diff --git a/apps/desktop/electron/main/plugin-launcher-state.ts b/apps/desktop/electron/main/plugin-launcher-state.ts
index 336b1b6fb2..85e09ca51b 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/electron/main/plugin-launcher-state.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/electron/main/plugin-launcher-state.ts
@@ -15,11 +15,12 @@ import { join } from "node:path";
 export const PLUGIN_LAUNCHER_STATE_FILE = "plugin-launcher-state.json";
 
 /**
- * The launcher must fit eight columns without squeezing: below this width the
- * grid drops to six columns, which is the one thing the user cannot undo by
- * dragging.
+ * The launcher opens wide enough for a 48px icon and a readable name in every
+ * one of its eight columns. Below this floor a tile is about 90px wide and the
+ * longest names start losing characters, so the window refuses to go narrower
+ * rather than let the grid squeeze.
  */
-export const PLUGIN_LAUNCHER_MIN_WIDTH = 560;
+export const PLUGIN_LAUNCHER_MIN_WIDTH = 800;
 /**
  * Height is not a user preference any more: the renderer measures what it
  * renders and asks for exactly that height through
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ export const PLUGIN_LAUNCHER_MIN_CONTENT_HEIGHT = 120;
 /** Wider than this the eight tiles stop being scannable. */
 export const PLUGIN_LAUNCHER_MAX_WIDTH = 1280;
 export const PLUGIN_LAUNCHER_MAX_HEIGHT = 940;
-export const PLUGIN_LAUNCHER_DEFAULT_WIDTH = 760;
+export const PLUGIN_LAUNCHER_DEFAULT_WIDTH = 900;
 /** Initial height before the panel has measured itself. */
 export const PLUGIN_LAUNCHER_DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 440;
 
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/launcher/LauncherTileButton.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/components/launcher/LauncherTileButton.tsx
index 2afaa2d23c..f7f33d0cf5 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/launcher/LauncherTileButton.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/launcher/LauncherTileButton.tsx
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import type { LauncherTile } from "../../lib/launcher-search";
 import { IconPin } from "../icons";
 
 /**
- * One grid cell: icon, type badge, and name — plus its own pin toggle.
+ * One grid cell: a rounded-square icon and the name, plus its own pin toggle.
  *
- * Every cell has the same three parts so the eight-column grid stays aligned:
- * the icon shape (square plugin, round application) and the small type badge
- * carry the source, and the name replaces the old second text line, which used
- * to explain why the item matched. A long name is ellipsized instead of
- * wrapping, which would break the row rhythm.
+ * Every source renders the same shape at the same size, so the grid reads as
+ * one set of tools and the whole line below the icon belongs to the name. The
+ * source still appears in the hover title for anyone who needs it, but it no
+ * longer costs a corner of the icon or a word of the name. A long name is
+ * ellipsized instead of wrapping, which would break the row rhythm.
  *
  * The pin sits in the corner and is only visible while the cell is hovered,
  * active or focused; an already pinned cell keeps it visible and filled.
@@ -71,10 +71,7 @@ export function LauncherTileButton({
         title={title}
         onClick={onOpen}
       >
-        <span
-          className={`plugin-launcher-icon plugin-launcher-icon-${tile.kind}`}
-          aria-hidden
-        >
+        <span className="plugin-launcher-icon" aria-hidden>
           {showIcon ? (
             <img
               src={tile.iconDataUrl}
@@ -86,10 +83,7 @@ export function LauncherTileButton({
             <span className="plugin-launcher-monogram">{tile.monogram}</span>
           )}
         </span>
-        <span className="plugin-launcher-tile-line">
-          <span className="plugin-launcher-tile-name">{tile.name}</span>
-          <span className="plugin-launcher-tile-type">{typeLabel}</span>
-        </span>
+        <span className="plugin-launcher-tile-name">{tile.name}</span>
       </button>
       <button
         type="button"
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/styles/plugin-launcher.css b/apps/desktop/src/styles/plugin-launcher.css
index d25c2d8725..d994b8d009 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/styles/plugin-launcher.css
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/styles/plugin-launcher.css
@@ -188,73 +188,50 @@ html[data-surface="plugin-launcher"] #root {
 }
 
 /*
- * Shape is the fastest source signal: plugins are square, applications are
- * round. The type badge beside the name repeats it in words.
+ * Every tile carries the same rounded square. Plugin panels and installed
+ * applications used to differ by shape and by a word beside the name; the grid
+ * now reads as one set of tools, and the whole line below the icon belongs to
+ * the name. The icon grew to 48px so it can carry the identity on its own.
  */
 .plugin-launcher-icon {
-  width: 34px;
-  height: 34px;
-  flex: 0 0 34px;
+  width: 48px;
+  height: 48px;
+  flex: 0 0 48px;
   display: grid;
   place-items: center;
   overflow: hidden;
+  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
   background: var(--ds-tile-deep);
   color: var(--ds-text-primary);
 }
 
-.plugin-launcher-icon-plugin {
-  border-radius: var(--radius-sm);
-}
-
-.plugin-launcher-icon-app {
-  border-radius: var(--radius-full);
-}
-
 .plugin-launcher-icon img {
-  width: 26px;
-  height: 26px;
+  width: 34px;
+  height: 34px;
   object-fit: contain;
-  /** Native icons are already round or square; never stretch them. */
+  /** A platform icon is already an icon; never stretch it. */
   pointer-events: none;
 }
 
 .plugin-launcher-monogram {
-  font-size: var(--text-sm-plus);
+  font-size: var(--text-xl);
   font-weight: var(--font-weight-semibold);
   line-height: var(--leading-tighter);
 }
 
-/* Name and type badge share one line; the name is the part that truncates. */
-.plugin-launcher-tile-line {
-  width: 100%;
-  min-width: 0;
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: baseline;
-  justify-content: center;
-  gap: 4px;
-  overflow: hidden;
-}
-
 .plugin-launcher-tile-name {
+  width: 100%;
   min-width: 0;
   overflow: hidden;
   color: inherit;
   font-size: var(--text-xs);
   font-weight: var(--font-weight-medium-plus);
   line-height: var(--leading-compact);
+  text-align: center;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
-.plugin-launcher-tile-type {
-  flex: 0 0 auto;
-  color: var(--ds-text-faint);
-  font-size: var(--text-2xs, 10px);
-  font-weight: var(--font-weight-normal);
-  line-height: var(--leading-compact);
-  white-space: nowrap;
-}
-
 /* The pin is quiet until the cell is under the pointer or focus. */
 .plugin-launcher-pin {
   position: absolute;
diff --git a/apps/desktop/test/plugin-launcher-window.test.mjs b/apps/desktop/test/plugin-launcher-window.test.mjs
index 604e3077a5..f19b1b0e66 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/test/plugin-launcher-window.test.mjs
+++ b/apps/desktop/test/plugin-launcher-window.test.mjs
@@ -78,13 +78,16 @@ test("launcher renderer supports keyboard selection and has no window controls",
   assert.match(styles, /html\[data-surface="plugin-launcher"\][\s\S]*background: transparent/);
 });
 
-test("the launcher grid is eight fixed columns with square plugins and round apps", () => {
+test("the launcher grid is eight fixed columns with one tile shape", () => {
   assert.match(
     styles,
     /\.plugin-launcher-grid \{[\s\S]*grid-template-columns: repeat\(8, minmax\(0, 1fr\)\)/,
   );
-  assert.match(styles, /\.plugin-launcher-icon-plugin \{[\s\S]*border-radius: var\(--radius-sm\)/);
-  assert.match(styles, /\.plugin-launcher-icon-app \{[\s\S]*border-radius: var\(--radius-full\)/);
+  // One shape for every source: no per-kind icon rule and no type badge.
+  assert.match(styles, /\.plugin-launcher-icon \{[\s\S]*width: 48px/);
+  assert.match(styles, /\.plugin-launcher-icon \{[\s\S]*border-radius: var\(--radius-lg\)/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(styles, /plugin-launcher-icon-(plugin|app)/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(styles, /plugin-launcher-tile-type/);
 });
 
 test("the launcher window is resizable and remembers its size", () => {
diff --git a/docs/adr/0343-plugin-launcher-local-apps.md b/docs/adr/0343-plugin-launcher-local-apps.md
index d42b5f950e..6fec92edff 100644
--- a/docs/adr/0343-plugin-launcher-local-apps.md
+++ b/docs/adr/0343-plugin-launcher-local-apps.md
@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@ app data directory, not host-core user data.
 ## Consequences
 
 - One shortcut opens "anything openable" — plugin panels and installed
-  applications — with a source tag on every tile so the user can tell them
-  apart even when the names collide.
+  applications — in one grid that renders every source as the same rounded
+  square. The trade-off is deliberate: the panel no longer tells a plugin from
+  an application before the user opens it, which buys a wider name line for
+  every tile; a shared name still lists both entries rather than one.
 - The privilege boundary is a window, not a permission: revoking it means
   removing the channel, not editing a plugin manifest. The launcher window runs
   with `contextIsolation`, `sandbox`, and no Node integration like every other
diff --git a/docs/spec/06-delivery/04-e2e-test-plan.md b/docs/spec/06-delivery/04-e2e-test-plan.md
index 7a0131836e..65f3cf78d5 100644
--- a/docs/spec/06-delivery/04-e2e-test-plan.md
+++ b/docs/spec/06-delivery/04-e2e-test-plan.md
@@ -19694,6 +19694,8 @@ their separate platform acceptance.
   8. Paste 500 characters of garbage into the search field.
   9. Pin an application, quit, restart, and reopen the launcher with an empty
      input.
+ 10. Install a plugin whose name matches an installed application (for example
+     `Calculator`) and open the launcher with an empty input.
 - **Expected**: Step 1 shows `Recently used` with two rows of eight tiles and
   `Pinned` with one row of eight once the user has pins; the recents header
   reports the true number of remembered items and offers `Show all {count} →`
@@ -19708,8 +19710,10 @@ their separate platform acceptance.
   plugin from recents, pins, and matches while every other tile still opens.
   Step 8 keeps the panel responsive (no frozen input, no unhandled error) and
   reports no match, because input longer than 256 characters is never matched
-  against a trigger. Step 9 still shows the pinned application in the `Pinned`
-  row.
+  row. Step 10 lists both entries with the identical 48px rounded square and the
+  same name line — the source is only in the hover title — and opening the plugin
+  row still lands in the plugin panel while the application row launches the
+  program.
 - **Automation**: `pnpm --filter @pi-desktop/desktop test` runs the offline
   coverage for these rules: `launcher-search.test.mjs` (ranking order, section
   caps, overflow total, trigger whole-input matching, the 256-character limit
diff --git a/docs/spec/07-plugins/18-plugin-launcher.md b/docs/spec/07-plugins/18-plugin-launcher.md
index 08206990d6..28b685ceca 100644
--- a/docs/spec/07-plugins/18-plugin-launcher.md
+++ b/docs/spec/07-plugins/18-plugin-launcher.md
@@ -87,22 +87,20 @@ closes the panel, focuses the main window, and opens the plugin market page
 
 ## 4. Tiles
 
-Every tile shows the same three parts:
+Every tile shows the same two parts:
 
-- the icon — an application's platform icon, or a monogram for a plugin and for
-  an application whose icon could not be read; an `<img>` that fails to load
-  falls back to the monogram instead of leaving a hole;
-- the name, ellipsized when it does not fit;
-- a type badge on the same line as the name — `Plugin` or `App`.
+- the icon — 48px, and the same rounded square for every source: an
+  application's platform icon, or a monogram for a plugin and for an
+  application whose icon could not be read; an `<img>` that fails to load falls
+  back to the monogram instead of leaving a hole;
+- the name, ellipsized when it does not fit, on a line of its own.
 
-A tile does not explain why it matched: there is no second line, so every tile is
-the same height and the eight-column grid stays aligned. The `title` tooltip
-carries `name · type` (plus the executable name for an application) and never the
-launcher payload.
-
-Plugins render a square tile and applications a circular one. A plugin and an
-application that share a name are therefore both listed and visually
-distinguishable rather than deduplicated.
+A tile does not explain why it matched, and it does not announce what kind of
+item it is: plugin panels and installed applications render identically, so the
+whole line under the icon belongs to the name and the grid reads as one set of
+tools. The `title` tooltip still carries `name · type` (plus the executable name
+for an application) and never the launcher payload. A plugin and an application
+that share a name are therefore both listed rather than deduplicated.
 
 Each tile carries a pin toggle in its corner (§8) with `aria-pressed` and the
 `Pin to panel` / `Unpin` label. It is hidden until the tile is hovered, active,
@@ -242,9 +240,10 @@ ADR [0343](../../adr/0343-plugin-launcher-local-apps.md) records this decision.
 
 ## 10. Window size, position, and state
 
-- The window is resizable between 560 and 1280 DIP wide; the minimum width is the
-  smallest width at which eight columns still fit without squeezing, and the
-  maximum keeps eight tiles scannable.
+- The window is resizable between 800 and 1280 DIP wide and opens at 900. The
+  floor is the narrowest width at which an eight-column row still leaves a 48px
+  icon and a readable name in every cell; the maximum keeps eight tiles
+  scannable.
 - Height always fits the content. The renderer measures the search row, the
   natural height of the results content, the footer, and the panel padding and
   reports the total through `pi-desktop/pluginLauncher/contentHeight`; the host
diff --git a/docs/zh-CN/spec/07-plugins/18-plugin-launcher.md b/docs/zh-CN/spec/07-plugins/18-plugin-launcher.md
index 376bfe9917..8cdef954da 100644
--- a/docs/zh-CN/spec/07-plugins/18-plugin-launcher.md
+++ b/docs/zh-CN/spec/07-plugins/18-plugin-launcher.md
@@ -48,15 +48,14 @@
 
 ## 4. 磁贴
 
-每个磁贴都只有同样的三部分：
+每个磁贴都只有同样的两部分：
 
-- 图标——应用使用平台图标；插件、以及读不到图标的应用使用首字母色块；`<img>` 加载失败也回退到色块，不会留下空洞；
-- 名称，放不下时以省略号截断；
-- 与名称同一行的类型徽标——`Plugin` 或 `App`。
+- 图标——48px，所有来源统一为圆角方形：应用使用平台图标，插件、以及读不到图标的应用使用首字母色块；`<img>` 加载失败也回退到色块，不会留下空洞；
+- 名称独占图标下方的一整行，放不下时省略。
 
-磁贴不再解释命中的原因：没有第二行，因此每个磁贴高度一致，八列网格保持对齐。`title` 提示为 `名称 · 类型`（应用还会附上可执行文件名），绝不包含启动载荷。
+磁贴不再解释命中原因，也不再说明条目类型：插件面板与已安装应用外观完全一致，图标下方整行都留给名称，网格读起来就是一套工具。`title` 提示仍为 `名称 · 类型`（应用还会附上可执行文件名），绝不包含启动载荷。
 
-插件使用方形磁贴，应用使用圆形磁贴。因此同名插件与应用会同时列出并且在视觉上可区分，而不是被去重。
+同名插件与应用仍会同时列出，而不是被去重——只是不再靠形状或徽标区分。
 
 每个磁贴右上角有一个图钉，带 `aria-pressed` 与 `Pin to panel` / `Unpin` 标签。它只在悬停、激活或聚焦时显示，已固定的磁贴常显，且不进入 Tab 序列——面板只由搜索框驱动。
 
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@
 
 ## 10. 窗口尺寸、位置与状态
 
-- 窗口宽度可在 560 与 1280 DIP 之间缩放；最小宽度是八列仍能完整排布的最小宽度，最大值保证八列磁贴仍可扫读。
+- 窗口宽度可在 800 与 1280 DIP 之间缩放，默认打开 900；下限保证八列里每格仍放得下 48px 图标与可读名称，上限保证八列磁贴仍可扫读。
 - 高度始终贴合内容。渲染端测量搜索行、结果内容的自然高度、底部栏以及面板内边距，并通过 `pi-desktop/pluginLauncher/contentHeight` 上报总高度；主进程将其钳制在 120–940 DIP 后设置内容尺寸，因此面板既不会带着空白打开，也不会裁掉一行。
 - 宽度与位置持久化在 `<data dir>/plugin-launcher-state.json`，由主进程尽力写入并做防抖（`apps/desktop/electron/main/plugin-launcher-state.ts`）。高度不是用户偏好：记住的高度只是首次测量到达前的起点。
 - 只有整个面板仍能落在即将打开的工作区内时，才会采用记住的位置；否则在該工作区重新居中。