diff --git a/src/apps/dashboard/migrations/0002_applet_userapplet.py b/src/apps/dashboard/migrations/0002_applet_userapplet.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e92bff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apps/dashboard/migrations/0002_applet_userapplet.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Generated by Django 6.0 on 2026-03-04 20:34
+
+import django.db.models.deletion
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('dashboard', '0001_initial'),
+        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Applet',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('slug', models.SlugField(unique=True)),
+                ('name', models.CharField(max_length=100)),
+                ('default_visible', models.BooleanField(default=True)),
+            ],
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='UserApplet',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('visible', models.BooleanField(default=True)),
+                ('applet', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='dashboard.applet')),
+                ('user', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='user_applets', to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+            ],
+            options={
+                'unique_together': {('user', 'applet')},
+            },
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/apps/dashboard/migrations/0003_seed_applets.py b/src/apps/dashboard/migrations/0003_seed_applets.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78c4666
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apps/dashboard/migrations/0003_seed_applets.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+def seed_applets(apps, schema_editor):
+    Applet = apps.get_model("dashboard", "Applet")
+    Applet.objects.get_or_create(slug="username", defaults={"name": "Username"})
+    Applet.objects.get_or_create(slug="theme-switcher", defaults={"name": "Theme Switcher"})
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("dashboard", "0002_applet_userapplet"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunPython(seed_applets, migrations.RunPython.noop),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/apps/dashboard/models.py b/src/apps/dashboard/models.py
index bb1b7f0..e6e9784 100644
--- a/src/apps/dashboard/models.py
+++ b/src/apps/dashboard/models.py
@@ -38,3 +38,26 @@ class Item(models.Model):
     def __str__(self):
         return self.text
     
+class Applet(models.Model):
+    slug = models.SlugField(unique=True)
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
+    default_visible = models.BooleanField(default=True)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.name
+    
+class UserApplet(models.Model):
+    user = models.ForeignKey(
+        "lyric.User",
+        related_name="user_applets",
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+    )
+    applet = models.ForeignKey(
+        Applet,
+        on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+    )
+    visible = models.BooleanField(default=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        unique_together = ("user", "applet")
+    
diff --git a/src/apps/dashboard/tests/integrated/test_models.py b/src/apps/dashboard/tests/integrated/test_models.py
index 4564c88..72355b3 100644
--- a/src/apps/dashboard/tests/integrated/test_models.py
+++ b/src/apps/dashboard/tests/integrated/test_models.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.db.utils import IntegrityError
 from django.test import TestCase
 
-from apps.dashboard.models import Item, List
+from apps.dashboard.models import Applet, Item, List, UserApplet
 from apps.lyric.models import User
 
 
@@ -68,3 +68,27 @@ class ListModelTest(TestCase):
             Item.objects.create(list=list_, text="first item")
             Item.objects.create(list=list_, text="second item")
             self.assertEqual(list_.name, "first item")
+
+class AppletModelTest(TestCase):
+    def test_applet_can_be_created(self):
+        applet = Applet.objects.create(slug="my-applet", name="My Applet", default_visible=True)
+        self.assertEqual(Applet.objects.get(slug="my-applet"), applet)
+
+    def test_applet_slug_is_unique(self):
+        Applet.objects.create(slug="my-applet", name="First")
+        with self.assertRaises(IntegrityError):
+            Applet.objects.create(slug="my-applet", name="Second")
+
+class UserAppletModelTest(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.user = User.objects.create(email="a@b.cde")
+        self.applet = Applet.objects.create(slug="username", name="Username")
+
+    def test_user_applet_links_user_to_applet(self):
+        ua = UserApplet.objects.create(user=self.user, applet=self.applet, visible=True)
+        self.assertIn(ua, self.user.user_applets.all())
+
+    def test_user_applet_unique_per_user_and_applet(self):
+        UserApplet.objects.create(user=self.user, applet=self.applet, visible=True)
+        with self.assertRaises(IntegrityError):
+            UserApplet.objects.create(user=self.user, applet=self.applet, visible=False)
diff --git a/src/templates/apps/dashboard/home.html b/src/templates/apps/dashboard/home.html
index 1852bd4..e55146b 100644
--- a/src/templates/apps/dashboard/home.html
+++ b/src/templates/apps/dashboard/home.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 {% block content %}
     {% if user.is_authenticated %}
-        <section class="theme-picker">
+        <section id="id_applet_theme_switcher" class="theme-picker">
             {% for theme in themes %}
                 <div class="theme-picker-item">
                     <div class="swatch {{ theme.name }}{% if user_theme == theme.name %} active{% endif %}{% if theme.locked %} locked{% endif %}"></div>