Screen Recording in Omarchy - As a Mac switcher to Omarchy I needed an easy way of doing quick screen recordings without firing up OBS Studio (which may or may not have an easy way to do screen recordings - I just haven’t learnt it yet). I was used to CleanShotX on the Mac which made it super simple to do quick demo screencasts (which I do often)

This guide will walk you through creating a screen recording system with a flashing red indicator in your waybar, automatic video compression, and seamless clipboard integration.

What We’re Building

• Visual feedback: A flashing red dot in waybar while recording
• Region selection: Use slurp to select exactly what to record
• Audio support: Record with microphone audio or silent mode
• Smart compression: Automatically compress recordings with H.264
• Clipboard integration: Video path copied to clipboard when done
• One-key operation: Start/stop recording with a single keybind

Dependencies

Before we start, install these packages on Arch:

sudo pacman -S wl-screenrec slurp wl-clipboard ffmpeg waybar

• wl-screenrec - Wayland screen recorder
• slurp - Region selection tool
• wl-clipboard - Clipboard utilities for Wayland
• ffmpeg - For video compression
• waybar - Status bar (you probably already have this)

Apple Fonts In Omarchy - Omarchy out of the box looks very good and teamed up with my recommended hi-dpi monitor showing at least 218ppi fonts are incredibly sharp. However as a Mac switcher they aren’t quite right - meaning I’m used to seeing system fonts be SF (the default Apple font) and whilst one day it won’t quite bother me that they aren’t there - for now I want to see web sites that are programmed to use -apple-system or -system-ui to show the SF font.

Doing this in Omarchy (or I guess any flavor or modern linux) is pretty straightforward but I wanted to lay it out here so its easy.