diff --git a/src/components/NsiteCard.tsx b/src/components/NsiteCard.tsx
index 53dc5a9d..7454b508 100644
--- a/src/components/NsiteCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NsiteCard.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 import type { NostrEvent } from "@nostrify/nostrify";
-import { ExternalLink, FileText, Globe } from "lucide-react";
+import { ExternalLink, FileText, Globe, Server } from "lucide-react";
 import { nip19 } from "nostr-tools";
 
+import { ExternalFavicon } from "@/components/ExternalFavicon";
+import { Skeleton } from "@/components/ui/skeleton";
+import { useLinkPreview } from "@/hooks/useLinkPreview";
+import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
+
 interface NsiteCardProps {
 	event: NostrEvent;
 }
 
 /** Encode a 32-byte hex pubkey as a base36 string (50 chars, zero-padded). */
 function hexToBase36(hex: string): string {
-	// Process the hex string in chunks to build a BigInt
 	let n = 0n;
 	for (let i = 0; i < hex.length; i++) {
 		n = n * 16n + BigInt(parseInt(hex[i], 16));
@@ -22,17 +26,15 @@ function getNsiteUrl(event: NostrEvent): string {
 	const dTag = event.tags.find(([n]) => n === "d")?.[1];
 
 	if (event.kind === 35128 && dTag) {
-		// Named site: <pubkeyB36><dTag>.nsite.lol
 		const pubkeyB36 = hexToBase36(event.pubkey);
 		return `https://${pubkeyB36}${dTag}.nsite.lol`;
 	}
 
-	// Root site (kind 15128): <npub>.nsite.lol
 	const npub = nip19.npubEncode(event.pubkey);
 	return `https://${npub}.nsite.lol`;
 }
 
-/** Renders an nsite deployment card for kind 15128 (root site) or 35128 (named site). */
+/** Renders an nsite deployment card with a rich link preview. */
 export function NsiteCard({ event }: NsiteCardProps) {
 	const title = event.tags.find(([n]) => n === "title")?.[1];
 	const description = event.tags.find(([n]) => n === "description")?.[1];
@@ -45,29 +47,58 @@ export function NsiteCard({ event }: NsiteCardProps) {
 	const siteUrl = getNsiteUrl(event);
 	const displayName = title || (isNamed ? dTag : "Root Site");
 
+	const { data: preview, isLoading } = useLinkPreview(siteUrl);
+	const image = preview?.thumbnail_url;
+	const previewTitle = preview?.title;
+
+	if (isLoading) {
+		return <NsiteCardSkeleton />;
+	}
+
 	return (
-		<div className="mt-2 rounded-2xl border border-border overflow-hidden">
-			<div className="px-3.5 py-3 space-y-2">
-				{/* Site name + type badge */}
+		<a
+			href={siteUrl}
+			target="_blank"
+			rel="noopener noreferrer"
+			className={cn(
+				"group block mt-2 rounded-2xl border border-border overflow-hidden",
+				"hover:bg-secondary/40 transition-colors",
+			)}
+			onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+		>
+			{/* Link preview thumbnail */}
+			{image && (
+				<div className="w-full overflow-hidden bg-muted">
+					<img
+						src={image}
+						alt=""
+						className="w-full h-[180px] object-cover transition-transform duration-300 group-hover:scale-[1.02]"
+						loading="lazy"
+						onError={(e) => {
+							(e.currentTarget.parentElement as HTMLElement).style.display = "none";
+						}}
+					/>
+				</div>
+			)}
+
+			<div className="px-3.5 py-2.5 space-y-1.5">
+				{/* Title with favicon */}
 				<div className="flex items-center gap-2 min-w-0">
-					<Globe className="size-4 text-muted-foreground shrink-0" />
-					<span className="font-semibold text-sm truncate leading-snug">
-						{displayName}
-					</span>
-					<span className="shrink-0 rounded-full border border-border px-2 py-0 text-[11px] text-muted-foreground leading-relaxed">
-						{isNamed ? "Named Site" : "Root Site"}
-					</span>
+					<ExternalFavicon url={siteUrl} size={16} className="shrink-0" />
+					<p className="text-sm font-semibold leading-snug line-clamp-2">
+						{previewTitle || displayName}
+					</p>
 				</div>
 
-				{/* Description */}
-				{description && (
-					<p className="text-[13px] text-muted-foreground line-clamp-2 leading-relaxed">
-						{description}
+				{/* Description — prefer event description (it's curated), fall back to OEmbed author */}
+				{(description || preview?.author_name) && (
+					<p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground leading-relaxed line-clamp-2">
+						{description || preview?.author_name}
 					</p>
 				)}
 
-				{/* File count + server info */}
-				<div className="flex items-center gap-3 text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
+				{/* Deployment stats + source link */}
+				<div className="flex items-center gap-3 pt-0.5 text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
 					{pathTags.length > 0 && (
 						<span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1">
 							<FileText className="size-3" />
@@ -75,40 +106,47 @@ export function NsiteCard({ event }: NsiteCardProps) {
 						</span>
 					)}
 					{serverTags.length > 0 && (
-						<span>
-							{serverTags.length}{" "}
-							{serverTags.length === 1 ? "server" : "servers"}
+						<span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1">
+							<Server className="size-3" />
+							{serverTags.length} {serverTags.length === 1 ? "server" : "servers"}
+						</span>
+					)}
+					{sourceUrl && (
+						<a
+							href={sourceUrl}
+							target="_blank"
+							rel="noopener noreferrer"
+							className={cn(
+								"ml-auto inline-flex items-center gap-1 px-2 py-0.5 rounded-full",
+								"hover:bg-primary/10 hover:text-primary transition-colors",
+							)}
+							onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+						>
+							<Globe className="size-3" />
+							<span>Source</span>
+						</a>
+					)}
+					{!sourceUrl && (
+						<span className="ml-auto inline-flex items-center gap-1 px-2 py-0.5 rounded-full hover:bg-primary/10 hover:text-primary transition-colors">
+							<ExternalLink className="size-3" />
+							<span>Visit</span>
 						</span>
 					)}
 				</div>
+			</div>
+		</a>
+	);
+}
 
-				{/* Action buttons */}
-				<div className="flex flex-wrap gap-2 pt-0.5">
-					<button
-						type="button"
-						className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full bg-primary px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-medium text-primary-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-primary/90"
-						onClick={(e) => {
-							e.stopPropagation();
-							window.open(siteUrl, "_blank", "noopener,noreferrer");
-						}}
-					>
-						<ExternalLink className="size-3" />
-						View Site
-					</button>
-					{sourceUrl && (
-						<button
-							type="button"
-							className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border border-border px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-medium transition-colors hover:bg-secondary/60"
-							onClick={(e) => {
-								e.stopPropagation();
-								window.open(sourceUrl, "_blank", "noopener,noreferrer");
-							}}
-						>
-							<Globe className="size-3" />
-							Source
-						</button>
-					)}
-				</div>
+function NsiteCardSkeleton() {
+	return (
+		<div className="mt-2 rounded-2xl border border-border overflow-hidden">
+			<Skeleton className="w-full h-[180px] rounded-none" />
+			<div className="px-3.5 py-2.5 space-y-1.5">
+				<Skeleton className="h-3 w-28" />
+				<Skeleton className="h-4 w-3/4" />
+				<Skeleton className="h-3 w-full" />
+				<Skeleton className="h-3 w-32" />
 			</div>
 		</div>
 	);