diff --git a/desktop/public/mesh-buddy.html b/desktop/public/mesh-buddy.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9bcbee6b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/public/mesh-buddy.html
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8" />
+    <title>Mesh Buddy</title>
+    <style>
+      html,
+      body {
+        margin: 0;
+        height: 100%;
+        background: #101014;
+        color: #f5f5f7;
+        font-family: -apple-system, "Inter", sans-serif;
+        display: flex;
+        align-items: center;
+        justify-content: center;
+        user-select: none;
+        cursor: default;
+      }
+      .wrap { text-align: center; }
+      .face { font-size: 96px; line-height: 1; }
+      .count {
+        margin-top: 18px;
+        font-size: 40px;
+        font-weight: 700;
+        font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+      }
+      .label {
+        margin-top: 6px;
+        font-size: 12px;
+        color: #9a9aa2;
+        letter-spacing: 0.04em;
+        text-transform: uppercase;
+      }
+    </style>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div class="wrap">
+      <div class="face" id="face">🙂</div>
+      <div class="count" id="count">0</div>
+      <div class="label">tokens helped compute</div>
+    </div>
+    <script>
+      const invoke =
+        window.__TAURI__?.core?.invoke || window.__TAURI_INTERNALS__?.invoke;
+      async function tick() {
+        if (!invoke) return;
+        try {
+          const usage = await invoke("mesh_serving_usage");
+          const tokens = usage?.tokensServed || 0;
+          const inflight = usage?.inflight || 0;
+          document.getElementById("count").textContent = tokens.toLocaleString();
+          document.getElementById("face").textContent =
+            inflight > 0 ? "😄" : tokens > 0 ? "😊" : "🙂";
+        } catch {
+          // Mesh not running — keep whatever is shown.
+        }
+      }
+      tick();
+      setInterval(tick, 2000);
+    </script>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/capabilities/default.json b/desktop/src-tauri/capabilities/default.json
index a2e09bcb33..86b9277cf1 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/capabilities/default.json
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/capabilities/default.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "../gen/schemas/desktop-schema.json",
   "identifier": "default",
   "description": "Capability for the main window and trusted huddle companions",
-  "windows": ["main", "huddle-*"],
+  "windows": ["main", "huddle-*", "mesh-buddy"],
   "permissions": [
     "core:default",
     "core:webview:allow-set-webview-zoom",
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/mesh_buddy_window.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/mesh_buddy_window.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3303ecfff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/mesh_buddy_window.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+//! Mesh Buddy — a small square companion window showing a smiley and how many
+//! completion tokens this machine has served to the community mesh.
+//!
+//! The window is chrome only: it loads the static `mesh-buddy.html` page,
+//! which polls the existing read-only `mesh_serving_usage` command. No new
+//! trust surface — the page reads the same counters the Share compute card
+//! already shows.
+
+use tauri::{Manager, WebviewUrl, WebviewWindowBuilder};
+
+const MESH_BUDDY_LABEL: &str = "mesh-buddy";
+
+/// Open (or re-focus) the Mesh Buddy window.
+pub fn open_mesh_buddy_window_impl(app: &tauri::AppHandle) -> Result<(), String> {
+    if let Some(window) = app.get_webview_window(MESH_BUDDY_LABEL) {
+        window.show().map_err(|error| error.to_string())?;
+        window.set_focus().map_err(|error| error.to_string())?;
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    WebviewWindowBuilder::new(
+        app,
+        MESH_BUDDY_LABEL,
+        WebviewUrl::App("mesh-buddy.html".into()),
+    )
+    .title("Mesh Buddy")
+    .inner_size(320.0, 320.0)
+    .resizable(false)
+    .build()
+    .map_err(|error| error.to_string())?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[tauri::command]
+pub fn open_mesh_buddy_window(app: tauri::AppHandle) -> Result<(), String> {
+    open_mesh_buddy_window_impl(&app)
+}
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/mesh_llm.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/mesh_llm.rs
index 7356cd7fc0..13a116e67e 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/mesh_llm.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/mesh_llm.rs
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn restore_mesh_sharing(app: &AppHandle, state: &AppState) -> C
         );
     }
     mesh_llm::publish_current_status_once(app, "restore").await;
+    open_mesh_buddy_on_main_thread(app);
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -528,9 +529,24 @@ pub async fn mesh_start_node(
         }
     }
     mesh_llm::publish_current_status_once(&app, "start").await;
+    if sharing_config.is_some() {
+        open_mesh_buddy_on_main_thread(&app);
+    }
     Ok(status)
 }
 
+/// Pop the Mesh Buddy companion when this machine starts serving. Window
+/// creation must not run on an async worker on macOS, so hop to main.
+fn open_mesh_buddy_on_main_thread(app: &AppHandle) {
+    let handle = app.clone();
+    let _ = app.run_on_main_thread(move || {
+        if let Err(error) = crate::commands::mesh_buddy_window::open_mesh_buddy_window_impl(&handle)
+        {
+            eprintln!("buzz-mesh: failed to open mesh buddy window: {error}");
+        }
+    });
+}
+
 pub(crate) async fn ensure_client_node_for_model(
     state: &AppState,
     model_id: impl AsRef<str>,
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/mod.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/mod.rs
index 7cb2d8e3b8..ec0c2be6b9 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ mod media_raw;
 mod media_snapshot_png;
 mod media_transcode;
 mod media_upload_progress;
+pub(crate) mod mesh_buddy_window;
 #[cfg(feature = "mesh-llm")]
 pub(crate) mod mesh_llm;
 #[cfg(feature = "mesh-llm")]
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 71a5eb3806..7be2d2ed50 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ pub fn run() {
             mesh_serving_usage,
             mesh_installed_models,
             mesh_model_catalog,
+            commands::mesh_buddy_window::open_mesh_buddy_window,
             update_managed_agent,
             discover_backend_providers,
             probe_backend_provider,