diff --git a/herdr/desktop/layouts/refactoria.json b/herdr/desktop/layouts/refactoria.json
index 1ecdf78..dde3f35 100644
--- a/herdr/desktop/layouts/refactoria.json
+++ b/herdr/desktop/layouts/refactoria.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
           "id": "brand",
           "type": "block",
           "content": {
-            "mod": "workspace-chrome"
+            "mod": "refactoria-chrome"
           },
           "size": {
             "px": 46
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
           "id": "sidebar-footer",
           "type": "block",
           "content": {
-            "mod": "workspace-chrome",
+            "mod": "refactoria-chrome",
             "props": {
               "footer": true
             }
diff --git a/herdr/desktop/mods/refactoria-chrome/logo.png b/herdr/desktop/mods/refactoria-chrome/logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6904dd8
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diff --git a/herdr/desktop/mods/refactoria-chrome/main.js b/herdr/desktop/mods/refactoria-chrome/main.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2f590c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/herdr/desktop/mods/refactoria-chrome/main.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Clone of the shipped workspace-chrome mod: same header and footer, with the
+// Refactoria beard and wordmark in place of the Herdr logo and name.
+import { View, div, image, svg } from "gpui-kit";
+import { h_flex, v_flex } from "gpui-base";
+import { theme, run, props, window, shared, setShared, updates, layout } from "herdr";
+
+function find(node, id) {
+  if (node?.id === id) return node;
+  for (const child of node?.children ?? []) {
+    const found = find(child, id);
+    if (found) return found;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+// The sidebar's rail goes by its width, not a flag: dragging its edge narrows it too.
+const narrow = () => (find(layout(), "sidebar")?.size?.px ?? Infinity) < 160;
+
+// To the rail (on macOS wide enough for the traffic lights), or back to the width it had.
+function toggleSidebar() {
+  const width = find(layout(), "sidebar")?.size?.px;
+  if (!narrow()) setShared("sidebar.width", width);
+  // Mods edited before the rail went by width still read the flag.
+  setShared("sidebar.collapsed", !narrow());
+  run("layout.resize", { id: "sidebar", px: narrow() ? (shared("sidebar.width") ?? 268) : window()?.platform === "macos" ? 76 : 44 });
+}
+
+export default class RefactoriaChrome extends View {
+  button(id, label, action) {
+    const t = theme();
+    return div().id(id).size(26).flex_none().flex().items_center().justify_center().rounded(6).text_color(t.muted).hover(s => s.bg(t.hover).text_color(t.foreground))
+      .on_mouse_down("left", (_e, cx) => cx.stop_propagation()).on_click(action).child(label);
+  }
+  render() {
+    const t = theme();
+    const collapsed = narrow();
+    if (props()?.footer) {
+      const row = (id, icon, label, dim, action) => h_flex().id(id).h(28).px(8).gap(9).items_center().rounded(8)
+        .text_color(dim ? t.dim : t.muted).hover(s => s.bg(t.hover).text_color(t.foreground)).cursor_pointer()
+        .on_click(action).child(svg(`mods/workspace-chrome/${icon}.svg`).size(14))
+        .when(!collapsed, el => el.child(label));
+      return v_flex().size_full().bg(t.chrome).border_t(1).border_color(t.border).px(8).pt(4).pb(8).text_size(13)
+        .child(row("settings", "settings", "Settings", false, () => run("app.settings"))
+          .when(Boolean(updates().app.ready), el => el.child(div().size(6).rounded_full().bg(t.accent))))
+        .child(row("machine", "plus", "Add machine", true, () => run("mod.open", { name: "machine-add" })));
+    }
+    return h_flex().size_full().bg(t.chrome).pl(collapsed ? 6 : 14).pr(10).gap(4).items_center().text_size(13.5)
+      .when(window()?.platform === "macos" && !collapsed, el => el.pl(76))
+      .when(!collapsed, el => el.child(h_flex().flex_1().gap(8).items_center().child(image("mods/refactoria-chrome/logo.png").size(20).rounded(5)).child(image("mods/refactoria-chrome/wordmark.png").h(16).w(108))))
+      .when(!collapsed, el => el.child(this.button("search", svg("mods/workspace-chrome/search.svg").size(15), () => run("mod.open", { name: "picker" }))))
+      // On the macOS rail the traffic lights fill the row; the agents list's » unfolds it.
+      .when(!(collapsed && window()?.platform === "macos"), el => el.child(this.button("sidebar-toggle", svg("mods/workspace-chrome/sidebar.svg").size(15), toggleSidebar)));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/herdr/desktop/mods/refactoria-chrome/mod.json b/herdr/desktop/mods/refactoria-chrome/mod.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79364d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/herdr/desktop/mods/refactoria-chrome/mod.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "place": "none",
+  "cloned_from": {
+    "name": "workspace-chrome"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/herdr/desktop/mods/refactoria-chrome/wordmark.png b/herdr/desktop/mods/refactoria-chrome/wordmark.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ee5054
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diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 7af96ad..808ccb6 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ MANAGED_LINKS=(
   "herdr/desktop/mods/refactoria-agents/mod.json|$HOME/.config/herdr-app/mods/refactoria-agents/mod.json|darwin"
   "herdr/desktop/mods/refactoria-prs/main.js|$HOME/.config/herdr-app/mods/refactoria-prs/main.js|darwin"
   "herdr/desktop/mods/refactoria-prs/mod.json|$HOME/.config/herdr-app/mods/refactoria-prs/mod.json|darwin"
+  "herdr/desktop/mods/refactoria-chrome/main.js|$HOME/.config/herdr-app/mods/refactoria-chrome/main.js|darwin"
+  "herdr/desktop/mods/refactoria-chrome/mod.json|$HOME/.config/herdr-app/mods/refactoria-chrome/mod.json|darwin"
   "ghostty/shaders|$HOME/.config/ghostty/shaders|all"
   "ghostty/profiles/barbatdev.conf|$HOME/.config/ghostty/profiles/barbatdev.conf|darwin"
   "ghostty/profiles/refactoria.conf|$HOME/.config/ghostty/profiles/refactoria.conf|darwin"
@@ -576,6 +578,11 @@ seed_file "$DOTFILES/opencode/tui.json" "$HOME/.config/opencode/tui.json"
 # Herdr Desktop rewrites settings.json (theme picker, zoom keys): seed a copy.
 if [[ "$PLATFORM" == "Darwin" ]]; then
     seed_file "$DOTFILES/herdr/desktop/settings.json" "$HOME/.config/herdr-app/settings.json"
+    # Herdr Desktop does not load mod images through a symlink: copy them.
+    for image in logo.png wordmark.png; do
+        seed_file "$DOTFILES/herdr/desktop/mods/refactoria-chrome/$image" \
+            "$HOME/.config/herdr-app/mods/refactoria-chrome/$image"
+    done
 fi
 # Pi owns settings.json: merge only the RefactorIA appearance keys into it.
 if command -v python3 &>/dev/null; then