diff --git a/lyra/web/static/hand.html b/lyra/web/static/hand.html
index 7c5f1df..6a9b05b 100644
--- a/lyra/web/static/hand.html
+++ b/lyra/web/static/hand.html
@@ -247,5 +247,6 @@
     }
     load();
   </script>
+  <script src="/nav.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/lyra/web/static/hands.html b/lyra/web/static/hands.html
index f6d3e36..4bfa51e 100644
--- a/lyra/web/static/hands.html
+++ b/lyra/web/static/hands.html
@@ -80,5 +80,6 @@
     }
     load();
   </script>
+  <script src="/nav.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/lyra/web/static/history.html b/lyra/web/static/history.html
index 43224c1..f46d364 100644
--- a/lyra/web/static/history.html
+++ b/lyra/web/static/history.html
@@ -100,5 +100,6 @@
     }
     load();
   </script>
+  <script src="/nav.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/lyra/web/static/index.html b/lyra/web/static/index.html
index a77a5d6..08d6771 100644
--- a/lyra/web/static/index.html
+++ b/lyra/web/static/index.html
@@ -80,11 +80,6 @@
       <button id="newSessionBtn">➕ New</button>
       <button id="renameSessionBtn">✏️ Rename</button>
       <button id="thinkingStreamBtn" title="Show live activity log">📜 Live Log</button>
-      <a id="fullLogBtn" href="/logs" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Open the full-page log" role="button">⛶ Full Log</a>
-      <a id="sessionBtn" href="/session" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Live session HUD" role="button">🎬 Session</a>
-      <a id="historyBtn" href="/history" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Past sessions" role="button">📚 Sessions</a>
-      <a id="mindBtn" href="/self" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Read her mind — Lyra's current self-state" role="button">🧠 Mind</a>
-      <a id="handsBtn" href="/hands" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Recorded poker hands" role="button">🃏 Hands</a>
     </div>
 
     <!-- Status -->
@@ -990,6 +985,9 @@
         loadSessionList(); // Refresh session list when opening settings
       });
 
+      // Sidebar "Settings" from another page navigates here with ?settings=1.
+      if (new URLSearchParams(location.search).get("settings")) settingsBtn.click();
+
       // Hide modal functions
       const hideModal = () => {
         settingsModal.classList.remove("show");
@@ -1187,5 +1185,6 @@
       });
     });
   </script>
+  <script src="/nav.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/lyra/web/static/journal.html b/lyra/web/static/journal.html
index 89a9c73..7979751 100644
--- a/lyra/web/static/journal.html
+++ b/lyra/web/static/journal.html
@@ -157,5 +157,6 @@
     setInterval(load, 20000);
     document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', () => { if (!document.hidden) load(); });
   </script>
+  <script src="/nav.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/lyra/web/static/logs.html b/lyra/web/static/logs.html
index b368336..457d7be 100644
--- a/lyra/web/static/logs.html
+++ b/lyra/web/static/logs.html
@@ -235,5 +235,6 @@
     }
     connect();
   </script>
+  <script src="/nav.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/lyra/web/static/nav.js b/lyra/web/static/nav.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ce057b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lyra/web/static/nav.js
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/* Shared app navigation — one source of truth across all pages (no build step).
+   Injects a left sidebar on desktop (>=769px) with active-page highlighting; stays
+   out of the way on mobile, where each page keeps its bottom bar / back-links. */
+(function () {
+  const ITEMS = [
+    { href: "/",        icon: "💬", label: "Chat" },
+    { href: "/session", icon: "♠",  label: "Session" },
+    { href: "/history", icon: "📚", label: "History" },
+    { href: "/hands",   icon: "🃏", label: "Hands" },
+    { href: "/self",    icon: "🧠", label: "Mind" },
+    { href: "/journal", icon: "📔", label: "Journal" },
+    { href: "/logs",    icon: "📜", label: "Logs" },
+  ];
+
+  const path = location.pathname;
+  function isActive(href) {
+    if (href === "/") return path === "/" || path === "";
+    if (href === "/hands") return path === "/hands" || path.indexOf("/hand") === 0;
+    if (href === "/history") return path.indexOf("/history") === 0 || path.indexOf("/recap") === 0;
+    return path === href || path.indexOf(href + "/") === 0;
+  }
+
+  const css = `
+    #app-nav { display: none; }
+    @media screen and (min-width: 769px) {
+      body { padding-left: 212px; }
+      #app-nav {
+        position: fixed; left: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 212px; z-index: 1000;
+        display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 2px; box-sizing: border-box;
+        padding: 14px 10px; background: #0b0b0b; border-right: 1px solid #2a1d12;
+        font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif;
+      }
+      #app-nav .brand {
+        display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; text-decoration: none;
+        color: #ff7a00; font-weight: 700; font-size: 1.15rem; letter-spacing: .5px;
+        padding: 6px 11px 14px;
+      }
+      #app-nav .brand .dot { width: 8px; height: 8px; border-radius: 50%;
+        background: #8fd694; box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(143,214,148,.6); }
+      #app-nav .navitem {
+        display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 11px; width: 100%; text-align: left;
+        padding: 9px 11px; border-radius: 9px; border: none; background: none;
+        color: #cfcfcf; text-decoration: none; font-size: .95rem; cursor: pointer;
+        font-family: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
+      }
+      #app-nav .navitem .i { font-size: 1.05rem; width: 20px; text-align: center; filter: grayscale(.3); }
+      #app-nav .navitem:hover { background: rgba(255,122,0,.08); color: #fff; }
+      #app-nav .navitem.active { background: rgba(255,122,0,.14); color: #ff7a00; }
+      #app-nav .navitem.active .i { filter: none; }
+      #app-nav .spacer { flex: 1; }
+    }`;
+
+  const style = document.createElement("style");
+  style.textContent = css;
+  document.head.appendChild(style);
+
+  const nav = document.createElement("nav");
+  nav.id = "app-nav";
+  nav.setAttribute("aria-label", "App navigation");
+  nav.innerHTML =
+    '<a class="brand" href="/"><span class="dot"></span> Lyra</a>' +
+    ITEMS.map(function (it) {
+      return '<a class="navitem' + (isActive(it.href) ? " active" : "") + '" href="' + it.href + '">' +
+        '<span class="i">' + it.icon + '</span><span class="l">' + it.label + "</span></a>";
+    }).join("") +
+    '<div class="spacer"></div>' +
+    '<button class="navitem" id="navSettings" type="button"><span class="i">⚙</span><span class="l">Settings</span></button>';
+  document.body.insertBefore(nav, document.body.firstChild);
+
+  // Settings opens the chat-page modal; from other pages, jump to chat and open it.
+  nav.querySelector("#navSettings").addEventListener("click", function () {
+    const btn = document.getElementById("settingsBtn");
+    if (btn) btn.click();
+    else location.href = "/?settings=1";
+  });
+})();
diff --git a/lyra/web/static/recap.html b/lyra/web/static/recap.html
index e257756..613067d 100644
--- a/lyra/web/static/recap.html
+++ b/lyra/web/static/recap.html
@@ -74,5 +74,6 @@
     }
     load();
   </script>
+  <script src="/nav.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/lyra/web/static/self.html b/lyra/web/static/self.html
index f959e8a..be0da2f 100644
--- a/lyra/web/static/self.html
+++ b/lyra/web/static/self.html
@@ -195,5 +195,6 @@
     setInterval(refresh, 12000);
     document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', () => { if (!document.hidden) refresh(); });
   </script>
+  <script src="/nav.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/lyra/web/static/session.html b/lyra/web/static/session.html
index dbc674c..8b7c943 100644
--- a/lyra/web/static/session.html
+++ b/lyra/web/static/session.html
@@ -355,5 +355,6 @@
     if (!SID) setInterval(refresh, 5000);  // live HUD polls; a past session is static
     document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', () => { if (!document.hidden) refresh(); });
   </script>
+  <script src="/nav.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>