Omacon comes to New York

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TLDR

  • DHH announces OMACON, the first in-person Linux and Omarchy community event, April 10 in NYC at Shopify’s SoHo Space.

Key Takeaways

  • Tickets priced at $299 (offered at cost) for 130 attendees; went on sale February 19 at 10am EST.
  • Speaker lineup includes Hyprland creator Vaxry, ThePrimeagen, TJ DeVries, OpenCode creator Dax Raad, and DHH.
  • Omarchy reached 50,000 ISO downloads per week, 30,000 Discord members, and 300+ contributors since launching last summer.
  • Shopify and Tobi Lutke are hosting the event at their SoHo space with no stated commercial return.
  • Sessions are short-format with mingle time; everything will be recorded for those who can’t attend.

Why It Matters

  • Omarchy’s growth metrics (50k weekly ISO downloads, 30k Discord) show a fast-forming community around a Linux distro less than a year old.
  • TUI tools like OpenCode and Claude Code are cited as concrete drivers of renewed Linux interest across companies of all sizes.
  • The event pattern mirrors Rails World: DHH is deliberately using in-person gatherings to harden open-source community around his projects.

· 2026-02-18 · Read the original

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