diff --git a/packages/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/files.rs b/packages/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/files.rs
index e210c8bb..d8292ae4 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/files.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/src-tauri/src/commands/files.rs
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ pub async fn search_files(
 
                 let name = entry.file_name();
                 let name_str = name.to_string_lossy();
-                if name_str.is_empty() || name_str.starts_with('.') {
+                if name_str.is_empty() {
                     continue;
                 }
 
@@ -569,9 +569,6 @@ fn clamp_search_limit(value: Option<usize>) -> usize {
 }
 
 fn should_skip_directory(name: &str) -> bool {
-    if name.starts_with('.') {
-        return true;
-    }
     FILE_SEARCH_EXCLUDED_DIRS
         .iter()
         .any(|dir| dir.eq_ignore_ascii_case(name))
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/views/FilesView.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/views/FilesView.tsx
index f5dff441..d06db86f 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/views/FilesView.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/views/FilesView.tsx
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ export const FilesView: React.FC = () => {
   const mapDirectoryEntries = React.useCallback((dirPath: string, entries: Array<{ name: string; path: string; isDirectory: boolean }>): FileNode[] => {
     const nodes = entries
       .filter((entry) => entry && typeof entry.name === 'string' && entry.name.length > 0)
-      .filter((entry) => !entry.name.startsWith('.'))
       .filter((entry) => !shouldIgnoreEntryName(entry.name))
       .map<FileNode>((entry) => {
         const name = entry.name;
diff --git a/packages/web/server/index.js b/packages/web/server/index.js
index 5f23bf76..cd90bfcf 100644
--- a/packages/web/server/index.js
+++ b/packages/web/server/index.js
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@ const shouldSkipSearchDirectory = (name) => {
   if (!name) {
     return false;
   }
-  if (name.startsWith('.')) {
-    return true;
-  }
+  // allow dot dirs/files; still skip excluded dirs below
   return FILE_SEARCH_EXCLUDED_DIRS.has(name.toLowerCase());
 };
 
@@ -178,7 +176,7 @@ const searchFilesystemFiles = async (rootPath, options) => {
 
       for (const dirent of dirents) {
         const entryName = dirent.name;
-        if (!entryName || entryName.startsWith('.')) {
+        if (!entryName) {
           continue;
         }