Ports and Alternative Builds of Meowrch
Meowrch is an open-source project. The community sometimes ships alternative builds and ports for other platforms and distributions. These are not official Meowrch releases — each build is maintained and supported by its maintainer.
What counts as a “port” or “build”
Section titled “What counts as a “port” or “build””This section includes:
- Ports to other distributions (e.g., NixOS);
- Builds for other platforms (e.g., MacBook on Apple Silicon).
Known community builds
Section titled “Known community builds”- Meowrch for NixOS — a full NixOS port (home-manager + flakes).
Repository: NixOS-Meowrch - Meowrch for MacBook (Apple Silicon) — Arch-based build for MacBook M1 via Asahi Linux.
Repository: meowrch-asahi - Meowrch for MacBook + NixOS — NixOS on MacBook M1 via Asahi Linux.
Repository: NixOS-Asahi-Kennel
Before you install
Section titled “Before you install”- These builds may differ in functionality from the main Meowrch release.
- Updates depend on the fork maintainer.
- Installation and support are usually handled via the fork repository, not the main Meowrch repo.
If you need a stable and fully supported version, use the main Meowrch for Arch.
Planned or discussed ports
Section titled “Planned or discussed ports”- openSUSE — there was an initiative, but there’s no maintainer yet. Follow the discussion: issue #12.