diff --git a/metadata/md5-cache/net-im/signal-desktop-bin-8.18.0 b/metadata/md5-cache/net-im/signal-desktop-bin-8.18.0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ba02af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata/md5-cache/net-im/signal-desktop-bin-8.18.0
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+DEFINED_PHASES=install postinst postrm preinst prepare unpack
+DESCRIPTION=Allows you to send and receive messages of Signal Messenger on your computer
+EAPI=8
+HOMEPAGE=https://signal.org/ https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop
+IDEPEND=dev-util/desktop-file-utils x11-misc/shared-mime-info
+INHERIT=pax-utils unpacker xdg
+KEYWORDS=-* amd64
+LICENSE=GPL-3 MIT MIT-with-advertising BSD-1 BSD-2 BSD Apache-2.0 ISC openssl ZLIB APSL-2 icu Artistic-2 LGPL-2.1
+RDEPEND=>=app-accessibility/at-spi2-core-2.46.0:2 dev-libs/expat dev-libs/glib:2 dev-libs/nspr dev-libs/nss >=media-fonts/noto-emoji-20231130 media-libs/alsa-lib media-libs/libpulse media-libs/mesa[opengl] net-print/cups sys-apps/dbus virtual/udev x11-libs/cairo x11-libs/gtk+:3 x11-libs/libX11 x11-libs/libxcb x11-libs/libxkbcommon x11-libs/libXcomposite x11-libs/libXdamage x11-libs/libXext x11-libs/libXfixes x11-libs/libXrandr x11-libs/pango
+RESTRICT=splitdebug
+SLOT=0
+SRC_URI=https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/pool/s/signal-desktop/signal-desktop_8.18.0_amd64.deb
+_eclasses_=pax-utils	5555f2e75744739fe100ee62c22d28fe	eapi9-pipestatus	d2c134036ac31c3085aebc9147f572bd	multiprocessing	45d0620f25c2f063ad6276ecd9ed9399	toolchain-funcs	58a918e3a42d0156f010dcfd43725be5	unpacker	a89c769f7dcf68bd2a6d23da9ede2ad2	xdg-utils	42869b3c8d86a70ef3cf75165a395e09	xdg	3ef49a87c52c8b77c476351195dfe575
+_md5_=2c914b3c2f9b44ee5a897b3e26b1bcae
diff --git a/net-im/signal-desktop-bin/Manifest b/net-im/signal-desktop-bin/Manifest
index 0478050..a0e1a49 100644
--- a/net-im/signal-desktop-bin/Manifest
+++ b/net-im/signal-desktop-bin/Manifest
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ DIST signal-desktop_8.12.0_amd64.deb 103167446 BLAKE2B c3f7ebe4540bf9c5fbb078be7
 DIST signal-desktop_8.13.0_amd64.deb 103132236 BLAKE2B a0897e2f21ee1597b401b77eef596b904a656cd3e112118453370471da466e03b8850fc33e020d7947261b871acae54ddcd051c9877140b4c404b0148152925b SHA512 5d1b574b67667927a95ca66b323a6823618cf11e5681d30c4ad5901dbd4a7fd69f21b0309408833cb540224bd634937ced807866ddfcb23ca8e2822b1ef2aef5
 DIST signal-desktop_8.14.0_amd64.deb 104269206 BLAKE2B 9f5ef442d3156031231731e564daf2224a7f6d6df9ea1e85fdbb2cb31570bfaec01762a64cbbce10d0b1f97e496c90b37b6fe379184c83ab7277cbaed6e6d5e6 SHA512 8037757af5cf214a3adbfc5d641bc93a898cbb59188eb27d169abdab5a8cb7d223f88882e8041a5ec68af25dc7e0184bc1b8f27341f3b3ba676622655d9935fd
 DIST signal-desktop_8.15.0_amd64.deb 115420880 BLAKE2B 1a7615d025e0affb64da47800ee9141253230779fb953b73e776137215ccf0578125168ac10f8322aec8a6a565c830c956eb0e4790ad40dbe80ae379b45ebdd2 SHA512 2007262cb7270900234d20632147267e14a3228e82d93e55fff188606a3f31fb347a7e3e99575c01a362a5449ba9157e7f8458c319c6bad16551865bab69cd92
+DIST signal-desktop_8.18.0_amd64.deb 115484428 BLAKE2B 6e4cdb14e7615953d23e9cf628cd39d33d6a471bd388bc6178e331d2a5d60ccc5471578626c2c6c2d674336e87253f68c8702348cca5982da46c172dd669d71f SHA512 f6efdf0aeebd58c843d19bd11d069988fe2d0dac051600739b771c984a33b8b76aa232d2dd0691b150a9665ca57e1e0b8c1cf80c821ebe75ddbaa00e421c5761
 DIST signal-desktop_8.2.0_amd64.deb 111946182 BLAKE2B 11a5ab325165772cc9ddb2db76478dd3061edd3881985a50d015b19f4f0821106df7d4cf5435c78754812c30764e1f181a6e96e84d45a7cd7f988ba4ac8765f3 SHA512 a9cf580f50367104ab7100c0cacc4797fc6db96b67cc86121e1254651faf9fe82640c118b51d9fc4181141813fdcc18899ddd78e838493e10a1899b350c76d9e
 DIST signal-desktop_8.2.1_amd64.deb 111975268 BLAKE2B cad155915463ae36234d19591d60296ed24fb1f733bbca6751ada35466e12e6e55f61bffd08b9be04a5a6933eaad8b5f35f41c95e6e7e3983a25ac101380d0de SHA512 40e7bdfc2d48e65320310db95b92dca54e370408f5e0f44957258fef6cd99ec012dd21a33255a2ce84dc98d71bc764c27bfd750557754a1557b3f910d1a3c547
 DIST signal-desktop_8.3.0_amd64.deb 112015552 BLAKE2B e2ff1fd23e68368245ee3e0ada1a2a79440ff576d8a479e0ca38e558ad6a04b3cc3669667b5f99e39dc61cda9467f154ac614a8c5ca634c8783e8909b0615873 SHA512 23eb3ed301a6ab5802ec1641b37b5ac999af41aee0e7fed6dc75cd9b927aefdf7d5de7192fe41cbbc9af2080db2ae1e9485adef6596665e9e14a6c5cce404c13
diff --git a/net-im/signal-desktop-bin/signal-desktop-bin-8.18.0.ebuild b/net-im/signal-desktop-bin/signal-desktop-bin-8.18.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69873f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-im/signal-desktop-bin/signal-desktop-bin-8.18.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+MY_PN="${PN/-bin/}"
+
+inherit pax-utils unpacker xdg
+
+DESCRIPTION="Allows you to send and receive messages of Signal Messenger on your computer"
+HOMEPAGE="https://signal.org/
+	https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop"
+SRC_URI="https://updates.signal.org/desktop/apt/pool/s/${MY_PN}/${MY_PN}_${PV}_amd64.deb"
+S="${WORKDIR}"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-3 MIT MIT-with-advertising BSD-1 BSD-2 BSD Apache-2.0 ISC openssl ZLIB APSL-2 icu Artistic-2 LGPL-2.1"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="-* amd64"
+RESTRICT="splitdebug"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	>=app-accessibility/at-spi2-core-2.46.0:2
+	dev-libs/expat
+	dev-libs/glib:2
+	dev-libs/nspr
+	dev-libs/nss
+	>=media-fonts/noto-emoji-20231130
+	media-libs/alsa-lib
+	media-libs/libpulse
+	media-libs/mesa[opengl]
+	net-print/cups
+	sys-apps/dbus
+	virtual/udev
+	x11-libs/cairo
+	x11-libs/gtk+:3
+	x11-libs/libX11
+	x11-libs/libxcb
+	x11-libs/libxkbcommon
+	x11-libs/libXcomposite
+	x11-libs/libXdamage
+	x11-libs/libXext
+	x11-libs/libXfixes
+	x11-libs/libXrandr
+	x11-libs/pango
+"
+
+QA_PREBUILT="
+	opt/Signal/chrome_crashpad_handler
+	opt/Signal/chrome-sandbox
+	opt/Signal/libEGL.so
+	opt/Signal/libGLESv2.so
+	opt/Signal/libffmpeg.so
+	opt/Signal/libvk_swiftshader.so
+	opt/Signal/libvulkan.so.1
+	opt/Signal/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/*
+	opt/Signal/signal-desktop
+	opt/Signal/swiftshader/libEGL.so
+	opt/Signal/swiftshader/libGLESv2.so"
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	sed -e "s|^Exec=/opt/Signal/signal-desktop|Exec=${MY_PN}|" \
+		-i usr/share/applications/signal-desktop.desktop || die
+	unpack usr/share/doc/signal-desktop/changelog.gz
+
+	# https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/6239
+	# https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/6122
+	# fixes app icon issues on wayland because "app-id" is "signal"
+	# and desktop file needs to match
+	mv usr/share/applications/signal-desktop.desktop \
+		usr/share/applications/signal.desktop || die
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	insinto /
+	dodoc changelog
+	doins -r opt
+	insinto /usr/share
+
+	doins -r usr/share/applications
+	doins -r usr/share/icons
+	fperms +x /opt/Signal/signal-desktop /opt/Signal/chrome-sandbox /opt/Signal/chrome_crashpad_handler
+	fperms u+s /opt/Signal/chrome-sandbox
+	pax-mark m opt/Signal/signal-desktop opt/Signal/chrome-sandbox opt/Signal/chrome_crashpad_handler
+
+	dosym ../../opt/Signal/${MY_PN} /usr/bin/${MY_PN}
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	xdg_pkg_postinst
+}