omarchy host.
Does it install all of BlackArch?
No. It installs curated profiles. The all profile means every curated profile, not every BlackArch package.
Does it replace Omarchy?
No. The desktop, applications, keybindings, package priority, and update command remain Omarchy's.
Can it be removed?
Yes. The repository includes an uninstall path that removes the layer and restores its backed-up state.
Experimental and open source
Bring the tools.
Keep the workstation.
Read the bootstrap, understand the security model, and start with the curated core profile.