diff --git a/openframe-frontend-core/src/components/footer.tsx b/openframe-frontend-core/src/components/footer.tsx
index f2a851ec9..1dc3c7b98 100644
--- a/openframe-frontend-core/src/components/footer.tsx
+++ b/openframe-frontend-core/src/components/footer.tsx
@@ -80,10 +80,14 @@ function UniversalFooter({ config, renderLink }: { config: FooterConfig; renderL
   
   return (
     <footer className={`w-full flex flex-col justify-center items-center ${config.backgroundColor || 'bg-ods-card'} px-6 py-10 relative gap-6 md:gap-6 min-h-[auto] md:min-h-[248px] z-[44] border-t border-ods-border`}>
-      <div className="w-full grid grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4 gap-6 md:gap-8 items-start">
-        
-        {/* Column 1: Logo and optionally description */}
-        <div className="flex flex-col gap-4 md:gap-6 items-start text-left col-span-2 md:col-span-1 lg:col-span-1">
+      <div className="w-full flex flex-col-reverse md:flex-row gap-6 md:gap-8 items-start">
+
+        {/* Brand column — extracted OUT of the sections grid. Kept inside the
+            grid, a platform with 4 link sections needs 5 columns (logo + 4) and
+            overflowed the 4-col grid. As its own flex item (flex-1) beside the
+            sections grid (flex-[4] + lg:grid-cols-4) it becomes an equal 5th
+            column on desktop; the grid then holds only the link sections. */}
+        <div className="flex flex-col gap-4 md:gap-6 items-start text-left w-full md:flex-1">
           {/* Logo and name */}
           <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
             {config.logo && (
@@ -129,59 +133,68 @@ function UniversalFooter({ config, renderLink }: { config: FooterConfig; renderL
             </Suspense>
           )}
         </div>
-        
-        {/* Dynamic sections - 1 column each on all screens */}
-        {config.sections.map((section, index) => (
-          <div key={index} className="flex flex-col gap-3 items-start text-left col-span-1">
-            <h3 className="text-h5 tracking-[-0.02em] text-ods-text-muted">
-              {section.title}
-            </h3>
-            <div className="flex flex-col gap-3">
-              {section.links.map((link, linkIndex) => (
-                <Suspense key={linkIndex} fallback={<NavLinkSkeleton />}>
-                  {linkRenderer(link) as any}
-                </Suspense>
-              ))}
-            </div>
-          </div>
-        ))}
-        
-        {/* Custom component column - full width on mobile and medium, 1 column on large */}
-        {config.customComponent && (
-          <div className="flex flex-col col-span-2 md:col-span-1 lg:col-span-1 justify-center">
-            <Suspense fallback={<Skeleton className="h-32 w-full" />}>
-              {config.customComponent as any}
-            </Suspense>
-          </div>
-        )}
-        
-        {/* Right column content - shows if rightColumnContent is provided OR if moving description to right */}
-        {(config.rightColumnContent || config.moveDescriptionToRight) && (
-          <div className="flex flex-col col-span-2 md:col-span-1 lg:col-span-1 justify-start gap-4 md:gap-6">
-            {/* Show description in right column if moveDescriptionToRight is true */}
-            {config.moveDescriptionToRight && (
-              <>
-                <p className="font-body font-medium text-sm md:text-sm leading-[1.43] text-ods-text-primary">
-                  {config.description}
-                </p>
-                
-                {/* Custom content below description - only if NOT keeping it on left */}
-                {config.belowDescriptionContent && !config.keepBelowDescriptionLeft && (
-                  <Suspense fallback={<Skeleton className="h-8 w-full" />}>
-                    {config.belowDescriptionContent as any}
+
+        {/* Sections (+ optional custom / right columns) grid.
+            Tablet: same width as the brand column (both flex-1 → 50/50), split
+            into 2 columns (2x2 for 4 sections).
+            Desktop: widens to the remaining 4/5 (flex-[4]) as 4 equal columns,
+            so brand + 4 sections read as 5 equal columns.
+            Mobile: full width, 2 columns. */}
+        <div className="grid grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4 gap-6 md:gap-8 items-start w-full md:flex-1 lg:flex-[4] min-w-0">
+
+          {/* Dynamic sections - 1 column each on all screens */}
+          {config.sections.map((section, index) => (
+            <div key={index} className="flex flex-col gap-3 items-start text-left col-span-1">
+              <h3 className="text-h5 tracking-[-0.02em] text-ods-text-muted">
+                {section.title}
+              </h3>
+              <div className="flex flex-col gap-3">
+                {section.links.map((link, linkIndex) => (
+                  <Suspense key={linkIndex} fallback={<NavLinkSkeleton />}>
+                    {linkRenderer(link) as any}
                   </Suspense>
-                )}
-              </>
-            )}
-            
-            {/* Regular right column content */}
-            {config.rightColumnContent && (
+                ))}
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          ))}
+
+          {/* Custom component column - full width on mobile and medium, 1 column on large */}
+          {config.customComponent && (
+            <div className="flex flex-col col-span-2 md:col-span-1 lg:col-span-1 justify-center">
               <Suspense fallback={<Skeleton className="h-32 w-full" />}>
-                {config.rightColumnContent as any}
+                {config.customComponent as any}
               </Suspense>
-            )}
-          </div>
-        )}
+            </div>
+          )}
+
+          {/* Right column content - shows if rightColumnContent is provided OR if moving description to right */}
+          {(config.rightColumnContent || config.moveDescriptionToRight) && (
+            <div className="flex flex-col col-span-2 md:col-span-1 lg:col-span-1 justify-start gap-4 md:gap-6">
+              {/* Show description in right column if moveDescriptionToRight is true */}
+              {config.moveDescriptionToRight && (
+                <>
+                  <p className="font-body font-medium text-sm md:text-sm leading-[1.43] text-ods-text-primary">
+                    {config.description}
+                  </p>
+
+                  {/* Custom content below description - only if NOT keeping it on left */}
+                  {config.belowDescriptionContent && !config.keepBelowDescriptionLeft && (
+                    <Suspense fallback={<Skeleton className="h-8 w-full" />}>
+                      {config.belowDescriptionContent as any}
+                    </Suspense>
+                  )}
+                </>
+              )}
+
+              {/* Regular right column content */}
+              {config.rightColumnContent && (
+                <Suspense fallback={<Skeleton className="h-32 w-full" />}>
+                  {config.rightColumnContent as any}
+                </Suspense>
+              )}
+            </div>
+          )}
+        </div>
       </div>
       
       {/* Copyright */}
diff --git a/openframe-frontend-core/src/components/social-icon-row.tsx b/openframe-frontend-core/src/components/social-icon-row.tsx
index 56711c8f1..b313628fb 100644
--- a/openframe-frontend-core/src/components/social-icon-row.tsx
+++ b/openframe-frontend-core/src/components/social-icon-row.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 import { Mail } from 'lucide-react';
 import { Button } from './ui/button';
-import { GitHubIcon, RedditIcon, XLogo, LinkedInIcon, LumaIcon, WhatsAppIcon, GlobeIcon, MessageCircleIcon, TelegramIcon, YouTubeIcon, InstagramIcon, FacebookIcon, SlackIcon, CopyIcon } from './icons';
+import { GitHubIcon, XLogo, LinkedInIcon, LumaIcon, WhatsAppIcon, GlobeIcon, MessageCircleIcon, TelegramIcon, YouTubeIcon, InstagramIcon, FacebookIcon, SlackIcon, CopyIcon } from './icons';
+import { RedditLogoIcon } from '@/components/icons-v2-generated';
 
 /** Exactly ONE of `href` (anchor, target _blank) or `onClick` (action
  *  button — share popups via window.open inside the click gesture,
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ function renderSocialIcon(platform: string) {
     case 'x':
       return <XLogo className="w-5 h-5" />;
     case 'reddit':
-      return <RedditIcon className="w-5 h-5" variant="white" />;
+      return <RedditLogoIcon className="w-5 h-5" />;
     case 'linkedin':
       return <LinkedInIcon className="w-5 h-5" />;
     case 'luma':
diff --git a/openframe-frontend-core/src/stories/Footer.stories.tsx b/openframe-frontend-core/src/stories/Footer.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc1d044d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openframe-frontend-core/src/stories/Footer.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+import type { Meta, StoryObj } from '@storybook/nextjs-vite';
+import { Footer } from '../components/footer';
+import { FlamingoLogo } from '../components/icons';
+
+const meta = {
+  title: 'Navigation/Footer',
+  component: Footer,
+  parameters: {
+    layout: 'fullscreen',
+  },
+  decorators: [
+    (Story) => (
+      <div style={{ minHeight: '400px', background: 'var(--ods-system-greys-background, #161616)' }}>
+        <Story />
+      </div>
+    ),
+  ],
+} satisfies Meta<typeof Footer>;
+
+export default meta;
+type Story = StoryObj<typeof meta>;
+
+const logo = <FlamingoLogo fill="var(--ods-flamingo-pink-base)" className="flex-shrink-0 w-8 h-8" />;
+
+const social = {
+  github: '#',
+  twitter: '#',
+  reddit: '#',
+};
+
+const baseConfig = {
+  name: 'Flamingo',
+  legalName: 'Flamingo AI, Inc.',
+  description:
+    'AI-driven open-source OS for MSPs. Swap bloated vendor tools for open ones. Automate the boring crap. Take your margin back.',
+  logo,
+  social,
+};
+
+/** Dummy links — Storybook only exercises layout, so nothing needs to navigate. */
+const link = (label: string) => ({ href: '#', label });
+
+const productsSection = {
+  title: 'PRODUCTS',
+  links: ['OpenFrame', 'Customers', 'Partners', 'Releases', 'Knowledge Hub'].map(link),
+};
+
+const companySection = {
+  title: 'COMPANY',
+  links: ['Flamingo', 'About', 'Blog', 'Webinars', 'Media'].map(link),
+};
+
+const communitySection = {
+  title: 'COMMUNITY',
+  links: ['OpenMSP', 'Community', 'OpenMSP Podcast'].map(link),
+};
+
+const supportSection = {
+  title: 'SUPPORT',
+  links: ['Contact Us', 'Privacy Policy', 'Terms of Service'].map(link),
+};
+
+const PromoCard = () => (
+  <div className="bg-ods-bg border border-ods-border rounded-lg p-6 w-full">
+    <p className="font-body font-bold text-ods-text-primary">Ready to Break Free?</p>
+    <p className="font-body text-sm text-ods-text-secondary pt-2">
+      Stop paying vendor taxes. Start using open-source tools.
+    </p>
+  </div>
+);
+
+/**
+ * Four link sections + the brand column — the widest supported layout.
+ *
+ * The brand column sits OUTSIDE the sections grid, so this renders as 5 equal
+ * columns on desktop (brand `flex-1` + grid `flex-[4]`/`lg:grid-cols-4`).
+ * Resize the viewport: tablet splits 50/50 (brand beside a 2x2 of the sections),
+ * mobile stacks the brand on top with a 2x2 below.
+ */
+export const FourSections: Story = {
+  args: {
+    config: {
+      ...baseConfig,
+      sections: [productsSection, companySection, communitySection, supportSection],
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+/**
+ * Three link sections — brand + 3 columns.
+ */
+export const ThreeSections: Story = {
+  args: {
+    config: {
+      ...baseConfig,
+      sections: [productsSection, companySection, supportSection],
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+/**
+ * Two link sections — the leanest layout.
+ */
+export const TwoSections: Story = {
+  args: {
+    config: {
+      ...baseConfig,
+      sections: [productsSection, companySection],
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+/**
+ * Social row hidden via `hideSocialRow`.
+ */
+export const WithoutSocialRow: Story = {
+  args: {
+    config: {
+      ...baseConfig,
+      hideSocialRow: true,
+      sections: [productsSection, companySection, communitySection, supportSection],
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+/**
+ * A `customComponent` (e.g. a CTA card) rendered as a cell in the sections grid.
+ */
+export const WithCustomComponent: Story = {
+  args: {
+    config: {
+      ...baseConfig,
+      sections: [productsSection, companySection],
+      customComponent: <PromoCard />,
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+/**
+ * Arbitrary `rightColumnContent` rendered after the sections.
+ */
+export const WithRightColumn: Story = {
+  args: {
+    config: {
+      ...baseConfig,
+      sections: [productsSection, companySection],
+      rightColumnContent: <PromoCard />,
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+/**
+ * `moveDescriptionToRight` — the brand column keeps only the logo/name while the
+ * description moves into the right column.
+ */
+export const DescriptionMovedToRight: Story = {
+  args: {
+    config: {
+      ...baseConfig,
+      sections: [productsSection, companySection],
+      moveDescriptionToRight: true,
+      rightColumnContent: <PromoCard />,
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+/**
+ * Custom `nameElement` and a `backgroundColor` override.
+ */
+export const CustomNameAndBackground: Story = {
+  args: {
+    config: {
+      ...baseConfig,
+      backgroundColor: 'bg-ods-card',
+      nameElement: (
+        <span className="font-mono text-heading-4 font-bold text-ods-text-primary">Flamingo</span>
+      ),
+      sections: [productsSection, companySection, communitySection, supportSection],
+    },
+  },
+};