Platform Architecture

Parch is Arch Linux with a purpose-built layer on top. Understanding where that layer begins and ends is the difference between working with the distribution and fighting it.

Arch foundations

Pacman and ALPM, the rolling release, the build system Parch inherits.

Repositories

world and Void: how Parch packages are stored, served, and consumed.

System stack

Kernel, initramfs, systemd, bootloaders, and filesystems.

Graphics & display

Wayland, X11 fallback, drivers, and the KDE Plasma desktop.

Persian support

Fonts, locales, input methods, and RTL in the platform.

ISO composition

How profiles, airootfs, and the installer combine into bootable images.

Component map

What Parch maintains itself, and where everything upstream comes from.

The one-picture view

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ First-party apps: Pastor, Welcome, Update, PKM …    │  Parch
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Desktop integration: themes, SDDM/GRUB/PLYMOUTH     │  Parch
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Installer: Calamares (parch flavor)                 │  Parch flavor
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ world repository (parch packages) · Void (testing)  │  Parch
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ISO profiles (parch-iso-*) built with archiso       │  Parch
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ KDE Plasma / GNOME / XFCE / Hyprland                │  upstream
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ pacman + ALPM · systemd · linux kernel · Arch repos │  upstream
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Everything below the ISO-profiles line comes from upstream and follows upstream behavior. Everything above it is Parch's responsibility, and is documented in this portal.

Continue in Platform Architecture

Arch foundationsPacman, ALPM, rolling release, and the build system Parch inherits.Repositoriesworld and Void: how Parch packages are stored, served, and consumed.System stackKernel, initramfs, systemd, bootloaders, and filesystems as Parch uses them.Graphics & displayWayland, X11 fallback, drivers, and the KDE Plasma desktop in Parch.Persian supportFonts, locales, input methods, and RTL support in the platform.ISO compositionHow profiles, airootfs, and the installer combine into bootable images.Component mapWhat Parch maintains itself, and where everything else comes from.