diff --git a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/apps/app-detail.tsx b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/apps/app-detail.tsx
index 1068149e..39d294f0 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/apps/app-detail.tsx
+++ b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/apps/app-detail.tsx
@@ -180,8 +180,20 @@ export function AppDetail({ folder, onClose }: { folder: string; onClose: () =>
                   <InfoRow k="Installed" v={new Date(app.install.installedAt).toLocaleString()} />
                   {app.install.updatedAt && <InfoRow k="Updated" v={new Date(app.install.updatedAt).toLocaleString()} />}
                 </>
+              ) : app.publish ? (
+                <>
+                  <p className="text-muted-foreground">Local app — published to the Rowboat catalog.</p>
+                  <InfoRow k="Repository" v={app.publish.repo} mono link={`https://github.com/${app.publish.repo}`} />
+                  {app.publish.lastPublishedVersion && (
+                    <InfoRow
+                      k="Published"
+                      v={`v${app.publish.lastPublishedVersion}`}
+                      link={`https://github.com/${app.publish.repo}/releases/tag/v${app.publish.lastPublishedVersion}`}
+                    />
+                  )}
+                </>
               ) : (
-                <p className="text-muted-foreground">Local app — created on this machine{app.publish ? `, published as ${app.publish.repo}` : ''}.</p>
+                <p className="text-muted-foreground">Local app — created on this machine.</p>
               )}
               <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-2 pt-1">
                 {app.kind === 'installed' && app.install?.repo && (
@@ -268,11 +280,22 @@ export function AppDetail({ folder, onClose }: { folder: string; onClose: () =>
   )
 }
 
-function InfoRow({ k, v, mono }: { k: string; v: string; mono?: boolean }) {
+function InfoRow({ k, v, mono, link }: { k: string; v: string; mono?: boolean; link?: string }) {
   return (
     <div className="flex items-baseline gap-2">
       <span className="w-28 shrink-0 text-xs text-muted-foreground">{k}</span>
-      <span className={`min-w-0 truncate ${mono ? 'font-mono text-xs' : ''}`}>{v}</span>
+      {link ? (
+        <a
+          href={link}
+          target="_blank"
+          rel="noreferrer"
+          className={`min-w-0 truncate text-primary hover:underline ${mono ? 'font-mono text-xs' : ''}`}
+        >
+          {v}
+        </a>
+      ) : (
+        <span className={`min-w-0 truncate ${mono ? 'font-mono text-xs' : ''}`}>{v}</span>
+      )}
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/apps/app-frame.tsx b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/apps/app-frame.tsx
index c406b903..ae7dcc5c 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/apps/app-frame.tsx
+++ b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/apps/app-frame.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
-import { ArrowLeft, ExternalLink, Info, RotateCw } from 'lucide-react'
+import { ArrowLeft, BadgeCheck, ExternalLink, Info, RotateCw, UploadCloud } from 'lucide-react'
 import type { rowboatApp } from '@x/shared'
 import { appOpened } from '@/lib/analytics'
 import { AppDetail } from '@/components/apps/app-detail'
+import { PublishDialog } from '@/components/apps/publish-dialog'
 
 // Full-height iframe on the app's own origin (spec §6.6). No sandbox attr —
 // per-app browser origins are the isolation boundary. Toolbar: back, reload,
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import { AppDetail } from '@/components/apps/app-detail'
 export function AppFrame({ app, onBack }: { app: rowboatApp.AppSummary; onBack: () => void }) {
   const [reloadNonce, setReloadNonce] = useState(0)
   const [showDetail, setShowDetail] = useState(false)
+  const [showPublish, setShowPublish] = useState(false)
   // Load watchdog: if the iframe hasn't fired `load` within the deadline,
   // surface a visible retry state instead of a silent blank pane.
   const [loadState, setLoadState] = useState<'loading' | 'ok' | 'stuck'>('loading')
@@ -62,6 +64,27 @@ export function AppFrame({ app, onBack }: { app: rowboatApp.AppSummary; onBack:
         >
           <ExternalLink className="size-4" />
         </button>
+        {app.kind === 'local' && (
+          app.publish ? (
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              title={`Published as ${app.publish.repo} — view details`}
+              onClick={() => setShowDetail(true)}
+              className="flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md px-2 py-1.5 text-sm font-medium text-green-600 hover:bg-green-500/10 dark:text-green-500"
+            >
+              <BadgeCheck className="size-4" /> Published
+            </button>
+          ) : (
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              title="Publish this app"
+              onClick={() => setShowPublish(true)}
+              className="flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-md px-2 py-1.5 text-sm font-medium text-muted-foreground hover:bg-accent hover:text-foreground"
+            >
+              <UploadCloud className="size-4" /> Publish
+            </button>
+          )
+        )}
         <button
           type="button"
           title="App details"
@@ -100,6 +123,14 @@ export function AppFrame({ app, onBack }: { app: rowboatApp.AppSummary; onBack:
           </div>
         )}
       </div>
+      {showPublish && (
+        <PublishDialog
+          folder={app.folder}
+          appName={title}
+          onClose={() => setShowPublish(false)}
+          onPublished={() => setShowDetail(true)}
+        />
+      )}
     </div>
   )
 }