diff --git a/src/app.d.ts b/src/app.d.ts
index 53556b4..be7d5b8 100644
--- a/src/app.d.ts
+++ b/src/app.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 // See https://svelte.dev/docs/kit/types#app.d.ts
 // for information about these interfaces
-import type { ForumShell, Profiles } from "$lib/forum/snapshot";
+import type {
+  ForumShell,
+  OverviewSnapshot,
+  Profiles,
+  ThreadsSnapshot,
+} from "$lib/forum/snapshot";
 import type { ThreadDetail } from "$lib/forum/thread";
 
 declare global {
@@ -12,6 +17,8 @@ declare global {
       shell?: ForumShell | null;
       profiles?: Profiles | null;
       thread?: ThreadDetail | null;
+      threads?: ThreadsSnapshot | null;
+      overview?: OverviewSnapshot | null;
     }
     // interface PageState {}
     // interface Platform {}
diff --git a/src/lib/forum/snapshot.ts b/src/lib/forum/snapshot.ts
index 2ae6904..5a667a4 100644
--- a/src/lib/forum/snapshot.ts
+++ b/src/lib/forum/snapshot.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import type { NostrUser } from "$lib/gadgets";
 import type { GroupMetadata, GroupSummary } from "./groups";
 import type { Resource } from "./resources";
 import type { Partial } from "./partials";
+import type { SortMode, ThreadPage } from "./threads";
+import type { Overview } from "./overview";
 
 // What the server rendered a page with. Stores treat these as the baseline
 // (see the `page.data` fallbacks) until their own live fetch lands.
@@ -17,6 +19,18 @@ export type ForumShell = {
 
 export type Profiles = Record<string, NostrUser>;
 
+export type ThreadsSnapshot = ThreadPage & {
+  groupId: string;
+  sort: SortMode;
+  snapshotAt: number;
+  profiles: Profiles;
+};
+
+export type OverviewSnapshot = Overview & {
+  roomIds: string[];
+  profiles: Profiles;
+};
+
 type Fetch = typeof fetch;
 
 // Read a snapshot endpoint. On the server the response is inlined into the
diff --git a/src/lib/overview.svelte.ts b/src/lib/overview.svelte.ts
index 0dcfeac..e1e75fc 100644
--- a/src/lib/overview.svelte.ts
+++ b/src/lib/overview.svelte.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { page } from "$app/state";
 import { loadNostrUser, type NostrUser } from "$lib/gadgets";
 import { ensureForumRelay } from "$lib/relay";
 import { ingestNostrUser } from "$lib/profiles.svelte";
@@ -17,19 +18,26 @@ let recent = $state<RecentThread[]>([]);
 let profiles = $state<Record<string, NostrUser>>({});
 let loading = $state(false);
 let loadedKey = ""; // room-id set last loaded for, to avoid redundant refetches
+let settled = $state(false); // first live load finished
+
+// Until the live fetch lands, the server snapshot (if any) stands in.
+function fallback() {
+  return settled ? null : (page.data.overview ?? null);
+}
 
 export const overviewStore = {
   get activity() {
-    return activity;
+    return fallback()?.activity ?? activity;
   },
   get admins() {
-    return admins;
+    return fallback()?.admins ?? admins;
   },
   get recent() {
-    return recent;
+    return fallback()?.recent ?? recent;
   },
   get profiles() {
-    return profiles;
+    const base = page.data.overview?.profiles;
+    return base ? { ...base, ...profiles } : profiles;
   },
   get loading() {
     return loading;
@@ -58,6 +66,7 @@ export async function loadOverview(roomIds: string[]) {
     activity = o.activity;
     admins = o.admins;
     recent = o.recent;
+    settled = true;
     overviewPubkeys(o).forEach(loadProfile);
   } finally {
     loading = false;
diff --git a/src/lib/threads.svelte.ts b/src/lib/threads.svelte.ts
index 1ce3c1e..af32a97 100644
--- a/src/lib/threads.svelte.ts
+++ b/src/lib/threads.svelte.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { page } from "$app/state";
 import { loadNostrUser, type NostrUser } from "$lib/gadgets";
 import { ensureForumRelay } from "$lib/relay";
 import { ingestNostrUser } from "$lib/profiles.svelte";
@@ -21,15 +22,34 @@ let cursor: number | null = null; // sort-key value of the last loaded thread
 let snapshotAt = 0; // upper time bound, frozen at initial load
 let reqId = 0; // supersedes in-flight loads when the sort/group changes
 
+// Which listing the client asked for, and whether its first page is in.
+let requested = $state<{ groupId: string; sort: SortMode } | null>(null);
+let settled = $state(false);
+
+// The server snapshot stands in until the live listing lands, but only for
+// the listing that was requested: a different room or sort shows "Loading…".
+function fallback() {
+  const s = page.data.threads;
+  if (!s) return null;
+  if (
+    requested &&
+    (requested.groupId !== s.groupId || requested.sort !== s.sort)
+  )
+    return null;
+  return s;
+}
+
 export const threadStore = {
   get threads() {
-    return threads;
+    if (settled || threads.length > 0) return threads;
+    return fallback()?.threads ?? threads;
   },
   get profiles() {
-    return profiles;
+    const base = fallback()?.profiles;
+    return base ? { ...base, ...profiles } : profiles;
   },
   get exhausted() {
-    return exhausted;
+    return settled ? exhausted : (fallback()?.done ?? exhausted);
   },
   get loading() {
     return loading;
@@ -63,6 +83,7 @@ async function runLoad(append: boolean, groupId: string) {
     threads = append ? [...threads, ...page.threads] : page.threads;
     cursor = page.nextCursor ?? cursor;
     exhausted = page.done || page.threads.length === 0;
+    settled = true;
     for (const t of page.threads) {
       loadProfile(t.authorPubkey);
       loadProfile(t.latestPubkey);
@@ -78,6 +99,8 @@ async function runLoad(append: boolean, groupId: string) {
 
 export async function loadThreads(groupId: string, sort: SortMode = "active") {
   sortMode = sort;
+  requested = { groupId, sort };
+  settled = false;
   threads = [];
   cursor = null;
   exhausted = false;
diff --git a/src/routes/+page.ts b/src/routes/+page.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41bda5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/+page.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { MODE, GROUP_ID } from "$lib/config";
+import {
+  snapshot,
+  type OverviewSnapshot,
+  type ThreadsSnapshot,
+} from "$lib/forum/snapshot";
+
+// Simple mode: the single group's listing. Full mode: the room overview.
+export async function load({ fetch, url }) {
+  if (MODE === "simple") {
+    const sort = url.searchParams.get("sort") === "new" ? "?sort=new" : "";
+    const threads = await snapshot<ThreadsSnapshot>(
+      fetch,
+      `/api/threads/${GROUP_ID}${sort}`,
+    );
+    return { threads, profiles: threads?.profiles ?? null };
+  }
+  const overview = await snapshot<OverviewSnapshot>(fetch, "/api/overview");
+  return { overview, profiles: overview?.profiles ?? null };
+}
diff --git a/src/routes/api/overview/+server.ts b/src/routes/api/overview/+server.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6171d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/api/overview/+server.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { json } from "@sveltejs/kit";
+import { MODE, GROUP_ID } from "$lib/config";
+import { fetchGroups } from "$lib/forum/groups";
+import { fetchOverview, overviewPubkeys } from "$lib/forum/overview";
+import { fetchProfiles } from "$lib/forum/profiles";
+import type { OverviewSnapshot } from "$lib/forum/snapshot";
+import { forumQuery, profileQuery } from "$lib/ssr/relay";
+
+// Room activity and the latest discussions: every room in full mode, the
+// single group in simple mode (mirrors LatestDiscussions' own room set).
+export async function GET() {
+  const roomIds =
+    MODE === "full"
+      ? (await fetchGroups(forumQuery)).map((g) => g.id)
+      : [GROUP_ID];
+  const overview = await fetchOverview(forumQuery, roomIds);
+  const profiles = await fetchProfiles(profileQuery, overviewPubkeys(overview));
+  const body: OverviewSnapshot = { roomIds, ...overview, profiles };
+  return json(body);
+}
diff --git a/src/routes/api/threads/[group]/+server.ts b/src/routes/api/threads/[group]/+server.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ed8fa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/api/threads/[group]/+server.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { error, json } from "@sveltejs/kit";
+import { MODE, GROUP_ID } from "$lib/config";
+import { fetchGroups } from "$lib/forum/groups";
+import {
+  fetchThreadPage,
+  threadPagePubkeys,
+  type SortMode,
+} from "$lib/forum/threads";
+import { fetchProfiles } from "$lib/forum/profiles";
+import type { ThreadsSnapshot } from "$lib/forum/snapshot";
+import { forumQuery, profileQuery } from "$lib/ssr/relay";
+
+// First page of a group's listing. Unknown rooms are a 404 so crawlers don't
+// index empty shells; private rooms are simply empty to the anonymous server.
+export async function GET({ params, url }) {
+  const groupId = params.group;
+  if (MODE === "simple") {
+    if (groupId !== GROUP_ID) error(404, "Not found");
+  } else {
+    const groups = await fetchGroups(forumQuery);
+    if (!groups.some((g) => g.id === groupId)) error(404, "Not found");
+  }
+  const sort: SortMode =
+    url.searchParams.get("sort") === "new" ? "new" : "active";
+  const snapshotAt = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+  const page = await fetchThreadPage(forumQuery, groupId, {
+    sort,
+    until: snapshotAt,
+    snapshotAt,
+  });
+  const profiles = await fetchProfiles(
+    profileQuery,
+    threadPagePubkeys(page.threads),
+  );
+  const body: ThreadsSnapshot = {
+    groupId,
+    sort,
+    snapshotAt,
+    ...page,
+    profiles,
+  };
+  return json(body);
+}
diff --git a/src/routes/contacts/+page.ts b/src/routes/contacts/+page.ts
index 6521598..30c78ca 100644
--- a/src/routes/contacts/+page.ts
+++ b/src/routes/contacts/+page.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
-import { snapshot, type Profiles } from "$lib/forum/snapshot";
+import {
+  snapshot,
+  type OverviewSnapshot,
+  type Profiles,
+} from "$lib/forum/snapshot";
 
+// Admin profiles for the cards, plus the latest-discussions panel beside them.
 export async function load({ fetch }) {
-  const data = await snapshot<{ profiles: Profiles }>(fetch, "/api/contacts");
-  return { profiles: data?.profiles ?? null };
+  const [contacts, overview] = await Promise.all([
+    snapshot<{ profiles: Profiles }>(fetch, "/api/contacts"),
+    snapshot<OverviewSnapshot>(fetch, "/api/overview"),
+  ]);
+  return {
+    overview,
+    profiles: { ...overview?.profiles, ...contacts?.profiles },
+  };
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/resource/[slug]/+page.ts b/src/routes/resource/[slug]/+page.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b54f01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/resource/[slug]/+page.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { snapshot, type OverviewSnapshot } from "$lib/forum/snapshot";
+
+// Articles show the latest-discussions panel next to the text.
+export async function load({ fetch }) {
+  const overview = await snapshot<OverviewSnapshot>(fetch, "/api/overview");
+  return { overview, profiles: overview?.profiles ?? null };
+}
diff --git a/src/routes/room/[slug]/+page.ts b/src/routes/room/[slug]/+page.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..419b0df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/room/[slug]/+page.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { snapshot, type ThreadsSnapshot } from "$lib/forum/snapshot";
+
+export async function load({ fetch, params, url }) {
+  const sort = url.searchParams.get("sort") === "new" ? "?sort=new" : "";
+  const threads = await snapshot<ThreadsSnapshot>(
+    fetch,
+    `/api/threads/${params.slug}${sort}`,
+  );
+  return { threads, profiles: threads?.profiles ?? null };
+}