diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.tsx
index 0c2ed62d235..16d5baa8a4c 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.tsx
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ import { useStore } from '@nanostores/react'
 import type * as React from 'react'
 
 import { writeSessionDrag } from '@/app/chat/composer/inline-refs'
+import { PlatformAvatar } from '@/app/messaging/platform-icon'
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'
 import { Codicon } from '@/components/ui/codicon'
 import type { SessionInfo } from '@/hermes'
 import { type Translations, useI18n } from '@/i18n'
 import { sessionTitle } from '@/lib/chat-runtime'
 import { triggerHaptic } from '@/lib/haptics'
+import { normalizeSessionSource, sessionSourceLabel } from '@/lib/session-source'
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 import { $attentionSessionIds } from '@/store/session'
 
@@ -66,6 +68,9 @@ export function SidebarSessionRow({
   const r = t.sidebar.row
   const title = sessionTitle(session)
   const age = formatAge(session.last_active || session.started_at, r)
+  const sourceId = normalizeSessionSource(session.source)
+  const sourceLabel = sessionSourceLabel(sourceId)
+  const showSource = Boolean(sourceId && sourceLabel && !['desktop', 'local', 'tui'].includes(sourceId))
   const handleLabel = `Reorder ${title}`
   // Subscribe per-row (the leaf) instead of drilling a set through the list —
   // the atom is tiny and rarely non-empty. True when a clarify prompt in this
@@ -176,12 +181,25 @@ export function SidebarSessionRow({
                 needsInput ? 'overflow-visible' : 'overflow-hidden'
               )}
             >
-            <SidebarRowDot isWorking={isWorking} needsInput={needsInput} />
-          </span>
+              <SidebarRowDot isWorking={isWorking} needsInput={needsInput} />
+            </span>
           )}
           <span className="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate text-[0.8125rem] font-normal text-(--ui-text-secondary) group-hover:text-foreground group-data-[working=true]:text-foreground/90">
             {title}
           </span>
+          {showSource && sourceId && sourceLabel && (
+            <span
+              className="hidden shrink-0 items-center gap-1 rounded-[4px] bg-(--ui-bg-tertiary) px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[0.625rem] leading-none text-(--ui-text-tertiary) sm:inline-flex"
+              title={`${sourceLabel} session`}
+            >
+              <PlatformAvatar
+                className="size-3.5 rounded-[3px] text-[0.5rem] [&_svg]:size-2.5"
+                platformId={sourceId}
+                platformName={sourceLabel}
+              />
+              <span className="max-w-16 truncate">{sourceLabel}</span>
+            </span>
+          )}
         </button>
         <div className="relative z-2 grid w-[1.375rem] place-items-center">
           {!isWorking && (
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/app/messaging/platform-icon.tsx b/apps/desktop/src/app/messaging/platform-icon.tsx
index 6a0b32a7a81..4a6be4354db 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/app/messaging/platform-icon.tsx
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/app/messaging/platform-icon.tsx
@@ -28,15 +28,17 @@ import { cn } from '@/lib/utils'
 type IconKind = 'brand' | 'generic'
 
 interface PlatformIconSpec {
-  Icon: ComponentType<SVGProps<SVGSVGElement>>
+  Icon?: ComponentType<SVGProps<SVGSVGElement>>
   color: string
   kind: IconKind
+  monogram?: string
 }
 
 const PLATFORM_ICONS: Record<string, PlatformIconSpec> = {
   telegram: { Icon: SiTelegram, color: '#26A5E4', kind: 'brand' },
   discord: { Icon: SiDiscord, color: '#5865F2', kind: 'brand' },
   // Slack removed from Simple Icons by Salesforce request — letter monogram.
+  slack: { color: '#4A154B', kind: 'brand', monogram: 'S' },
   mattermost: { Icon: SiMattermost, color: '#0058CC', kind: 'brand' },
   matrix: { Icon: SiMatrix, color: '#000000', kind: 'brand' },
   signal: { Icon: SiSignal, color: '#3A76F0', kind: 'brand' },
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ export function PlatformAvatar({ className, platformId, platformName }: Platform
         color
       }}
     >
-      <Icon className="size-3.5" />
+      {Icon ? <Icon className="size-3.5" /> : spec.monogram || platformName.charAt(0).toUpperCase()}
     </span>
   )
 }
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/session-search.test.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/session-search.test.ts
index aa40fe59c0c..00027ff3186 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/session-search.test.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/session-search.test.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ describe('sessionMatchesSearch', () => {
     expect(sessionMatchesSearch(session, 'hermes-agent')).toBe(true)
   })
 
+  it('matches sessions by source platform and aliases', () => {
+    expect(sessionMatchesSearch(makeSession({ source: 'telegram' }), 'Telegram')).toBe(true)
+    expect(sessionMatchesSearch(makeSession({ source: 'whatsapp' }), 'WhatsApp')).toBe(true)
+    expect(sessionMatchesSearch(makeSession({ source: 'whatsapp' }), 'wa')).toBe(true)
+    expect(sessionMatchesSearch(makeSession({ source: 'slack' }), 'slack')).toBe(true)
+    expect(sessionMatchesSearch(makeSession({ source: 'bluebubbles' }), 'imessage')).toBe(true)
+  })
+
   it('does not match unrelated queries', () => {
     expect(sessionMatchesSearch(makeSession(), 'totally-unrelated')).toBe(false)
   })
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/session-search.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/session-search.ts
index b8ee6ebf30c..6ec6dde85e4 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/session-search.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/session-search.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import type { SessionInfo } from '@/types/hermes'
 
 import { sessionTitle } from './chat-runtime'
+import { sessionSourceSearchTerms } from './session-source'
 
 export function sessionMatchesSearch(session: SessionInfo, query: string): boolean {
   const needle = query.trim().toLowerCase()
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ export function sessionMatchesSearch(session: SessionInfo, query: string): boole
     session._lineage_root_id ?? '',
     sessionTitle(session),
     session.preview ?? '',
-    session.cwd ?? ''
+    session.cwd ?? '',
+    ...sessionSourceSearchTerms(session.source)
   ].some(value => value.toLowerCase().includes(needle))
 }
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/session-source.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/session-source.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8940999985f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/session-source.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+const SOURCE_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
+  api_server: 'API',
+  bluebubbles: 'iMessage',
+  cli: 'CLI',
+  codex: 'Codex',
+  desktop: 'Desktop',
+  discord: 'Discord',
+  email: 'Email',
+  gateway: 'Gateway',
+  local: 'Local',
+  matrix: 'Matrix',
+  mattermost: 'Mattermost',
+  qqbot: 'QQ',
+  signal: 'Signal',
+  slack: 'Slack',
+  sms: 'SMS',
+  telegram: 'Telegram',
+  tui: 'TUI',
+  webhook: 'Webhook',
+  weixin: 'WeChat',
+  whatsapp: 'WhatsApp',
+  yuanbao: 'Yuanbao'
+}
+
+const SOURCE_ALIASES: Record<string, string[]> = {
+  bluebubbles: ['apple messages', 'imessage'],
+  cli: ['terminal'],
+  desktop: ['app', 'gui'],
+  local: ['machine'],
+  qqbot: ['qq'],
+  telegram: ['tg'],
+  tui: ['terminal'],
+  weixin: ['wechat'],
+  whatsapp: ['wa']
+}
+
+export function normalizeSessionSource(source: null | string | undefined): string | null {
+  const id = source?.trim().toLowerCase()
+
+  return id || null
+}
+
+export function sessionSourceLabel(source: null | string | undefined): string | null {
+  const id = normalizeSessionSource(source)
+
+  if (!id) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  return SOURCE_LABELS[id] || id.replace(/[_-]+/g, ' ').replace(/\b\w/g, char => char.toUpperCase())
+}
+
+export function sessionSourceSearchTerms(source: null | string | undefined): string[] {
+  const id = normalizeSessionSource(source)
+  const label = sessionSourceLabel(id)
+
+  if (!id) {
+    return []
+  }
+
+  return [id, label ?? '', ...(SOURCE_ALIASES[id] ?? [])].filter(Boolean)
+}