diff --git a/apps/x/apps/main/forge.config.cjs b/apps/x/apps/main/forge.config.cjs
index 7806f6cd..b6f15b66 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/main/forge.config.cjs
+++ b/apps/x/apps/main/forge.config.cjs
@@ -86,6 +86,21 @@ module.exports = {
                 }
             }
         },
+        {
+            name: require.resolve('./makers/maker-pacman.cjs'),
+            platforms: ['linux'],
+            config: {
+                name: 'rowboat',
+                bin: 'rowboat',
+                executableName: 'rowboat',
+                description: 'AI coworker with memory',
+                maintainer: 'rowboatlabs',
+                homepage: 'https://rowboatlabs.com',
+                license: 'Apache',
+                icon: path.join(__dirname, 'icons/icon.png'),
+                mimeType: ['x-scheme-handler/rowboat'],
+            }
+        },
         {
             name: '@electron-forge/maker-zip',
             platform: ["darwin", "win32", "linux"],
diff --git a/apps/x/apps/main/makers/maker-pacman.cjs b/apps/x/apps/main/makers/maker-pacman.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4cae1da9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/x/apps/main/makers/maker-pacman.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+// Custom Electron Forge maker that produces Arch Linux .pkg.tar.zst packages
+// via makepkg. Runs only on Linux with makepkg available (i.e. an Arch host).
+//
+// CJS on purpose: forge.config.cjs require()s us.
+
+const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const { execSync } = require('child_process');
+
+const MakerBase = require('@electron-forge/maker-base').default;
+
+const ARCH_MAP = { x64: 'x86_64', arm64: 'aarch64', ia32: 'i686', armv7l: 'armv7h' };
+
+class MakerPacman extends MakerBase {
+    name = 'pacman';
+    defaultPlatforms = ['linux'];
+
+    isSupportedOnCurrentPlatform() {
+        if (process.platform !== 'linux') return false;
+        try {
+            execSync('command -v makepkg', { stdio: 'ignore' });
+            return true;
+        } catch {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    async make({ dir, makeDir, targetArch, packageJSON, appName }) {
+        const pkgArch = ARCH_MAP[targetArch] || targetArch;
+
+        const cfg = this.config || {};
+        const pkgName = (cfg.name || appName || packageJSON.name).toLowerCase();
+        // pacman pkgver disallows '-'; map prerelease tags through.
+        const pkgVersion = String(packageJSON.version || '0.0.0').replace(/-/g, '_');
+        const pkgDesc = (cfg.description || packageJSON.description || '').replace(/"/g, '\\"');
+        const maintainer = cfg.maintainer || 'unknown';
+        const homepage = cfg.homepage || packageJSON.homepage || '';
+        const license = cfg.license || 'custom';
+        const bin = cfg.bin || pkgName;
+        const execName = cfg.executableName || appName || pkgName;
+        const mimeTypes = cfg.mimeType || [];
+        const depends = cfg.depends || [];
+        const iconSrc = cfg.icon;
+
+        const outDir = path.resolve(path.join(makeDir, 'pacman', targetArch));
+        await this.ensureDirectory(outDir);
+
+        // Clean prior contents so makepkg starts fresh each run.
+        for (const f of fs.readdirSync(outDir)) {
+            fs.rmSync(path.join(outDir, f), { recursive: true, force: true });
+        }
+
+        // Wrapper script — execs the packaged Electron binary, forwards args (incl. rowboat:// URLs).
+        fs.writeFileSync(
+            path.join(outDir, bin),
+            `#!/bin/sh\nexec "/opt/${pkgName}/${execName}" "$@"\n`,
+            { mode: 0o755 },
+        );
+
+        const desktop = [
+            '[Desktop Entry]',
+            `Name=${appName || pkgName}`,
+            `Comment=${pkgDesc}`,
+            `Exec=${bin} %U`,
+            `Icon=${pkgName}`,
+            'Type=Application',
+            'Categories=Utility;',
+            'Terminal=false',
+            mimeTypes.length ? `MimeType=${mimeTypes.join(';')};` : null,
+            '',
+        ].filter(Boolean).join('\n');
+        fs.writeFileSync(path.join(outDir, `${pkgName}.desktop`), desktop);
+
+        const sources = [bin, `${pkgName}.desktop`];
+        let iconInstall = '';
+        if (iconSrc && fs.existsSync(iconSrc)) {
+            fs.copyFileSync(iconSrc, path.join(outDir, 'icon.png'));
+            sources.push('icon.png');
+            iconInstall = `  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/icon.png" "$pkgdir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/${pkgName}.png"`;
+        }
+
+        const sumsLine = sources.map(() => "'SKIP'").join(' ');
+        const sourceLine = sources.map((s) => `'${s}'`).join(' ');
+        const dependsLine = depends.map((d) => `'${d}'`).join(' ');
+        // Embed the packager output dir as a bash-safe literal.
+        const appDirEscaped = dir.replace(/'/g, `'\\''`);
+
+        const pkgbuild = `# Maintainer: ${maintainer}
+# Auto-generated by maker-pacman.cjs — do not edit by hand.
+pkgname=${pkgName}
+pkgver=${pkgVersion}
+pkgrel=1
+pkgdesc="${pkgDesc}"
+arch=('${pkgArch}')
+url="${homepage}"
+license=('${license}')
+depends=(${dependsLine})
+options=('!strip' '!debug')
+source=(${sourceLine})
+sha256sums=(${sumsLine})
+
+_appdir='${appDirEscaped}'
+
+package() {
+  install -dm755 "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname"
+  cp -a "$_appdir/." "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/"
+
+  # Electron's sandbox helper needs setuid root for the namespace sandbox.
+  if [ -f "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/chrome-sandbox" ]; then
+    chmod 4755 "$pkgdir/opt/$pkgname/chrome-sandbox"
+  fi
+
+  install -Dm755 "$srcdir/${bin}" "$pkgdir/usr/bin/${bin}"
+  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/${pkgName}.desktop" "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/${pkgName}.desktop"
+${iconInstall}
+}
+`;
+        fs.writeFileSync(path.join(outDir, 'PKGBUILD'), pkgbuild);
+
+        execSync('makepkg -f --noconfirm --nodeps', {
+            cwd: outDir,
+            stdio: 'inherit',
+            env: { ...process.env, PKGEXT: '.pkg.tar.zst', CARCH: pkgArch },
+        });
+
+        return fs
+            .readdirSync(outDir)
+            .filter((f) => f.endsWith('.pkg.tar.zst'))
+            .map((f) => path.join(outDir, f));
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = MakerPacman;
+module.exports.default = MakerPacman;
diff --git a/apps/x/apps/main/package.json b/apps/x/apps/main/package.json
index 3330c3c0..b6edd064 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/main/package.json
+++ b/apps/x/apps/main/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "@electron-forge/cli": "^7.10.2",
+        "@electron-forge/maker-base": "^7.11.1",
         "@electron-forge/maker-deb": "^7.11.1",
         "@electron-forge/maker-dmg": "^7.10.2",
         "@electron-forge/maker-rpm": "^7.11.1",
diff --git a/apps/x/pnpm-lock.yaml b/apps/x/pnpm-lock.yaml
index c4e5a8d5..55ec19f2 100644
--- a/apps/x/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/apps/x/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ importers:
       '@electron-forge/cli':
         specifier: ^7.10.2
         version: 7.11.1(encoding@0.1.13)(esbuild@0.24.2)
+      '@electron-forge/maker-base':
+        specifier: ^7.11.1
+        version: 7.11.1
       '@electron-forge/maker-deb':
         specifier: ^7.11.1
         version: 7.11.1