diff --git a/bin/omarchy-channel-current b/bin/omarchy-channel-current
index 5575b1b9..27f25bcb 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-channel-current
+++ b/bin/omarchy-channel-current
@@ -12,22 +12,26 @@ if [[ -r $conf ]]; then
   [[ -n $configured_path ]] && omarchy_path="$configured_path"
 fi
 
-channel=$(omarchy-version-channel 2>/dev/null | awk '{ print $1 }')
+# Dev is a linked source checkout: OMARCHY_PATH points somewhere other than
+# the package-backed install at /usr/share/omarchy. This takes precedence over
+# the package channels, since the checkout overrides whatever is installed.
+if [[ $omarchy_path != "/usr/share/omarchy" ]]; then
+  echo dev
+  exit 0
+fi
 
+# omarchy-dev / omarchy-settings-dev are only shipped from the edge mirror, so
+# their presence alone means edge. omarchy / omarchy-settings come from either
+# the stable or rc mirror, distinguished by omarchy-version-channel.
 if pacman -Q omarchy-dev omarchy-settings-dev >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo edge
+elif pacman -Q omarchy omarchy-settings >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  channel=$(omarchy-version-channel 2>/dev/null | awk '{ print $1 }')
   case "$channel" in
+    stable) echo stable ;;
     rc) echo rc ;;
-    edge)
-      if [[ $omarchy_path == "/usr/share/omarchy" ]]; then
-        echo dev
-      else
-        echo edge
-      fi
-      ;;
     *) echo unknown ;;
   esac
-elif pacman -Q omarchy omarchy-settings >/dev/null 2>&1 && [[ $channel == "stable" ]]; then
-  echo stable
 else
   echo unknown
 fi
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-channel-set b/bin/omarchy-channel-set
index aeec0d85..704fb7ba 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-channel-set
+++ b/bin/omarchy-channel-set
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # omarchy:summary=Set the Omarchy package channel.
-# omarchy:args=<stable|rc|dev|edge>
+# omarchy:args=<stable|rc|edge|dev>
 # omarchy:requires-sudo=true
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-usage() { echo "Usage: omarchy-channel-set [stable|rc|dev|edge]"; }
+usage() { echo "Usage: omarchy-channel-set [stable|rc|edge|dev]"; }
 fail() { echo "Error: $*" >&2; exit 1; }
 
-confirm_edge() {
+confirm_dev() {
   cat <<'WARNING'
 
-Edge links Omarchy directly to a mutable source checkout.
+Dev links Omarchy directly to a mutable source checkout.
 
 This disables package-based protections for the Omarchy code path, including
 normal package updates and package-backed snapshot restores. You'll be
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ responsible for pulling, fixing, and restoring that checkout yourself.
 
 WARNING
 
-  gum confirm --default=false "Enable Edge anyway?"
+  gum confirm --default=false "Enable Dev anyway?"
 }
 
-choose_edge_checkout() {
+choose_dev_checkout() {
   local default_path="$HOME/Work/omarchy"
-  local path="${OMARCHY_EDGE_PATH:-}"
+  local path="${OMARCHY_DEV_PATH:-}"
 
   if [[ -z $path ]]; then
-    path=$(gum input --value "$default_path" --placeholder "$default_path" --header "Where should Edge checkout live? Existing non-checkout paths will not be overwritten.") || exit 1
+    path=$(gum input --value "$default_path" --placeholder "$default_path" --header "Where should Dev checkout live? Existing non-checkout paths will not be overwritten.") || exit 1
   fi
 
   path="${path:-$default_path}"
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ choose_edge_checkout() {
   printf '%s\n' "$path"
 }
 
-sync_edge_checkout() {
+sync_dev_checkout() {
   local checkout="$1"
 
   if [[ -d $checkout/.git ]]; then
-    echo "Updating Edge checkout at $checkout"
+    echo "Updating Dev checkout at $checkout"
     git -C "$checkout" fetch origin quattro
     git -C "$checkout" checkout quattro 2>/dev/null || git -C "$checkout" checkout --track origin/quattro
     git -C "$checkout" pull --ff-only origin quattro
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ sync_edge_checkout() {
 
 (( $# > 0 )) || { usage; exit 1; }
 
-edge_checkout=""
+dev_checkout=""
 channel="$1"
 
 case "$channel" in
@@ -78,15 +78,15 @@ case "$channel" in
     ;;
   rc)
     pacman_channel=rc
-    packages=(omarchy-dev omarchy-settings-dev)
+    packages=(omarchy omarchy-settings)
     ;;
-  dev)
+  edge)
     pacman_channel=edge
     packages=(omarchy-dev omarchy-settings-dev)
     ;;
-  edge|source)
-    confirm_edge || { echo "Cancelled."; exit 0; }
-    edge_checkout=$(choose_edge_checkout)
+  dev)
+    confirm_dev || { echo "Cancelled."; exit 0; }
+    dev_checkout=$(choose_dev_checkout)
     pacman_channel=edge
     packages=(omarchy-dev omarchy-settings-dev)
     ;;
@@ -101,13 +101,13 @@ omarchy-refresh-pacman "$pacman_channel"
 # --ask 4 accepts omarchy <-> omarchy-dev replacement prompts without file overwrites.
 sudo env OMARCHY_UPDATE_PACMAN=1 pacman -S --needed --noconfirm --ask 4 "${packages[@]}"
 
-if [[ -z $edge_checkout ]] && omarchy-cmd-present omarchy-dev-unlink; then
+if [[ -z $dev_checkout ]] && omarchy-cmd-present omarchy-dev-unlink; then
   omarchy-dev-unlink
   export OMARCHY_PATH=/usr/share/omarchy
 fi
 
 omarchy-update -y
 
-if [[ -n $edge_checkout ]]; then
-  sync_edge_checkout "$edge_checkout"
+if [[ -n $dev_checkout ]]; then
+  sync_dev_checkout "$dev_checkout"
 fi
diff --git a/default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc b/default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc
index abd1ca76..c5734bd7 100644
--- a/default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc
+++ b/default/omarchy/omarchy-menu.jsonc
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@
   "update.time": {"icon":"","label":"Time","keywords":"clock ntp","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-update-time"},
   "update.channel.stable": {"icon":"🟢","label":"Stable","checked":"[[ \"$(omarchy-channel-current)\" == \"stable\" ]]","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation 'omarchy-channel-set stable'"},
   "update.channel.rc": {"icon":"🟡","label":"RC","keywords":"release candidate","checked":"[[ \"$(omarchy-channel-current)\" == \"rc\" ]]","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation 'omarchy-channel-set rc'"},
-  "update.channel.dev": {"icon":"🟠","label":"Dev","keywords":"development","checked":"[[ \"$(omarchy-channel-current)\" == \"dev\" ]]","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation 'omarchy-channel-set dev'"},
-  "update.channel.edge": {"icon":"🔴","label":"Edge","keywords":"source mode development quattro","checked":"[[ \"$(omarchy-channel-current)\" == \"edge\" ]]","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation 'omarchy-channel-set edge'"},
+  "update.channel.dev": {"icon":"🟠","label":"Dev","keywords":"source mode development quattro","checked":"[[ \"$(omarchy-channel-current)\" == \"dev\" ]]","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation 'omarchy-channel-set dev'"},
+  "update.channel.edge": {"icon":"🔴","label":"Edge","keywords":"development","checked":"[[ \"$(omarchy-channel-current)\" == \"edge\" ]]","action":"omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation 'omarchy-channel-set edge'"},
   "update.process.hyprsunset": {"icon":"","label":"Hyprsunset","keywords":"restart","action":"omarchy-restart-hyprsunset"},
   "update.process.osd": {"icon":"","label":"OSD","keywords":"restart","action":"omarchy-restart-shell"},
   "update.process.shell": {"icon":"󰍜","label":"Shell","keywords":"restart bar quickshell omarchy-shell","action":"omarchy-restart-shell"},
diff --git a/test/shell.d/channel-test.sh b/test/shell.d/channel-test.sh
index c7518b2a..644265d8 100644
--- a/test/shell.d/channel-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/channel-test.sh
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ esac
 run_channel() {
   : >"$log_file"
   OMARCHY_CHANNEL_TEST_LOG="$log_file" \
-    OMARCHY_EDGE_PATH="${OMARCHY_EDGE_PATH:-}" \
+    OMARCHY_DEV_PATH="${OMARCHY_DEV_PATH:-}" \
     OMARCHY_TEST_GUM_INPUT="${OMARCHY_TEST_GUM_INPUT:-}" \
     OMARCHY_PATH="$ROOT" \
     HOME="$test_tmp/home" \
@@ -129,33 +129,40 @@ assert_log_line $'sudo\tenv\tOMARCHY_UPDATE_PACMAN=1\tpacman\t-S\t--needed\t--no
 assert_log_line 'unlink' "stable restores the package-backed Omarchy path"
 assert_log_line $'update\t-y' "stable runs the normal update pipeline"
 
-run_channel dev
-assert_log_line $'refresh\tedge' "dev refreshes the edge pacman channel"
-assert_log_line $'sudo\tenv\tOMARCHY_UPDATE_PACMAN=1\tpacman\t-S\t--needed\t--noconfirm\t--ask\t4\tomarchy-dev\tomarchy-settings-dev' "dev installs development Omarchy packages"
-assert_log_line 'unlink' "dev remains package-backed"
+run_channel rc
+assert_log_line $'refresh\trc' "rc refreshes the rc pacman channel"
+assert_log_line $'sudo\tenv\tOMARCHY_UPDATE_PACMAN=1\tpacman\t-S\t--needed\t--noconfirm\t--ask\t4\tomarchy\tomarchy-settings' "rc installs rc Omarchy packages"
+assert_log_line 'unlink' "rc restores the package-backed Omarchy path"
+assert_log_line $'update\t-y' "rc runs the normal update pipeline"
 
-checkout="$test_tmp/edge-checkout"
-default_checkout="$test_tmp/home/Work/omarchy"
-OMARCHY_TEST_GUM_INPUT="$checkout" run_channel edge
-assert_numbered_log_line 1 $'gum\tconfirm\t--default=false\tEnable Edge anyway?' "edge warns before changing packages"
-assert_numbered_log_line 2 $'gum\tinput\t--value\t'"$default_checkout"$'\t--placeholder\t'"$default_checkout"$'\t--header\tWhere should Edge checkout live? Existing non-checkout paths will not be overwritten.' "edge prompts for the checkout path before changing packages"
-assert_log_line $'gum\tconfirm\t--default=false\tEnable Edge anyway?' "edge asks for confirmation"
+run_channel edge
 assert_log_line $'refresh\tedge' "edge refreshes the edge pacman channel"
 assert_log_line $'sudo\tenv\tOMARCHY_UPDATE_PACMAN=1\tpacman\t-S\t--needed\t--noconfirm\t--ask\t4\tomarchy-dev\tomarchy-settings-dev' "edge installs development Omarchy packages"
-assert_log_line $'git\tclone\t--branch\tquattro\t--single-branch\thttps://github.com/basecamp/omarchy.git\t'"$checkout" "edge clones the quattro checkout"
-assert_log_line $'link\t'"$checkout" "edge links the source checkout"
+assert_log_line 'unlink' "edge remains package-backed"
+assert_log_line $'update\t-y' "edge runs the normal update pipeline"
+
+checkout="$test_tmp/dev-checkout"
+default_checkout="$test_tmp/home/Work/omarchy"
+OMARCHY_TEST_GUM_INPUT="$checkout" run_channel dev
+assert_numbered_log_line 1 $'gum\tconfirm\t--default=false\tEnable Dev anyway?' "dev warns before changing packages"
+assert_numbered_log_line 2 $'gum\tinput\t--value\t'"$default_checkout"$'\t--placeholder\t'"$default_checkout"$'\t--header\tWhere should Dev checkout live? Existing non-checkout paths will not be overwritten.' "dev prompts for the checkout path before changing packages"
+assert_log_line $'gum\tconfirm\t--default=false\tEnable Dev anyway?' "dev asks for confirmation"
+assert_log_line $'refresh\tedge' "dev refreshes the edge pacman channel"
+assert_log_line $'sudo\tenv\tOMARCHY_UPDATE_PACMAN=1\tpacman\t-S\t--needed\t--noconfirm\t--ask\t4\tomarchy-dev\tomarchy-settings-dev' "dev installs development Omarchy packages"
+assert_log_line $'git\tclone\t--branch\tquattro\t--single-branch\thttps://github.com/basecamp/omarchy.git\t'"$checkout" "dev clones the quattro checkout"
+assert_log_line $'link\t'"$checkout" "dev links the source checkout"
 
 occupied_checkout="$test_tmp/occupied"
 mkdir -p "$occupied_checkout"
-if OMARCHY_TEST_GUM_INPUT="$occupied_checkout" run_channel edge >"$test_tmp/occupied.out" 2>"$test_tmp/occupied.err"; then
-  fail "edge refuses to use an occupied non-checkout path"
+if OMARCHY_TEST_GUM_INPUT="$occupied_checkout" run_channel dev >"$test_tmp/occupied.out" 2>"$test_tmp/occupied.err"; then
+  fail "dev refuses to use an occupied non-checkout path"
 fi
 
-grep -q "already exists and is not a git checkout" "$test_tmp/occupied.err" || fail "edge explains occupied checkout paths" "$(cat "$test_tmp/occupied.err")"
+grep -q "already exists and is not a git checkout" "$test_tmp/occupied.err" || fail "dev explains occupied checkout paths" "$(cat "$test_tmp/occupied.err")"
 if grep -Fx $'refresh\tedge' "$log_file" >/dev/null; then
-  fail "edge validates checkout path before changing packages" "$(cat "$log_file")"
+  fail "dev validates checkout path before changing packages" "$(cat "$log_file")"
 fi
-pass "edge refuses occupied non-checkout paths before package changes"
+pass "dev refuses occupied non-checkout paths before package changes"
 
 current_channel() {
   OMARCHY_TEST_VERSION_CHANNEL="$1" \
@@ -169,16 +176,16 @@ current_channel() {
 [[ $(current_channel stable stable) == "stable" ]] || fail "current channel detects stable"
 pass "current channel detects stable"
 
-[[ $(current_channel rc dev) == "rc" ]] || fail "current channel detects rc"
+[[ $(current_channel rc stable) == "rc" ]] || fail "current channel detects rc"
 pass "current channel detects rc"
 
-[[ $(current_channel edge dev /dev/null /usr/share/omarchy) == "dev" ]] || fail "current channel detects package-backed dev"
-pass "current channel detects package-backed dev"
+[[ $(current_channel edge dev /dev/null /usr/share/omarchy) == "edge" ]] || fail "current channel detects package-backed edge"
+pass "current channel detects package-backed edge"
 
-[[ $(current_channel edge dev /dev/null "$test_tmp/edge-checkout") == "edge" ]] || fail "current channel detects edge from OMARCHY_PATH"
-pass "current channel detects edge from OMARCHY_PATH"
+[[ $(current_channel edge dev /dev/null "$test_tmp/dev-checkout") == "dev" ]] || fail "current channel detects dev from OMARCHY_PATH"
+pass "current channel detects dev from OMARCHY_PATH"
 
 conf="$test_tmp/omarchy.conf"
-printf 'export OMARCHY_PATH="%s"\n' "$test_tmp/edge-checkout" >"$conf"
-[[ $(current_channel edge dev "$conf" /usr/share/omarchy) == "edge" ]] || fail "current channel detects edge from configured path"
-pass "current channel detects edge from configured path"
+printf 'export OMARCHY_PATH="%s"\n' "$test_tmp/dev-checkout" >"$conf"
+[[ $(current_channel edge dev "$conf" /usr/share/omarchy) == "dev" ]] || fail "current channel detects dev from configured path"
+pass "current channel detects dev from configured path"