Why takhiOS
It's Arch — with the installer, filesystem, and polish Arch never had.
The web installer
A guided web installer with a visual partition editor, hardware detection, and a live terminal.
bcachefs, first-class
Native encryption, snapshots, tiered storage, and checksums — with full GUI support.
Every desktop, one click
Pick any desktop — GNOME, KDE, Hyprland, Niri and more — with the right display manager configured automatically.
AUR + curated apps
Curated apps plus full AUR search during install. Export your setup as JSON.
Safe by design
Type the disk name to confirm any wipe. Windows partitions are locked and labeled.
Supply-chain integrity
Package hashes are verified during install — via SecAdvisor when available, or a local SHA-256 check — with a live integrity stream.
Limine bootloader
BIOS and UEFI from one config — including CSM boot for 20-year-old machines.
NVIDIA + nouveau, both
Modern GPUs get nvidia-open; old cards fall back to the open-source nouveau driver.
Persistent & encrypted — your whole OS on a stick
Actually persistent
Not a read-only live ISO. Files, settings, and apps survive every reboot.
Encrypted by default
bcachefs native encryption — a passphrase at boot.
Your desk, anywhere
Boot any PC. Your data stays on the stick, never touching the host.
tmpfs keeps you fast & clean
Volatile state in RAM, not on the stick.
Survives the sudden unplug
Copy-on-write journaling + checksums, tuned for removable media.
No telemetry, ever
No tracking, no cookies, no phone-home.
Who should use takhiOS
takhiOS is a full operating system first — a daily driver you can rely on, carried as one file and kept in sync everywhere. You don't have to be a nomad, a developer or an admin; if you use a computer, there's a place for you here.
The everyday user
A full daily driver. Browse, write, edit, watch — and everything stays synced, so no machine is ever out of date.
The professional
Work you cannot afford to lose, synced the easy way. Your whole machine backed up as one file, restored anywhere.
The nomad
Carry your whole OS on a USB stick — boot any PC, work, unplug.
The privacy-conscious
No telemetry, no tracking, no forced accounts — encryption you control.
The developer
Real Arch + AUR. Reproduce a machine from one config.
The homelabber
Run it as a server, a VM or a second machine. One image, many roles.
The server operator
Run takhiOS headless on a server or VPS — key-only SSH, SSH-only firewall, a serial console.
The locker host
Turn your own VPS into a Locker and keep every world synced and restorable — no account with anyone else.
The hardware reviver
A 20-year-old laptop or a new RTX — one image boots both.
The explorer
Try different desktops from a single USB before you commit.
The admin
Deploy identical machines with an exported config.
The multi-device household
One synced world on every family machine — without managing each one by hand.