diff --git a/frontend/public/components-metadata.json b/frontend/public/components-metadata.json
index c0ff32d9..57880aca 100644
--- a/frontend/public/components-metadata.json
+++ b/frontend/public/components-metadata.json
@@ -3371,7 +3371,8 @@
       "tagName": "velxio-breadboard",
       "name": "Breadboard (full)",
       "category": "passive",
-      "description": "830-point solderless breadboard: 63 columns x two 5-hole banks (a-e / f-j) plus four full-length power rails. Holes in the same column strip or rail are electrically connected."
+      "description": "830-point solderless breadboard: 63 columns x two 5-hole banks (a-e / f-j) plus four full-length power rails. Holes in the same column strip or rail are electrically connected.",
+      "featured": true
     },
     {
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@@ -3390,7 +3391,8 @@
       "tagName": "velxio-breadboard-mini",
       "name": "Breadboard Mini",
       "category": "passive",
-      "description": "170-point mini solderless breadboard: 17 columns x two 5-hole banks (a-e / f-j), no power rails. Holes in the same column strip are electrically connected."
+      "description": "170-point mini solderless breadboard: 17 columns x two 5-hole banks (a-e / f-j), no power rails. Holes in the same column strip are electrically connected.",
+      "featured": true
     },
     {
       "thumbnail": "<svg width=\"64\" height=\"64\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\"><rect width=\"64\" height=\"64\" fill=\"#1a2332\" rx=\"4\"/>\n    <rect x=\"6\" y=\"29\" width=\"52\" height=\"3\" fill=\"#aaa\"/>\n    <ellipse cx=\"32\" cy=\"30\" rx=\"14\" ry=\"9\" fill=\"#165696\"/>\n    <ellipse cx=\"28\" cy=\"26\" rx=\"5\" ry=\"3\" fill=\"#3a7cc8\" opacity=\"0.5\"/>\n    <text x=\"32\" y=\"56\" text-anchor=\"middle\" font-size=\"10\" font-family=\"sans-serif\" fill=\"#e5e7eb\" font-weight=\"bold\">1 nF</text></svg>",
diff --git a/frontend/src/services/ComponentRegistry.ts b/frontend/src/services/ComponentRegistry.ts
index 9701029b..3a65e544 100644
--- a/frontend/src/services/ComponentRegistry.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/services/ComponentRegistry.ts
@@ -230,12 +230,18 @@ export class ComponentRegistry {
    * Process and index metadata
    */
   private processMetadata(components: ComponentMetadata[]): void {
-    this.allComponents = components;
+    // Featured (everyday) parts — e.g. breadboards — surface first in the
+    // picker. Array.prototype.sort is stable, so the metadata-file order is
+    // preserved within the featured and non-featured groups.
+    this.allComponents = [...components].sort(
+      (a, b) => Number(!!b.featured) - Number(!!a.featured),
+    );
     this.metadata.clear();
     this.categories.clear();
 
-    // Index by ID
-    components.forEach((component) => {
+    // Index by ID. Iterate the sorted list so the per-category groups keep
+    // featured components first too.
+    this.allComponents.forEach((component) => {
       this.metadata.set(component.id, component);
 
       // Group by category
diff --git a/frontend/src/types/component-metadata.ts b/frontend/src/types/component-metadata.ts
index 0dc5428b..5fc808f4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types/component-metadata.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types/component-metadata.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ export interface ComponentMetadata {
   // delegate the click on a pro_only component to a window-level gate
   // (see ComponentPickerModal) which the overlay implements.
   pro_only?: boolean;
+  // Everyday parts (e.g. breadboards) surface at the top of the picker:
+  // ComponentRegistry sorts featured components first after loading the
+  // metadata, keeping the original order within each group.
+  featured?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface ComponentMetadataCollection {
diff --git a/scripts/component-overrides.json b/scripts/component-overrides.json
index 3c0bc741..05f69de5 100644
--- a/scripts/component-overrides.json
+++ b/scripts/component-overrides.json
@@ -2502,7 +2502,8 @@
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       "defaultValues": {},
-      "description": "830-point solderless breadboard: 63 columns x two 5-hole banks (a-e / f-j) plus four full-length power rails. Holes in the same column strip or rail are electrically connected."
+      "description": "830-point solderless breadboard: 63 columns x two 5-hole banks (a-e / f-j) plus four full-length power rails. Holes in the same column strip or rail are electrically connected.",
+      "featured": true
     },
     {
       "$comment": "Velxio-native passive: 170-point mini breadboard (17x2 banks, no rails). Same wokwi-compatible naming as the full breadboard.",
@@ -2521,7 +2522,8 @@
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+      "description": "170-point mini solderless breadboard: 17 columns x two 5-hole banks (a-e / f-j), no power rails. Holes in the same column strip are electrically connected.",
+      "featured": true
     }
   ],
   "led": {