diff --git a/docs/web-ui/README.md b/docs/web-ui/README.md
index 6157a06c..033fa629 100644
--- a/docs/web-ui/README.md
+++ b/docs/web-ui/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ what you actually do here.
 ## Where things are
 
 Everything starts at the **dashboard**, served at `/`. A pages menu
-(the `☰` button at the left of the tab strip) links to the other
+(the link icon beside the profile avatar, at the right of the tab strip) links to the other
 surfaces — Stats, the API docs and the swarm UI — and each of
 those pages links back to the dashboard.
 
diff --git a/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md b/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
index 6e4b171d..23b324bb 100644
--- a/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
+++ b/docs/web-ui/dashboard.md
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ is a standalone page reached from the pages menu, not from the
 dashboard tab strip.
 
 **Chrome header** (fixed, overlays the active tab pane):
-- **Pages menu**: a `☰` button at the left of the chrome (`links-menu.js`)
-  opening a popover with links to **stats**
+- **Pages menu**: a link icon at the right end of the chrome, beside the
+  profile avatar (`links-menu.js`, `@hive/shared`'s `LinksMenu`, the same
+  component the swarm UI uses for its service links), opening a popover with links to **stats**
   (`/stats.html`), **api docs** (`/api/docs/`) and **swarm** (the swarm
   UI at the swarm apex domain, opened in a new tab). The swarm entry
   comes from `state.swarm_public_url`, which hive-c0re reads from
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
index 5304605d..a2364718 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/dashboard.css
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 @import "@hive/shared/jobq-rollup.css";
 @import "@hive/shared/jobq-graph.css";
 @import "@hive/shared/user-menu.css";
+@import "@hive/shared/links-menu.css";
 
 /* ─── tabbed dashboard chrome ──────────────────────────────────────
    Top-of-page sticky header with banner + tab strip. SSE stays
@@ -43,71 +44,20 @@ body.dashboard-shell {
   padding: 0.3em 1em;
   margin: 0 0 1em;
 }
-/* Profile menu (user-menu.js): the avatar at the right end of the chrome.
-   Its own look is `@hive/shared/user-menu.css`'s. */
-.user-menu-slot {
+/* The pages menu and the profile menu, together at the right end of the
+   chrome. Their own looks are `@hive/shared/links-menu.css`'s and
+   `@hive/shared/user-menu.css`'s. */
+.dashboard-chrome-actions {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.25em;
   flex: none;
   margin-left: auto;
 }
-/* Pages menu (links-menu.js): one icon button at the left of the chrome
-   that opens a popover of the standalone pages and the swarm UI. Same
-   shape as the swarm UI's LinksMenu — quiet until hovered or open. The
-   explicit `[hidden]` rule is needed because `display: flex` on the
-   popover would otherwise beat the UA `[hidden]` style. */
-.links-menu {
-  position: relative;
+.links-menu-slot,
+.user-menu-slot {
   flex: none;
 }
-.links-menu-button {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: center;
-  width: 2em;
-  height: 2em;
-  padding: 0;
-  border: 1px solid transparent;
-  border-radius: 0.4em;
-  background: none;
-  color: var(--purple);
-  font-size: 1em;
-  line-height: 1;
-  cursor: pointer;
-}
-.links-menu-button:hover,
-.links-menu-button[aria-expanded="true"] {
-  border-color: var(--border);
-  background: var(--bg-elev);
-}
-.links-menu-popover {
-  position: absolute;
-  top: calc(100% + 0.4em);
-  left: 0;
-  z-index: 10;
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-  min-width: 10em;
-  padding: 0.4em;
-  border: 1px solid var(--border);
-  border-radius: 0.5em;
-  background: var(--bg-elev);
-  box-shadow: 0 0.25em 0.75em rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
-}
-.links-menu-popover[hidden] {
-  display: none;
-}
-.links-menu-item {
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: 0.5em;
-  padding: 0.4em 0.6em;
-  border-radius: 0.35em;
-  color: var(--fg);
-  text-decoration: none;
-  white-space: nowrap;
-}
-.links-menu-item:hover {
-  background: var(--bg);
-}
 .banner-thin {
   text-align: center;
   margin: 0;
@@ -125,7 +75,7 @@ body.dashboard-shell {
   flex-wrap: nowrap;
   align-items: center;
   gap: 0.2em;
-  /* On one row with the pages menu; the chrome owns the gutter +
+  /* On one row with the chrome's menus; the chrome owns the gutter +
      the bottom divider, so no outer padding / border here. */
 }
 /* Shares the flat-pill aesthetic of the shared `.hive-tab` (sub-tabs on
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html
index 199c92bf..68af0c61 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/index.html
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
        button / shared links keep you on the same view. JS owns
        the show/hide. -->
     <header class="dashboard-chrome">
-      <!-- Pages menu: the standalone pages (stats, API docs) and the
-         swarm UI. Filled by links-menu.js from /api/state. The pages link
-         back to `/`, which is this dashboard. -->
-      <div class="links-menu" id="links-menu"></div>
       <nav class="tabbar" id="tabbar" role="tablist">
         <a
           class="tab"
@@ -74,11 +70,18 @@
            under 4G3NTS. See tab-pane-agents.) -->
 
         <!-- ST4TS is a standalone page reached from the pages
-           menu at the left of this strip, not tabs — the strip holds only
+           menu at the right of this strip, not tabs — the strip holds only
            in-page tabs. -->
       </nav>
-      <!-- Profile menu: the signed-in user, filled by user-menu.js. -->
-      <div class="user-menu-slot" id="user-menu"></div>
+      <!-- The pages menu and the profile menu, together at the right.
+         Pages menu: the standalone pages (stats, API docs) and the swarm UI,
+         filled by links-menu.js from /api/state; the pages link back to `/`,
+         which is this dashboard. Profile menu: the signed-in user, filled by
+         user-menu.js. -->
+      <div class="dashboard-chrome-actions">
+        <div class="links-menu-slot" id="links-menu"></div>
+        <div class="user-menu-slot" id="user-menu"></div>
+      </div>
     </header>
 
     <!-- Tab panes. createTabStrip (@hive/shared/tabs.js) keeps exactly one
diff --git a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/links-menu.js b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/links-menu.js
index b92f1239..3b1d3e83 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/links-menu.js
+++ b/frontend/packages/dashboard/src/links-menu.js
@@ -1,98 +1,36 @@
-// Pages menu in the dashboard chrome: one button that opens a popover
-// linking the standalone pages (stats, API docs) and the swarm UI.
-// Modelled on the swarm UI's `LinksMenu`. The swarm entry only exists
-// when `/api/state` carries `swarm_public_url`, so a hive without a
-// configured swarm domain shows no dead link.
+// Pages menu in the dashboard chrome: one icon button, beside the profile
+// avatar at the right, that opens a popover linking the standalone pages
+// (stats, API docs) and the swarm UI. It is `@hive/shared`'s `LinksMenu`, the
+// same component the swarm UI mounts for its service links, rendered with
+// Preact like the profile menu. The swarm entry only exists when `/api/state`
+// carries `swarm_public_url`, so a hive without a configured swarm domain
+// shows no dead link.
 
+import { h, render } from "preact";
+import { LinksMenu } from "@hive/shared/links-menu.js";
 import { $ } from "./common.js";
-import { el } from "@hive/shared/dom.js";
 
-/** Menu entries for a state snapshot. `external` opens in a new tab. */
+/** Menu entries for a state snapshot. The two pages open in place; the swarm
+ *  UI is another site, so it opens in a new tab. */
 export function menuLinks(state) {
   const links = [
-    { icon: "📊", label: "stats", url: "/stats.html" },
-    { icon: "🧬", label: "api docs", url: "/api/docs/" },
+    { icon: "📊", label: "stats", url: "/stats.html", external: false },
+    { icon: "🧬", label: "api docs", url: "/api/docs/", external: false },
   ];
   if (state && state.swarm_public_url) {
     links.push({
       icon: "🐝",
       label: "swarm",
       url: state.swarm_public_url,
-      external: true,
     });
   }
   return links;
 }
 
-let wired = false;
-
-function closeMenu(root) {
-  const pop = root.querySelector(".links-menu-popover");
-  const btn = root.querySelector(".links-menu-button");
-  if (pop) pop.hidden = true;
-  if (btn) btn.setAttribute("aria-expanded", "false");
-}
-
-function wire(root) {
-  if (wired) return;
-  wired = true;
-  root.querySelector(".links-menu-button").addEventListener("click", () => {
-    const pop = root.querySelector(".links-menu-popover");
-    const btn = root.querySelector(".links-menu-button");
-    pop.hidden = !pop.hidden;
-    btn.setAttribute("aria-expanded", String(!pop.hidden));
-  });
-  // Outside click / Escape close the popover.
-  document.addEventListener("pointerdown", (e) => {
-    if (!root.contains(e.target)) closeMenu(root);
-  });
-  document.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
-    if (e.key === "Escape") closeMenu(root);
-  });
-}
-
 /** (Re)render the menu into `#links-menu`. Safe to call on every state
- *  refresh: the open/closed state lives on the popover element, which is
- *  kept; only its items are rebuilt. */
+ *  refresh: Preact diffs the same component, so an open popover stays open. */
 export function renderLinksMenu(state) {
   const root = $("links-menu");
   if (!root) return;
-  if (!root.firstChild) {
-    root.append(
-      el(
-        "button",
-        {
-          type: "button",
-          class: "links-menu-button",
-          "aria-haspopup": "true",
-          "aria-expanded": "false",
-          "aria-label": "pages",
-          title: "pages",
-        },
-        "☰",
-      ),
-      el("div", { class: "links-menu-popover", role: "menu", hidden: "" }),
-    );
-  }
-  const pop = root.querySelector(".links-menu-popover");
-  pop.replaceChildren(
-    ...menuLinks(state).map((link) => {
-      const attrs = {
-        class: "links-menu-item",
-        href: link.url,
-        role: "menuitem",
-      };
-      if (link.external) {
-        attrs.target = "_blank";
-        attrs.rel = "noreferrer";
-      }
-      return el(
-        "a",
-        attrs,
-        el("span", { "aria-hidden": "true" }, link.icon),
-        link.label,
-      );
-    }),
-  );
-  wire(root);
+  render(h(LinksMenu, { links: menuLinks(state), label: "pages" }), root);
 }
diff --git a/frontend/packages/shared/package.json b/frontend/packages/shared/package.json
index 6a213ff1..03351ac9 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/shared/package.json
+++ b/frontend/packages/shared/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@
     "./expand-details-setting.js": "./src/settings/ExpandDetailsSetting.tsx",
     "./settings-menu.css": "./src/settings/SettingsMenu.css",
     "./user-menu.js": "./src/user-menu/UserMenu.tsx",
-    "./user-menu.css": "./src/user-menu/UserMenu.css"
+    "./user-menu.css": "./src/user-menu/UserMenu.css",
+    "./links-menu.js": "./src/links-menu/LinksMenu.tsx",
+    "./links-menu.css": "./src/links-menu/LinksMenu.css",
+    "./links.js": "./src/links-menu/links.ts"
   },
   "files": [
     "src/"
diff --git a/frontend/packages/shared/src/jobq-graph/jobq-graph.css b/frontend/packages/shared/src/jobq-graph/jobq-graph.css
index 4e247435..81d362d4 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/shared/src/jobq-graph/jobq-graph.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/shared/src/jobq-graph/jobq-graph.css
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
    creates a new `.jg-node` DOM node when its `key` (the node id) is
    genuinely new, so this only plays once per node, the first time it
    appears in a fetched snapshot. Same shape as Shell.css's
-   `shell-page-enter` / LinksMenu.css's `links-menu-popover-enter` —
+   `shell-page-enter` / the links menu's `links-menu-popover-enter` —
    see either for the three-rule motion-guard this mirrors. */
 .jg-node {
   margin: 0;
diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/LinksMenu.css b/frontend/packages/shared/src/links-menu/LinksMenu.css
similarity index 88%
rename from frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/LinksMenu.css
rename to frontend/packages/shared/src/links-menu/LinksMenu.css
index b309b5b2..c6d3ce5f 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/LinksMenu.css
+++ b/frontend/packages/shared/src/links-menu/LinksMenu.css
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-/* <LinksMenu> — a single header icon-button + popover. Kept visually
+/* <LinksMenu> (@hive/shared) — a single header icon-button + popover. Kept visually
    quiet (no border/fill until interacted with) so it reads as chrome,
    not another nav item. Button is sized to the same touch-target floor
    as the shared `ui/` kit (2.75em ≈ 44px, WCAG 2.5.5) even though it
    isn't built from that kit — a bespoke icon trigger, not a form
    control, but the floor applies regardless of which component drew
-   it. No `margin-left: auto` here — `Shell.tsx`'s `.shell-header-actions`
-   wrapper owns pushing the whole action group to the right edge now
-   that `SettingsMenu` sits alongside this one. */
+   it. No `margin-left: auto` here: the mounting page's header owns pushing the
+   action group to the right edge (the swarm UI's `.shell-header-actions`,
+   the dashboard's `.dashboard-chrome-actions`). */
 .links-menu {
   position: relative;
 }
diff --git a/frontend/packages/shared/src/links-menu/LinksMenu.tsx b/frontend/packages/shared/src/links-menu/LinksMenu.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3d0eb19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/packages/shared/src/links-menu/LinksMenu.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// <LinksMenu> — a single header icon-button opening a popover of links, next
+// to the profile avatar. The swarm UI hands it the swarm's service list and
+// the hive dashboard its own pages; both look and behave the same, which is
+// why it lives here (it was the swarm UI's, and the dashboard had its own
+// copy with a hamburger on the left).
+//
+// A menu with no links renders nothing: no button beats a dead one.
+//
+// Styles live in `@hive/shared/links-menu.css`, which the mounting page
+// imports or `@import`s itself: the dashboard's JS bundle loads `.css`
+// imports as text, so a component that imported it would not style there
+// (the same split as `UserMenu`).
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "preact/hooks";
+import { LinkIcon } from "../icons.js";
+import { linkAttrs, type MenuLink } from "./links.js";
+
+export type { MenuLink };
+
+export function LinksMenu({
+  links,
+  label = "links",
+}: {
+  links: MenuLink[];
+  /** The button's accessible name. */
+  label?: string;
+}) {
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
+  const rootRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!open) return;
+    function onPointerDown(e: MouseEvent) {
+      if (rootRef.current && !rootRef.current.contains(e.target as Node))
+        setOpen(false);
+    }
+    function onKeyDown(e: KeyboardEvent) {
+      if (e.key === "Escape") setOpen(false);
+    }
+    document.addEventListener("pointerdown", onPointerDown);
+    document.addEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown);
+    return () => {
+      document.removeEventListener("pointerdown", onPointerDown);
+      document.removeEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown);
+    };
+  }, [open]);
+
+  if (links.length === 0) return null;
+
+  return (
+    <div class="links-menu" ref={rootRef}>
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        class="links-menu-button"
+        aria-haspopup="true"
+        aria-expanded={open}
+        aria-label={label}
+        title={label}
+        onClick={() => setOpen((v) => !v)}
+      >
+        <LinkIcon />
+      </button>
+      {open ? (
+        <div class="links-menu-popover" role="menu">
+          {links.map((link) => (
+            <a
+              key={link.url}
+              class="links-menu-item"
+              href={link.url}
+              {...linkAttrs(link)}
+              role="menuitem"
+              onClick={() => setOpen(false)}
+            >
+              {link.icon ? <span aria-hidden="true">{link.icon}</span> : null}
+              {link.label}
+            </a>
+          ))}
+        </div>
+      ) : null}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/frontend/packages/shared/src/links-menu/links.ts b/frontend/packages/shared/src/links-menu/links.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5114ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/packages/shared/src/links-menu/links.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// What the links menu shows for one link, without a DOM: where it opens and
+// what it is called. Shared by the swarm UI (its `/api/links`) and the hive
+// dashboard (its stats and API docs pages, and the swarm UI).
+
+/** One entry of the links menu. */
+export interface MenuLink {
+  label: string;
+  /** A glyph before the label; none leaves the label alone. */
+  icon?: string;
+  url: string;
+  /**
+   * Opens in a new tab. Defaults to true: a link the menu was handed from
+   * elsewhere (the swarm's service list) leaves the page. A page of the
+   * same site says `false` and opens in place.
+   */
+  external?: boolean;
+}
+
+/** The anchor attributes that make a link open where its entry says. */
+export function linkAttrs(link: MenuLink): {
+  target?: string;
+  rel?: string;
+} {
+  return link.external === false ? {} : { target: "_blank", rel: "noreferrer" };
+}
diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/LinksMenu.tsx b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/LinksMenu.tsx
index 7512e53c..956aa811 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/LinksMenu.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/LinksMenu.tsx
@@ -1,98 +1,27 @@
-// <LinksMenu> — the "accessible from every screen" affordance for
-// swarm-wide services (authelia, matrix, forge, this UI's own API
-// docs, …): one fixed header button that never grows the header
-// itself as the list grows, opening a popover with everything
-// `GET /api/links` returns. Lives in `Shell` (not `ui/`) because it
-// owns its own fetch — every other `ui/` primitive is presentational
-// only, this one genuinely isn't reusable outside this one job.
-//
-// The list is entirely server-driven (see swarm-controller's
-// `services.hyperhive.swarm.controller.links` option) — 0 entries
-// hides the button rather than showing an empty popover, same "don't
-// render a dead affordance" rule the dashboard's pages menu follows for
-// its swarm entry.
-import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "preact/hooks";
-import { LinkIcon } from "@hive/shared/icons.js";
-import "./LinksMenu.css";
-
-interface ServiceLink {
-  label: string;
-  icon: string;
-  url: string;
-}
+// <LinksMenu> — the swarm UI's links menu: `@hive/shared`'s, fed the swarm's
+// service list from `GET /api/links` (the services behind the swarm's vhosts,
+// each with its glyph). A failed fetch leaves the list empty, and an empty
+// menu draws nothing: no button beats a broken one.
+import { useEffect, useState } from "preact/hooks";
+import {
+  LinksMenu as SharedLinksMenu,
+  type MenuLink,
+} from "@hive/shared/links-menu.js";
+import "@hive/shared/links-menu.css";
 
 export function LinksMenu() {
-  const [links, setLinks] = useState<ServiceLink[] | null>(null);
-  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
-  const rootRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const [links, setLinks] = useState<MenuLink[]>([]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     fetch("/api/links")
       .then((r) =>
         r.ok
-          ? (r.json() as Promise<ServiceLink[]>)
+          ? (r.json() as Promise<MenuLink[]>)
           : Promise.reject(new Error(`http ${r.status}`)),
       )
       .then(setLinks)
-      .catch(() => setLinks([])); // best-effort: no button beats a broken one
+      .catch(() => setLinks([]));
   }, []);
 
-  // Close on an outside click or Escape — only listens while open, so
-  // this costs nothing on every other render.
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!open) return;
-    function onPointerDown(e: MouseEvent) {
-      if (rootRef.current && !rootRef.current.contains(e.target as Node))
-        setOpen(false);
-    }
-    function onKeyDown(e: KeyboardEvent) {
-      if (e.key === "Escape") setOpen(false);
-    }
-    document.addEventListener("pointerdown", onPointerDown);
-    document.addEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown);
-    return () => {
-      document.removeEventListener("pointerdown", onPointerDown);
-      document.removeEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown);
-    };
-  }, [open]);
-
-  if (!links || links.length === 0) return null;
-
-  return (
-    <div class="links-menu" ref={rootRef}>
-      <button
-        type="button"
-        class="links-menu-button"
-        aria-haspopup="true"
-        aria-expanded={open}
-        aria-label="swarm services"
-        onClick={() => setOpen((v) => !v)}
-      >
-        {/* `@hive/shared/icons.js`'s `LinkIcon` — reported live by mara:
-            "links and settings icon styles different / all different
-            sizes". Now shared with `SettingsMenu`'s `GearIcon` and
-            agent's own `MetaNav` trigger, one rendering path instead of
-            three separate inline copies — see that file's comment. */}
-        <LinkIcon />
-      </button>
-      {open ? (
-        <div class="links-menu-popover" role="menu">
-          {links.map((link) => (
-            <a
-              key={link.url}
-              class="links-menu-item"
-              href={link.url}
-              target="_blank"
-              rel="noreferrer"
-              role="menuitem"
-              onClick={() => setOpen(false)}
-            >
-              {link.icon ? <span aria-hidden="true">{link.icon}</span> : null}
-              {link.label}
-            </a>
-          ))}
-        </div>
-      ) : null}
-    </div>
-  );
+  return <SharedLinksMenu links={links} label="swarm services" />;
 }
diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/test/links-menu.test.mjs b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/test/links-menu.test.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90076dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/test/links-menu.test.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// How a link in the links menu opens. Run by `npm test`, which Node runs with
+// its built-in test runner and type stripping.
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import { linkAttrs } from "../../shared/src/links-menu/links.ts";
+
+test("a link the menu was handed opens in a new tab, without a referrer", () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(linkAttrs({ label: "forge", url: "https://forge.x" }), {
+    target: "_blank",
+    rel: "noreferrer",
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    linkAttrs({ label: "forge", url: "https://forge.x", external: true }),
+    { target: "_blank", rel: "noreferrer" },
+  );
+});
+
+test("a page of the same site opens in place", () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(
+    linkAttrs({ label: "stats", url: "/stats.html", external: false }),
+    {},
+  );
+});