diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/onboarding/WelcomeWizard.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/onboarding/WelcomeWizard.tsx
index 5c6517e154a1..b1b366df8997 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/onboarding/WelcomeWizard.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/onboarding/WelcomeWizard.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {
   resolveOnboardingLandingProject,
   resolveOnboardingProjectId,
   type OnboardingProjectGroup,
+  splitOnboardingProjectPath,
 } from "../../onboarding/projectImport.logic";
 import {
   getOnboardingProviderState,
@@ -1352,7 +1353,7 @@ function ImportCandidateList({
               <ImportCandidateRow
                 key={candidate.key}
                 candidate={candidate}
-                label={candidate.path}
+                path={candidate.path}
                 nested
                 checked={selectedKeys.has(candidate.key)}
                 onCheckedChange={(checked) => setKeys([candidate.key], checked)}
@@ -1383,7 +1384,7 @@ function ImportRepositoryGroup({
       <ImportCandidateRow
         candidate={only}
         label={group.label}
-        {...(group.repository === null ? {} : { secondary: only.path })}
+        path={only.path}
         checked={selectedKeys.has(only.key)}
         onCheckedChange={(checked) => onToggle([only.key], checked)}
       />
@@ -1412,7 +1413,7 @@ function ImportRepositoryGroup({
           <ImportCandidateRow
             key={candidate.key}
             candidate={candidate}
-            label={candidate.path}
+            path={candidate.path}
             nested
             checked={selectedKeys.has(candidate.key)}
             onCheckedChange={(checked) => onToggle([candidate.key], checked)}
@@ -1423,17 +1424,39 @@ function ImportRepositoryGroup({
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Clones of one repository and plain folders differ only by folder name, so
+ * the name stays visible and the shared parent path truncates first.
+ */
+function ProjectPathText({
+  path,
+  className,
+}: {
+  readonly path: string;
+  readonly className?: string;
+}) {
+  const { name, parent } = splitOnboardingProjectPath(path);
+  return (
+    <span className={cn("flex min-w-0 items-baseline font-mono", className)}>
+      {parent.length > 0 ? <span className="truncate">{parent}</span> : null}
+      <span className="max-w-full shrink-0 truncate">{name}</span>
+    </span>
+  );
+}
+
 function ImportCandidateRow({
   candidate,
   label,
-  secondary,
+  path,
   nested = false,
   checked,
   onCheckedChange,
 }: {
   readonly candidate: ImportCandidate;
-  readonly label: string;
-  readonly secondary?: string;
+  /** Text primary label. Nested rows omit it and are labelled by their path. */
+  readonly label?: string;
+  /** Shown with the folder name kept visible while the parent path truncates. */
+  readonly path?: string;
   readonly nested?: boolean;
   readonly checked: boolean;
   readonly onCheckedChange: (checked: boolean) => void;
@@ -1450,13 +1473,14 @@ function ImportCandidateRow({
         <TooltipTrigger
           render={<span className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-baseline gap-2 truncate" />}
         >
-          <span className={cn("truncate", nested ? "font-mono text-xs" : "text-sm font-medium")}>
-            {label}
-          </span>
-          {secondary !== undefined ? (
-            <span className="truncate font-mono text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
-              {secondary}
-            </span>
+          {label !== undefined ? (
+            <span className="truncate text-sm font-medium">{label}</span>
+          ) : null}
+          {path !== undefined ? (
+            <ProjectPathText
+              path={path}
+              className={label === undefined ? "text-xs" : "text-[11px] text-muted-foreground"}
+            />
           ) : null}
         </TooltipTrigger>
         <TooltipPopup className="max-w-96 break-all font-mono">{candidate.path}</TooltipPopup>
diff --git a/apps/web/src/onboarding/projectImport.logic.test.ts b/apps/web/src/onboarding/projectImport.logic.test.ts
index a675cae4a538..4847b191071a 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/onboarding/projectImport.logic.test.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/onboarding/projectImport.logic.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   onboardingProjectKey,
   resolveOnboardingLandingProject,
   resolveOnboardingProjectId,
+  splitOnboardingProjectPath,
 } from "./projectImport.logic";
 
 const now = Date.parse("2026-08-22T12:00:00.000Z");
@@ -349,3 +350,41 @@ describe("projects on multiple computers", () => {
     expect(partitionOnboardingProjects([first, second], now).recent).toEqual([first, second]);
   });
 });
+
+describe("splitOnboardingProjectPath", () => {
+  it("keeps sibling checkouts that share a prefix distinguishable by name", () => {
+    const left = splitOnboardingProjectPath("/Users/me/Projects/clients/acme/t3code");
+    const right = splitOnboardingProjectPath("/Users/me/Projects/clients/acme/t3code-worktree");
+    expect(left).toEqual({ name: "t3code", parent: "/Users/me/Projects/clients/acme/" });
+    expect(right).toEqual({ name: "t3code-worktree", parent: "/Users/me/Projects/clients/acme/" });
+    expect(left.name).not.toBe(right.name);
+  });
+
+  it("splits Windows paths and ignores a trailing separator", () => {
+    expect(splitOnboardingProjectPath("C:\\Users\\me\\t3code\\")).toEqual({
+      name: "t3code",
+      parent: "C:\\Users\\me\\",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("keeps a root or bare name whole", () => {
+    expect(splitOnboardingProjectPath("/")).toEqual({ name: "/", parent: "" });
+    expect(splitOnboardingProjectPath("/t3code")).toEqual({ name: "t3code", parent: "/" });
+    expect(splitOnboardingProjectPath("t3code")).toEqual({ name: "t3code", parent: "" });
+    expect(splitOnboardingProjectPath("t3code/")).toEqual({ name: "t3code", parent: "" });
+  });
+
+  it.each(["C:\\", "C:/", "\\\\server\\share", "\\\\server\\share\\", "//server/share/"])(
+    "keeps the filesystem root %s whole",
+    (path) => {
+      expect(splitOnboardingProjectPath(path)).toEqual({ name: path, parent: "" });
+    },
+  );
+
+  it("splits a folder below a network share", () => {
+    expect(splitOnboardingProjectPath("\\\\server\\share\\project\\")).toEqual({
+      name: "project",
+      parent: "\\\\server\\share\\",
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/web/src/onboarding/projectImport.logic.ts b/apps/web/src/onboarding/projectImport.logic.ts
index d7044b98b6af..86f34754c32e 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/onboarding/projectImport.logic.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/onboarding/projectImport.logic.ts
@@ -135,6 +135,26 @@ export function resolveOnboardingLandingProject<T>(
   return undefined;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Splits a scan path into the folder name and the directory above it (with
+ * its trailing separator), so a picker row can keep the name visible and let
+ * the shared prefix truncate. Handles both separators because candidates
+ * come from any environment.
+ */
+export function splitOnboardingProjectPath(path: string): {
+  readonly name: string;
+  readonly parent: string;
+} {
+  if (/^[A-Za-z]:[\\/]+$/.test(path) || /^[\\/]{2}[^\\/]+[\\/][^\\/]+[\\/]*$/.test(path)) {
+    return { name: path, parent: "" };
+  }
+  const trimmed = path.replace(/[\\/]+$/, "");
+  const separatorIndex = Math.max(trimmed.lastIndexOf("/"), trimmed.lastIndexOf("\\"));
+  if (trimmed.length === 0) return { name: path, parent: "" };
+  if (separatorIndex < 0) return { name: trimmed, parent: "" };
+  return { name: trimmed.slice(separatorIndex + 1), parent: trimmed.slice(0, separatorIndex + 1) };
+}
+
 /** Paths identify projects only within the computer that owns them. */
 export function onboardingProjectKey(environmentId: EnvironmentId, path: string): string {
   return JSON.stringify([environmentId, path]);