diff --git a/.github/scripts/bundle-appimage.sh b/.github/scripts/bundle-appimage.sh
index db0e59c4..7d51f1a7 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/bundle-appimage.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/bundle-appimage.sh
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ APPDIR="dist/AppDir"
 rm -rf "$APPDIR"
 mkdir -p "$APPDIR/usr/bin"
 
-cp "target/${TARGET}/release/tty7" "$APPDIR/usr/bin/tty7"
-chmod +x "$APPDIR/usr/bin/tty7"
+cp "target/${TARGET}/release/tty7-app" "$APPDIR/usr/bin/tty7-app"
+chmod +x "$APPDIR/usr/bin/tty7-app"
 
 # A desktop entry + icon are mandatory AppImage metadata; linuxdeploy places
 # them and generates AppRun. Icon basename must match the desktop's Icon= key.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ cat > "$TOOLS/tty7.desktop" <<'DESKTOP'
 Type=Application
 Name=tty7
 Comment=A fast, native terminal
-Exec=tty7
+Exec=tty7-app
 Icon=tty7
 Categories=System;TerminalEmulator;
 Terminal=false
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ convert assets/app-icon.png -resize 256x256 "$TOOLS/tty7.png"
 # install the desktop/icon into their standard locations.
 "$LINUXDEPLOY" \
   --appdir "$APPDIR" \
-  --executable "$APPDIR/usr/bin/tty7" \
+  --executable "$APPDIR/usr/bin/tty7-app" \
   --desktop-file "$TOOLS/tty7.desktop" \
   --icon-file "$TOOLS/tty7.png"
 
diff --git a/.github/scripts/bundle-linux.sh b/.github/scripts/bundle-linux.sh
index c053849a..b9edec67 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/bundle-linux.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/bundle-linux.sh
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ STAGE="dist/${NAME}"
 rm -rf dist
 mkdir -p "$STAGE"
 
-cp "target/${TARGET}/release/tty7" "$STAGE/tty7"
-chmod +x "$STAGE/tty7"
+cp "target/${TARGET}/release/tty7-app" "$STAGE/tty7-app"
+chmod +x "$STAGE/tty7-app"
 # Release builds keep symbols (thin LTO, no profile strip); drop them here so
 # the archive isn't ~100 MB of debug info.
-strip "$STAGE/tty7" || echo "⚠️  strip unavailable — shipping unstripped binary"
+strip "$STAGE/tty7-app" || echo "⚠️  strip unavailable — shipping unstripped binary"
 mkdir -p "$STAGE/completions"
 cp assets/completions/*.json "$STAGE/completions/"
 cp LICENSE "$STAGE/LICENSE"
diff --git a/.github/scripts/bundle-macos.sh b/.github/scripts/bundle-macos.sh
index c82a5b96..5252e979 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/bundle-macos.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/bundle-macos.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ APP="dist/tty7.app"
 
 rm -rf dist
 mkdir -p "$APP/Contents/MacOS" "$APP/Contents/Resources"
-cp "target/${TARGET}/release/tty7" "$APP/Contents/MacOS/tty7"
-chmod +x "$APP/Contents/MacOS/tty7"
+cp "target/${TARGET}/release/tty7-app" "$APP/Contents/MacOS/tty7-app"
+chmod +x "$APP/Contents/MacOS/tty7-app"
 cp assets/tty7.icns "$APP/Contents/Resources/tty7.icns"
 # Completion signatures are loaded at runtime (not embedded), resolved relative
 # to the executable as ../Resources/completions — see terminal::signature.
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ cat > "$APP/Contents/Info.plist" <<PLIST
     <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key><string>com.github.tty7</string>
     <key>CFBundleVersion</key><string>${VERSION}</string>
     <key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key><string>${VERSION}</string>
-    <key>CFBundleExecutable</key><string>tty7</string>
+    <key>CFBundleExecutable</key><string>tty7-app</string>
     <key>CFBundleIconFile</key><string>tty7</string>
     <key>CFBundlePackageType</key><string>APPL</string>
     <key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key><true/>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ ENT
 
     # Sign inner-out: the executable first, then the bundle.
     codesign --force --options runtime --timestamp --entitlements "$ENTITLEMENTS" \
-        --sign "$SIGN_ID" "$APP/Contents/MacOS/tty7"
+        --sign "$SIGN_ID" "$APP/Contents/MacOS/tty7-app"
     codesign --force --options runtime --timestamp --entitlements "$ENTITLEMENTS" \
         --sign "$SIGN_ID" "$APP"
     codesign --verify --strict --verbose=2 "$APP"
diff --git a/.github/scripts/bundle-windows.ps1 b/.github/scripts/bundle-windows.ps1
index 40fd3cae..24182b03 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/bundle-windows.ps1
+++ b/.github/scripts/bundle-windows.ps1
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #     (Program Files or per-user, Start Menu shortcut, "Apps" uninstall entry)
 #
 # Fonts are embedded via include_bytes! and the app icon is compiled into the
-# executable as a resource (see build.rs). So the payload is tty7.exe plus a
+# executable as a resource (see build.rs). So the payload is tty7-app.exe plus a
 # sibling completions\ dir (loaded at runtime — see terminal::signature) and the
 # license/readme. Both artifacts are unsigned builds — SmartScreen will
 # warn on first launch.
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ $Stage = "dist/$Name"
 Remove-Item -Recurse -Force dist -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
 New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $Stage | Out-Null
 
-Copy-Item "target/$Target/release/tty7.exe" "$Stage/tty7.exe"
+Copy-Item "target/$Target/release/tty7-app.exe" "$Stage/tty7-app.exe"
 New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path "$Stage/completions" | Out-Null
 Copy-Item "assets/completions/*.json" "$Stage/completions/"
 Copy-Item LICENSE "$Stage/LICENSE.txt"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Copy-Item README.md "$Stage/README.md"
 # The Linux musl `tty7-server`, staged at server/ so a WSL distro can be handed
 # the binary this client shipped with (WSL downloads nothing). The
 # lookup path is a contract with `daemon::install::wsl` — it searches
-# <dir of tty7.exe>/server/<asset> first — so this directory name is not free to
+# <dir of tty7-app.exe>/server/<asset> first — so this directory name is not free to
 # change on its own. Missing is a warning, not an error, matching `server-musl`'s
 # own skip-don't-fail probe; WSL then fails at connect time with a message
 # naming the directories it searched.
diff --git a/.github/scripts/windows-installer.iss b/.github/scripts/windows-installer.iss
index fa3d89d8..64dd3cd5 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/windows-installer.iss
+++ b/.github/scripts/windows-installer.iss
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ; payload and passes every path in via /D defines:
 ;
 ;   /DAppVersion=<semver>   version parsed from Cargo.toml
-;   /DStageDir=<abs path>   staged payload (tty7.exe, completions\, LICENSE.txt, README.md)
+;   /DStageDir=<abs path>   staged payload (tty7-app.exe, completions\, LICENSE.txt, README.md)
 ;   /DOutputDir=<abs path>  where the setup exe is written
 ;   /DOutputName=<basename> setup exe filename, without ".exe"
 ;
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ ArchitecturesInstallIn64BitMode=x64compatible
 MinVersion=10.0
 LicenseFile={#StageDir}\LICENSE.txt
 SetupIconFile=..\..\assets\favicon.ico
-UninstallDisplayIcon={app}\tty7.exe
+UninstallDisplayIcon={app}\tty7-app.exe
 OutputDir={#OutputDir}
 OutputBaseFilename={#OutputName}
 Compression=lzma2
 SolidCompression=yes
 WizardStyle=modern
-; The persistent daemon (tty7.exe --daemon) is a detached background process
-; that outlives the GUI and holds the running image of tty7.exe, so Windows
+; The persistent daemon (tty7-app.exe --daemon) is a detached background process
+; that outlives the GUI and holds the running image of tty7-app.exe, so Windows
 ; locks the file and an upgrade can't replace it. We stop it explicitly in
 ; PrepareToInstall below; keep the Restart Manager as a backstop but don't let
 ; it relaunch anything (the GUI respawns the daemon itself on next start).
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ RestartApplications=no
 Name: "desktopicon"; Description: "{cm:CreateDesktopIcon}"; GroupDescription: "{cm:AdditionalIcons}"; Flags: unchecked
 
 [Files]
-Source: "{#StageDir}\tty7.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
+Source: "{#StageDir}\tty7-app.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
 Source: "{#StageDir}\completions\*"; DestDir: "{app}\completions"; Flags: ignoreversion recursesubdirs
 Source: "{#StageDir}\LICENSE.txt"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
 Source: "{#StageDir}\README.md"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
@@ -63,26 +63,26 @@ Source: "{#StageDir}\README.md"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion
 Source: "{#StageDir}\server\*"; DestDir: "{app}\server"; Flags: ignoreversion recursesubdirs skipifsourcedoesntexist
 
 [Icons]
-Name: "{autoprograms}\tty7"; Filename: "{app}\tty7.exe"
-Name: "{autodesktop}\tty7"; Filename: "{app}\tty7.exe"; Tasks: desktopicon
+Name: "{autoprograms}\tty7"; Filename: "{app}\tty7-app.exe"
+Name: "{autodesktop}\tty7"; Filename: "{app}\tty7-app.exe"; Tasks: desktopicon
 
 [Run]
-Filename: "{app}\tty7.exe"; Description: "{cm:LaunchProgram,tty7}"; Flags: nowait postinstall skipifsilent
+Filename: "{app}\tty7-app.exe"; Description: "{cm:LaunchProgram,tty7}"; Flags: nowait postinstall skipifsilent
 
 [UninstallRun]
-; Stop the daemon before the uninstaller deletes tty7.exe — the running daemon
+; Stop the daemon before the uninstaller deletes tty7-app.exe — the running daemon
 ; is the locked image of that file, so removing it fails otherwise. This runs at
 ; the start of uninstallation, before any files are removed. The installed binary
 ; is this version, which understands the flag; runhidden suppresses any flash and
 ; the call returns without opening a window. RunOnceId keys the entry so a repeated
 ; uninstall doesn't run it twice.
-Filename: "{app}\tty7.exe"; Parameters: "--stop-daemon"; Flags: runhidden waituntilterminated; RunOnceId: "StopDaemon"
+Filename: "{app}\tty7-app.exe"; Parameters: "--stop-daemon"; Flags: runhidden waituntilterminated; RunOnceId: "StopDaemon"
 
 [Code]
-(* Gracefully stop the persistent daemon before we overwrite tty7.exe. We can't
+(* Gracefully stop the persistent daemon before we overwrite tty7-app.exe. We can't
   run the *installed* binary here — on an upgrade from an older build it may not
   understand --stop-daemon and would launch the GUI instead — so we extract the
-  *new* tty7.exe to {tmp} and run that. It connects to the running daemon, hangs
+  *new* tty7-app.exe to {tmp} and run that. It connects to the running daemon, hangs
   up every shell, waits for it to exit (releasing the file lock), then returns
   without opening a window. Best effort: any failure falls through to the Restart
   Manager backstop, and a fresh install simply has no daemon to stop. *)
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ function PrepareToInstall(var NeedsRestart: Boolean): String;
 var
   ResultCode: Integer;
 begin
-  ExtractTemporaryFile('tty7.exe');
-  Exec(ExpandConstant('{tmp}\tty7.exe'), '--stop-daemon', '',
+  ExtractTemporaryFile('tty7-app.exe');
+  Exec(ExpandConstant('{tmp}\tty7-app.exe'), '--stop-daemon', '',
        SW_HIDE, ewWaitUntilTerminated, ResultCode);
   Result := '';
 end;
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c81f0504..8dc6c0b0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ repository = "https://github.com/l0ng-ai/tty7"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
 publish = false
-default-run = "tty7"
+default-run = "tty7-app"
 
 [[bin]]
-name = "tty7"
+name = "tty7-app"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/tty7-core/src/core/agent_hooks.rs b/crates/tty7-core/src/core/agent_hooks.rs
index f63c2fa8..084380d0 100644
--- a/crates/tty7-core/src/core/agent_hooks.rs
+++ b/crates/tty7-core/src/core/agent_hooks.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ fn write_to_controlling_tty(bytes: &[u8]) -> bool {
             .iter()
             .find(|p| p.pid == pid)
             .and_then(|p| name_of(p.parent))
-            .is_some_and(|n| n == "tty7.exe")
+            .is_some_and(|n| n == "tty7-app.exe")
     });
 
     if let Some(pid) = shell {
diff --git a/crates/tty7-core/src/daemon/install/wsl.rs b/crates/tty7-core/src/daemon/install/wsl.rs
index d7d8762d..cc71e51c 100644
--- a/crates/tty7-core/src/daemon/install/wsl.rs
+++ b/crates/tty7-core/src/daemon/install/wsl.rs
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn the_search_order_is_specific_first_and_deduplicated() {
-        let exe = PathBuf::from("/opt/tty7/bin/tty7.exe");
+        let exe = PathBuf::from("/opt/tty7/bin/tty7-app.exe");
         let dirs = bundled_search_dirs(Some(&exe), None);
         assert_eq!(dirs[0], PathBuf::from("/opt/tty7/bin/server"));
         assert_eq!(dirs[1], PathBuf::from("/opt/tty7/bin"));
diff --git a/scripts/bench/mem.sh b/scripts/bench/mem.sh
index b0a22423..d8f5bbd5 100755
--- a/scripts/bench/mem.sh
+++ b/scripts/bench/mem.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SELF=${0:A}
 HERE=${SELF:h}
 REPO=${HERE:h:h}
 WORK=${TTY7_BENCH_DIR:-$REPO/.bench}
-TTY7_BIN=${TTY7_BIN:-$REPO/target/release/tty7}
+TTY7_BIN=${TTY7_BIN:-$REPO/target/release/tty7-app}
 RUNS=${1:-3}
 R=$WORK/results
 mkdir -p $R
diff --git a/scripts/bench/run_one.sh b/scripts/bench/run_one.sh
index 5f054a5b..5a7733d5 100755
--- a/scripts/bench/run_one.sh
+++ b/scripts/bench/run_one.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SELF=${0:A}
 HERE=${SELF:h}
 REPO=${HERE:h:h}
 WORK=${TTY7_BENCH_DIR:-$REPO/.bench}
-TTY7_BIN=${TTY7_BIN:-$REPO/target/release/tty7}
+TTY7_BIN=${TTY7_BIN:-$REPO/target/release/tty7-app}
 TERM_NAME=$1
 TEST=$2
 COLS=${3:-}