diff --git a/docs/kit/dock-system.md b/docs/kit/dock-system.md
index 596fbb74..6ea52fd3 100644
--- a/docs/kit/dock-system.md
+++ b/docs/kit/dock-system.md
@@ -505,6 +505,8 @@ DevTools for Rolldown joins this group out of the box.
 
 From the dock settings panel, users hide or reorder members within a group independently, and hide the whole group from its row. When a group's members span several sub-categories, each sub-category reorders on its own and shows its own header.
 
+Pinning an entry moves it into a dedicated **Pinned** category that leads the dock bar ahead of every other category. A top-level entry (or a whole group button) pins to the bar-level Pinned bucket; a grouped member pins to a Pinned sub-category that leads its own group, staying inside the group rather than surfacing on the bar. A pinned entry shows even when its home category is hidden, and unpinning returns it to that category in its previous position.
+
 ## Common options
 
 Every dock type accepts these base fields:
@@ -515,7 +517,7 @@ Every dock type accepts these base fields:
 | `title` | `string` | Label shown in the dock. |
 | `icon` | `string \| { light, dark }` | Iconify name, URL, data URI, or light/dark pair. |
 | `category` | `'app' \| 'framework' \| 'web' \| 'advanced' \| 'default'` | Outer dock-bar bucket, or the in-group sub-category when `groupId` resolves to a group — see [Categories inside a group](#categories-inside-a-group). Defaults to `'default'`. |
-| `defaultOrder` | `number` | Higher numbers appear first. Default `0`. |
+| `defaultOrder` | `number` | Orders entries within a category; lower numbers appear first. Default `0`. |
 | `when` | `string` | Visibility expression — see [When Clauses](/kit/when-clauses). |
 | `badge` | `string` | Short text badge (e.g. unread count). |
 | `groupId` | `string` | Collapse this entry under a group's button; the group's `category` becomes this entry's outer bucket — see [Docked groups](#docked-groups). |
diff --git a/packages/core/src/client/webcomponents/components/views-builtin/SettingsDocks.vue b/packages/core/src/client/webcomponents/components/views-builtin/SettingsDocks.vue
index 4a75d299..71a3fb1a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/client/webcomponents/components/views-builtin/SettingsDocks.vue
+++ b/packages/core/src/client/webcomponents/components/views-builtin/SettingsDocks.vue
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { SharedState } from 'devframe/utils/shared-state'
 import type { DevToolsDockEntriesGrouped, DevToolsDocksUserSettings } from '../../state/dock-settings'
 import { useDraggable } from '@vueuse/core'
 import { computed, ref, useTemplateRef } from 'vue'
-import { docksGroupByCategories, getCategoryLabel, getGroupMembers, getGroupMembersGrouped } from '../../state/dock-settings'
+import { docksGroupByCategories, getCategoryLabel, getGroupMembers, getGroupMembersGrouped, isCategoryHideable } from '../../state/dock-settings'
 import { sharedStateToRef } from '../../state/docks'
 import HashBadge from '../display/HashBadge.vue'
 import DockIcon from '../dock/DockIcon.vue'
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ function toggleDock(id: string, visible?: boolean) {
 }
 
 function toggleCategory(category: string, visible?: boolean) {
-  if (category === '~builtin')
+  if (!isCategoryHideable(category))
     return
   const hidden = settings.value.docksCategoriesHidden
   const isHidden = hidden.includes(category)
@@ -299,9 +299,9 @@ function resetCustomOrderForContainer(container: string) {
           <button
             class="w-5 h-5 flex items-center justify-center rounded transition-colors"
             :class="[
-              category === '~builtin' ? 'bg-gray/20 cursor-not-allowed op50' : settings.docksCategoriesHidden.includes(category) ? 'bg-gray/20' : 'bg-primary/20 text-primary',
+              !isCategoryHideable(category) ? 'bg-gray/20 cursor-not-allowed op50' : settings.docksCategoriesHidden.includes(category) ? 'bg-gray/20' : 'bg-primary/20 text-primary',
             ]"
-            :disabled="category === '~builtin'"
+            :disabled="!isCategoryHideable(category)"
             @click="toggleCategory(category)"
           >
             <div
diff --git a/packages/core/src/client/webcomponents/state/__tests__/dock-groups.test.ts b/packages/core/src/client/webcomponents/state/__tests__/dock-groups.test.ts
index db958b71..10289b3f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/client/webcomponents/state/__tests__/dock-groups.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/client/webcomponents/state/__tests__/dock-groups.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import {
   getGroupMembers,
   getGroupMembersGrouped,
   getRegisteredGroupIds,
+  isCategoryHideable,
+  PINNED_CATEGORY,
+  PINNED_CATEGORY_ORDER,
   resolveCommandIcon,
 } from '../dock-settings'
 
@@ -175,6 +178,102 @@ describe('in-group sub-categories (dual role of `category`)', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('pinning re-buckets into the ~pinned category', () => {
+  function categoryOf(grouped: ReturnType<typeof docksGroupByCategories>, id: string): string | undefined {
+    return grouped.find(([, items]) => items.some(i => i.id === id))?.[0]
+  }
+
+  it('moves a pinned top-level entry into the ~pinned category', () => {
+    const entries: DevToolsDockEntry[] = [
+      iframe('a', { category: 'app' }),
+      iframe('b', { category: 'app' }),
+    ]
+    const pinned = { ...settings, docksPinned: ['b'] }
+    const result = docksGroupByCategories(entries, pinned)
+    expect(categoryOf(result, 'b')).toBe(PINNED_CATEGORY)
+    expect(categoryOf(result, 'a')).toBe('app')
+  })
+
+  it('sorts the ~pinned category ahead of every real category', () => {
+    const entries: DevToolsDockEntry[] = [
+      iframe('fw', { category: 'framework' }), // framework leads the real table (-100)
+      iframe('pinme', { category: 'advanced' }),
+    ]
+    const pinned = { ...settings, docksPinned: ['pinme'] }
+    const result = docksGroupByCategories(entries, pinned)
+    expect(result[0]![0]).toBe(PINNED_CATEGORY)
+    expect(PINNED_CATEGORY_ORDER).toBeLessThan(-100)
+  })
+
+  it('pins a group button to the top-level ~pinned category', () => {
+    const entries: DevToolsDockEntry[] = [
+      group('nuxt', { category: 'framework' }),
+      iframe('nuxt:overview', { groupId: 'nuxt' }),
+    ]
+    const pinned = { ...settings, docksPinned: ['nuxt'] }
+    const grouped = docksGroupByCategories(entries, pinned, { collapseGroups: true })
+    expect(categoryOf(grouped, 'nuxt')).toBe(PINNED_CATEGORY)
+  })
+
+  it('pins a grouped member into a ~pinned SUB-category inside its group (no promotion to the bar)', () => {
+    const entries: DevToolsDockEntry[] = [
+      group('nuxt', { category: 'framework' }),
+      iframe('nuxt:overview', { groupId: 'nuxt', category: 'app' }),
+      iframe('nuxt:graph', { groupId: 'nuxt', category: 'advanced' }),
+    ]
+    const pinned = { ...settings, docksPinned: ['nuxt:graph'] }
+
+    // The member stays folded in its group on the bar — no top-level ~pinned bucket.
+    const bar = docksGroupByCategories(entries, pinned, { collapseGroups: true })
+    expect(bar.map(([c]) => c)).not.toContain(PINNED_CATEGORY)
+
+    // Inside the group it leads via a ~pinned sub-category.
+    const sub = getGroupMembersGrouped(entries, 'nuxt', pinned)
+    expect(sub[0]![0]).toBe(PINNED_CATEGORY)
+    expect(categoryOf(sub, 'nuxt:graph')).toBe(PINNED_CATEGORY)
+    expect(categoryOf(sub, 'nuxt:overview')).toBe('app')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps a pinned entry visible even when its home category is hidden', () => {
+    const entries: DevToolsDockEntry[] = [
+      iframe('a', { category: 'advanced' }),
+      iframe('b', { category: 'advanced' }),
+    ]
+    const hiddenCat = { ...settings, docksCategoriesHidden: ['advanced'], docksPinned: ['b'] }
+    const grouped = docksGroupByCategories(entries, hiddenCat)
+    const ids = grouped.flatMap(([, items]) => items.map(i => i.id))
+    // 'a' is hidden with its category; the pinned 'b' survives in ~pinned
+    expect(ids).not.toContain('a')
+    expect(ids).toContain('b')
+    expect(categoryOf(grouped, 'b')).toBe(PINNED_CATEGORY)
+  })
+
+  it('orders multiple pinned entries by custom then default order', () => {
+    const entries: DevToolsDockEntry[] = [
+      iframe('x', { defaultOrder: 1 }),
+      iframe('y', { defaultOrder: 0 }),
+      iframe('z', { defaultOrder: 2 }),
+    ]
+    const pinned = { ...settings, docksPinned: ['x', 'y', 'z'], docksCustomOrder: { x: 5, y: 6, z: 1 } }
+    const grouped = docksGroupByCategories(entries, pinned)
+    const pinnedItems = grouped.find(([c]) => c === PINNED_CATEGORY)![1].map(e => e.id)
+    // custom order wins over defaultOrder: z(1) < x(5) < y(6)
+    expect(pinnedItems).toEqual(['z', 'x', 'y'])
+  })
+})
+
+describe('isCategoryHideable', () => {
+  it('marks ~builtin and ~pinned as non-hideable', () => {
+    expect(isCategoryHideable('~builtin')).toBe(false)
+    expect(isCategoryHideable(PINNED_CATEGORY)).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('marks ordinary categories as hideable', () => {
+    expect(isCategoryHideable('app')).toBe(true)
+    expect(isCategoryHideable('framework')).toBe(true)
+  })
+})
+
 describe('getCategoryLabel', () => {
   it('maps known category ids to human labels', () => {
     expect(getCategoryLabel('framework')).toBe('Framework')
diff --git a/packages/core/src/client/webcomponents/state/dock-settings.ts b/packages/core/src/client/webcomponents/state/dock-settings.ts
index 7664b7f8..3798d038 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/client/webcomponents/state/dock-settings.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/client/webcomponents/state/dock-settings.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,34 @@ import { DEFAULT_CATEGORIES_ORDER } from '../constants'
 export type { DevToolsDocksUserSettings }
 export type { DevToolsDockEntriesGrouped }
 
+/**
+ * Synthetic category that collects pinned dock entries. Pinning re-buckets an
+ * entry here instead of merely floating it to the top of its home category, so
+ * pinned entries lead the dock bar (and, for grouped members, lead inside their
+ * group). The `~` prefix marks it internal, mirroring `~builtin`; it is never
+ * user-hideable and does not exist upstream in `DEFAULT_CATEGORIES_ORDER`.
+ */
+export const PINNED_CATEGORY = '~pinned'
+
+/**
+ * Order weight for {@link PINNED_CATEGORY}. Strongly negative so the Pinned
+ * bucket always sorts before every real category (`framework` leads the
+ * upstream table at `-100`). Applied as a local override in the sort rather
+ * than added to the upstream `DEFAULT_CATEGORIES_ORDER` table, keeping the pin
+ * feature entirely client-side.
+ */
+export const PINNED_CATEGORY_ORDER = -100000
+
+/**
+ * Resolve a category's sort weight, layering the local {@link PINNED_CATEGORY}
+ * override on top of the upstream {@link DEFAULT_CATEGORIES_ORDER} table.
+ */
+function categoryOrder(category: string): number {
+  if (category === PINNED_CATEGORY)
+    return PINNED_CATEGORY_ORDER
+  return DEFAULT_CATEGORIES_ORDER[category] || 0
+}
+
 export interface SplitGroupsResult {
   visible: DevToolsDockEntriesGrouped
   overflow: DevToolsDockEntriesGrouped
@@ -35,6 +63,17 @@ const CATEGORY_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
   'web': 'Web',
   'advanced': 'Advanced',
   '~builtin': 'Built-in',
+  [PINNED_CATEGORY]: 'Pinned',
+}
+
+/**
+ * Internal categories the user cannot hide via `docksCategoriesHidden`. Both
+ * are `~`-prefixed synthetic buckets: `~builtin` (always-present built-ins) and
+ * `~pinned` (the pinned bucket, whose membership the user controls per-entry
+ * via the pin toggle instead).
+ */
+export function isCategoryHideable(category: string): boolean {
+  return category !== '~builtin' && category !== PINNED_CATEGORY
 }
 
 /**
@@ -79,16 +118,18 @@ export function getEntryGroup(
 
 /**
  * Group a group's members by their **in-group sub-category** and sort them the
- * same way the dock bar sorts (pinned, custom order, default order). Members
+ * same way the dock bar sorts (custom order, then default order). Members
  * hidden by user settings or a falsy `when` clause are filtered out unless
  * `includeHidden`.
  *
  * A member's own `category` field is its in-group sub-category (defaulting to
  * `'default'`) — the group's `category` is the *outer* bucket the whole group
- * lives in, so it never bleeds into the sub-category split here. Sub-categories
- * are ordered by the same {@link DEFAULT_CATEGORIES_ORDER} table as top-level
- * categories, but they are not independently hideable (the outer category-hide
- * toggle does not apply inside a group).
+ * lives in, so it never bleeds into the sub-category split here. A pinned member
+ * moves to a `~pinned` sub-category (leading the group, via
+ * {@link PINNED_CATEGORY_ORDER}). Sub-categories are ordered by the same
+ * {@link DEFAULT_CATEGORIES_ORDER} table as top-level categories, but they are
+ * not independently hideable (the outer category-hide toggle does not apply
+ * inside a group).
  */
 export function getGroupMembersGrouped(
   entries: DevToolsDockEntry[],
@@ -123,7 +164,8 @@ export function getGroupMembers(
 
 /**
  * Group and sort dock entries based on user settings.
- * Filters out hidden entries and categories, sorts by pinned status, custom order, and default order.
+ * Filters out hidden entries and categories, then sorts by custom order and
+ * default order within each category.
  *
  * Outer bucketing follows the dual role of `category`: a grouped member whose
  * `groupId` resolves to a registered group takes that **group's** `category` as
@@ -133,6 +175,17 @@ export function getGroupMembers(
  * bar, so the outer bucket is always the group's category. Orphan members
  * (whose `groupId` references no registered group) fall back to their own
  * `category`.
+ *
+ * Pinning re-buckets an entry into {@link PINNED_CATEGORY} in place of the
+ * category slot it would otherwise occupy — the outer bucket for a top-level
+ * entry or group button, or the in-group sub-category for a member (the
+ * members-only in-group split has no group entries, so `resolvedGroupCategory`
+ * is undefined there and the member's own category slot is the one replaced).
+ * A grouped member's outer bucket is never re-pinned, so pinning a member
+ * reorders it inside its group rather than promoting it onto the top-level bar.
+ * Because the pinned bucket is chosen before the category-hide check and is
+ * itself never hideable, a pinned entry stays visible even when its original
+ * category is hidden.
  */
 export function docksGroupByCategories(
   entries: DevToolsDockEntry[],
@@ -180,8 +233,20 @@ export function docksGroupByCategories(
     // Outer bucket: the group's category for grouped members, else the entry's
     // own category. Orphans (groupId with no registered group) fall through to
     // their own `category`.
-    const category = resolvedGroupCategory ?? entry.category ?? 'default'
-    // Skip if category is hidden (an outer-bar concern; not applied in-group)
+    const ownCategory = resolvedGroupCategory ?? entry.category ?? 'default'
+    // A pinned entry re-buckets into `~pinned` in place of the category slot it
+    // occupies — but only that slot. Top-level entries and group buttons
+    // (`resolvedGroupCategory === undefined`) move to the top-level `~pinned`
+    // bucket; members in the in-group split (also undefined there) move to a
+    // `~pinned` sub-category. A grouped member's OUTER bucket
+    // (`resolvedGroupCategory` defined) is left alone, so pin never promotes it
+    // off its group and onto the bar.
+    const category = docksPinned.includes(entry.id) && resolvedGroupCategory === undefined
+      ? PINNED_CATEGORY
+      : ownCategory
+    // Skip if category is hidden (an outer-bar concern; not applied in-group).
+    // `~pinned` is never hideable, so a pinned entry survives its original
+    // category being hidden.
     if (!includeHidden && !ignoreCategoryHidden && docksCategoriesHidden.includes(category))
       continue
 
@@ -193,26 +258,22 @@ export function docksGroupByCategories(
   const grouped = Array
     .from(map.entries())
     .sort(([a], [b]) => {
-      const ia = DEFAULT_CATEGORIES_ORDER[a] || 0
-      const ib = DEFAULT_CATEGORIES_ORDER[b] || 0
+      const ia = categoryOrder(a)
+      const ib = categoryOrder(b)
       return ib === ia ? b.localeCompare(a) : ia - ib
     })
 
   grouped.forEach(([_, items]) => {
+    // Ordering within a category (including the `~pinned` bucket, where every
+    // entry is pinned): custom order first, then default order, then title.
     items.sort((a, b) => {
-      // Pinned entries come first
-      const aPinned = docksPinned.includes(a.id)
-      const bPinned = docksPinned.includes(b.id)
-      if (aPinned !== bPinned)
-        return aPinned ? -1 : 1
-
-      // Then sort by custom order
+      // Custom order
       const customOrderA = docksCustomOrder[a.id] ?? 0
       const customOrderB = docksCustomOrder[b.id] ?? 0
       if (customOrderA !== customOrderB)
         return customOrderA - customOrderB
 
-      // Finally by default order
+      // Default order
       const ia = a.defaultOrder ?? 0
       const ib = b.defaultOrder ?? 0
       return ib === ia ? b.title.localeCompare(a.title) : ia - ib