diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index e2314ca44e64..b85de783ab4e 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,43 +1,33 @@
 pkgbase = hamr
-	pkgdesc = Extensible launcher for Hyprland and Niri built with Quickshell
-	pkgver = 0.17.11
+	pkgdesc = A fast, extensible desktop launcher for Linux
+	pkgver = 1.0.0
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = https://github.com/Stewart86/hamr
-	arch = any
-	license = GPL-3.0-or-later
-	depends = quickshell
-	depends = qt6-5compat
+	arch = x86_64
+	license = MIT
+	makedepends = rust
+	makedepends = cargo
+	makedepends = pkgconf
+	depends = gtk4
+	depends = gtk4-layer-shell
 	depends = python
-	depends = python-click
-	depends = python-loguru
-	depends = python-tqdm
-	depends = python-gobject
-	depends = gnome-desktop-4
-	depends = wl-clipboard
-	depends = cliphist
-	depends = fd
-	depends = fzf
-	depends = xdg-utils
-	depends = libnotify
-	depends = gtk3
-	depends = libpulse
-	depends = jq
-	depends = libqalculate
 	depends = ttf-material-symbols-variable
 	depends = ttf-jetbrains-mono-nerd
-	optdepends = hyprland: Hyprland compositor support
-	optdepends = niri: Niri compositor support
-	optdepends = ttf-readex-pro: Reading font for cards (AUR)
-	optdepends = matugen: Material You color generation from wallpapers
-	optdepends = tesseract: OCR text extraction for screenshot search
-	optdepends = tesseract-data-eng: English OCR language data
-	optdepends = imagemagick: Alternative thumbnail generation
+	optdepends = python-dbus: system dbus integration for plugins
+	optdepends = python-gobject: GObject introspection for plugins
+	optdepends = wl-clipboard: clipboard operations in plugins
+	optdepends = xdg-utils: desktop integration (xdg-open)
+	optdepends = glib2: file operations (gio trash)
+	optdepends = grim: screenshot capture
+	optdepends = slurp: screen region selection
+	optdepends = wf-recorder: screen recording
+	optdepends = swww: animated wallpapers (wallpaper plugin)
+	optdepends = awww: wallpaper management
+	optdepends = playerctl: media player control (player plugin)
 	optdepends = bitwarden-cli: Bitwarden password manager integration
-	optdepends = python-keyring: Secure session storage for Bitwarden plugin
-	optdepends = slurp: Screen region selection for screenshots
-	optdepends = wf-recorder: Screen recording
+	replaces = hamr-qml
 	install = hamr.install
-	source = git+https://github.com/Stewart86/hamr.git
+	source = hamr-1.0.0::git+https://github.com/Stewart86/hamr.git#tag=v1.0.0
 	sha256sums = SKIP
 
 pkgname = hamr
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 714578a708e4..3fe51ca93987 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,79 +1,84 @@
-# Maintainer: Stewart Wong <siwei.wong@gmail.com>
+# Maintainer: Stewart <stewart@anomaly.co>
+# AUR package for hamr - builds from source
+
 pkgname=hamr
-# Version is injected by CI from VERSION file during release
-pkgver=0.17.11
+pkgver=1.0.0
 pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc='Extensible launcher for Hyprland and Niri built with Quickshell'
-arch=('any')
-url='https://github.com/Stewart86/hamr'
-license=('GPL-3.0-or-later')
+pkgdesc="A fast, extensible desktop launcher for Linux"
+arch=('x86_64')
+url="https://github.com/Stewart86/hamr"
+license=('MIT')
 depends=(
-    # Core (quickshell is in extra repo)
-    'quickshell'
-    'qt6-5compat'
-
-    # Python runtime
+    'gtk4'
+    'gtk4-layer-shell'
     'python'
-    'python-click'
 
-    # Thumbnail generation
-    'python-loguru'
-    'python-tqdm'
-    'python-gobject'
-    'gnome-desktop-4'
-
-    # Clipboard
-    'wl-clipboard'
-    'cliphist'
-
-    # File search
-    'fd'
-    'fzf'
-
-    # Desktop integration
-    'xdg-utils'
-    'libnotify'
-    'gtk3'
-    'libpulse'
-    'jq'
-
-    # Calculator
-    'libqalculate'
-
-    # Fonts
+    # Fonts required for UI
     'ttf-material-symbols-variable'
     'ttf-jetbrains-mono-nerd'
 )
-optdepends=(
-    'hyprland: Hyprland compositor support'
-    'niri: Niri compositor support'
-    'ttf-readex-pro: Reading font for cards (AUR)'
-    'matugen: Material You color generation from wallpapers'
-    'tesseract: OCR text extraction for screenshot search'
-    'tesseract-data-eng: English OCR language data'
-    'imagemagick: Alternative thumbnail generation'
-    'bitwarden-cli: Bitwarden password manager integration'
-    'python-keyring: Secure session storage for Bitwarden plugin'
-    'slurp: Screen region selection for screenshots'
-    'wf-recorder: Screen recording'
-    'ocean-sound-theme: Modern sound effects for timer/alarm (recommended)'
-    'sound-theme-freedesktop: Fallback sound effects'
+makedepends=(
+    'rust'
+    'cargo'
+    'pkgconf'
 )
+optdepends=(
+    'python-dbus: system dbus integration for plugins'
+    'python-gobject: GObject introspection for plugins'
+
+    # Desktop integration tools for plugins
+    'wl-clipboard: clipboard operations in plugins'
+    'xdg-utils: desktop integration (xdg-open)'
+    'glib2: file operations (gio trash)'
+
+    # Screenshot plugins
+    'grim: screenshot capture'
+    'slurp: screen region selection'
+
+    # Screen recording
+    'wf-recorder: screen recording'
+
+    # Wallpaper
+    'swww: animated wallpapers (wallpaper plugin)'
+    'awww: wallpaper management'
+
+    # Media player control
+    'playerctl: media player control (player plugin)'
+
+    # Bitwarden integration
+    'bitwarden-cli: Bitwarden password manager integration'
+)
+replaces=('hamr-qml')
+install=hamr.install
 source=("$pkgname-$pkgver::git+${url}.git#tag=v${pkgver}")
 sha256sums=('SKIP')
-install=hamr.install
+
+build() {
+    cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
+    export CARGO_TARGET_DIR=target
+    cargo build --release --locked
+}
 
 package() {
-    cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
+    cd "$pkgname-$pkgver"
 
-    # Install to /etc/xdg/quickshell/hamr (system-wide quickshell config)
-    install -dm755 "$pkgdir/etc/xdg/quickshell/$pkgname"
-    cp -r modules services plugins scripts assets defaults "$pkgdir/etc/xdg/quickshell/$pkgname/"
-    cp *.qml "$pkgdir/etc/xdg/quickshell/$pkgname/"
+    # Install binaries
+    install -Dm755 target/release/hamr "$pkgdir/usr/bin/hamr"
+    install -Dm755 target/release/hamr-daemon "$pkgdir/usr/bin/hamr-daemon"
+    install -Dm755 target/release/hamr-gtk "$pkgdir/usr/bin/hamr-gtk"
+    install -Dm755 target/release/hamr-tui "$pkgdir/usr/bin/hamr-tui"
 
-    # Install hamr command
-    install -Dm755 hamr "$pkgdir/usr/bin/$pkgname"
+    # Install plugins to system location
+    install -dm755 "$pkgdir/usr/share/hamr/plugins"
+    cp -r plugins/* "$pkgdir/usr/share/hamr/plugins/"
 
-    # Install systemd user service (for Niri and other systemd-based compositors)
-    install -Dm644 hamr.service "$pkgdir/usr/lib/systemd/user/hamr.service"
+    # Fix permissions on plugin files
+    find "$pkgdir/usr/share/hamr/plugins" -type f -name "*.py" -exec chmod 755 {} \;
+    find "$pkgdir/usr/share/hamr/plugins" -type f -name "*.json" -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+
+    # Install license
+    install -Dm644 LICENSE "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/LICENSE"
+
+    # Install documentation
+    install -Dm644 README.md "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname/README.md"
 }
diff --git a/hamr.install b/hamr.install
index 10705826cb6d..ef87c1a530e3 100644
--- a/hamr.install
+++ b/hamr.install
@@ -1,101 +1,63 @@
 post_install() {
-    local config_dir="$HOME/.config/hamr"
-    local state_dir="$HOME/.local/state/quickshell/hamr"
-    mkdir -p "$config_dir"
-    mkdir -p "$state_dir"
-
-    if [ ! -f "$config_dir/colors.json" ]; then
-        cp /etc/xdg/quickshell/hamr/defaults/colors.json "$config_dir/colors.json"
-    fi
-
     echo ""
-    echo "==> Hamr has been installed to /etc/xdg/quickshell/hamr"
+    echo "==> Hamr v1.0.0 installed successfully!"
     echo ""
-    echo "==> To start hamr, run:"
-    echo "      hamr"
+    echo "    Start the daemon:  hamr-daemon"
+    echo "    Launch the UI:     hamr-gtk"
     echo ""
-    echo "==> User config and plugins: ~/.config/hamr/"
-    echo "==> Persistent state: ~/.local/state/quickshell/hamr/"
-    echo ""
-    echo "==> Color theme:"
-    echo "      Edit ~/.config/hamr/colors.json directly, or"
-    echo "      configure matugen/wallust to output to this path, or"
-    echo "      symlink to your existing colors (e.g. for end-4/dots-hyprland):"
-    echo "        ln -sf ~/.local/state/quickshell/user/generated/colors.json ~/.config/hamr/colors.json"
-    echo ""
-    echo "==> For Hyprland, add to ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf:"
-    echo "      exec-once = hamr"
-    echo "      bind = Ctrl, Space, exec, hamr toggle"
-    echo ""
-    echo "==> For Niri, enable the systemd service and add keybind:"
-    echo "      systemctl --user enable hamr.service"
-    echo "      systemctl --user add-wants niri.service hamr.service"
-    echo "      systemctl --user start hamr.service"
-    echo ""
-    echo "      # Add to ~/.config/niri/config.kdl binds section:"
-    echo "      Ctrl+Space { spawn \"hamr\" \"toggle\"; }"
-    echo ""
-    echo "==> Troubleshooting:"
-    echo "      View logs: journalctl --user -u hamr -f"
-    echo "      Qt mismatch crash? Rebuild: paru -S quickshell --rebuild"
+    echo "    Plugins are installed to: /usr/share/hamr/plugins/"
+    echo "    User config location:     ~/.config/hamr/"
     echo ""
 }
 
 post_upgrade() {
-    local config_file="$HOME/.config/hamr/hamr.json"
-
-    # Migrate: remove old prefix config if it matches system defaults
-    if [ -f "$config_file" ]; then
-        local default_prefix='{"action":"/","app":">","clipboard":";","emojis":":","file":"~","math":"=","shellCommand":"$","shellHistory":"!","webSearch":"?"}'
-        local current_prefix
-        current_prefix=$(jq -c '.search.prefix // empty' "$config_file" 2>/dev/null)
-
-        if [ -n "$current_prefix" ]; then
-            # Normalize both for comparison (sort keys)
-            local current_sorted
-            local default_sorted
-            current_sorted=$(echo "$current_prefix" | jq -cS '.' 2>/dev/null)
-            default_sorted=$(echo "$default_prefix" | jq -cS '.' 2>/dev/null)
-
-            if [ "$current_sorted" = "$default_sorted" ]; then
-                # Remove the old prefix config since it's the default
-                jq 'del(.search.prefix)' "$config_file" >"$config_file.tmp" && mv "$config_file.tmp" "$config_file"
-                echo "==> Migrated: removed default prefix config (now using actionBarHints)"
-            fi
-        fi
+    if [[ "$(vercmp "$2" "1.0.0")" -lt 0 ]]; then
+        echo ""
+        echo "=========================================="
+        echo "  HAMR v1.0.0 - MAJOR VERSION UPGRADE"
+        echo "=========================================="
+        echo ""
+        echo "  Hamr has been completely rewritten in Rust!"
+        echo ""
+        echo "  BREAKING CHANGES:"
+        echo "  - License changed from GPL-3.0 to MIT"
+        echo "  - QML/Quickshell replaced with native GTK4"
+        echo "  - New plugin system with Python SDK"
+        echo "  - Different configuration format"
+        echo ""
+        echo "  CLEANUP (optional):"
+        echo "  Old QML files may remain at:"
+        echo "    /etc/xdg/quickshell/hamr/"
+        echo "    ~/.config/quickshell/"
+        echo ""
+        echo "  You can safely remove these if not using"
+        echo "  other Quickshell applications."
+        echo ""
+        echo "  NEW COMMANDS:"
+        echo "    hamr-daemon  - Background service"
+        echo "    hamr-gtk     - GTK4 launcher UI"
+        echo "    hamr-tui     - Terminal UI (optional)"
+        echo "    hamr         - CLI tools"
+        echo ""
+        echo "  For migration help, visit:"
+        echo "    https://github.com/Stewart86/hamr"
+        echo ""
+        echo "=========================================="
+        echo ""
+    else
+        echo ""
+        echo "==> Hamr upgraded to v$1"
+        echo ""
     fi
-
-    # Restart hamr after upgrade (was stopped in pre_remove)
-    # Install scripts run as root, so we need to find logged-in users
-    for user in $(loginctl list-users --no-legend 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $2}'); do
-        systemctl --machine="$user@.host" --user start hamr.service 2>/dev/null || true
-    done
-
-    echo ""
-    echo "==> Hamr has been upgraded and restarted."
-    echo ""
-    echo "==> If hamr crashes after a Qt update, rebuild quickshell:"
-    echo "      paru -S quickshell --rebuild"
-    echo ""
-}
-
-pre_upgrade() {
-    # Stop hamr before files are extracted to prevent crash from file watcher
-    # Install scripts run as root, so we need to find logged-in users
-    for user in $(loginctl list-users --no-legend 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $2}'); do
-        systemctl --machine="$user@.host" --user stop hamr.service 2>/dev/null || true
-    done
 }
 
 post_remove() {
-    # Disable systemd service if enabled
-    for user in $(loginctl list-users --no-legend 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $2}'); do
-        systemctl --machine="$user@.host" --user disable hamr.service 2>/dev/null || true
-    done
-
     echo ""
-    echo "==> User data has been preserved. Remove manually if no longer needed:"
-    echo "      rm -rf ~/.config/hamr"
-    echo "      rm -rf ~/.local/state/quickshell/hamr"
+    echo "==> Hamr has been removed."
+    echo ""
+    echo "    User data remains at: ~/.config/hamr/"
+    echo "    ~/.local/share/hamr/"
+    echo ""
+    echo "    Remove these manually if no longer needed."
     echo ""
 }