diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 508ecfd..e22310a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
     "dev": "next dev",
     "build": "next build",
     "start": "next start",
-    "lint": "eslint"
+    "lint": "eslint",
+    "test:downloads": "node --experimental-strip-types --test tests/desktop-downloads.test.mjs"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@such-software/smirk-dapp-api": "^0.3.0",
diff --git a/src/app/downloads/DownloadChoices.tsx b/src/app/downloads/DownloadChoices.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69f953b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/downloads/DownloadChoices.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+'use client';
+
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { OFFICIAL_RELEASES, type DesktopRelease, type DesktopPlatform } from '@/lib/desktop-releases';
+import { suggestDesktopPlatform, type SuggestedPlatform } from '@/lib/desktop-platform';
+
+const platforms: { id: DesktopPlatform; label: string; format: string }[] = [
+  { id: 'macos', label: 'macOS', format: 'DMG installer' },
+  { id: 'windows', label: 'Windows', format: 'x64 installer' },
+  { id: 'linux', label: 'Linux', format: 'x86_64 AppImage' },
+];
+
+export default function DownloadChoices({ release }: { release: DesktopRelease | null }) {
+  const [suggested, setSuggested] = useState<SuggestedPlatform>(null);
+  useEffect(() => { setSuggested(suggestDesktopPlatform(navigator.platform, navigator.userAgent, navigator.maxTouchPoints)); }, []);
+  return <>
+    {suggested === 'mobile' && <p className="mb-6 rounded-xl border border-zinc-700 p-4 text-zinc-300">These installers are for desktop computers. Open this page on your Mac, Windows PC, or Linux computer.</p>}
+    <div className="grid gap-4 md:grid-cols-3">
+      {platforms.map(platform => {
+        const href = release?.downloads[platform.id];
+        const preferred = suggested === platform.id;
+        return <section key={platform.id} className={`flex flex-col rounded-2xl border p-6 ${preferred ? 'border-[#fbeb0a] bg-zinc-900' : 'border-zinc-700 bg-zinc-950'}`}>
+          <div className="mb-4 min-h-6 text-xs text-[#fbeb0a]">{preferred ? 'Suggested for your device' : ''}</div>
+          <h2 className="text-2xl font-semibold">{platform.label}</h2>
+          <p className="mt-2 text-sm text-zinc-400">{platform.format}</p>
+          {href ? <a href={href} className="mt-6 rounded-xl bg-[#fbeb0a] px-4 py-3 text-center font-bold text-black hover:bg-[#d4c708] focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-4 focus-visible:outline-white">Download for {platform.label}</a>
+            : <><p className="mt-4 text-sm text-zinc-400">Check the official release for an available installer.</p><a href={OFFICIAL_RELEASES} className="mt-4 rounded-xl border border-zinc-600 px-4 py-3 text-center hover:border-[#fbeb0a]">View releases</a></>}
+        </section>;
+      })}
+    </div>
+    <p className="mt-6 text-xs text-zinc-500">Your device suggestion stays in this browser. You can choose any platform.</p>
+  </>;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/downloads/page.tsx b/src/app/downloads/page.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40b11cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/downloads/page.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import type { Metadata } from 'next';
+import Link from 'next/link';
+import { latestDesktopRelease } from '@/lib/desktop-release-server';
+import { OFFICIAL_RELEASES } from '@/lib/desktop-releases';
+import DownloadChoices from './DownloadChoices';
+
+export const metadata: Metadata = { title: 'Download desktop', description: 'Get Smirk Wallet for macOS, Windows, or Linux from the official GitHub release.' };
+export const revalidate = 300;
+
+export default async function Downloads() {
+  const release = await latestDesktopRelease();
+  return <div className="mx-auto w-full max-w-5xl px-6 py-12 md:py-20">
+    <Link href="/" className="text-sm text-zinc-400 hover:text-[#fbeb0a]">← Smirk Wallet</Link>
+    <header className="mb-10 mt-10">
+      <p className="creepster-text text-2xl">Your wallet. Your computer.</p>
+      <h1 className="mt-3 text-4xl font-bold tracking-tight md:text-5xl">Download Smirk</h1>
+      <p className="mt-5 max-w-2xl text-zinc-300">Smirk Wallet for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Downloads come directly from our official GitHub releases.</p>
+      <p className="mt-3 text-sm text-zinc-400">{release ? `Latest published release: ${release.version}` : 'We could not load the latest release. You can still browse the official releases below.'}</p>
+    </header>
+    <DownloadChoices release={release} />
+    <div className="mt-10 flex flex-wrap gap-x-6 gap-y-3 text-sm">
+      <a href={release?.releaseUrl ?? OFFICIAL_RELEASES} className="text-[#fbeb0a] underline underline-offset-4">Release notes and all files</a>
+      <a href="https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/smirk-wallet/mbohhckapcchfmanheggbkekofhajnci" className="text-zinc-300 underline underline-offset-4">Get the browser extension</a>
+    </div>
+  </div>;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/page.tsx b/src/app/page.tsx
index f003f2f..ed97289 100644
--- a/src/app/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/page.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import Image from 'next/image';
 import Link from 'next/link';
+import { OFFICIAL_RELEASES } from '@/lib/desktop-releases';
 import { getChallenge, verifySignature, getMe, getUserCount, type AuthResponse } from '@/lib/api';
 
 type Asset = 'btc' | 'ltc' | 'xmr' | 'wow' | 'grin';
@@ -169,8 +170,9 @@ export default function Home() {
   // Show loading while checking session
   if (checkingSession) {
     return (
-      <div className="min-h-screen flex items-center justify-center">
+      <div className="min-h-screen flex flex-col gap-6 items-center justify-center">
         <div className="animate-spin w-8 h-8 border-2 border-[#fbeb0a] border-t-transparent rounded-full" />
+        <Link href="/downloads" className="text-[#fbeb0a] underline underline-offset-4">Download desktop</Link>
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -243,6 +245,8 @@ export default function Home() {
         )}
       </div>
 
+      <Link href="/downloads" className="mb-8 rounded-xl border border-[#fbeb0a] px-6 py-3 font-semibold text-[#fbeb0a] hover:bg-zinc-900">Download desktop</Link>
+
       {/* Initial state - Connect button */}
       {step === 'initial' && (
         <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-6">
@@ -263,7 +267,7 @@ export default function Home() {
                   <span className="text-sm">Chrome Store</span>
                 </a>
                 <a
-                  href="https://github.com/Such-Software/smirk-extension/releases"
+                  href={OFFICIAL_RELEASES}
                   target="_blank"
                   rel="noopener noreferrer"
                   className="flex items-center gap-2 px-4 py-2 bg-zinc-800 border border-zinc-700 rounded-lg
diff --git a/src/lib/desktop-platform.ts b/src/lib/desktop-platform.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..220c73c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/desktop-platform.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export type SuggestedPlatform = 'macos' | 'windows' | 'linux' | 'mobile' | null;
+
+/** A local display hint only; it never changes the available downloads. */
+export function suggestDesktopPlatform(platform: string, userAgent: string, touchPoints = 0): SuggestedPlatform {
+  if (/Android|iPhone|iPad|iPod/i.test(userAgent) || /Mac/i.test(platform) && touchPoints > 1) return 'mobile';
+  if (/Win/i.test(platform)) return 'windows';
+  if (/Mac/i.test(platform)) return 'macos';
+  if (/Linux/i.test(platform)) return 'linux';
+  return null;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/desktop-release-server.ts b/src/lib/desktop-release-server.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52788d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/desktop-release-server.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { unstable_cache } from 'next/cache';
+import { fetchDesktopRelease } from './desktop-releases';
+
+// Cache the bounded parsed result, including failures, for five minutes.
+export const latestDesktopRelease = unstable_cache(
+  () => fetchDesktopRelease(), ['official-smirk-desktop-release-v1'], { revalidate: 300 },
+);
diff --git a/src/lib/desktop-releases.ts b/src/lib/desktop-releases.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5cb497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/desktop-releases.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+export const OFFICIAL_RELEASES = 'https://github.com/Such-Software/smirk-monorepo/releases';
+export const LATEST_RELEASE_API = 'https://api.github.com/repos/Such-Software/smirk-monorepo/releases/latest';
+export const RELEASE_METADATA_MAX_BYTES = 512 * 1024;
+export type DesktopPlatform = 'macos' | 'windows' | 'linux';
+export interface DesktopRelease {
+  version: string;
+  releaseUrl: string;
+  downloads: Record<DesktopPlatform, string | null>;
+}
+
+function record(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | null {
+  return value !== null && typeof value === 'object' && !Array.isArray(value) ? value as Record<string, unknown> : null;
+}
+
+/** Only the published installer names used by the official release are offered. */
+export function parseDesktopRelease(input: unknown): DesktopRelease | null {
+  const release = record(input);
+  if (!release || release.draft !== false || release.prerelease !== false
+      || typeof release.tag_name !== 'string' || !/^v(?:0|[1-9][0-9]{0,5})\.(?:0|[1-9][0-9]{0,5})\.(?:0|[1-9][0-9]{0,5})$/.test(release.tag_name)
+      || release.html_url !== `${OFFICIAL_RELEASES}/tag/${release.tag_name}`
+      || typeof release.published_at !== 'string' || !Number.isFinite(Date.parse(release.published_at))
+      || !Array.isArray(release.assets) || release.assets.length > 100) return null;
+  const version = release.tag_name.slice(1);
+  const names: Record<DesktopPlatform, string> = {
+    macos: `Smirk-Wallet-${version}.dmg`,
+    linux: `Smirk.Wallet_${version}_amd64.AppImage`,
+    windows: `Smirk.Wallet_${version}_x64-setup.exe`,
+  };
+  const downloads = {} as DesktopRelease['downloads'];
+  for (const platform of ['macos', 'windows', 'linux'] as const) {
+    const matches = release.assets.map(record).filter(asset => asset?.name === names[platform]);
+    const asset = matches.length === 1 ? matches[0] : null;
+    const expected = `${OFFICIAL_RELEASES}/download/${release.tag_name}/${names[platform]}`;
+    downloads[platform] = asset?.state === 'uploaded' && Number.isSafeInteger(asset.size) && Number(asset.size) > 0
+      && asset.browser_download_url === expected ? expected : null;
+  }
+  return { version, releaseUrl: release.html_url as string, downloads };
+}
+
+/** Metadata only. No authentication, visitor headers, redirects or artifact proxy. */
+export async function fetchDesktopRelease(fetcher: typeof fetch = fetch): Promise<DesktopRelease | null> {
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const timer = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 5000);
+  let reader: ReadableStreamDefaultReader<Uint8Array> | undefined;
+  try {
+    const response = await fetcher(LATEST_RELEASE_API, {
+      method: 'GET', redirect: 'error', cache: 'no-store', signal: controller.signal,
+      headers: { Accept: 'application/vnd.github+json', 'User-Agent': 'Smirk-Website-Downloads', 'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28' },
+    });
+    if (!response.ok || !response.body || !response.headers.get('content-type')?.toLowerCase().includes('application/json')) return null;
+    const length = response.headers.get('content-length');
+    if (length !== null && (!/^[0-9]+$/.test(length) || Number(length) > RELEASE_METADATA_MAX_BYTES)) return null;
+    reader = response.body.getReader();
+    const chunks: Uint8Array[] = []; let size = 0;
+    for (;;) {
+      const next = await reader.read();
+      if (next.done) break;
+      size += next.value.byteLength;
+      if (size > RELEASE_METADATA_MAX_BYTES) return null;
+      chunks.push(next.value);
+    }
+    const bytes = new Uint8Array(size); let offset = 0;
+    for (const chunk of chunks) { bytes.set(chunk, offset); offset += chunk.byteLength; }
+    return parseDesktopRelease(JSON.parse(new TextDecoder('utf-8', { fatal: true }).decode(bytes)));
+  } catch { return null; }
+  finally {
+    controller.abort(); clearTimeout(timer);
+    if (reader) { void reader.cancel().catch(() => {}); reader.releaseLock(); }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/desktop-downloads.test.mjs b/tests/desktop-downloads.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3368687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/desktop-downloads.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { parseDesktopRelease, fetchDesktopRelease, OFFICIAL_RELEASES, LATEST_RELEASE_API, RELEASE_METADATA_MAX_BYTES } from '../src/lib/desktop-releases.ts';
+import { suggestDesktopPlatform } from '../src/lib/desktop-platform.ts';
+
+const names = ['Smirk-Wallet-0.3.1.dmg', 'Smirk.Wallet_0.3.1_amd64.AppImage', 'Smirk.Wallet_0.3.1_x64-setup.exe'];
+function release() { return { draft: false, prerelease: false, tag_name: 'v0.3.1', html_url: `${OFFICIAL_RELEASES}/tag/v0.3.1`, published_at: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z', assets: names.map(name => ({name, state:'uploaded', size:1234, browser_download_url:`${OFFICIAL_RELEASES}/download/v0.3.1/${name}`})) }; }
+function response(value) { return new Response(JSON.stringify(value), {headers:{'content-type':'application/json'}}); }
+
+test('published official installers retain exact URLs and never invent a newer version', () => {
+  const result = parseDesktopRelease(release());
+  assert.equal(result.version, '0.3.1');
+  assert.equal(result.downloads.macos, release().assets[0].browser_download_url);
+  assert.equal(result.downloads.linux, release().assets[1].browser_download_url);
+  assert.equal(result.downloads.windows, release().assets[2].browser_download_url);
+});
+test('draft, prerelease, foreign repository, malformed tags and missing publication refuse', () => {
+  for (const patch of [{draft:true},{prerelease:true},{tag_name:'v0.3.2-rc1'},{html_url:'https://github.com/foreign/repo/releases/tag/v0.3.1'},{published_at:null}]) assert.equal(parseDesktopRelease({...release(),...patch}), null);
+});
+test('missing and ambiguous assets fall back per platform; unsigned archives are never installers', () => {
+  const value=release(); value.assets.push({...value.assets[0]});
+  assert.equal(parseDesktopRelease(value).downloads.macos, null);
+  assert.ok(parseDesktopRelease(value).downloads.windows);
+  value.assets = [{name:'Smirk-Wallet-0.3.1-unsigned.dmg',state:'uploaded',size:1234,browser_download_url:`${OFFICIAL_RELEASES}/download/v0.3.1/Smirk-Wallet-0.3.1-unsigned.dmg`}, {name:'macos.zip',state:'uploaded',size:1234,browser_download_url:`${OFFICIAL_RELEASES}/download/v0.3.1/macos.zip`}];
+  assert.deepEqual(parseDesktopRelease(value).downloads, {macos:null,windows:null,linux:null});
+});
+test('asset redirects, queries, other versions, foreign hosts, missing upload and invalid sizes refuse', () => {
+  for(const patch of [{browser_download_url:'https://example.com/download.dmg'},{browser_download_url:release().assets[0].browser_download_url+'?token=x'},{browser_download_url:release().assets[0].browser_download_url.replace('/v0.3.1/','/v0.3.2/')},{state:'new'},{size:0},{size:1.2}]) {
+    const value=release();Object.assign(value.assets[0],patch);assert.equal(parseDesktopRelease(value).downloads.macos,null);
+  }
+});
+test('metadata request is fixed, unauthenticated, bounded and does not forward visitor fields', async () => {
+  const result=await fetchDesktopRelease(async (url,options) => {
+    assert.equal(url,LATEST_RELEASE_API); assert.equal(options.method,'GET');assert.equal(options.redirect,'error');assert.equal(options.cache,'no-store');assert.ok(options.signal instanceof AbortSignal);
+    assert.equal(options.headers.Authorization,undefined);assert.equal(options.headers.Cookie,undefined);assert.equal(options.headers['User-Agent'],'Smirk-Website-Downloads');
+    return response(release());
+  });assert.equal(result.version,'0.3.1');
+});
+test('network, rate limit, malformed JSON and oversized declared bodies return unavailable', async () => {
+  for (const fetcher of [async()=>{throw Error('offline')},async()=>new Response('',{status:429}),async()=>new Response('{',{headers:{'content-type':'application/json'}}),async()=>new Response('{}',{headers:{'content-type':'application/json','content-length':String(RELEASE_METADATA_MAX_BYTES+1)}})]) assert.equal(await fetchDesktopRelease(fetcher),null);
+});
+test('streaming size ceiling cancels an oversized body without trusting Content-Length', async () => {
+  let canceled=false;
+  const body=new ReadableStream({pull(controller){controller.enqueue(new Uint8Array(64*1024));},cancel(){canceled=true;}});
+  assert.equal(await fetchDesktopRelease(async()=>new Response(body,{headers:{'content-type':'application/json'}})),null);
+  assert.equal(canceled,true);
+});
+test('OS suggestion is local and mobile or unknown never assumes a desktop platform', () => {
+  assert.equal(suggestDesktopPlatform('MacIntel','desktop'), 'macos');assert.equal(suggestDesktopPlatform('Win32','desktop'),'windows');assert.equal(suggestDesktopPlatform('Linux x86_64','desktop'),'linux');
+  assert.equal(suggestDesktopPlatform('Linux arm','Android'),'mobile');assert.equal(suggestDesktopPlatform('MacIntel','iPad',5),'mobile');assert.equal(suggestDesktopPlatform('MacIntel','Safari',5),'mobile');assert.equal(suggestDesktopPlatform('unknown','unknown'),null);
+});