diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index 13d4e07..383372b 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
     <meta name="description" content="Gecko Asset Manager — a searchable library for your media." />
     <title>Gecko Asset Manager</title>
+    <!-- From src/ rather than public/, so Vite fingerprints them: nginx serves every
+         .svg as immutable for a year, which is only safe for a hashed name. The PNG is
+         for browsers without SVG favicons; sizes="32x32" stops Chrome from preferring
+         it over the SVG. -->
+    <link rel="icon" href="/src/assets/favicon-32.png" sizes="32x32" type="image/png" />
+    <link rel="icon" href="/src/assets/favicon.svg" type="image/svg+xml" />
+    <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/src/assets/apple-touch-icon.png" />
     <script>
       // Applied before first paint, so a dark-mode user never sees a white flash on
       // load. The store takes over once React mounts.
diff --git a/frontend/src/assets/apple-touch-icon.png b/frontend/src/assets/apple-touch-icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca47cfb
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diff --git a/frontend/src/assets/favicon-32.png b/frontend/src/assets/favicon-32.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3d45e5
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diff --git a/frontend/src/assets/favicon.svg b/frontend/src/assets/favicon.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1103b2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/assets/favicon.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64">
+  <!-- GAM's own blue rather than a gecko green: Notes and GAM are routinely open side
+       by side, and two green-lizard tabs cannot be told apart at 16px. -->
+  <defs>
+    <linearGradient id="tile" x1="0" y1="0" x2="1" y2="1">
+      <stop offset="0" stop-color="#3b82f6"/>
+      <stop offset="1" stop-color="#1d4ed8"/>
+    </linearGradient>
+  </defs>
+  <rect width="64" height="64" rx="14" fill="url(#tile)"/>
+  <g fill="#bef264" stroke="#bef264" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round">
+    <path d="M32 35 C32 47 37 55 50 57" fill="none" stroke-width="4.5"/>
+    <path d="M28 21 L21 19 L18 12 M36 21 L43 19 L46 12 M28 33 L21 35 L18 42 M36 33 L43 35 L46 42" fill="none" stroke-width="3.6"/>
+    <path d="M18 12 L16.4 8.3 M18 12 L14.4 10.2 M18 12 L19.2 8.2 M46 12 L47.6 8.3 M46 12 L49.6 10.2 M46 12 L44.8 8.2 M18 42 L16.4 45.7 M18 42 L14.4 43.8 M18 42 L19.2 45.8 M46 42 L47.6 45.7 M46 42 L49.6 43.8 M46 42 L44.8 45.8" fill="none" stroke-width="2"/>
+    <ellipse cx="32" cy="27" rx="5.2" ry="11" stroke="none"/>
+    <path d="M32 2.5 C35.8 3 38.6 7.5 38.2 12.5 C37.9 16 35.2 18.5 32 18.5 C28.8 18.5 26.1 16 25.8 12.5 C25.4 7.5 28.2 3 32 2.5 Z" stroke="none"/>
+  </g>
+  <circle cx="29.4" cy="10.5" r="1.3" fill="#1d4ed8"/>
+  <circle cx="34.6" cy="10.5" r="1.3" fill="#1d4ed8"/>
+</svg>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/AddPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/AddPanel.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0539ae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/AddPanel.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { X } from 'lucide-react'
+import UploadZone from '@/components/UploadZone'
+import UrlImport from '@/components/UrlImport'
+
+export const ADD_PANEL_ID = 'library-add-panel'
+
+interface Props {
+  open: boolean
+  onClose: () => void
+}
+
+/**
+ * The two ways into the library — files and links — folded behind the library's + button.
+ *
+ * Hidden rather than unmounted when closed. Unmounting would throw away a half-pasted
+ * link and the import options with it, and would take an upload's progress bar off the
+ * page while the upload itself carried on in the store; closing the panel is putting
+ * it out of the way, not cancelling anything.
+ *
+ * The `hidden` attribute goes on an element with no display utility of its own:
+ * Tailwind's `[hidden]` rule sits in the base layer, so a `flex` or `grid` class on the
+ * same element would win and the panel would never close.
+ */
+export default function AddPanel({ open, onClose }: Props) {
+  return (
+    <section
+      id={ADD_PANEL_ID}
+      hidden={!open}
+      aria-labelledby={`${ADD_PANEL_ID}-title`}
+      className="rounded-lg border border-gray-200 bg-white p-3 dark:border-gray-700 dark:bg-gray-800"
+    >
+      <div className="mb-2 flex items-center justify-between gap-2">
+        <h2
+          id={`${ADD_PANEL_ID}-title`}
+          className="text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100"
+        >
+          Add to library
+        </h2>
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          onClick={onClose}
+          className="btn btn-ghost p-1"
+          // Named for what it closes: the asset panel beside the grid has a Close too,
+          // and both can be on screen at once.
+          aria-label="Close add panel"
+          title="Close"
+        >
+          <X className="h-4 w-4" />
+        </button>
+      </div>
+      <div className="space-y-3">
+        <UploadZone />
+        <UrlImport />
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/LibraryView.test.tsx b/frontend/src/views/LibraryView.test.tsx
index 55533f0..40bf12d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/LibraryView.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/views/LibraryView.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { act, render, screen, waitFor, within } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { act, fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor, within } from '@testing-library/react'
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event'
 import {
   afterEach,
@@ -312,6 +312,109 @@ describe('LibraryView selection', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('LibraryView add panel', () => {
+  // By role, not label: a role query skips what `hidden` hides, a label query does not.
+  const linkBox = () => screen.queryByRole('textbox', { name: 'Link to import' })
+
+  it('stays folded until + is pressed, and + folds it again', async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup()
+    render(<LibraryView />)
+    await card('First')
+
+    const add = screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Add to library' })
+    expect(add).toHaveAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false')
+    expect(linkBox()).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+
+    await user.click(add)
+    expect(add).toHaveAttribute('aria-expanded', 'true')
+    expect(linkBox()).toBeVisible()
+    expect(screen.getByText(/drop files here/i)).toBeVisible()
+
+    await user.click(add)
+    expect(linkBox()).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+
+  it('closes with its ✕ and puts focus back on +', async () => {
+    /**
+     * The ✕ is hidden by its own click, and focus left on a hidden element drops to
+     * <body> — a keyboard user would be sent back to the top of the page.
+     */
+    const user = userEvent.setup()
+    render(<LibraryView />)
+    await card('First')
+    const add = screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Add to library' })
+
+    await user.click(add)
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Close add panel' }))
+
+    expect(linkBox()).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+    expect(add).toHaveFocus()
+  })
+
+  it('keeps a half-pasted link and its options through a close', async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup()
+    render(<LibraryView />)
+    await card('First')
+    const add = screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Add to library' })
+
+    await user.click(add)
+    await user.type(
+      screen.getByRole('textbox', { name: 'Link to import' }),
+      'youtu.be/abc'
+    )
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: 'Audio only' }))
+    await user.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Close add panel' }))
+    await user.click(add)
+
+    expect(linkBox()).toHaveValue('youtu.be/abc')
+    expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: 'Audio only' })).toBeChecked()
+  })
+
+  it('opens for files dragged over the library, and only for files', async () => {
+    /**
+     * Folded, the drop zone is not on screen to drop onto. Without this, hiding it would
+     * have quietly removed drag-and-drop.
+     */
+    render(<LibraryView />)
+    const tile = await card('First')
+
+    fireEvent.dragEnter(tile, { dataTransfer: { types: ['text/plain'] } })
+    expect(linkBox()).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+
+    fireEvent.dragEnter(tile, { dataTransfer: { types: ['Files'] } })
+    expect(linkBox()).toBeVisible()
+  })
+
+  it('shows an upload still running behind a closed panel on the +', async () => {
+    render(<LibraryView />)
+    await card('First')
+
+    act(() => useLibraryStore.setState({ uploading: true, uploadProgress: 0.45 }))
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'Add to library' })).toHaveTextContent(
+      '45%'
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('offers the panel from an empty library instead of pointing above it', async () => {
+    const user = userEvent.setup()
+    vi.spyOn(assetsApi, 'list').mockResolvedValue({
+      data: [],
+      total: 0,
+      limit: 60,
+      offset: 0,
+    })
+    render(<LibraryView />)
+
+    await user.click(await screen.findByRole('button', { name: 'Add files or a link' }))
+
+    expect(linkBox()).toBeVisible()
+    expect(
+      screen.queryByRole('button', { name: 'Add files or a link' })
+    ).not.toBeInTheDocument()
+  })
+})
+
 describe('LibraryView URL imports', () => {
   function importJob(overrides: Partial<ActivityJob> = {}): ActivityJob {
     return {
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/LibraryView.tsx b/frontend/src/views/LibraryView.tsx
index d1cac35..d8475ac 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/LibraryView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/views/LibraryView.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react'
-import { Library, X } from 'lucide-react'
+import { Library, Loader2, Plus, X } from 'lucide-react'
 import type { Asset } from '@/api/assets'
+import AddPanel, { ADD_PANEL_ID } from '@/components/AddPanel'
 import AssetCard from '@/components/AssetCard'
 import AssetDetail from '@/components/AssetDetail'
 import DetailDock from '@/components/DetailDock'
 import FilterBar from '@/components/FilterBar'
 import SelectionBar from '@/components/SelectionBar'
-import UploadZone from '@/components/UploadZone'
-import UrlImport from '@/components/UrlImport'
 import { isActive, useActivityStore } from '@/stores/activity'
 import { useLibraryStore } from '@/stores/library'
 
@@ -23,6 +22,8 @@ export default function LibraryView() {
   const categoryFilter = useLibraryStore((s) => s.categoryFilter)
   const sourceFilter = useLibraryStore((s) => s.sourceFilter)
   const rejections = useLibraryStore((s) => s.rejections)
+  const uploading = useLibraryStore((s) => s.uploading)
+  const uploadProgress = useLibraryStore((s) => s.uploadProgress)
 
   const load = useLibraryStore((s) => s.load)
   const loadMore = useLibraryStore((s) => s.loadMore)
@@ -31,6 +32,10 @@ export default function LibraryView() {
   const jobs = useActivityStore((s) => s.jobs)
 
   const [openId, setOpenId] = useState<string | null>(null)
+  // Folded by default: the drop zone and link box are used in bursts, and left open
+  // they push the grid down by both their heights on every visit in between.
+  const [addOpen, setAddOpen] = useState(false)
+  const addButtonRef = useRef<HTMLButtonElement>(null)
   const [selected, setSelected] = useState<Set<string>>(new Set())
   // Where a Shift-click range starts. Held in a ref: it steers the next click but
   // nothing renders from it.
@@ -146,6 +151,21 @@ export default function LibraryView() {
     anchorRef.current = null
   }, [])
 
+  // Back to the + that opened it. The ✕ is about to be hidden, and focus left on a
+  // hidden element drops to <body>, putting a keyboard user back at the top of the page.
+  const closeAddPanel = useCallback(() => {
+    setAddOpen(false)
+    addButtonRef.current?.focus()
+  }, [])
+
+  // Folding the drop zone away must not make dropping impossible, or the panel has
+  // traded a feature for the space. Files dragged over the library open it, so the zone
+  // is there by the time the pointer reaches it. Other drags — text, a link, a
+  // thumbnail — are left alone.
+  const openForFiles = useCallback((event: React.DragEvent) => {
+    if (Array.from(event.dataTransfer?.types ?? []).includes('Files')) setAddOpen(true)
+  }, [])
+
   // Read from the live list so an edit made in the panel is reflected behind it.
   const openAsset = useMemo(
     () => assets.find((a) => a.id === openId) ?? null,
@@ -156,15 +176,48 @@ export default function LibraryView() {
     query.trim() || typeFilter || tagFilter.length > 0 || categoryFilter || sourceFilter
   )
 
+  // Shown on the + while the panel is shut, since closing it mid-upload hides the bar
+  // but not the upload.
+  const uploadingOutOfSight = uploading && !addOpen
+  const uploadPercent = `${Math.round(uploadProgress * 100)}%`
+
   return (
     <div className="flex h-full min-h-0">
-      <div className="min-w-0 flex-1 overflow-auto">
+      <div className="min-w-0 flex-1 overflow-auto" onDragEnter={openForFiles}>
         {/* A container query context rather than a max width. What the grid has to
             work with is whatever is left beside the detail panel, and the viewport
             stops describing that the moment the panel is open and drag-resizable. */}
         <div className="@container space-y-4 px-4 py-4">
-          <UploadZone />
-          <UrlImport />
+          <div className="flex items-start gap-2">
+            <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
+              <FilterBar />
+            </div>
+            {/* border-transparent makes it exactly the search box's height, which has a
+                1px border the button otherwise lacks. */}
+            <button
+              ref={addButtonRef}
+              type="button"
+              onClick={() => setAddOpen((open) => !open)}
+              aria-expanded={addOpen}
+              aria-controls={ADD_PANEL_ID}
+              aria-label="Add to library"
+              title={
+                uploadingOutOfSight
+                  ? `Uploading… ${uploadPercent}`
+                  : 'Add files or a link'
+              }
+              className="btn btn-primary shrink-0 border border-transparent px-3 aria-expanded:bg-blue-800"
+            >
+              {uploadingOutOfSight ? (
+                <Loader2 className="h-4 w-4 animate-spin" />
+              ) : (
+                <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
+              )}
+              {uploadingOutOfSight ? uploadPercent : 'Add'}
+            </button>
+          </div>
+
+          <AddPanel open={addOpen} onClose={closeAddPanel} />
 
           {rejections.length > 0 && (
             <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-3 rounded-md border border-amber-300 bg-amber-50 px-3 py-2 text-xs dark:border-amber-800 dark:bg-amber-950/30">
@@ -199,8 +252,6 @@ export default function LibraryView() {
             </p>
           )}
 
-          <FilterBar />
-
           {selected.size > 0 && (
             <SelectionBar
               selected={selected}
@@ -215,7 +266,10 @@ export default function LibraryView() {
               Loading…
             </p>
           ) : assets.length === 0 ? (
-            <EmptyState filtering={filtering} />
+            <EmptyState
+              filtering={filtering}
+              onAdd={addOpen ? undefined : () => setAddOpen(true)}
+            />
           ) : (
             <>
               <div className="flex flex-wrap items-baseline justify-between gap-2">
@@ -262,7 +316,11 @@ export default function LibraryView() {
   )
 }
 
-function EmptyState({ filtering }: { filtering: boolean }) {
+/**
+ * `onAdd` is passed only while the add panel is shut. A new user's first screen would
+ * otherwise say "above" about a drop zone that is folded out of sight.
+ */
+function EmptyState({ filtering, onAdd }: { filtering: boolean; onAdd?: () => void }) {
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-2 py-16 text-center">
       <Library className="h-9 w-9 text-gray-400 dark:text-gray-500" />
@@ -272,8 +330,16 @@ function EmptyState({ filtering }: { filtering: boolean }) {
       <p className="max-w-sm text-sm text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400">
         {filtering
           ? 'Try a different search, or clear the filters.'
-          : 'Drop some files or paste a link above to get started. You can name and describe them later.'}
+          : onAdd
+            ? 'Add some files or a link to get started. You can name and describe them later.'
+            : 'Drop some files or paste a link above to get started. You can name and describe them later.'}
       </p>
+      {!filtering && onAdd && (
+        <button type="button" onClick={onAdd} className="btn btn-primary mt-2">
+          <Plus className="h-4 w-4" />
+          Add files or a link
+        </button>
+      )}
     </div>
   )
 }