Equestria OS

Make Your Computer Feel Like Home.

Say goodbye to bloated systems, confusing settings, and endless updates. Equestria OS is a lightning-fast, beautifully customized operating system where everything just works. Whether you're gaming, drawing, or just browsing the web, experience a computer that respects your time and reflects your personality.

💖 A Solo Passion Project

Built by a fan, for the herd. Equestria OS is developed entirely by one person as a passion project. This isn't just a generic system—it's the exact same operating system I use every single day as my daily driver!

Because I'm building this solo, there might be occasional rough edges. I'm pouring my heart into making it magical, so I welcome your constructive feedback and support. Welcome to the family!

✨ Ready for Your Everyday Life

Everything you need is already here, pre-configured and ready to go.

• No Complex Commands: I believe computers should be accessible. Install apps, manage your system, and tweak settings entirely through friendly, beautiful graphical windows.
• Breathe New Life into Your PC: Built on a rock-solid, lightweight Linux foundation. Your computer will feel incredibly fast and responsive, with absolutely zero pre-installed junk slowing you down.
• Offline Survival Kit: No internet? No problem. Install essential drivers and popular software directly from the system itself without needing to go online.
• The Welcome Hub: Instantly dive into the fandom. Access community games, legendary music, and helpful support forums right from your desktop.

Install the Apps You Need

Start with the app you want. Search the Software Center for it, or open a package you already downloaded in AppInstaller. Equestria OS brings several Linux software sources into the same desktop workflow.

• Find an app in Software Center. Search Arch repositories (pacman), the community-run Arch User Repository (AUR), and Flatpak apps from Flathub. Selected GitHub Releases are also available and installed as packages tracked by pacman.
• Open a downloaded package with AppInstaller. If a developer offers a .deb or .rpm, open it in the graphical wizard and review the detected dependencies. AppInstaller extracts the package files and skips maintainer scripts, so packages that rely on those scripts may need extra setup.
• Manage what you installed. Use Equestria Package Manager to review installed software and remove apps, including Flatpaks.

🖌️ Create Art Without Limits

Meet Image Finish—a custom-built, powerful alternative to professional photo editors. It runs lightning-fast right out of the box, without the need for heavy emulators.

• Instantly Familiar: If you know how to use standard photo editors, you'll feel right at home. Layers, blending modes, and all your essential tools are exactly where you expect them to be.
• Smooth Performance: Whether you are cropping a quick meme or drawing a massive digital painting with dozens of layers, enjoy buttery-smooth drawing without lag.
• One-Click Install: To keep your computer perfectly clean, it isn't force-installed. But when you're ready to create, it's just one click away in the Software Center.

📸 Elevate Your Photography

Meet Light Image—a custom-built, powerful alternative to professional photo managers and RAW processors. Bring out the best in your shots with lightning-fast non-destructive editing right out of the box.

• Ultimate RAW Control: If you know how to use standard photo editors, you'll feel right at home. Exposure, shadows, highlights, and precision color wheels are exactly where you expect them to be.
• No-Lag Color Grading: Whether you are tweaking a single portrait or batch-applying custom presets to hundreds of vacation photos at once, enjoy buttery-smooth slider responses without annoying loading delays.
• One-Click Install: To keep your computer perfectly clean, it isn't force-installed. But when you're ready to edit, it's just one click away in the Software Center.

Apps in Character Themes

🍷 Your Favorite Windows Apps, Right Here

I've built an invisible bridge for your software using a deeply integrated Proton Engine (the same technology built by Valve for the Steam Deck).

• Just Double-Click: No confusing tutorials or third-party launchers required. Simply double-click your familiar Windows .exe files, and the system handles the magic behind the scenes.
• Safe & Isolated: Every Windows application is placed in its own secure "bubble". Even if an old game crashes, your main system stays perfectly clean, stable, and safe from viruses.
• Honest Expectations: While Proton works magic for thousands of games and apps, it's a constantly evolving technology. Some complex Windows programs or multiplayer games with strict anti-cheat might not run perfectly just yet.
• Fix Issues Instantly: App acting up? Right-click it to completely reset its cache with a single button. No technical knowledge required.

Tools for Game and App Development

• Equestria Unreal Launcher: Manage Unreal Engine installations and projects, choose the engine version for each project, and launch the editor. The launcher can download Linux builds through Epic, install the Fab plugin from a Linux archive, and adjust shader cache and compilation settings.
• UniPy Studio: Write Python and PyQt6 apps or work on Unity C# projects in a Linux editor with Visual Studio-style shortcuts. With Roslyn configured, you get C# completion, diagnostics, and go-to-definition. Python analysis uses Pyright when installed, with Jedi available for completion. A Unity package lets you select UniPy Studio as your external script editor.

Audio, Color, and Graphics Tools

• Equestria Converter: Extract audio from video or convert audio to formats such as MP3, Opus, FLAC, and WAV. You can also create a video from an audio file.
• Equestria Recorder: Record microphone input to WAV and trim the recording in the same app.
• Equestria Picker: Sample a color from the screen and copy it as HEX, RGB, or HSL, or in a code-ready format for Unity or Unreal Engine.
• Equestria GPU: Inspect each graphics card separately and check driver versions and Vulkan support when troubleshooting games or graphics apps.

🛠️ Computer Management, Made Human

I took the most frustrating parts of owning a computer and turned them into simple, foolproof tools.

• Smart File Mover: Running out of space on your main drive? Move massive game folders to another disk with one click. The system creates an invisible shortcut, so your games still think they are exactly where you left them!
• Visual Disk Manager: Plug in a new hard drive and set it up for your Steam library in seconds. No permission errors, no terminal commands—just click and play.
• Simple Task Control: View and manage background apps just like you would in the Windows Task Manager, complete with helpful safety tips for beginners.

System Recovery and Memory Management

• Equestria Save Point: On a Btrfs installation, take system snapshots and restore an earlier state. Enable automatic snapshots before changes to native system packages.
• Equestria Swap Manager: Create a swap file or configure zram, which keeps compressed swap in RAM. Set the size and compression algorithm through a graphical interface.

Notes, Planning, and Batch File Tools

• Equestria Notes: Keep notes as ordinary Markdown or text files in folders you choose. Add images and tables, and tick off tasks directly in the preview.
• Equestria Calendar: See moon phases in month, week, and year views. Set recurring reminders with advance alerts that still fire while the app is in the system tray.
• Equestria Clock: Set one-time or recurring alarms with snooze, run a countdown timer, or track elapsed time with a stopwatch. Alarms and timers still ring while the app is minimized to the system tray.
• Equestria Rename Helper: Find and replace text across file names, preview the changes before applying them, and undo a rename from the history.

🎨 A Desktop That Reflects You

Your computer should look exactly the way you want it to. My visual editor gives you absolute freedom to redesign your workspace in seconds.

• One-Click Transformations: Choose your favorite pony, and Equestria OS will instantly adapt! Your system colors, wallpapers, and even icons will shift to match your favorite My Little Pony or Equestria Girls character's unique style.
• Design Your Layout: Want your taskbar to look like macOS? A classic Windows bottom bar? Or something completely unique? Switch between them instantly.
• Total Aesthetic Control: Change transparency, pick custom colors, and arrange your screen exactly how you like it—all through a simple drag-and-drop builder.

📸 Desktop and Terminal

🖥️ Tech Specs & Under the Hood

⚙️ System Requirements

• Architecture: 64-bit (x86_64)
• RAM: 4 GB minimum (8 GB+ recommended for gaming & creative workflows)
• Storage: At least 30 GB of free disk space (SSD highly recommended)
• Graphics: OpenGL 3.3 compatible (NVIDIA, AMD, or Intel)

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🤝 Join the Herd

Your feedback is true magic to me! If you encounter bugs, have feature ideas, or want to peek at how things work under the hood, come say hi on GitHub.