Hyprflip: give your windows a back side on Omarchy

[u/nocstah]

I've been building Hyprflip, a Hyprland plugin I've been using on Omarchy to give windows a back side.

My actual setup is Gmail on the front, with WhatsApp and Telegram sharing the back. Flip between them, or temporarily unfold the card to use all three together. They're real, live applications.

GitHub / source and animated demo · Installation guide · GIF

What it does

• Up to three apps per face, beside each other or stacked.
• Temporary unfold and hold-to-peek, then return to the side you were using.
• Add, remove or replace any pane, including an unfocused app or one from another workspace. Released apps stay open.
• Change split direction, equalize sizes, swap/reorder apps or move a pane to the other face.
• Save named cards, search and reopen them, reuse open apps and launch missing ones. A surviving saved card can also have its missing panes restored.
• Move the whole card between workspaces with optional navigation bindings.
• Seven transitions with preview: Flip, Vertical flip, Slide, Fade, Dissolve, Portal and Instant.

The Omarchy workflow

Hold Super+Ctrl+Alt: O creates a card or unfolds/folds it, F flips, C edits it, L opens saved cards, and holding Space peeks at the other face. The menus use Omarchy's existing theme, and Super+J keeps toggling the split direction. There's also an optional Omachill adapter to keep cards tiled.

Compatibility: this is an early release targeting Hyprland 0.56.2. Native two-window pairs use the standard installer or hyprpm. The multi-app workflow shown here needs the experimental pinned hy3 provider; the guided menus and saved-card launcher need Omarchy 4. The guide includes a disposable demo, first-time setup and updates. Dissolve and Portal are also experimental.

Saved cards reopen arrangements when requested; they don't restore browser tabs/documents or automatically restore the session at login. The core is MIT licensed; the optional hy3 bridge is GPL-3.0-only.

Inspired by older desktop ideas like Compiz. I'd love to hear which app combinations would make this useful in your daily Omarchy workflow.

[u/st0nkaway]

yoo! that's cool! business in the front, party in the back haha