diff --git a/src/components/settings/sections/web-search-section.tsx b/src/components/settings/sections/web-search-section.tsx
index 6ef8e50f4..324df925e 100644
--- a/src/components/settings/sections/web-search-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/settings/sections/web-search-section.tsx
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ const SEARCH_PROVIDERS = [
     hint: "Anonymous Firecrawl Search API",
     configKind: "none",
   },
+  {
+    id: "brave",
+    label: "Brave Search",
+    hint: "Independent index with privacy focus (api.search.brave.com)",
+    keyPlaceholder: "Enter your Brave Search API subscription token",
+    needsApiKey: true,
+  },
 ] as const
 
 export function WebSearchSection() {
diff --git a/src/lib/web-search.test.ts b/src/lib/web-search.test.ts
index 7b111012f..27aae6cf6 100644
--- a/src/lib/web-search.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/web-search.test.ts
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ describe("webSearch", () => {
     await expect(webSearch("x", { provider: "none", apiKey: "" }, 5))
       .rejects.toThrow("Select a search provider")
     await expect(webSearch("x", { provider: "serpapi", apiKey: "" }, 5))
-      .rejects.toThrow("Tavily or SerpApi API key")
+      .rejects.toThrow(/API key/)
     await expect(webSearch("x", { provider: "searxng", apiKey: "" }, 5))
       .rejects.toThrow("SearXNG instance URL")
   })
@@ -457,4 +457,45 @@ describe("webSearch", () => {
       5,
     )).rejects.toThrow("Check your Ollama API key")
   })
+
+  it("calls Brave Search API with X-Subscription-Token and normalizes results", async () => {
+    fetchMock.mockResolvedValueOnce(jsonResponse({
+      web: {
+        results: [
+          { title: "Brave A", url: "https://www.example.com/a", description: "First result" },
+          { title: "Brave B", url: "https://docs.example/b", description: "Second result" },
+        ],
+      },
+    }))
+
+    const out = await webSearch("brave query", { provider: "brave", apiKey: "brave-key" }, 2)
+    const [url, init] = fetchMock.mock.calls[0]
+    const parsed = new URL(String(url))
+
+    expect(parsed.origin + parsed.pathname).toBe("https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search")
+    expect(parsed.searchParams.get("q")).toBe("brave query")
+    expect(parsed.searchParams.get("count")).toBe("2")
+    expect(init).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ method: "GET" }))
+    expect((init?.headers as Record<string, string>)["X-Subscription-Token"]).toBe("brave-key")
+    expect(out).toEqual([
+      { title: "Brave A", url: "https://www.example.com/a", snippet: "First result", source: "example.com" },
+      { title: "Brave B", url: "https://docs.example/b", snippet: "Second result", source: "docs.example" },
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it("clamps Brave Search count to the API's 20-result ceiling", async () => {
+    fetchMock.mockResolvedValueOnce(jsonResponse({ web: { results: [] } }))
+
+    await webSearch("anything", { provider: "brave", apiKey: "k" }, 50)
+    const [url] = fetchMock.mock.calls[0]
+    expect(new URL(String(url)).searchParams.get("count")).toBe("20")
+  })
+
+  it("surfaces Brave Search authentication guidance for 401 responses", async () => {
+    fetchMock.mockResolvedValueOnce(new Response("forbidden", { status: 401 }))
+
+    await expect(
+      webSearch("x", { provider: "brave", apiKey: "bad" }, 5),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("Brave Search API authentication failed")
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/lib/web-search.ts b/src/lib/web-search.ts
index 53c41357f..40fd33871 100644
--- a/src/lib/web-search.ts
+++ b/src/lib/web-search.ts
@@ -140,8 +140,11 @@ export async function webSearch(
   if (resolved.provider === "none") {
     throw new Error("Web search not configured. Select a search provider in Settings.")
   }
-  if ((resolved.provider === "tavily" || resolved.provider === "serpapi") && !resolved.apiKey) {
-    throw new Error("Web search not configured. Add a Tavily or SerpApi API key in Settings, or select a key-free provider such as Firecrawl or SearXNG.")
+  if (
+    (resolved.provider === "tavily" || resolved.provider === "serpapi" || resolved.provider === "brave") &&
+    !resolved.apiKey
+  ) {
+    throw new Error("Web search not configured. Add a Tavily, SerpApi, or Brave Search API key in Settings, or select a key-free provider such as Firecrawl or SearXNG.")
   }
   if (resolved.provider === "searxng" && !resolved.searXngUrl?.trim()) {
     throw new Error("Web search not configured. Add a SearXNG instance URL in Settings.")
@@ -159,6 +162,8 @@ export async function webSearch(
       return searXngSearch(query, resolved.searXngUrl ?? "", maxResults, resolved.searXngCategories ?? ["general"])
     case "ollama":
       return ollamaSearch(query, resolved.apiKey ?? "", maxResults)
+    case "brave":
+      return braveSearch(query, resolved.apiKey, maxResults)
     case "firecrawl":
       return firecrawlSearch(query, maxResults)
     default:
@@ -557,3 +562,75 @@ async function ollamaSearch(
       }
     })
 }
+
+interface BraveSearchResponse {
+  web?: {
+    results?: Array<{
+      title?: string
+      url?: string
+      description?: string
+    }>
+  }
+  message?: string
+}
+
+async function braveSearch(
+  query: string,
+  apiKey: string,
+  maxResults: number,
+): Promise<WebSearchResult[]> {
+  // Brave Web Search API caps `count` at 20 per request. Higher values
+  // are silently clamped server-side; bound here so the URL stays
+  // honest and we don't surprise users by appearing to ask for more.
+  const count = Math.max(1, Math.min(maxResults, 20))
+  const params = new URLSearchParams({ q: query, count: String(count) })
+
+  const httpFetch = await getHttpFetch()
+  let response: Response
+  try {
+    response = await httpFetch(
+      `https://api.search.brave.com/res/v1/web/search?${params.toString()}`,
+      {
+        method: "GET",
+        headers: {
+          Accept: "application/json",
+          "X-Subscription-Token": apiKey,
+        },
+      },
+    )
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (isFetchNetworkError(err)) {
+      throw new Error(
+        "Network error reaching api.search.brave.com. Check your connectivity and whether the Brave Search API key is still valid.",
+      )
+    }
+    throw err
+  }
+
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    if (response.status === 401 || response.status === 403) {
+      throw new Error(
+        "Brave Search API authentication failed. Check your subscription token in Settings.",
+      )
+    }
+    const errorText = await response.text().catch(() => "Unknown error")
+    throw new Error(`Brave search failed (${response.status}): ${errorText}`)
+  }
+
+  const data = (await response.json()) as BraveSearchResponse
+  if (data.message && !data.web) {
+    throw new Error(`Brave search error: ${data.message}`)
+  }
+
+  return (data.web?.results ?? [])
+    .slice(0, maxResults)
+    .map((r) => {
+      const url = r.url ?? ""
+      return {
+        title: r.title ?? "Untitled",
+        url,
+        snippet: r.description ?? "",
+        source: hostnameFromUrl(url),
+      }
+    })
+}
diff --git a/src/stores/wiki-store.ts b/src/stores/wiki-store.ts
index a381495d1..771162b36 100644
--- a/src/stores/wiki-store.ts
+++ b/src/stores/wiki-store.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,14 @@ interface LlmConfig {
   codexCliTimeoutMinutes?: number
 }
 
-export type SearchProvider = "tavily" | "serpapi" | "searxng" | "ollama" | "firecrawl" | "none"
+export type SearchProvider =
+  | "tavily"
+  | "serpapi"
+  | "searxng"
+  | "ollama"
+  | "brave"
+  | "firecrawl"
+  | "none"
 export type DeepResearchSource = "web" | "anytxt" | "both"
 export type SerpApiEngine =
   | "google"