diff --git a/ui-tui/src/__tests__/providers.test.ts b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/providers.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a46102e893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-tui/src/__tests__/providers.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import { providerDisplayNames } from '../domain/providers.js'
+
+describe('providerDisplayNames', () => {
+  it('returns bare names when all are unique', () => {
+    expect(providerDisplayNames([{ name: 'Anthropic', slug: 'anthropic' }, { name: 'OpenAI', slug: 'openai' }])).toEqual(
+      ['Anthropic', 'OpenAI']
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('appends slug to every collision so the disambiguation is symmetric', () => {
+    expect(
+      providerDisplayNames([
+        { name: 'Kimi For Coding', slug: 'kimi-coding' },
+        { name: 'Kimi For Coding', slug: 'kimi-coding-cn' }
+      ])
+    ).toEqual(['Kimi For Coding (kimi-coding)', 'Kimi For Coding (kimi-coding-cn)'])
+  })
+
+  it('only disambiguates the colliding group', () => {
+    expect(
+      providerDisplayNames([
+        { name: 'Anthropic', slug: 'anthropic' },
+        { name: 'Foo', slug: 'foo-a' },
+        { name: 'Foo', slug: 'foo-b' }
+      ])
+    ).toEqual(['Anthropic', 'Foo (foo-a)', 'Foo (foo-b)'])
+  })
+
+  it('falls back to plain name if slug is empty', () => {
+    expect(
+      providerDisplayNames([
+        { name: 'Foo', slug: '' },
+        { name: 'Foo', slug: '' }
+      ])
+    ).toEqual(['Foo', 'Foo'])
+  })
+
+  it('skips disambiguation when slug equals name', () => {
+    expect(
+      providerDisplayNames([
+        { name: 'foo', slug: 'foo' },
+        { name: 'foo', slug: 'foo' }
+      ])
+    ).toEqual(['foo', 'foo'])
+  })
+
+  it('handles empty input', () => {
+    expect(providerDisplayNames([])).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  it('preserves order', () => {
+    const input = [
+      { name: 'Z', slug: 'z' },
+      { name: 'A', slug: 'a1' },
+      { name: 'A', slug: 'a2' }
+    ]
+
+    expect(providerDisplayNames(input)).toEqual(['Z', 'A (a1)', 'A (a2)'])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/components/modelPicker.tsx b/ui-tui/src/components/modelPicker.tsx
index 10a00cdf19..1bc95481da 100644
--- a/ui-tui/src/components/modelPicker.tsx
+++ b/ui-tui/src/components/modelPicker.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Box, Text, useInput } from '@hermes/ink'
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 
+import { providerDisplayNames } from '../domain/providers.js'
 import type { GatewayClient } from '../gatewayClient.js'
 import type { ModelOptionProvider, ModelOptionsResponse } from '../gatewayTypes.js'
 import { asRpcResult, rpcErrorMessage } from '../lib/rpc.js'
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ export function ModelPicker({ gw, onCancel, onSelect, sessionId, t }: ModelPicke
 
   const provider = providers[providerIdx]
   const models = provider?.models ?? []
+  const names = useMemo(() => providerDisplayNames(providers), [providers])
 
   useInput((ch, key) => {
     if (key.escape) {
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ export function ModelPicker({ gw, onCancel, onSelect, sessionId, t }: ModelPicke
 
   if (stage === 'provider') {
     const rows = providers.map(
-      p => `${p.is_current ? '*' : ' '} ${p.name} · ${p.total_models ?? p.models?.length ?? 0} models`
+      (p, i) => `${p.is_current ? '*' : ' '} ${names[i]} · ${p.total_models ?? p.models?.length ?? 0} models`
     )
 
     const { items, off } = visibleItems(rows, providerIdx)
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@ export function ModelPicker({ gw, onCancel, onSelect, sessionId, t }: ModelPicke
         Select Model
       </Text>
 
-      <Text color={t.color.dim}>{provider?.name || '(unknown provider)'}</Text>
+      <Text color={t.color.dim}>{names[providerIdx] || '(unknown provider)'}</Text>
       {!models.length ? <Text color={t.color.dim}>no models listed for this provider</Text> : null}
       {provider?.warning ? <Text color={t.color.label}>warning: {provider.warning}</Text> : null}
       {off > 0 && <Text color={t.color.dim}> ↑ {off} more</Text>}
diff --git a/ui-tui/src/domain/providers.ts b/ui-tui/src/domain/providers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02cc99b922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui-tui/src/domain/providers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+export const providerDisplayNames = (providers: readonly { name: string; slug: string }[]): string[] => {
+  const counts = new Map<string, number>()
+
+  for (const p of providers) {
+    counts.set(p.name, (counts.get(p.name) ?? 0) + 1)
+  }
+
+  return providers.map(p => {
+    const dup = (counts.get(p.name) ?? 0) > 1
+
+    if (!dup || !p.slug || p.slug === p.name) {
+      return p.name
+    }
+
+    return `${p.name} (${p.slug})`
+  })
+}