diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ChatMessage.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ChatMessage.tsx
index ce369ee8..1309cbf4 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ChatMessage.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ChatMessage.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import { filterVisibleParts, normalizeParts } from './message/partUtils';
 import { normalizeUserDisplayParts } from './message/normalizeUserDisplayParts';
 import { flattenAssistantTextParts } from '@/lib/messages/messageText';
 import { isLikelyProviderAuthFailure, PROVIDER_AUTH_FAILURE_MESSAGE } from '@/lib/messages/providerAuthError';
+import { getProviderModelDisplayName } from '@/lib/modelDisplay';
 import { lazyWithChunkRecovery } from '@/lib/chunkLoadRecovery';
 import type { TurnGroupingContext } from './lib/turns/types';
 import { copyTextToClipboard } from '@/lib/clipboard';
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ const ChatMessage: React.FC<ChatMessageProps> = ({
         streamPerfCount('ui.chat_message.render.streaming');
     }
 
-    const providers = useConfigStore.getState().providers;
+    const providers = useConfigStore((state) => state.providers);
     const { showReasoningTraces, stickyUserHeader, chatRenderMode, showExpandedBashTools, showExpandedEditTools } = useUIStore(
         useShallow((state) => ({
             showReasoningTraces: state.showReasoningTraces,
@@ -363,17 +364,10 @@ const ChatMessage: React.FC<ChatMessageProps> = ({
     const modelName = React.useMemo(() => {
         if (isUser) return undefined;
 
-        if (providerID && modelID && providers.length > 0) {
-            const provider = providers.find((p) => p.id === providerID);
-            if (provider?.models && Array.isArray(provider.models)) {
-                const model = provider.models.find((m: Record<string, unknown>) => (m as Record<string, unknown>).id === modelID);
-                const modelObj = model as Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
-                const name = modelObj?.name;
-                return typeof name === 'string' ? name : undefined;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return undefined;
+        const provider = providerID && providers.length > 0
+            ? providers.find((p) => p.id === providerID)
+            : undefined;
+        return getProviderModelDisplayName(provider, modelID) || undefined;
     }, [isUser, providerID, modelID, providers]);
 
     const modelHasVariants = React.useMemo(() => {
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/MobileModelButton.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/MobileModelButton.tsx
index fc550e70..568ef820 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/MobileModelButton.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/MobileModelButton.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
 import { useConfigStore } from '@/stores/useConfigStore';
 import { getModelDisplayName } from './mobileControlsUtils';
+import { useI18n } from '@/lib/i18n';
 
 interface MobileModelButtonProps {
     onOpenModel: () => void;
@@ -9,10 +10,11 @@ interface MobileModelButtonProps {
 }
 
 export const MobileModelButton: React.FC<MobileModelButtonProps> = ({ onOpenModel, className }) => {
+    const { t } = useI18n();
     const currentModelId = useConfigStore((state) => state.currentModelId);
     const getCurrentProvider = useConfigStore((state) => state.getCurrentProvider);
     const currentProvider = getCurrentProvider();
-    const modelLabel = getModelDisplayName(currentProvider, currentModelId);
+    const modelLabel = getModelDisplayName(currentProvider, currentModelId, t('chat.modelControls.selectModel'));
 
     return (
         <button
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ModelControls.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ModelControls.tsx
index ea01c976..c6e1c75b 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ModelControls.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/ModelControls.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { isDesktopShell } from '@/lib/desktop';
 import { getAgentColor } from '@/lib/agentColors';
 import { useDeviceInfo } from '@/lib/device';
 import { mergeModelMetadataWithLiveModel } from '@/lib/modelMetadata';
+import { getModelDisplayName as getSharedModelDisplayName } from '@/lib/modelDisplay';
 import { getEditModeColors } from '@/lib/permissions/editModeColors';
 import { cn, fuzzyMatch } from '@/lib/utils';
 import { useContextStore } from '@/stores/contextStore';
@@ -1258,12 +1259,8 @@ export const ModelControls: React.FC<ModelControlsProps> = ({
         }
     };
 
-    const getModelDisplayName = (model: ProviderModel | undefined) => {
-        const name = (typeof model?.name === 'string' ? model.name : (typeof model?.id === 'string' ? model.id : ''));
-        if (name.length > 40) {
-            return name.substring(0, 37) + '...';
-        }
-        return name;
+    const getModelDisplayName = (model: ProviderModel | undefined, fallbackModelId?: string) => {
+        return getSharedModelDisplayName(model, fallbackModelId, { maxLength: 40 });
     };
 
     const getProviderDisplayName = () => {
@@ -1272,10 +1269,9 @@ export const ModelControls: React.FC<ModelControlsProps> = ({
     };
 
     const getCurrentModelDisplayName = () => {
-        if (!currentProviderId || !currentModelId) return 'Not selected';
-        if (models.length === 0) return 'Not selected';
+        if (!currentModelId) return t('chat.modelControls.selectModel');
         const currentModel = models.find((m: ProviderModel) => m.id === currentModelId);
-        return getModelDisplayName(currentModel);
+        return getModelDisplayName(currentModel, currentModelId) || t('chat.modelControls.selectModel');
     };
 
     const currentModelDisplayName = getCurrentModelDisplayName();
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/StatusChip.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/StatusChip.tsx
index 6abfb74f..e0076477 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/StatusChip.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/StatusChip.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useConfigStore } from '@/stores/useConfigStore';
 import { useSessionUIStore } from '@/sync/session-ui-store';
 import { useContextStore } from '@/stores/contextStore';
 import { formatEffortLabel, getAgentDisplayName, getModelDisplayName } from './mobileControlsUtils';
+import { useI18n } from '@/lib/i18n';
 
 const STATUS_CHIP_STYLE = {
     height: '28px',
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ interface StatusChipProps {
 }
 
 export const StatusChip: React.FC<StatusChipProps> = ({ onClick, className }) => {
+    const { t } = useI18n();
     const currentModelId = useConfigStore((state) => state.currentModelId);
     const currentVariant = useConfigStore((state) => state.currentVariant);
     const currentAgentName = useConfigStore((state) => state.currentAgentName);
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ export const StatusChip: React.FC<StatusChipProps> = ({ onClick, className }) =>
     const uiAgentName = currentSessionId ? (sessionAgentName || currentAgentName) : currentAgentName;
     const agentLabel = getAgentDisplayName(agents, uiAgentName);
     const currentProvider = getCurrentProvider();
-    const modelLabel = getModelDisplayName(currentProvider, currentModelId);
+    const modelLabel = getModelDisplayName(currentProvider, currentModelId, t('chat.modelControls.selectModel'));
     const hasEffort = getCurrentModelVariants().length > 0;
     const effortLabel = hasEffort ? formatEffortLabel(currentVariant) : null;
     const fullLabel = [agentLabel, modelLabel, effortLabel].filter(Boolean).join(' · ');
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/mobileControlsUtils.ts b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/mobileControlsUtils.ts
index c126073f..8bfd598f 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/chat/mobileControlsUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/chat/mobileControlsUtils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { Agent } from '@opencode-ai/sdk/v2';
+import { getProviderModelDisplayName, type DisplayProvider } from '@/lib/modelDisplay';
 
 export type MobileControlsPanel = 'model' | 'agent' | 'variant' | null;
 
@@ -36,24 +37,12 @@ export const getAgentDisplayName = (agents: Agent[], agentName?: string) => {
     return fallbackAgent ? capitalizeLabel(fallbackAgent.name) : 'Select agent';
 };
 
-type ProviderModel = { id?: string; name?: string };
-
 export const getModelDisplayName = (
-    provider: { models?: ProviderModel[] } | undefined,
+    provider: DisplayProvider,
     modelId: string | undefined,
+    fallbackLabel = '',
 ) => {
-    if (!provider || !modelId) {
-        return 'Not selected';
-    }
-    const models = Array.isArray(provider.models) ? provider.models : [];
-    const model = models.find((entry) => entry.id === modelId);
-    if (typeof model?.name === 'string' && model.name.trim().length > 0) {
-        return model.name;
-    }
-    if (typeof model?.id === 'string' && model.id.trim().length > 0) {
-        return model.id;
-    }
-    return modelId;
+    return getProviderModelDisplayName(provider, modelId, { fallbackLabel });
 };
 
 export const formatEffortLabel = (variant?: string) => {
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/model-picker/ModelPickerList.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/model-picker/ModelPickerList.tsx
index 4fc9d0e4..4cbcaa92 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/model-picker/ModelPickerList.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/model-picker/ModelPickerList.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { ProviderLogo } from '@/components/ui/ProviderLogo';
 import { ScrollableOverlay } from '@/components/ui/ScrollableOverlay';
 import { Tooltip, TooltipContent, TooltipTrigger } from '@/components/ui/tooltip';
 import { mergeModelMetadataWithLiveModel } from '@/lib/modelMetadata';
+import { getModelDisplayName as getSharedModelDisplayName } from '@/lib/modelDisplay';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
 import type { ModelMetadata } from '@/types';
 
@@ -58,10 +59,7 @@ const CURRENCY_FORMATTER = new Intl.NumberFormat('en-US', {
 });
 
 const getModelDisplayName = (model: Record<string, unknown>) => {
-  const name = model?.name || model?.id || '';
-  const nameStr = String(name);
-  if (nameStr.length > 40) return `${nameStr.substring(0, 37)}...`;
-  return nameStr;
+  return getSharedModelDisplayName(model, undefined, { maxLength: 40 });
 };
 
 const formatModelContextTokens = (value?: number | null) => {
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/modelDisplay.test.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/modelDisplay.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..707852de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/modelDisplay.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
+
+import { getModelDisplayName, getProviderModelDisplayName, humanizeModelId } from './modelDisplay';
+
+describe('modelDisplay', () => {
+  test('prefers model name over ids', () => {
+    expect(getModelDisplayName({ id: 'claude-sonnet-4-5', name: 'Claude Sonnet 4.5' })).toBe('Claude Sonnet 4.5');
+  });
+
+  test('falls back to a human-readable model id when name is missing', () => {
+    expect(getModelDisplayName({ id: 'claude-sonnet-4-5' })).toBe('Claude Sonnet 4.5');
+  });
+
+  test('falls back to a human-readable explicit model id when provider data is unavailable', () => {
+    expect(getProviderModelDisplayName(undefined, 'claude-sonnet-4-5')).toBe('Claude Sonnet 4.5');
+  });
+
+  test('uses fallback label only when no model id is available', () => {
+    expect(getProviderModelDisplayName(undefined, undefined, { fallbackLabel: 'Select model' })).toBe('Select model');
+  });
+
+  test('supports provider model records and truncation', () => {
+    const provider = {
+      models: {
+        'very-long-model-id': { id: 'very-long-model-id', name: 'Very Long Model Name' },
+      },
+    };
+
+    expect(getProviderModelDisplayName(provider, 'very-long-model-id', { maxLength: 9 })).toBe('Very L...');
+  });
+
+  test('humanizes provider-prefixed model ids using common model catalog patterns', () => {
+    expect(humanizeModelId('anthropic/claude-opus-4-7-fast')).toBe('Claude Opus 4.7 Fast');
+    expect(humanizeModelId('google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview')).toBe('Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview');
+    expect(humanizeModelId('meta-llama/llama-3.2-3b-instruct:free')).toBe('Llama 3.2 3B Instruct (free)');
+    expect(humanizeModelId('openai/gpt-4o-mini-2024-07-18')).toBe('GPT-4o Mini (2024-07-18)');
+    expect(humanizeModelId('openai/gpt-5.4-mini-fast')).toBe('GPT-5.4 Mini Fast');
+    expect(humanizeModelId('qwen/qwen3-coder:free')).toBe('Qwen3 Coder (free)');
+    expect(humanizeModelId('xai/grok-4-1-fast-non-reasoning')).toBe('Grok 4.1 Fast (Non-Reasoning)');
+    expect(humanizeModelId('z-ai/glm-4.5-air')).toBe('GLM-4.5 Air');
+  });
+
+  test('humanizes alias and custom model ids without provider data', () => {
+    expect(humanizeModelId('~openai/gpt-mini-latest')).toBe('GPT Mini Latest');
+    expect(humanizeModelId('my-custom_provider/myAwesomeModel-v2-fast')).toBe('My Awesome Model V2 Fast');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/lib/modelDisplay.ts b/packages/ui/src/lib/modelDisplay.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b362dc45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui/src/lib/modelDisplay.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,271 @@
+export type DisplayModel = Record<string, unknown> & {
+  id?: unknown;
+  name?: unknown;
+};
+
+export type DisplayProvider = {
+  models?: DisplayModel[] | Record<string, DisplayModel | undefined>;
+} | null | undefined;
+
+type ModelDisplayOptions = {
+  fallbackLabel?: string;
+  maxLength?: number;
+};
+
+const normalizeString = (value: unknown): string => {
+  return typeof value === 'string' ? value.trim() : '';
+};
+
+const truncate = (value: string, maxLength?: number): string => {
+  if (!maxLength || maxLength <= 0 || value.length <= maxLength) {
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  if (maxLength <= 3) {
+    return value.slice(0, maxLength);
+  }
+
+  return `${value.slice(0, maxLength - 3)}...`;
+};
+
+const TOKEN_LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
+  ai: 'AI',
+  api: 'API',
+  ernie: 'ERNIE',
+  glm: 'GLM',
+  gpt: 'GPT',
+  it: 'IT',
+  lfm: 'LFM',
+  lm: 'LM',
+  oss: 'OSS',
+  pdf: 'PDF',
+  rp: 'RP',
+  slerp: 'SLERP',
+  tars: 'TARS',
+  ui: 'UI',
+  vl: 'VL',
+  vlm: 'VLM',
+  aion: 'Aion',
+  anthropic: 'Anthropic',
+  chatgpt: 'ChatGPT',
+  claude: 'Claude',
+  codex: 'Codex',
+  codestral: 'Codestral',
+  command: 'Command',
+  deepseek: 'DeepSeek',
+  gemini: 'Gemini',
+  gemma: 'Gemma',
+  grok: 'Grok',
+  hunyuan: 'Hunyuan',
+  kimi: 'Kimi',
+  llama: 'Llama',
+  minimax: 'MiniMax',
+  mistral: 'Mistral',
+  mixtral: 'Mixtral',
+  nemotron: 'Nemotron',
+  openai: 'OpenAI',
+  qwen: 'Qwen',
+  rekaai: 'RekaAI',
+};
+
+const titleCaseToken = (token: string): string => {
+  if (!token) {
+    return '';
+  }
+  return token[0].toUpperCase() + token.slice(1).toLowerCase();
+};
+
+const stripProviderPrefix = (value: string): string => {
+  const withoutAliasMarker = value.startsWith('~') ? value.slice(1) : value;
+  const slashIndex = withoutAliasMarker.lastIndexOf('/');
+  return slashIndex >= 0 ? withoutAliasMarker.slice(slashIndex + 1) : withoutAliasMarker;
+};
+
+const splitColonSuffix = (value: string): { base: string; suffix: string } => {
+  const colonIndex = value.lastIndexOf(':');
+  if (colonIndex <= 0 || colonIndex >= value.length - 1) {
+    return { base: value, suffix: '' };
+  }
+
+  return {
+    base: value.slice(0, colonIndex),
+    suffix: value.slice(colonIndex + 1),
+  };
+};
+
+const tokenizeModelId = (value: string): string[] => {
+  const rawTokens = value
+    .replace(/([a-z0-9])([A-Z])/g, '$1-$2')
+    .split(/[-_\s]+/)
+    .map((token) => token.trim())
+    .filter(Boolean);
+
+  const tokens: string[] = [];
+  for (let index = 0; index < rawTokens.length; index += 1) {
+    const current = rawTokens[index];
+    const next = rawTokens[index + 1];
+    const nextNext = rawTokens[index + 2];
+
+    if (/^(19|20)\d{2}$/.test(current) && /^\d{2}$/.test(next ?? '') && /^\d{2}$/.test(nextNext ?? '')) {
+      tokens.push(`${current}-${next}-${nextNext}`);
+      index += 2;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (/^\d$/.test(current) && /^\d$/.test(next ?? '')) {
+      tokens.push(`${current}.${next}`);
+      index += 1;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    tokens.push(current);
+  }
+
+  return tokens;
+};
+
+const formatModelToken = (token: string): string => {
+  const lower = token.toLowerCase();
+  const mapped = TOKEN_LABELS[lower];
+  if (mapped) {
+    return mapped;
+  }
+
+  const qwenMatch = lower.match(/^qwen(\d(?:\.\d+)?)$/);
+  if (qwenMatch) {
+    return `Qwen${qwenMatch[1]}`;
+  }
+
+  if (/^o\d/.test(lower)) {
+    return lower;
+  }
+
+  if (/^v\d/.test(lower)) {
+    return `V${token.slice(1).toUpperCase()}`;
+  }
+
+  if (/^\d+[on]$/.test(lower)) {
+    return lower;
+  }
+
+  if (/^[a-z]\d+[a-z]?$/.test(lower)) {
+    return lower.toUpperCase();
+  }
+
+  if (/^\d+(?:x\d+)?[a-z]+$/.test(lower)) {
+    return lower.replace(/[a-z]+$/i, (unit) => unit.toUpperCase());
+  }
+
+  if (/^\d+(?:\.\d+)?[a-z]$/.test(lower)) {
+    return lower.replace(/[a-z]$/i, (unit) => unit.toUpperCase());
+  }
+
+  if (/^[a-z]+\d+(?:\.\d+)?[a-z]*$/.test(lower)) {
+    return titleCaseToken(lower).replace(/([a-z])(\d)/i, '$1$2');
+  }
+
+  return titleCaseToken(token);
+};
+
+const combineModelTokens = (tokens: string[]): string[] => {
+  const result = [...tokens];
+
+  if (result[0] === 'GPT' && result[1] && /^(?:\d|\d+[a-z]|OSS$)/i.test(result[1])) {
+    result.splice(0, 2, `GPT-${result[1]}`);
+  }
+
+  if (result[0] === 'GLM' && result[1] && /^\d/.test(result[1])) {
+    result.splice(0, 2, `GLM-${result[1]}`);
+  }
+
+  if (result[0] === 'LFM' && result[1] && /^\d/.test(result[1])) {
+    result.splice(0, 2, `LFM${result[1]}`);
+  }
+
+  if (result[0] === 'Qwen' && result[1] && /^\d/.test(result[1])) {
+    result.splice(0, 2, `Qwen${result[1]}`);
+  }
+
+  return result;
+};
+
+const formatSuffix = (suffix: string): string => {
+  const normalized = normalizeString(suffix).toLowerCase();
+  if (!normalized) {
+    return '';
+  }
+
+  if (normalized === 'free' || normalized === 'thinking') {
+    return normalized;
+  }
+
+  return humanizeModelId(normalized);
+};
+
+export const humanizeModelId = (modelId: string | null | undefined): string => {
+  const normalized = normalizeString(modelId);
+  if (!normalized) {
+    return '';
+  }
+
+  const { base, suffix } = splitColonSuffix(stripProviderPrefix(normalized));
+  const formattedTokens = combineModelTokens(tokenizeModelId(base).map(formatModelToken));
+
+  if (formattedTokens.length >= 2) {
+    const last = formattedTokens[formattedTokens.length - 1];
+    const previous = formattedTokens[formattedTokens.length - 2];
+    if (last === 'Reasoning' && previous === 'Non') {
+      formattedTokens.splice(formattedTokens.length - 2, 2, '(Non-Reasoning)');
+    }
+  }
+
+  const lastToken = formattedTokens[formattedTokens.length - 1];
+  if (/^(19|20)\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2}$/.test(lastToken ?? '')) {
+    formattedTokens[formattedTokens.length - 1] = `(${lastToken})`;
+  }
+
+  const displayName = formattedTokens.join(' ').replace(/\s+\(/g, ' (').trim();
+  const displaySuffix = formatSuffix(suffix);
+  return displaySuffix ? `${displayName} (${displaySuffix})` : displayName;
+};
+
+export const getModelDisplayName = (
+  model: DisplayModel | null | undefined,
+  fallbackModelId?: string | null,
+  options: ModelDisplayOptions = {},
+): string => {
+  const name = normalizeString(model?.name);
+  if (name) {
+    return truncate(name, options.maxLength);
+  }
+
+  const modelId = normalizeString(model?.id) || normalizeString(fallbackModelId);
+  if (modelId) {
+    return truncate(humanizeModelId(modelId), options.maxLength);
+  }
+
+  return options.fallbackLabel ?? '';
+};
+
+const getProviderModel = (provider: DisplayProvider, modelId: string): DisplayModel | undefined => {
+  const models = provider?.models;
+  if (!models || !modelId) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(models)) {
+    return models.find((model) => normalizeString(model.id) === modelId);
+  }
+
+  return models[modelId];
+};
+
+export const getProviderModelDisplayName = (
+  provider: DisplayProvider,
+  modelId: string | null | undefined,
+  options: ModelDisplayOptions = {},
+): string => {
+  const normalizedModelId = normalizeString(modelId);
+  const model = getProviderModel(provider, normalizedModelId);
+  return getModelDisplayName(model, normalizedModelId, options);
+};