diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a5fbb22226a1a82731101fd5067d208e348f473b..12ebae98f632e80382c68f2fd8590506e1820091 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -11797,6 +11797,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "copilot_ui",
  "db",
  "editor",
+ "extensions_ui",
  "fuzzy",
  "gpui",
  "install_cli",
diff --git a/crates/welcome/Cargo.toml b/crates/welcome/Cargo.toml
index 6fd65c795e21ffa5623b95ebfa6ffaca3fa780fe..c18a09673ff8c97e8a8b1c557536b2dc3e972d2e 100644
--- a/crates/welcome/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/welcome/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ anyhow.workspace = true
 client.workspace = true
 copilot_ui.workspace = true
 db.workspace = true
+extensions_ui.workspace = true
 fuzzy.workspace = true
 gpui.workspace = true
 install_cli.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/welcome/src/welcome.rs b/crates/welcome/src/welcome.rs
index 5b9befdad218f592f3a6b7ec21577fc3576d3fc2..e6a2a53f2e6cb5483063710e9f65b4dd59250ea7 100644
--- a/crates/welcome/src/welcome.rs
+++ b/crates/welcome/src/welcome.rs
@@ -145,6 +145,16 @@ impl Render for WelcomePage {
                                         );
                                         copilot_ui::initiate_sign_in(cx);
                                     })),
+                            )
+                            .child(
+                                Button::new("explore extensions", "Explore extensions")
+                                    .full_width()
+                                    .on_click(cx.listener(|this, _, cx| {
+                                        this.telemetry.report_app_event(
+                                            "welcome page: open extensions".to_string(),
+                                        );
+                                        cx.dispatch_action(Box::new(extensions_ui::Extensions));
+                                    })),
                             ),
                     )
                     .child(