diff --git a/.cursor/rules/bun-package-manager.mdc b/.cursor/rules/bun-package-manager.mdc
index 9034e90..033edcc 100644
--- a/.cursor/rules/bun-package-manager.mdc
+++ b/.cursor/rules/bun-package-manager.mdc
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ This project uses **Bun** (`bun.lock`). Do **not** use `npm install`, `npm run`,
 
 If both `package-lock.json` and `bun.lock` appear, **remove `package-lock.json`** and standardize on Bun.
 
-Vendor subprojects under `vendor/` may use their own package manager; do not change those unless the task is explicitly about them.
+Sample vendored trees under `samples/projects/` may use their own package manager; do not change those unless the task is explicitly about them.
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 491d113..6e12ace 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,30 +1,27 @@
-[submodule "vendor/meshcore-flasher"]
-	path = vendor/meshcore-flasher
-	url = git@github.com:meshcore-dev/flasher.meshcore.dev.git
-[submodule "vendor/meshtastic-firmware"]
-	path = vendor/meshtastic-firmware
+[submodule "samples/projects/meshtastic-firmware"]
+	path = samples/projects/meshtastic-firmware
 	url = git@github.com:MeshEnvy/firmware.git
-[submodule "vendor/meshcore-firmware"]
-	path = vendor/meshcore-firmware
+[submodule "samples/projects/meshcore-firmware"]
+	path = samples/projects/meshcore-firmware
 	url = git@github.com:MeshEnvy/MeshCore.git
-[submodule "vendor/meshtastic-baymesh"]
-	path = vendor/meshtastic-baymesh
+[submodule "samples/projects/meshtastic-baymesh"]
+	path = samples/projects/meshtastic-baymesh
 	url = git@github.com:RCGV1/firmware-Fork.git
-[submodule "vendor/TinyBBS"]
-	path = vendor/TinyBBS
+[submodule "samples/projects/TinyBBS"]
+	path = samples/projects/TinyBBS
 	url = git@github.com:MeshEnvy/TinyBBS.git
-[submodule "vendor/meshtastic-python"]
-	path = vendor/meshtastic-python
+[submodule "samples/reference/meshtastic-python"]
+	path = samples/reference/meshtastic-python
 	url = git@github.com:MeshEnvy/meshtastic-python.git
-[submodule "vendor/meshtastic-web"]
-	path = vendor/meshtastic-web
+[submodule "samples/projects/meshtastic-web"]
+	path = samples/projects/meshtastic-web
 	url = git@github.com:meshtastic/web.git
-[submodule "vendor/microReticulum"]
-	path = vendor/microReticulum
+[submodule "samples/projects/microReticulum"]
+	path = samples/projects/microReticulum
 	url = git@github.com:Reticulum-Community/microReticulum.git
-[submodule "vendor/microReticulum-Firmware"]
-	path = vendor/microReticulum-Firmware
+[submodule "samples/projects/microReticulum-Firmware"]
+	path = samples/projects/microReticulum-Firmware
 	url = git@github.com:Reticulum-Community/microReticulum_Firmware.git
-[submodule "vendor/lotato"]
-	path = vendor/lotato
+[submodule "samples/projects/lotato"]
+	path = samples/projects/lotato
 	url = git@github.com:MeshEnvy/lotato.git
diff --git a/vendor/TinyBBS b/samples/projects/TinyBBS
similarity index 100%
rename from vendor/TinyBBS
rename to samples/projects/TinyBBS
diff --git a/vendor/lotato b/samples/projects/lotato
similarity index 100%
rename from vendor/lotato
rename to samples/projects/lotato
diff --git a/samples/projects/meshcore-firmware b/samples/projects/meshcore-firmware
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..dee3e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/projects/meshcore-firmware
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit dee3e26ac081a5c668c69b66c16a6544a44ddc5b
diff --git a/vendor/meshtastic-baymesh b/samples/projects/meshtastic-baymesh
similarity index 100%
rename from vendor/meshtastic-baymesh
rename to samples/projects/meshtastic-baymesh
diff --git a/vendor/meshtastic-firmware b/samples/projects/meshtastic-firmware
similarity index 100%
rename from vendor/meshtastic-firmware
rename to samples/projects/meshtastic-firmware
diff --git a/vendor/meshtastic-web b/samples/projects/meshtastic-web
similarity index 100%
rename from vendor/meshtastic-web
rename to samples/projects/meshtastic-web
diff --git a/vendor/microReticulum b/samples/projects/microReticulum
similarity index 100%
rename from vendor/microReticulum
rename to samples/projects/microReticulum
diff --git a/vendor/microReticulum-Firmware b/samples/projects/microReticulum-Firmware
similarity index 100%
rename from vendor/microReticulum-Firmware
rename to samples/projects/microReticulum-Firmware
diff --git a/vendor/meshtastic-python b/samples/reference/meshtastic-python
similarity index 100%
rename from vendor/meshtastic-python
rename to samples/reference/meshtastic-python
diff --git a/scripts/ci/common/download-meshtastic-ota.sh b/scripts/ci/common/download-meshtastic-ota.sh
index 573c7d3..083e6d7 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/common/download-meshtastic-ota.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/common/download-meshtastic-ota.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Download BLE/unified OTA companion image into PlatformIO BUILD_DIR when Meshtastic *.mt.json is present.
-# No-op for non-Meshtastic builds (no mt.json). Mirrors vendor/meshtastic-firmware/.github/workflows/build_firmware.yml.
+# No-op for non-Meshtastic builds (no mt.json). Mirrors samples/projects/meshtastic-firmware/.github/workflows/build_firmware.yml.
 set -euo pipefail
 
 BUILD_DIR="${1:?usage: download-meshtastic-ota.sh BUILD_DIR}"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/test/fw-pio-smoke-envs.json b/scripts/ci/test/fw-pio-smoke-envs.json
index cced378..67198e0 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/test/fw-pio-smoke-envs.json
+++ b/scripts/ci/test/fw-pio-smoke-envs.json
@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@
   "description": "PlatformIO environment names for Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 V3 and RAK WisBlock 4631, per vendored tree. Names taken from PIO UnknownEnvNamesError listings (pio run -e __invalid__).",
   "projects": [
     {
-      "path": "vendor/microReticulum-Firmware",
+      "path": "samples/projects/microReticulum-Firmware",
       "heltec_v3": "heltec_wifi_lora_32_V3",
       "rak_4631": "wiscore_rak4631"
     },
     {
-      "path": "vendor/meshtastic-firmware",
+      "path": "samples/projects/meshtastic-firmware",
       "heltec_v3": "heltec-v3",
       "rak_4631": "rak4631"
     },
     {
-      "path": "vendor/meshtastic-baymesh",
+      "path": "samples/projects/meshtastic-baymesh",
       "heltec_v3": "heltec-v3",
       "rak_4631": "rak4631"
     },
     {
-      "path": "vendor/meshcore-firmware",
+      "path": "samples/projects/meshcore-firmware",
       "heltec_v3": "Heltec_v3_companion_radio_ble",
       "rak_4631": "RAK_4631_companion_radio_ble"
     }
diff --git a/src/index.css b/src/index.css
index 01b7802..80ed334 100644
--- a/src/index.css
+++ b/src/index.css
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Disable auto scan of the whole repo root — `vendor/` alone is ~100k+ files and stalls the Oxide scanner. */
+/* Disable auto scan of the whole repo root — `samples/projects/` vendored trees are huge and stall the Oxide scanner. */
 @import "tailwindcss" source(none);
 @plugin "@tailwindcss/typography";
 
diff --git a/vendor/meshcore-firmware b/vendor/meshcore-firmware
deleted file mode 160000
index bfd4800..0000000
--- a/vendor/meshcore-firmware
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit bfd4800f5985049be1cbb8785d129e7680b89771