diff --git a/src/App.svelte b/src/App.svelte
index 6d5d376..e4e989d 100644
--- a/src/App.svelte
+++ b/src/App.svelte
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
     import GlassBar from "./components/GlassBar.svelte";
     import { previewUi } from "./lib/preview/previewSession.svelte.js";
     import Home from "./views/Home.svelte";
-    import Soulseek from "./views/Soulseek.svelte";
     import Community from "./views/Community.svelte";
     import Library from "./views/Library.svelte";
     import Settings from "./views/Settings.svelte";
@@ -48,9 +47,12 @@
         // their ids stay routable so the download ring, "get on soulseek"
         // hand-offs, history entries and restored sessions all land on the
         // hub's right tab (the alias → tab sync lives in Soulseek.svelte).
-        soulseek: Soulseek,
-        search: Soulseek,
-        downloads: Soulseek,
+        // The hub is fused into Community (2026-09-02); its ids still route
+        // so the download ring, "get on soulseek" hand-offs and restored
+        // sessions land on the right pill (Community reads the alias).
+        soulseek: Community,
+        search: Community,
+        downloads: Community,
         community: Community,
         library: Library,
         settings: Settings,
diff --git a/src/components/Sidebar.svelte b/src/components/Sidebar.svelte
index 35296d6..958303c 100644
--- a/src/components/Sidebar.svelte
+++ b/src/components/Sidebar.svelte
@@ -190,15 +190,15 @@
     // lights up for them too.
     const items = [
         { id: "home", label: "Home", icon: "home" },
-        { id: "soulseek", label: "Soulseek", icon: "globe" },
         { id: "community", label: "Community", icon: "users" },
         { id: "library", label: "Your Library", icon: "library" },
         { id: "settings", label: "Settings", icon: "settings" },
         { id: "playlists", label: "Playlists", icon: "playlist" },
     ];
-    const HUB_ALIASES = new Set(["soulseek", "search", "downloads"]);
+    // The Soulseek hub is fused into Community; its ids light that entry.
+    const HUB_ALIASES = new Set(["community", "soulseek", "search", "downloads"]);
     const itemActive = (item) =>
-        item.id === "soulseek" ? HUB_ALIASES.has(ui.view) : ui.view === item.id;
+        item.id === "community" ? HUB_ALIASES.has(ui.view) : ui.view === item.id;
 
     // ---- the Soulseek status, moved here out of the title bar ----
     function statusClick() {
@@ -373,13 +373,13 @@
             <button
                 class="nav-item"
                 class:active={itemActive(item)}
-                class:has-count={item.id === "downloads" && downloadCount > 0}
+                class:has-count={item.id === "community" && downloadCount > 0}
                 title={ui.sidebarCollapsed ? item.label : null}
                 onclick={() => navigate(item.id)}
             >
                 <span class="ic"><Icon name={item.icon} size={22} /></span>
                 <span class="lbl">{item.label}</span>
-                {#if item.id === "downloads" && downloadCount > 0}
+                {#if item.id === "community" && downloadCount > 0}
                     <span class="bdg">{downloadCount > 99 ? "99+" : downloadCount}</span>
                 {/if}
                 {#if item.id === "playlists"}
diff --git a/src/components/TitleBar.svelte b/src/components/TitleBar.svelte
index 6393d5a..207d78e 100644
--- a/src/components/TitleBar.svelte
+++ b/src/components/TitleBar.svelte
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@
                 title={dlFlash
                     ? "Downloads finished"
                     : `${dl.active} downloading — open Downloads`}
-                onclick={() => (ui.view = "downloads")}
+                onclick={() => { ui.view = "downloads"; ui.hubJump += 1; }}
             >
                 <svg width="26" height="26" viewBox="0 0 26 26">
                     <circle class="track" cx="13" cy="13" r="9" />
diff --git a/src/lib/community.svelte.js b/src/lib/community.svelte.js
index 32019b4..b7451f5 100644
--- a/src/lib/community.svelte.js
+++ b/src/lib/community.svelte.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function writeJson(key, value) {
     }
 }
 
-export const SECTIONS = ["inbox", "rooms", "people", "discover", "spaces", "you"];
+export const SECTIONS = ["search", "transfers", "browse", "inbox", "rooms", "people", "discover", "spaces", "you"];
 
 export const community = $state({
     section: SECTIONS.includes(readJson(LS_SECTION, "")) ? readJson(LS_SECTION, "") : "inbox",
diff --git a/src/lib/state.svelte.js b/src/lib/state.svelte.js
index 63a7346..d90923f 100644
--- a/src/lib/state.svelte.js
+++ b/src/lib/state.svelte.js
@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@ export const ui = $state({
     windowActive: true,
     // Fullscreen lyrics overlay (LyricsOverlay.svelte) over the content pane.
     lyricsFull: false,
+    // Bumped on every jump to a hub id (search/downloads) so the Community
+    // page switches its pill even when ui.view did not change.
+    hubJump: 0,
 });
 
 export function toggleNowPlaying() {
@@ -1714,6 +1717,9 @@ const identityWarmupDone = new Set();
 export function goToView(view, opts = {}) {
     captureScroll();
     ui.view = view;
+    // The hub's routable ids are pills on the Community page; a repeat jump
+    // to one (already on that view) still has to switch the pill.
+    if (view === "search" || view === "downloads") ui.hubJump += 1;
     if (opts.albumId !== undefined) ui.albumId = opts.albumId;
     if (opts.playlistId !== undefined) ui.playlistId = opts.playlistId;
     recordVisit({ view, label: opts.label ?? VIEW_LABELS[view] ?? view, glyph: VIEW_GLYPHS[view] ?? null, ...opts });
@@ -1721,11 +1727,13 @@ export function goToView(view, opts = {}) {
 
 const VIEW_LABELS = {
     home: "Home",
-    soulseek: "Soulseek",
+    // The hub is fused into Community (2026-09-02): its three routable ids
+    // land on that page's pills and read as that page in the trail.
+    soulseek: "Community",
     community: "Community",
-    search: "Search",
+    search: "Community",
     library: "Your Library",
-    downloads: "Downloads",
+    downloads: "Community",
     settings: "Settings",
     playlists: "Playlists",
     playlist: "Playlist",
@@ -1733,11 +1741,11 @@ const VIEW_LABELS = {
 };
 const VIEW_GLYPHS = {
     home: "home",
-    soulseek: "globe",
+    soulseek: "users",
     community: "users",
-    search: "search",
+    search: "users",
     library: "library",
-    downloads: "download",
+    downloads: "users",
     settings: "settings",
     playlists: "playlist",
     playlist: "music",
diff --git a/src/views/Community.svelte b/src/views/Community.svelte
index 3835aa5..708ddf7 100644
--- a/src/views/Community.svelte
+++ b/src/views/Community.svelte
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@
     import { onMount, untrack } from "svelte";
     import Icon from "../components/Icon.svelte";
     import Identicon, { hueOf } from "../components/Identicon.svelte";
+    import Soulseek from "./Soulseek.svelte";
     import * as api from "../lib/api.js";
     import {
         app,
+        ui,
         slsk,
         downloads,
         network,
@@ -61,6 +63,30 @@
         if (app.connection === "online") void loadBuddies();
     });
 
+    // ---- the fused hub -------------------------------------------------------
+    // Search, Transfers and Browse are the Soulseek hub rendered embedded;
+    // its old Chat / Users / Rooms tabs map onto this page's own sections.
+    const HUB_SECTIONS = new Set(["search", "transfers", "browse"]);
+    const hubOpen = $derived(HUB_SECTIONS.has(community.section));
+    function fromHub(tab) {
+        const map = { chat: "inbox", users: "people", rooms: "rooms" };
+        const s = map[tab] ?? tab;
+        if (s !== community.section) setSection(s);
+    }
+    // The hub's routable ids (the download ring, "get on soulseek", Home's
+    // CTA) arrive as ui.view; a repeat jump bumps ui.hubJump.
+    $effect(() => {
+        const v = ui.view;
+        void ui.hubJump;
+        const s = v === "search" ? "search" : v === "downloads" ? "transfers" : null;
+        if (s) untrack(() => setSection(s));
+    });
+    const TRANSFER_DONE = new Set(["complete", "failed", "cancelled"]);
+    const transfersActive = $derived(
+        Object.values(downloads.items).filter((d) => !TRANSFER_DONE.has(d.state)).length
+            + Object.values(network.uploads).filter((u) => u.state === "transferring").length,
+    );
+
     // ---- small helpers -------------------------------------------------------
     const key = $derived(personaKey());
     const profile = $derived(community.profile);
@@ -133,7 +159,7 @@
     // Hand-offs into the Soulseek hub: browse lives there.
     function browseUser(u) {
         slsk.browseRequest = u;
-        goToView("soulseek");
+        setSection("browse");
     }
     function messageUser(u) {
         openChat(u);
@@ -442,6 +468,12 @@
 
     <!-- ── the pills ──────────────────────────────────────────────────── -->
     <div class="qtabs">
+        <button class="qtab" class:on={community.section === "search"} onclick={() => setSection("search")}>Search</button>
+        <button class="qtab" class:on={community.section === "transfers"} onclick={() => setSection("transfers")}>
+            Transfers{#if transfersActive}<span class="n">{transfersActive}</span>{/if}
+        </button>
+        <button class="qtab" class:on={community.section === "browse"} onclick={() => setSection("browse")}>Browse</button>
+        <span class="pillsep" aria-hidden="true"></span>
         <button class="qtab" class:on={community.section === "inbox"} onclick={() => setSection("inbox")}>
             Inbox{#if unreadTotal}<span class="n">{unreadTotal}</span>{/if}
         </button>
@@ -462,8 +494,12 @@
         </button>
     </div>
 
+    <!-- ── SEARCH · TRANSFERS · BROWSE — the hub, embedded ─────────────── -->
+    {#if hubOpen}
+        <Soulseek embedded section={community.section} onsection={fromHub} />
+
     <!-- ── INBOX ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────── -->
-    {#if community.section === "inbox"}
+    {:else if community.section === "inbox"}
         {#if !convos.length}
             <div class="empty">
                 <Icon name="inbox" size={30} />
diff --git a/src/views/Soulseek.svelte b/src/views/Soulseek.svelte
index 1541f2a..aad6c4a 100644
--- a/src/views/Soulseek.svelte
+++ b/src/views/Soulseek.svelte
@@ -42,12 +42,27 @@
     import Icon from "../components/Icon.svelte";
     import PlaylistMenu from "../components/PlaylistMenu.svelte";
 
+    // Fused into the Community area (2026-09-02): the page renders this hub
+    // EMBEDDED for its Search / Transfers / Browse pills and owns the pill
+    // row itself; Rooms, Chat and Users below are the retired originals of
+    // Community's Rooms, Inbox and People (same stores), left in place for
+    // the standalone shape. `onsection` reports every tab change so a
+    // "message this user" from a search result lands on Community's Inbox.
+    let { embedded = false, section = null, onsection = null } = $props();
     const aliasTab = (v) =>
         v === "downloads" ? "transfers" : v === "search" ? "search" : null;
-    let tab = $state(aliasTab(ui.view) ?? "transfers");
+    let tab = $state(untrack(() => section) ?? aliasTab(ui.view) ?? "transfers");
     $effect(() => {
         const t = aliasTab(ui.view);
-        if (t) untrack(() => (tab = t));
+        if (t && !embedded) untrack(() => (tab = t));
+    });
+    $effect(() => {
+        const s = section;
+        if (embedded && s) untrack(() => (tab = s));
+    });
+    $effect(() => {
+        const t = tab;
+        if (embedded) untrack(() => onsection?.(t));
     });
 
     // ---- transfers ----------------------------------------------------
@@ -348,7 +363,8 @@
     };
 </script>
 
-<div class="slsk">
+<div class="slsk" class:embedded>
+    {#if !embedded}
     <div class="qtabs">
         <button class="qtab" class:on={tab === "transfers"} onclick={() => (tab = "transfers")}>
             Transfers
@@ -372,6 +388,7 @@
             {#if slsk.buddies.length}<span class="n">{slsk.buddies.length}</span>{/if}
         </button>
     </div>
+    {/if}
 
     <!-- ═══ TRANSFERS ═══ -->
     {#if tab === "transfers"}
@@ -828,6 +845,12 @@
         padding-top: calc(var(--bar-h) + 18px);
         padding-bottom: 40px;
     }
+    /* Inside the Community page the shell is the page's; the hub is only
+       the tab body. */
+    .slsk.embedded {
+        padding-top: 0;
+        padding-bottom: 0;
+    }
 
     /* ── the Qt tab row ── */
     .qtabs {