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diff --git a/build.ts b/build.ts
index b851b08..b41e091 100644
--- a/build.ts
+++ b/build.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,21 @@ if (COMPILE) {
 		const s = join("dist", lib);
 		if (existsSync(s)) copyFileSync(s, join(tarRoot, lib));
 	}
+
+	// App icon: bundled into every platform tarball; Linux also gets the
+	// desktop entry so the AUR package can install both system-wide
+	// (icon to hicolor, entry to applications/).
+	const iconSrc = join("assets", "App Icon", "App Icon.png");
+	if (existsSync(iconSrc)) {
+		copyFileSync(iconSrc, join(tarRoot, "podtui.png"));
+	}
+	if (platform === "linux") {
+		const desktopSrc = join("packaging", "podtui.desktop");
+		if (existsSync(desktopSrc)) {
+			copyFileSync(desktopSrc, join(tarRoot, "podtui.desktop"));
+		}
+	}
+
 	const tar = Bun.spawnSync([
 		"tar",
 		"-czf",
diff --git a/packaging/aur/PKGBUILD b/packaging/aur/PKGBUILD
index adc24fe..a710ce2 100644
--- a/packaging/aur/PKGBUILD
+++ b/packaging/aur/PKGBUILD
@@ -51,5 +51,13 @@ package() {
 	install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${libdir}/libcavacore.so" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/podtui/libcavacore.so"
 	install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${libdir}/libopentui.so" "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/podtui/libopentui.so"
 	ln -s /usr/lib/podtui/podtui "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/podtui"
+
+	# App icon + desktop entry ship inside the release tarball; Terminal=true
+	# makes launchers drop the TUI into a terminal window.
+	install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${libdir}/podtui.png" \
+		"${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/podtui.png"
+	install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/${libdir}/podtui.desktop" \
+		"${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/podtui.desktop"
+
 	install -Dm644 "${srcdir}/LICENSE" "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}/LICENSE"
 }
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diff --git a/packaging/podtui.desktop b/packaging/podtui.desktop
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index 0000000..612fef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/podtui.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Name=PodTui
+GenericName=Podcast Player
+Comment=Terminal podcast and audio player with waveform visualization
+Exec=podtui
+Icon=podtui
+Terminal=true
+Categories=Audio;AudioVideo;Player;
+Keywords=podcast;audio;player;terminal;
+StartupNotify=false