diff --git a/assets/happy-cat.gif b/assets/happy-cat.gif
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fbc3131fee7c
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/happy-cat.gif differ
diff --git a/assets/head-empty-cat.gif b/assets/head-empty-cat.gif
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5ae28632f8a
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/head-empty-cat.gif differ
diff --git a/packages/opencode/package.json b/packages/opencode/package.json
index 7b765e1cc2ba..1a17fdfc5a75 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/package.json
+++ b/packages/opencode/package.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     "@types/bun": "catalog:",
     "@types/cross-spawn": "6.0.6",
     "@types/mime-types": "3.0.1",
+    "@types/omggif": "1.0.5",
     "@types/semver": "^7.5.8",
     "@types/turndown": "5.0.5",
     "@types/which": "3.0.4",
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@
     "jsonc-parser": "3.3.1",
     "mime-types": "3.0.2",
     "minimatch": "10.0.3",
+    "omggif": "1.0.10",
     "open": "10.1.2",
     "opencode-gitlab-auth": "2.0.0",
     "opentui-spinner": "0.0.6",
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/assets.ts b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/assets.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d7fb3da88564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/assets.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import happyCat from "../../../../../../assets/happy-cat.gif" with { type: "file" }
+import headEmptyCat from "../../../../../../assets/head-empty-cat.gif" with { type: "file" }
+
+export const gifAssets = {
+  "happy-cat": happyCat,
+  "head-empty-cat": headEmptyCat,
+} as const
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/gif-renderer.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/gif-renderer.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49f4bb41fa3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/component/gif-renderer.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+import { FrameBufferRenderable, RGBA, type BoxRenderable } from "@opentui/core"
+import { useRenderer } from "@opentui/solid"
+import { onCleanup, onMount } from "solid-js"
+import { GifReader } from "omggif"
+
+export function GifRenderer(props: { path: string; width?: number; height?: number }) {
+  const renderer = useRenderer()
+  let fb: FrameBufferRenderable | null = null
+  let timeout: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null
+  let aborted = false
+  let parent: BoxRenderable | undefined
+
+  const draw = (target: FrameBufferRenderable, rgba: Uint8Array, w: number, h: number) => {
+    const buf = target.frameBuffer
+    const targetW = buf.width
+    // Half-block rendering: each cell = 2 vertical pixels
+    const scaleX = w / targetW
+    const scaleY = h / (buf.height * 2)
+
+    buf.clear(RGBA.fromValues(0, 0, 0, 0))
+
+    for (let row = 0; row < buf.height; row++) {
+      for (let x = 0; x < targetW; x++) {
+        const srcX = Math.floor(x * scaleX)
+
+        // Top pixel
+        const topIdx = (Math.floor(row * 2 * scaleY) * w + srcX) * 4
+        const tr = rgba[topIdx]
+        const tg = rgba[topIdx + 1]
+        const tb = rgba[topIdx + 2]
+        const ta = rgba[topIdx + 3]
+
+        // Bottom pixel
+        const botIdx = (Math.min(Math.floor((row * 2 + 1) * scaleY), h - 1) * w + srcX) * 4
+        const br = rgba[botIdx]
+        const bg = rgba[botIdx + 1]
+        const bb = rgba[botIdx + 2]
+        const ba = rgba[botIdx + 3]
+
+        if (ta < 32 && ba < 32) continue
+
+        // ▀ = top half block: fg = top pixel, bg = bottom pixel
+        buf.setCell(
+          x,
+          row,
+          "▀",
+          RGBA.fromValues(tr / 255, tg / 255, tb / 255, ta / 255),
+          RGBA.fromValues(br / 255, bg / 255, bb / 255, ba / 255),
+        )
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  onMount(async () => {
+    const file = Bun.file(props.path)
+    if (!(await file.exists())) return
+    if (aborted) return
+
+    const gif = new GifReader(new Uint8Array(await file.arrayBuffer()))
+    if (aborted) return
+
+    const count = gif.numFrames()
+    if (count === 0) return
+
+    const targetW = props.width ?? Math.min(Math.floor(gif.width / 2), 40)
+    const targetH = props.height ?? Math.min(Math.floor(gif.height / 4), 20)
+
+    fb = new FrameBufferRenderable(renderer, {
+      id: "gif-renderer",
+      width: targetW,
+      height: targetH,
+      position: "relative",
+      live: count > 1,
+    })
+
+    if (parent) parent.add(fb)
+
+    // Pre-composite all frames into full-canvas RGBA buffers
+    const canvas = new Uint8Array(gif.width * gif.height * 4)
+    const backup = new Uint8Array(gif.width * gif.height * 4)
+    const composited: Uint8Array[] = []
+    const delays: number[] = []
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+      const info = gif.frameInfo(i)
+      delays.push(Math.max((info.delay || 10) * 10, 20))
+
+      if (info.disposal === 3) backup.set(canvas)
+
+      gif.decodeAndBlitFrameRGBA(i, canvas)
+      composited.push(new Uint8Array(canvas))
+
+      // Handle disposal
+      switch (info.disposal) {
+        case 2:
+          // Restore to background
+          for (let y = info.y; y < info.y + info.height; y++) {
+            for (let x = info.x; x < info.x + info.width; x++) {
+              const idx = (y * gif.width + x) * 4
+              canvas[idx] = 0
+              canvas[idx + 1] = 0
+              canvas[idx + 2] = 0
+              canvas[idx + 3] = 0
+            }
+          }
+          break
+        case 3:
+          canvas.set(backup)
+          break
+      }
+    }
+
+    draw(fb, composited[0], gif.width, gif.height)
+    fb.requestRender()
+
+    if (count > 1) {
+      let frame = 0
+      const step = () => {
+        if (aborted) return
+        frame = (frame + 1) % count
+        if (fb) {
+          draw(fb, composited[frame], gif.width, gif.height)
+          fb.requestRender()
+        }
+        timeout = setTimeout(step, delays[frame])
+      }
+      timeout = setTimeout(step, delays[0])
+    }
+  })
+
+  onCleanup(() => {
+    aborted = true
+    if (timeout) clearTimeout(timeout)
+    if (fb && parent) {
+      parent.remove(fb.id)
+      fb = null
+    }
+  })
+
+  return <box ref={(r) => (parent = r)} width={props.width} height={props.height} />
+}
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/routes/home.tsx b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/routes/home.tsx
index e76e165b2639..697d07644719 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/routes/home.tsx
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/cli/cmd/tui/routes/home.tsx
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ import { Prompt, type PromptRef } from "@tui/component/prompt"
 import { createEffect, createMemo, Match, on, onMount, Show, Switch } from "solid-js"
 import { useTheme } from "@tui/context/theme"
 import { useKeybind } from "@tui/context/keybind"
-import { Logo } from "../component/logo"
 import { Tips } from "../component/tips"
+import { GifRenderer } from "../component/gif-renderer"
 import { Locale } from "@/util/locale"
 import { useSync } from "../context/sync"
-import { Toast } from "../ui/toast"
+import { Toast } from "@tui/ui/toast"
 import { useArgs } from "../context/args"
 import { useDirectory } from "../context/directory"
 import { useRouteData } from "@tui/context/route"
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { Installation } from "@/installation"
 import { useKV } from "../context/kv"
 import { useCommandDialog } from "../component/dialog-command"
 import { useLocal } from "../context/local"
+import { gifAssets } from "../assets"
 
 // TODO: what is the best way to do this?
 let once = false
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ export function Home() {
         <box flexGrow={1} minHeight={0} />
         <box height={4} minHeight={0} flexShrink={1} />
         <box flexShrink={0}>
-          <Logo />
+          <GifRenderer path={gifAssets["happy-cat"]} width={60} height={30} />
         </box>
         <box height={1} minHeight={0} flexShrink={1} />
         <box width="100%" maxWidth={75} zIndex={1000} paddingTop={1} flexShrink={0}>
diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/gif.d.ts b/packages/opencode/src/gif.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cdf452f9ae63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/gif.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+declare module "*.gif" {
+  const path: string
+  export default path
+}