Linux creative suite for design, layout, paint & motion
omadesign is a native Linux studio for design, layout, paint, photo, and motion. One document, one layer stack. Open-source (MIT). Built for Linux designers (including Asahi / Omarchy): not GTK or Electron. Install into ~/.local and start a file. v0.5.0: Design, Layout, Pixel, Photo, and Motion with templates, brand kits, and layered file interchange. Still alpha; rough edges welcome as bug reports. Install: curl -fsSL https://omadesign.app/install | sh Site: https://omadesign.app
Hi Product Hunt! I’m Michael, maker of omadesign. This v0.5.0 update was built with GPT-6 Astra: Layout helps shape the work, cloud collaboration keeps the team aligned, and Showcase makes it easy to share. I’d love your feedback on the new workflow—especially if you create on Linux.
About omadesign on Product Hunt
“Linux creative suite for design, layout, paint & motion”
omadesign launched on Product Hunt on September 18th, 2026 and earned 60 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #57 on the daily leaderboard. omadesign is a native Linux studio for design, layout, paint, photo, and motion. One document, one layer stack. Open-source (MIT). Built for Linux designers (including Asahi / Omarchy): not GTK or Electron. Install into ~/.local and start a file. v0.5.0: Design, Layout, Pixel, Photo, and Motion with templates, brand kits, and layered file interchange. Still alpha; rough edges welcome as bug reports. Install: curl -fsSL https://omadesign.app/install | sh Site: https://omadesign.app
On the analytics side, omadesign competes within Design Tools, Photography, GitHub and OpenAI Day — topics that collectively have 447.6k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how omadesign performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted omadesign?
omadesign was hunted by Michael Hurley. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of omadesign including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Michael Hurley