diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/copy-noto-emoji.py b/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/copy-noto-emoji.py
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rename from pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/copy-noto-emoji.py
rename to pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/copy-noto-emoji.py
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/generic.nix b/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/generic.nix
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rename from pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/generic.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/generic.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/package.nix
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rename from pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/package.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/package.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/pyproject.toml b/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/pyproject.toml
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rename from pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/pyproject.toml
rename to pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/pyproject.toml
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/signal-desktop-aarch64.nix b/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/signal-desktop-aarch64.nix
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rename from pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/signal-desktop-aarch64.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/signal-desktop-aarch64.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/signal-desktop-darwin.nix b/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/signal-desktop-darwin.nix
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rename from pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/signal-desktop-darwin.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/signal-desktop-darwin.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/signal-desktop.nix b/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/signal-desktop.nix
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rename from pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/signal-desktop.nix
rename to pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/signal-desktop.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/update.sh b/pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/update.sh
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rename from pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop/update.sh
rename to pkgs/by-name/si/signal-desktop-bin/update.sh
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 3a7c90d69a3b..4575c28d68b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -1565,6 +1565,7 @@ mapAliases {
   shipyard = jumppad; # Added 2023-06-06
   siduck76-st = st-snazzy; # Added 2024-12-24
   signal-desktop-beta = throw "signal-desktop-beta has been removed to make the signal-desktop package easier to maintain";
+  signal-desktop = lib.warnOnInstantiate "'signal-desktop' has been renamed to 'signal-desktop-bin'; in the future, 'signal-desktop' will point to 'signal-desktop-source'" signal-desktop-bin; # Added 2025-04-01
   sheesy-cli = throw "'sheesy-cli' has been removed due to lack of upstream maintenance"; # Added 2025-01-26
   shout = nodePackages.shout; # Added unknown; moved 2024-10-19
   sky = throw "'sky' has been removed because its upstream website disappeared"; # Added 2024-07-21