diff --git a/bcnr-preload.js b/bcnr-preload.js
index 6fcceae..2861363 100644
--- a/bcnr-preload.js
+++ b/bcnr-preload.js
@@ -29,4 +29,11 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("bcnr", {
   // dApp devs use this to see how their subdomains bucket under one grant.
   // Returns null for opaque origins (data:, blob:) which never hold grants.
   getOrigin:        ()     => ipcRenderer.invoke("bcnr:getOrigin"),
+  // One-click install of a community extension by catalog id (what
+  // theseus.x/extensions' Install button calls). The page names an id only;
+  // Theseus fetches the catalog itself, asks the user in a native dialog,
+  // verifies the publisher signature against the name's owner and installs.
+  // Resolves `{ ok, version, publisher }` or `{ ok:false, error }` (also
+  // "cancelled"). Pages can feature-detect it: absent on older builds.
+  installExtension: (id)   => ipcRenderer.invoke("bcnr:installExtension", String(id || "")),
 });
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 7ec2d91..49508a4 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -2965,6 +2965,13 @@ function createTab(initial, opts = {}) {
       // isBnsHost() would send us right back into navigateTab, canceling the
       // fallback (blank-page bug 2026-08-02).
       if (tab.internalNav) return;
+      const installId = installLinkId(u);
+      if (installId) {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        let requester = null; try { requester = new URL(wc.getURL()).host || null; } catch {}
+        installExtensionWithConsent(installId, requester);
+        return;
+      }
       const parsed = new URL(u);
       // Intercept the collision-choose posted by the in-tab "Open with…" page,
       // apply the remember flag, set a one-shot transient override so loadBns
@@ -3025,7 +3032,11 @@ function createTab(initial, opts = {}) {
   });
   // Links that open a new tab: target="_blank", window.open, Ctrl/middle-click.
   wc.setWindowOpenHandler(({ url, disposition }) => {
-    if (url && url !== "about:blank") createTab(url, { background: disposition === "background-tab", after: tab.id });
+    const installId = installLinkId(url);
+    if (installId) {
+      let requester = null; try { requester = new URL(wc.getURL()).host || null; } catch {}
+      installExtensionWithConsent(installId, requester);
+    } else if (url && url !== "about:blank") createTab(url, { background: disposition === "background-tab", after: tab.id });
     return { action: "deny" };
   });
   // Right-click context menu.
@@ -3250,6 +3261,9 @@ async function navigateTab(id, input) {
   const t = tabById(id); if (!t) return;
   let q = String(input).trim();
   if (!q) return;
+  // theseus://extensions/install/<id> typed or pasted into the address bar.
+  const installId = installLinkId(q);
+  if (installId) { installExtensionWithConsent(installId, null); return; }
   // Local paths open as files — never BCNR, never a search.
   const fileUrl = localFileUrl(q);
   if (fileUrl) return loadLocalFile(t, id, fileUrl);
@@ -3759,8 +3773,12 @@ ipcMain.handle("addons-community-catalog", async () => {
     }) };
   } catch (e) { return { ok: false, error: e?.message || String(e), extensions: [] }; }
 });
-ipcMain.handle("addons-install-community", async (_e, id) => {
-  if (typeof id !== "string" || !/^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9._-]{1,63}$/.test(id)) return { ok: false, error: "bad id" };
+const COMMUNITY_ID_RE = /^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9._-]{1,63}$/;
+// Install a catalog extension by id: resolve its channel from the catalog,
+// verify the publisher signature against the name's owner, place it under
+// extensions/<id> and activate it. Shared by Settings and the page bridge.
+async function installCommunityById(id) {
+  if (typeof id !== "string" || !COMMUNITY_ID_RE.test(id)) return { ok: false, error: "bad id" };
   try {
     const card = (await fetchCommunityCatalog()).find((e) => e.id === id);
     if (!card) return { ok: false, error: "not in the catalog" };
@@ -3773,6 +3791,74 @@ ipcMain.handle("addons-install-community", async (_e, id) => {
     if (r.ok && addonHost) addonHost.discoverAndActivate();
     return r;
   } catch (e) { return { ok: false, error: e?.message || String(e) }; }
+}
+ipcMain.handle("addons-install-community", (_e, id) => installCommunityById(id));
+
+// One-click install from a web page (theseus.x/extensions, or any page):
+// either `window.bcnr.installExtension(id)` or a link to
+// theseus://extensions/install/<id>. The page only names a catalog id — the
+// package, its hash and the publisher signature still come from the catalog
+// and are verified exactly as a Settings install is. The consent lives in a
+// native dialog the page cannot draw over or click, one at a time.
+const INSTALL_LINK_RE = /^theseus:\/\/extensions\/install\/([a-z0-9][a-z0-9._-]{1,63})\/?$/i;
+function installLinkId(url) {
+  const m = INSTALL_LINK_RE.exec(String(url || "").trim());
+  return m ? m[1].toLowerCase() : null;
+}
+let installPromptOpen = false;
+async function installExtensionWithConsent(id, requester) {
+  if (typeof id !== "string" || !COMMUNITY_ID_RE.test(id)) return { ok: false, error: "bad id" };
+  if (installPromptOpen) return { ok: false, error: "another install prompt is open" };
+  installPromptOpen = true;
+  try {
+    let card = null;
+    try { card = (await fetchCommunityCatalog()).find((e) => e.id === id) || null; } catch {}
+    const parent = win && !win.isDestroyed() ? win : undefined;
+    if (!card) {
+      await dialog.showMessageBox(parent, { type: "warning", title: "Extension not found", message: `"${id}" is not in the community catalog.`, buttons: ["OK"] });
+      return { ok: false, error: "not in the catalog" };
+    }
+    const installed = addonHost ? addonHost.snapshot().installed.find((a) => a.id === id) : null;
+    if (installed && addonUpdater.cmpVer(card.latest, installed.version) <= 0) {
+      const { response: r0 } = await dialog.showMessageBox(parent, {
+        type: "info", title: "Already installed",
+        message: `${card.name || id} ${installed.version} is already installed.`,
+        detail: "Newer signed versions arrive through the regular update check. Manage it under Settings › Extensions.",
+        buttons: ["OK", "Open Settings"], defaultId: 0, cancelId: 0, noLink: true,
+      });
+      if (r0 === 1) openSettingsTab("addons");
+      return { ok: true, version: installed.version, publisher: installed.publisher || card.publisher, alreadyInstalled: true };
+    }
+    const from = requester ? `Requested by ${requester}.\n\n` : "";
+    const { response } = await dialog.showMessageBox(parent, {
+      type: "question", title: "Install extension",
+      message: installed
+        ? `Update ${card.name || id} ${installed.version} → ${card.latest}?`
+        : `Install ${card.name || id} ${card.latest}?`,
+      detail: `${from}Published by ${card.publisher}. Theseus verifies the package signature against ${card.publisher}'s current owner in its own chain index before anything is written.\n\n`
+        + `A community extension runs with the same access as any add-on — treat it like a program from that publisher.`,
+      buttons: ["Install", "Cancel"], defaultId: 0, cancelId: 1, noLink: true,
+    });
+    if (response !== 0) return { ok: false, error: "cancelled" };
+    const r = await installCommunityById(id);
+    if (r.ok) {
+      const { response: after } = await dialog.showMessageBox(parent, {
+        type: "info", title: "Extension installed",
+        message: `${card.name || id} ${r.version} is installed and active.`,
+        detail: `Signed by ${r.publisher || card.publisher}. Manage it under Settings › Extensions.`,
+        buttons: ["OK", "Open Settings"], defaultId: 0, cancelId: 0, noLink: true,
+      });
+      if (after === 1) openSettingsTab("addons");
+    } else {
+      await dialog.showMessageBox(parent, { type: "error", title: "Install failed", message: `${card.name || id} was not installed.`, detail: r.error || "unknown error", buttons: ["OK"] });
+    }
+    return r;
+  } finally { installPromptOpen = false; }
+}
+ipcMain.handle("bcnr:installExtension", (e, id) => {
+  let requester = null;
+  try { requester = new URL(e.sender.getURL()).host || null; } catch {}
+  return installExtensionWithConsent(id, requester);
 });
 ipcMain.handle("addons-check-updates", async () => {
   const stagedDir = addonsStagedDir();