diff --git a/frontend/apps/artcraft-webapp/src/pages/moodboard/MoodboardPage.tsx b/frontend/apps/artcraft-webapp/src/pages/moodboard/MoodboardPage.tsx
index 253e87f959..1c31850ba4 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/artcraft-webapp/src/pages/moodboard/MoodboardPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/apps/artcraft-webapp/src/pages/moodboard/MoodboardPage.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 import { useEffect } from "react";
 import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
-import { MoodboardWorkspace } from "@storyteller/ui-moodboard";
+import {
+  MoodboardWorkspace,
+  dispatchGalleryMoodboardDrop,
+} from "@storyteller/ui-moodboard";
+import {
+  GalleryItem,
+  onImageDrop,
+  removeImageDropListener,
+} from "@storyteller/ui-gallery-modal";
 import {
   webappMoodboardAdapter,
   setMoodboardNavigate,
@@ -16,6 +24,19 @@ export default function MoodboardPage() {
     setMoodboardNavigate((path) => navigate(path));
   }, [navigate]);
 
+  // Drag a library image onto the grid/canvas to add it to the board.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handler = onImageDrop(
+      (item: GalleryItem, position: { x: number; y: number }) => {
+        dispatchGalleryMoodboardDrop(item, position);
+      },
+    );
+    return () => {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      if (handler) removeImageDropListener(handler as any);
+    };
+  }, []);
+
   return (
     <div className="h-full w-full">
       <MoodboardWorkspace adapter={webappMoodboardAdapter} />
diff --git a/frontend/apps/artcraft/app/src/pages/PageMoodboard/PageMoodboard.tsx b/frontend/apps/artcraft/app/src/pages/PageMoodboard/PageMoodboard.tsx
index 1b1740d780..60376a18ce 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/artcraft/app/src/pages/PageMoodboard/PageMoodboard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/apps/artcraft/app/src/pages/PageMoodboard/PageMoodboard.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,35 @@
-import { MoodboardWorkspace } from "@storyteller/ui-moodboard";
+import { useEffect } from "react";
+import {
+  MoodboardWorkspace,
+  dispatchGalleryMoodboardDrop,
+} from "@storyteller/ui-moodboard";
+import {
+  GalleryItem,
+  onImageDrop,
+  removeImageDropListener,
+} from "@storyteller/ui-gallery-modal";
 import { desktopMoodboardAdapter } from "./desktopMoodboardAdapter";
 
 // Desktop moodboard tab. The shared workspace fills its parent; MainApp's
 // TabBody wraps this in a sized container.
-export const PageMoodboard = () => (
-  <MoodboardWorkspace adapter={desktopMoodboardAdapter} />
-);
+export const PageMoodboard = () => {
+  useGalleryDropBridge();
+  return <MoodboardWorkspace adapter={desktopMoodboardAdapter} />;
+};
+
+// Bridges gallery-modal's onImageDrop into the moodboard's board-drop event, so
+// dragging a library image onto the grid/canvas adds it. Mounted only while the
+// moodboard tab is active, so it doesn't race the 2D/3D tab drop handlers.
+const useGalleryDropBridge = () => {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handler = onImageDrop(
+      (item: GalleryItem, position: { x: number; y: number }) => {
+        dispatchGalleryMoodboardDrop(item, position);
+      },
+    );
+    return () => {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      if (handler) removeImageDropListener(handler as any);
+    };
+  }, []);
+};
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/index.ts b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/index.ts
index b7f740a0be..b486bd732a 100644
--- a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/index.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ export type {
   MoodboardLibraryPickerProps,
 } from "./lib/adapter";
 
+// Gallery → board drop bridge. Host apps wire their gallery's drop callback to
+// this; the grid + canvas views listen for the event it dispatches.
+export {
+  dispatchGalleryMoodboardDrop,
+  GALLERY_MOODBOARD_DROP_EVENT,
+} from "./lib/galleryDrop";
+export type { DroppedGalleryItem } from "./lib/galleryDrop";
+
 // Board model types
 export type {
   Board,
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/MoodboardWorkspace.tsx b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/MoodboardWorkspace.tsx
index cf49443b99..9108601e67 100644
--- a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/MoodboardWorkspace.tsx
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/MoodboardWorkspace.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ export const MoodboardWorkspace = ({ adapter }: Props) => {
     : [];
 
   return (
-    <div className="relative h-full w-full overflow-hidden bg-ui-background">
+    <div
+      data-moodboard-root
+      className="relative h-full w-full overflow-hidden bg-ui-background"
+    >
       {viewMode === "grid" ? (
         <BoardGridView active={!presenting} adapter={adapter} />
       ) : (
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/boards/linkMeta.ts b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/boards/linkMeta.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..686245283e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/boards/linkMeta.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Client-side link metadata — no proxy, no network beyond the favicon <img>.
+
+// Bare display host: strips the scheme and a leading "www.".
+export const hostnameOf = (url: string): string => {
+  try {
+    return new URL(url).hostname.replace(/^www\./, "");
+  } catch {
+    return url;
+  }
+};
+
+// The site's own favicon, served from its origin (no third-party proxy). Falls
+// back to a link glyph at the render site when the <img> errors.
+export const faviconOf = (url: string): string | null => {
+  try {
+    const u = new URL(url);
+    return `${u.protocol}//${u.hostname}/favicon.ico`;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+};
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/MoodboardStage.tsx b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/MoodboardStage.tsx
index e706f39deb..1c9fa3803d 100644
--- a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/MoodboardStage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/MoodboardStage.tsx
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ export const MoodboardStage = ({ containerRef, stageRef }: Props) => {
   // Only subscribe to the transient fields this component actually renders
   // (marquee + lasso). Skips re-renders on `editingTextId` and `isPanning`
   // toggles, which don't affect Stage JSX.
-  const { marquee, lassoPath } = useMoodboardStore(
+  const { marquee, lassoPath, guides } = useMoodboardStore(
     useShallow((s) => ({
       marquee: s.transient.marquee,
       lassoPath: s.transient.lassoPath,
+      guides: s.transient.guides,
     })),
   );
   const viewport = useMoodboardStore((s) => s.viewport);
@@ -281,6 +282,19 @@ export const MoodboardStage = ({ containerRef, stageRef }: Props) => {
             closed={false}
           />
         )}
+        {guides.map((g, i) => (
+          <Line
+            key={`guide-${i}`}
+            points={
+              g.axis === "x"
+                ? [g.pos, g.from, g.pos, g.to]
+                : [g.from, g.pos, g.to, g.pos]
+            }
+            stroke="#f43f5e"
+            strokeWidth={1 / zoom}
+            listening={false}
+          />
+        ))}
       </Layer>
     </Stage>
   );
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/MoodboardStore.ts b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/MoodboardStore.ts
index 3e80b59a3c..6b3e010e5b 100644
--- a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/MoodboardStore.ts
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/MoodboardStore.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
   computeContentBounds,
   fitViewportToBounds,
 } from "./layout/geometry";
+import { SnapGuide } from "./layout/snapping";
 
 // Hover state published during a node drag so overlay UI can highlight the card
 // (or to-be card) the dragged node would land in. `targetId` is null when the
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ interface Transient {
   editingTextId: string | null;
   isPanning: boolean;
   dragPreview: DragPreview | null;
+  // Alignment guides shown live during a snapped drag.
+  guides: SnapGuide[];
 }
 
 interface MoodboardState {
@@ -49,12 +52,16 @@ interface MoodboardState {
   selectedIds: Set<string>;
   tool: Tool;
   gridSpacing: number;
+  // Snap a dragged node to nearby node edges/centers + the grid.
+  snapEnabled: boolean;
   lastDropPoint: Vec2;
   viewport: Viewport;
   canvasSize: CanvasSize;
   transient: Transient;
 
   setTool: (t: Tool) => void;
+  toggleSnap: () => void;
+  setGuides: (guides: SnapGuide[]) => void;
   setLastDropPoint: (p: Vec2) => void;
   setZoom: (z: number) => void;
   setPan: (p: Vec2) => void;
@@ -137,6 +144,7 @@ export const useMoodboardStore = create<MoodboardState>((set, get) => ({
   selectedIds: new Set(),
   tool: "select",
   gridSpacing: 32,
+  snapEnabled: true,
   lastDropPoint: { x: 200, y: 200 },
   viewport: { zoom: 1, pan: { x: 0, y: 0 } },
   canvasSize: { width: 800, height: 600 },
@@ -146,9 +154,13 @@ export const useMoodboardStore = create<MoodboardState>((set, get) => ({
     editingTextId: null,
     isPanning: false,
     dragPreview: null,
+    guides: [],
   },
 
   setTool: (t) => set({ tool: t }),
+  toggleSnap: () => set((s) => ({ snapEnabled: !s.snapEnabled })),
+  setGuides: (guides) =>
+    set((s) => ({ transient: { ...s.transient, guides } })),
   setLastDropPoint: (p) => set({ lastDropPoint: p }),
   setZoom: (z) => set((s) => ({ viewport: { ...s.viewport, zoom: z } })),
   setPan: (p) => set((s) => ({ viewport: { ...s.viewport, pan: p } })),
@@ -640,6 +652,7 @@ export const useMoodboardStore = create<MoodboardState>((set, get) => ({
         editingTextId: null,
         isPanning: false,
         dragPreview: null,
+        guides: [],
       },
     });
   },
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/MoodboardToolbar.tsx b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/MoodboardToolbar.tsx
index 5478e311f9..97b0f3c61c 100644
--- a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/MoodboardToolbar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/MoodboardToolbar.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   faImages,
   faArrowUpFromBracket,
   faText,
+  faMagnet,
 } from "@fortawesome/pro-solid-svg-icons";
 import { ButtonIconSelect } from "@storyteller/ui-button-icon-select";
 import { PopoverMenu } from "@storyteller/ui-popover";
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ export const MoodboardToolbar = ({ onUploadClick, onGalleryClick }: Props) => {
   const nodes = useMoodboardStore((s) => s.nodes);
   const rootOrder = useMoodboardStore((s) => s.rootOrder);
   const gridSpacing = useMoodboardStore((s) => s.gridSpacing);
+  const snapEnabled = useMoodboardStore((s) => s.snapEnabled);
+  const toggleSnap = useMoodboardStore((s) => s.toggleSnap);
 
   const handleFitToGrid = () => {
     if (selectedIds.size === 0) return;
@@ -180,6 +183,13 @@ export const MoodboardToolbar = ({ onUploadClick, onGalleryClick }: Props) => {
         onClick={handleAutoGroup}
         tooltipDelay={100}
       />
+      <FloatingToolbarButton
+        icon={faMagnet}
+        label={snapEnabled ? "Snapping on" : "Snapping off"}
+        active={snapEnabled}
+        onClick={toggleSnap}
+        tooltipDelay={100}
+      />
 
       <FloatingToolbarDivider />
 
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/interactions/useGalleryDropEvent.ts b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/interactions/useGalleryDropEvent.ts
index bc350b1521..3b2e902a99 100644
--- a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/interactions/useGalleryDropEvent.ts
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/interactions/useGalleryDropEvent.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 import { useEffect } from "react";
 import Konva from "konva";
 import { useMoodboardStore } from "../MoodboardStore";
-
-interface GalleryItem {
-  id?: string;
-  thumbnail?: string | null;
-  fullImage?: string | null;
-}
+import {
+  DroppedGalleryItem,
+  GALLERY_MOODBOARD_DROP_EVENT,
+} from "../../galleryDrop";
 
 interface GalleryMoodboardDropDetail {
-  item: GalleryItem;
+  item: DroppedGalleryItem;
   canvasPosition: { x: number; y: number };
 }
 
@@ -54,8 +52,8 @@ export const useGalleryDropEvent = (
       addImage(url, stagePoint, dims.w, dims.h, item.id ?? null);
     };
 
-    window.addEventListener("gallery-moodboard-drop", handler);
+    window.addEventListener(GALLERY_MOODBOARD_DROP_EVENT, handler);
     return () =>
-      window.removeEventListener("gallery-moodboard-drop", handler);
+      window.removeEventListener(GALLERY_MOODBOARD_DROP_EVENT, handler);
   }, [active, addImage, stageRef]);
 };
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/interactions/useNodeDrag.ts b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/interactions/useNodeDrag.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..414c721564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/interactions/useNodeDrag.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { useMemo } from "react";
+import Konva from "konva";
+import { useMoodboardStore } from "../MoodboardStore";
+import { computeSnap, SnapBox } from "../layout/snapping";
+
+// Screen-space snap radius; divided by zoom so the feel is constant at any zoom.
+const SNAP_SCREEN_PX = 6;
+
+export interface NodeDragHandlers {
+  onDragStart: () => void;
+  onDragMove: (e: Konva.KonvaEventObject<DragEvent>) => void;
+  onDragEnd: (e: Konva.KonvaEventObject<DragEvent>) => void;
+}
+
+// Shared drag wiring for every canvas node. onDragStart snapshots history;
+// onDragMove snaps the live position to nearby node edges/centers + the grid and
+// publishes alignment guides; onDragEnd commits the final position and clears
+// the guides. Reads the store imperatively inside handlers so the hook itself
+// doesn't re-render on every node move.
+export const useNodeDrag = (nodeId: string): NodeDragHandlers => {
+  const updateNode = useMoodboardStore((s) => s.updateNode);
+  const pushHistory = useMoodboardStore((s) => s.pushHistory);
+  const setGuides = useMoodboardStore((s) => s.setGuides);
+
+  return useMemo(
+    () => ({
+      onDragStart: () => pushHistory(),
+      onDragMove: (e) => {
+        const target = e.target;
+        const state = useMoodboardStore.getState();
+        if (!state.snapEnabled) return;
+        const node = state.nodes[nodeId];
+        if (!node) return;
+
+        const box: SnapBox = {
+          x: target.x(),
+          y: target.y(),
+          width: node.width,
+          height: node.height,
+        };
+        const others: SnapBox[] = [];
+        for (const id of state.rootOrder) {
+          if (id === nodeId) continue;
+          const n = state.nodes[id];
+          if (n) others.push({ x: n.x, y: n.y, width: n.width, height: n.height });
+        }
+
+        const threshold = SNAP_SCREEN_PX / state.viewport.zoom;
+        const result = computeSnap(box, others, threshold, state.gridSpacing);
+        target.x(result.x);
+        target.y(result.y);
+        setGuides(result.guides);
+      },
+      onDragEnd: (e) => {
+        updateNode(nodeId, { x: e.target.x(), y: e.target.y() });
+        setGuides([]);
+      },
+    }),
+    [nodeId, updateNode, pushHistory, setGuides],
+  );
+};
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/layout/snapping.spec.ts b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/layout/snapping.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef8f2d7c3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/layout/snapping.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { SnapBox, computeSnap } from "./snapping";
+
+const box = (x: number, y: number, w = 100, h = 100): SnapBox => ({
+  x,
+  y,
+  width: w,
+  height: h,
+});
+
+describe("computeSnap", () => {
+  it("snaps a near-aligned left edge onto another node's left edge", () => {
+    const moving = box(103, 400);
+    const result = computeSnap(moving, [box(100, 0)], 6, null);
+    expect(result.x).toBe(100);
+    expect(result.guides.some((g) => g.axis === "x" && g.pos === 100)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("snaps centers together", () => {
+    // Other center-x = 150. Moving (w=100) center aligns when x = 100.
+    const moving = box(98, 400);
+    const result = computeSnap(moving, [box(100, 0)], 6, null);
+    expect(result.x).toBe(100);
+  });
+
+  it("leaves position untouched beyond the threshold", () => {
+    const moving = box(120, 400);
+    const result = computeSnap(moving, [box(100, 0)], 6, null);
+    expect(result.x).toBe(120);
+    expect(result.guides).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to the grid when no node aligns", () => {
+    const moving = box(33, 65);
+    const result = computeSnap(moving, [], 6, 32);
+    expect(result.x).toBe(32);
+    expect(result.y).toBe(64);
+  });
+
+  it("prefers node alignment over the grid on a given axis", () => {
+    // x has a node edge at 100 (moving from 97) within threshold; grid=32 would
+    // pull to 96 — node alignment must win.
+    const moving = box(97, 400);
+    const result = computeSnap(moving, [box(100, 0)], 6, 32);
+    expect(result.x).toBe(100);
+  });
+
+  it("emits a guide spanning both boxes on the shared axis", () => {
+    const moving = box(100, 300);
+    const result = computeSnap(moving, [box(100, 0)], 6, null);
+    const guide = result.guides.find((g) => g.axis === "x");
+    expect(guide).toBeDefined();
+    expect(guide?.from).toBe(0);
+    expect(guide?.to).toBe(400);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/layout/snapping.ts b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/layout/snapping.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2fcdc86676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/layout/snapping.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+// Drag snapping for the freeform canvas. A moving node's near/center/far edges
+// align to the same edges of nearby nodes (and, as a fallback, the background
+// grid). Pure + deterministic so it can be unit-tested without Konva.
+
+export interface SnapBox {
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+  width: number;
+  height: number;
+}
+
+export interface SnapGuide {
+  axis: "x" | "y";
+  // Stage coordinate of the guide line on its axis.
+  pos: number;
+  // Cross-axis extent the guide spans (so it visually connects the two nodes).
+  from: number;
+  to: number;
+}
+
+export interface SnapResult {
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+  guides: SnapGuide[];
+}
+
+// near edge, center, far edge — the three alignment anchors per axis.
+const xAnchors = (b: SnapBox): number[] => [b.x, b.x + b.width / 2, b.x + b.width];
+const yAnchors = (b: SnapBox): number[] => [b.y, b.y + b.height / 2, b.y + b.height];
+
+// Snaps `moving` against `others` within `threshold` (stage units). `grid`, when
+// set, snaps the top-left to the grid on any axis that found no node alignment.
+export const computeSnap = (
+  moving: SnapBox,
+  others: SnapBox[],
+  threshold: number,
+  grid: number | null,
+): SnapResult => {
+  let bestDX = threshold + 1;
+  let snapX: number | null = null;
+  let alignX = 0;
+  let otherX: SnapBox | null = null;
+
+  let bestDY = threshold + 1;
+  let snapY: number | null = null;
+  let alignY = 0;
+  let otherY: SnapBox | null = null;
+
+  const mxs = xAnchors(moving);
+  const mys = yAnchors(moving);
+
+  for (const o of others) {
+    for (const ox of xAnchors(o)) {
+      for (const mx of mxs) {
+        const d = Math.abs(ox - mx);
+        if (d < bestDX) {
+          bestDX = d;
+          snapX = moving.x + (ox - mx);
+          alignX = ox;
+          otherX = o;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    for (const oy of yAnchors(o)) {
+      for (const my of mys) {
+        const d = Math.abs(oy - my);
+        if (d < bestDY) {
+          bestDY = d;
+          snapY = moving.y + (oy - my);
+          alignY = oy;
+          otherY = o;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Grid fallback per axis (no guide line — the dotted grid is the reference).
+  if (snapX === null && grid) {
+    const gx = Math.round(moving.x / grid) * grid;
+    if (Math.abs(gx - moving.x) <= threshold) snapX = gx;
+  }
+  if (snapY === null && grid) {
+    const gy = Math.round(moving.y / grid) * grid;
+    if (Math.abs(gy - moving.y) <= threshold) snapY = gy;
+  }
+
+  const finalX = snapX ?? moving.x;
+  const finalY = snapY ?? moving.y;
+  const snapped: SnapBox = { ...moving, x: finalX, y: finalY };
+
+  const guides: SnapGuide[] = [];
+  if (otherX) {
+    guides.push({
+      axis: "x",
+      pos: alignX,
+      from: Math.min(snapped.y, otherX.y),
+      to: Math.max(snapped.y + snapped.height, otherX.y + otherX.height),
+    });
+  }
+  if (otherY) {
+    guides.push({
+      axis: "y",
+      pos: alignY,
+      from: Math.min(snapped.x, otherY.x),
+      to: Math.max(snapped.x + snapped.width, otherY.x + otherY.width),
+    });
+  }
+
+  return { x: finalX, y: finalY, guides };
+};
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/nodes/GroupNode.tsx b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/nodes/GroupNode.tsx
index 1dbf6f4aee..594b7bd1e9 100644
--- a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/nodes/GroupNode.tsx
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/nodes/GroupNode.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Group, Rect } from "react-konva";
 import { useShallow } from "zustand/react/shallow";
 import { GroupNode as GroupNodeData, MoodboardNode } from "../types";
 import { useMoodboardStore } from "../MoodboardStore";
+import { useNodeDrag } from "../interactions/useNodeDrag";
 import { ImageNode } from "./ImageNode";
 import { TextNode } from "./TextNode";
 
@@ -23,8 +24,7 @@ interface Props {
 const NO_OP_SELECT = () => {};
 
 const GroupNodeInner = ({ node, selected, onSelect }: Props) => {
-  const updateNode = useMoodboardStore((s) => s.updateNode);
-  const pushHistory = useMoodboardStore((s) => s.pushHistory);
+  const drag = useNodeDrag(node.id);
 
   // Subscribe only to this group's own children, with a shallow compare on
   // the returned array. Avoids re-rendering every group whenever any node
@@ -53,12 +53,9 @@ const GroupNodeInner = ({ node, selected, onSelect }: Props) => {
       draggable
       onMouseDown={handleSelect}
       onTouchStart={handleSelect}
-      onDragStart={() => {
-        pushHistory();
-      }}
-      onDragEnd={(e) => {
-        updateNode(node.id, { x: e.target.x(), y: e.target.y() });
-      }}
+      onDragStart={drag.onDragStart}
+      onDragMove={drag.onDragMove}
+      onDragEnd={drag.onDragEnd}
     >
       {/* Transparent hit/transform target so the Transformer has stable bounds. */}
       <Rect
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/nodes/ImageNode.tsx b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/nodes/ImageNode.tsx
index 2e522f2582..9aa2af6a2d 100644
--- a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/nodes/ImageNode.tsx
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/nodes/ImageNode.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { memo, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import Konva from "konva";
 import { Image as KonvaImage, Rect } from "react-konva";
 import { ImageNode as ImageNodeData } from "../types";
-import { useMoodboardStore } from "../MoodboardStore";
+import { useNodeDrag } from "../interactions/useNodeDrag";
 
 interface Props {
   node: ImageNodeData;
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ interface Props {
 }
 
 const ImageNodeInner = ({ node, draggable, selected, onSelect }: Props) => {
-  const updateNode = useMoodboardStore((s) => s.updateNode);
-  const pushHistory = useMoodboardStore((s) => s.pushHistory);
+  const drag = useNodeDrag(node.id);
   const ref = useRef<Konva.Image | null>(null);
   const [img, setImg] = useState<HTMLImageElement | null>(null);
 
@@ -64,12 +63,9 @@ const ImageNodeInner = ({ node, draggable, selected, onSelect }: Props) => {
         draggable={draggable}
         onMouseDown={handleSelect}
         onTouchStart={handleSelect}
-        onDragStart={() => {
-          pushHistory();
-        }}
-        onDragEnd={(e) => {
-          updateNode(node.id, { x: e.target.x(), y: e.target.y() });
-        }}
+        onDragStart={drag.onDragStart}
+        onDragMove={drag.onDragMove}
+        onDragEnd={drag.onDragEnd}
       />
     </>
   );
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/nodes/TextNode.tsx b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/nodes/TextNode.tsx
index 090c09140a..0a5821d6bf 100644
--- a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/nodes/TextNode.tsx
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/nodes/TextNode.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Konva from "konva";
 import { Text as KonvaText } from "react-konva";
 import { TextNode as TextNodeData } from "../types";
 import { useMoodboardStore } from "../MoodboardStore";
+import { useNodeDrag } from "../interactions/useNodeDrag";
 
 interface Props {
   node: TextNodeData;
@@ -15,8 +16,7 @@ interface Props {
 }
 
 const TextNodeInner = ({ node, draggable, selected, onSelect }: Props) => {
-  const updateNode = useMoodboardStore((s) => s.updateNode);
-  const pushHistory = useMoodboardStore((s) => s.pushHistory);
+  const drag = useNodeDrag(node.id);
   const setEditingText = useMoodboardStore((s) => s.setEditingText);
   // Selector compares a single id — only the TextNode whose isEditing
   // actually flips will re-render when someone enters/exits text edit.
@@ -45,12 +45,9 @@ const TextNodeInner = ({ node, draggable, selected, onSelect }: Props) => {
       onTouchStart={handleSelect}
       onDblClick={() => setEditingText(node.id)}
       onDblTap={() => setEditingText(node.id)}
-      onDragStart={() => {
-        pushHistory();
-      }}
-      onDragEnd={(e) => {
-        updateNode(node.id, { x: e.target.x(), y: e.target.y() });
-      }}
+      onDragStart={drag.onDragStart}
+      onDragMove={drag.onDragMove}
+      onDragEnd={drag.onDragEnd}
       stroke={selected ? "#3b82f6" : undefined}
       strokeWidth={selected ? 0.5 : 0}
     />
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/nodes/VideoNode.tsx b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/nodes/VideoNode.tsx
index 070d83e05c..aa248dc990 100644
--- a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/nodes/VideoNode.tsx
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/canvas/nodes/VideoNode.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { memo, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import Konva from "konva";
 import { Image as KonvaImage, Rect } from "react-konva";
 import { VideoNode as VideoNodeData } from "../types";
-import { useMoodboardStore } from "../MoodboardStore";
+import { useNodeDrag } from "../interactions/useNodeDrag";
 
 interface Props {
   node: VideoNodeData;
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ interface Props {
 // element imperatively and run a Konva.Animation tied to the node's layer to
 // repaint each frame while the video plays. This mirrors ImageNode otherwise.
 const VideoNodeInner = ({ node, draggable, selected, onSelect }: Props) => {
-  const updateNode = useMoodboardStore((s) => s.updateNode);
-  const pushHistory = useMoodboardStore((s) => s.pushHistory);
+  const drag = useNodeDrag(node.id);
   const ref = useRef<Konva.Image | null>(null);
   const [video, setVideo] = useState<HTMLVideoElement | null>(null);
 
@@ -95,12 +94,9 @@ const VideoNodeInner = ({ node, draggable, selected, onSelect }: Props) => {
         draggable={draggable}
         onMouseDown={handleSelect}
         onTouchStart={handleSelect}
-        onDragStart={() => {
-          pushHistory();
-        }}
-        onDragEnd={(e) => {
-          updateNode(node.id, { x: e.target.x(), y: e.target.y() });
-        }}
+        onDragStart={drag.onDragStart}
+        onDragMove={drag.onDragMove}
+        onDragEnd={drag.onDragEnd}
       />
     </>
   );
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/galleryDrop.ts b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/galleryDrop.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5139bdf470
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/galleryDrop.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+// Bridge for "drag an item from the gallery/library onto the board". The host
+// app owns the gallery (and its drag source), so it can't reach into this lib's
+// views directly. Instead the app calls this on its gallery drop callback; the
+// grid + canvas views listen for the dispatched event. Keeping the dispatch
+// here (rather than in the app) means the event name + payload shape stay
+// owned by the lib that consumes them.
+
+export interface DroppedGalleryItem {
+  id?: string;
+  thumbnail?: string | null;
+  fullImage?: string | null;
+}
+
+export const GALLERY_MOODBOARD_DROP_EVENT = "gallery-moodboard-drop";
+
+// Dispatches a board-drop for `item` if `screenPosition` (viewport coords) lands
+// over the mounted moodboard surface. Returns whether it was accepted, so the
+// caller can fall back to its own handling when the drop missed the board.
+export const dispatchGalleryMoodboardDrop = (
+  item: DroppedGalleryItem,
+  screenPosition: { x: number; y: number },
+): boolean => {
+  const root = document.querySelector("[data-moodboard-root]");
+  if (!root) return false;
+  const rect = root.getBoundingClientRect();
+  if (
+    screenPosition.x < rect.left ||
+    screenPosition.x > rect.right ||
+    screenPosition.y < rect.top ||
+    screenPosition.y > rect.bottom
+  ) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  window.dispatchEvent(
+    new CustomEvent(GALLERY_MOODBOARD_DROP_EVENT, {
+      detail: {
+        item,
+        canvasPosition: {
+          x: screenPosition.x - rect.left,
+          y: screenPosition.y - rect.top,
+        },
+      },
+    }),
+  );
+  return true;
+};
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/grid/BoardCard.tsx b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/grid/BoardCard.tsx
index aa8ce067ed..cf1605eb32 100644
--- a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/grid/BoardCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/grid/BoardCard.tsx
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import {
   faUpRightAndDownLeftFromCenter,
   faTrashCan,
   faCheck,
-  faLink,
   faWandMagicSparkles,
 } from "@fortawesome/pro-regular-svg-icons";
 import { faStar } from "@fortawesome/pro-solid-svg-icons";
 import { BoardItem } from "../boards/boardTypes";
+import { hostnameOf } from "../boards/linkMeta";
 import { PositionedItem } from "./gridLayout";
+import { Favicon } from "./Favicon";
 
 interface Props {
   item: BoardItem;
@@ -266,13 +267,17 @@ const CardContent = ({ item }: { item: BoardItem }) => {
               className="min-h-0 flex-1 select-none object-cover"
             />
           )}
-          <div className="flex items-center gap-2 px-3 py-2">
-            <FontAwesomeIcon
-              icon={faLink}
-              className="h-3 w-3 shrink-0 text-base-fg/50"
-            />
-            <span className="truncate text-xs font-medium text-base-fg/90">
-              {item.title || item.url}
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-2.5 px-3 py-2.5">
+            <span className="flex h-7 w-7 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-md bg-base-fg/8">
+              <Favicon url={item.url} className="h-4 w-4" />
+            </span>
+            <span className="flex min-w-0 flex-col">
+              <span className="truncate text-xs font-medium text-base-fg/90">
+                {item.title || hostnameOf(item.url)}
+              </span>
+              <span className="truncate text-[10px] text-base-fg/45">
+                {hostnameOf(item.url)}
+              </span>
             </span>
           </div>
         </a>
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/grid/BoardGridView.tsx b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/grid/BoardGridView.tsx
index 32e33546c1..98feb47fab 100644
--- a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/grid/BoardGridView.tsx
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/grid/BoardGridView.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 import toast from "react-hot-toast";
 import { useBoardItemEntry } from "../boards/useBoardItemEntry";
 import { measureImage } from "../boards/measureMedia";
+import { useGalleryBoardDrop } from "./useGalleryBoardDrop";
 import { BoardImageItem, BoardItem } from "../boards/boardTypes";
 import type { MoodboardAdapter } from "../adapter";
 import { BoardGrid } from "./BoardGrid";
@@ -70,6 +71,9 @@ export const BoardGridView = ({ active, adapter }: Props) => {
     if (active) ensureActiveBoard();
   }, [active, ensureActiveBoard]);
 
+  // Accept gallery items dragged onto the grid (mirrors the canvas listener).
+  useGalleryBoardDrop(active);
+
   const filtered = useMemo(
     () =>
       board
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/grid/Favicon.tsx b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/grid/Favicon.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bdddea48b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/grid/Favicon.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
+import { faLink } from "@fortawesome/pro-regular-svg-icons";
+import { faviconOf } from "../boards/linkMeta";
+
+interface Props {
+  url: string;
+  className?: string;
+}
+
+// A site's own favicon with a graceful link-glyph fallback when it 404s or
+// isn't an image. Reset on url change so a recycled card shows the right icon.
+export const Favicon = ({ url, className = "h-4 w-4" }: Props) => {
+  const src = faviconOf(url);
+  const [failed, setFailed] = useState(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => setFailed(false), [url]);
+
+  if (!src || failed) {
+    return (
+      <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faLink} className={`${className} text-base-fg/45`} />
+    );
+  }
+  return (
+    <img
+      src={src}
+      alt=""
+      width={16}
+      height={16}
+      draggable={false}
+      onError={() => setFailed(true)}
+      className={`${className} select-none rounded-sm object-contain`}
+    />
+  );
+};
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/grid/ItemInspector.tsx b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/grid/ItemInspector.tsx
index 391b57e89c..9ca88abc15 100644
--- a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/grid/ItemInspector.tsx
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/grid/ItemInspector.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ import {
 } from "@fortawesome/pro-regular-svg-icons";
 import { faStar } from "@fortawesome/pro-solid-svg-icons";
 import { BoardItem } from "../boards/boardTypes";
+import { hostnameOf } from "../boards/linkMeta";
 import { extractPalette } from "../boards/palette";
+import { Favicon } from "./Favicon";
 
 interface Props {
   item: BoardItem;
@@ -314,11 +316,16 @@ const Media = ({ item }: { item: BoardItem }) => {
           {item.image && (
             <img src={item.image} alt="" className="w-full object-cover" />
           )}
-          <div className="p-5">
-            <p className="text-base font-medium text-base-fg">
-              {item.title || item.url}
-            </p>
-            <p className="mt-1 truncate text-sm text-base-fg/55">{item.url}</p>
+          <div className="flex items-start gap-3 p-5">
+            <span className="flex h-9 w-9 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-lg bg-base-fg/8">
+              <Favicon url={item.url} className="h-5 w-5" />
+            </span>
+            <div className="min-w-0">
+              <p className="text-base font-medium text-base-fg">
+                {item.title || hostnameOf(item.url)}
+              </p>
+              <p className="mt-1 truncate text-sm text-base-fg/55">{item.url}</p>
+            </div>
           </div>
         </a>
       );
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/grid/useGalleryBoardDrop.ts b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/grid/useGalleryBoardDrop.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c63214305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/moodboard/src/lib/grid/useGalleryBoardDrop.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { useEffect } from "react";
+import { useBoardLibraryStore } from "../boards/BoardLibraryStore";
+import { measureImage } from "../boards/measureMedia";
+import {
+  DroppedGalleryItem,
+  GALLERY_MOODBOARD_DROP_EVENT,
+} from "../galleryDrop";
+
+interface GalleryMoodboardDropDetail {
+  item: DroppedGalleryItem;
+}
+
+// Grid counterpart to the canvas's useGalleryDropEvent: appends a dropped
+// gallery item to the active board. The masonry is position-independent, so we
+// ignore the drop coordinates the canvas uses for placement.
+export const useGalleryBoardDrop = (active: boolean) => {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!active) return undefined;
+
+    const handler = async (e: Event) => {
+      const ce = e as CustomEvent<GalleryMoodboardDropDetail>;
+      const item = ce.detail?.item;
+      const url = item?.fullImage || item?.thumbnail;
+      if (!url) return;
+
+      const store = useBoardLibraryStore.getState();
+      const boardId = store.ensureActiveBoard();
+      const dims = await measureImage(url);
+      store.addImageItem(boardId, {
+        src: url,
+        mediaId: item.id ?? null,
+        naturalW: dims.w,
+        naturalH: dims.h,
+      });
+    };
+
+    window.addEventListener(GALLERY_MOODBOARD_DROP_EVENT, handler);
+    return () =>
+      window.removeEventListener(GALLERY_MOODBOARD_DROP_EVENT, handler);
+  }, [active]);
+};