diff --git a/src/main/core/mods.ts b/src/main/core/mods.ts
index 1645bcc..9e162c8 100644
--- a/src/main/core/mods.ts
+++ b/src/main/core/mods.ts
@@ -116,9 +116,15 @@ const MR_LOADER: Partial<Record<ServerType, string>> = {
 export async function searchModrinth(id: string, query: string): Promise<ModrinthHit[]> {
   const server = getServer(id)
   if (!server) throw new Error('server-not-found')
-  const loader = MR_LOADER[server.type]
+  // Filter to the loaders this server can actually run. A single inner array is
+  // OR'd by Modrinth, so a plugin server matches the whole Bukkit family (incl.
+  // plugins tagged only `spigot`/`bukkit`); disjoint taxonomies then keep mods
+  // and plugins from mixing. Plugins are indexed as project_type "mod" on
+  // Modrinth, so we deliberately do NOT filter by project_type (it would drop
+  // every plugin) — the loader facet is the correct separator.
+  const loaders = searchLoaders(server.type)
   const facets: string[][] = []
-  if (loader) facets.push([`categories:${loader}`])
+  if (loaders.length) facets.push(loaders.map((l) => `categories:${l}`))
   if (server.mcVersion && server.mcVersion !== 'unknown') facets.push([`versions:${server.mcVersion}`])
   const url =
     `${MR}/search?limit=20&index=relevance&query=${encodeURIComponent(query)}` +
@@ -154,6 +160,26 @@ export function loadersFor(type: ServerType): string[] {
   return single ? [single] : []
 }
 
+/** Mod loaders a hybrid (mohist/arclight) can run alongside Bukkit plugins. */
+const HYBRID_MOD_LOADERS = ['forge']
+
+/**
+ * Modrinth loaders to *search* for a server type. Unlike loadersFor (which drives
+ * the hash-based update check), this decides what browse results a user should
+ * see, so a hybrid unions the plugin family with its mod loaders — mohist should
+ * show both plugins and Forge mods. Because the loader taxonomies are disjoint
+ * (nothing is tagged both `paper` and `fabric`), filtering to these loaders is
+ * what keeps a Fabric server from listing plugins and vice-versa. Pure.
+ */
+export function searchLoaders(type: ServerType): string[] {
+  const isPlugin = PLUGIN_TYPES.includes(type)
+  const isModded = MODDED_TYPES.includes(type)
+  if (isPlugin && isModded) return [...new Set([...PLUGIN_LOADER_FAMILY, ...HYBRID_MOD_LOADERS])]
+  if (isPlugin) return PLUGIN_LOADER_FAMILY
+  const single = MR_LOADER[type]
+  return single ? [single] : []
+}
+
 function fileSha1(path: string): string {
   return createHash('sha1').update(readFileSync(path)).digest('hex')
 }
diff --git a/src/main/smoke.ts b/src/main/smoke.ts
index 52c885d..fbe8845 100644
--- a/src/main/smoke.ts
+++ b/src/main/smoke.ts
@@ -576,6 +576,25 @@ export async function runModUpdateSmoke(): Promise<void> {
     if (modsMod.loadersFor('unknown').length !== 0) return fail('unknown type should not filter by loader')
     console.log('MODUPDATE-SMOKE: loader family OK (plugin servers widen, modded/proxy stay single)')
 
+    // Browse-search loaders (#47): what the Modrinth tab filters by, so mods and
+    // plugins don't mix. Plugin servers = Bukkit family, modded = single loader,
+    // hybrid (mohist) = plugin family UNION its mod loaders (both must show),
+    // proxy = single, vanilla/unknown = unfiltered.
+    const sl = (t: Parameters<typeof modsMod.searchLoaders>[0]): string[] => modsMod.searchLoaders(t)
+    for (const l of ['paper', 'spigot', 'bukkit', 'purpur', 'folia']) {
+      if (!sl('paper').includes(l)) return fail(`paper browse should search ${l}`)
+    }
+    if (sl('fabric').join() !== 'fabric') return fail('fabric browse should search only fabric')
+    if (sl('forge').join() !== 'forge') return fail('forge browse should search only forge')
+    if (sl('velocity').join() !== 'velocity') return fail('velocity browse should search only velocity')
+    // hybrid must surface BOTH plugins and Forge mods
+    const moh = sl('mohist')
+    for (const l of ['paper', 'spigot', 'bukkit', 'forge']) {
+      if (!moh.includes(l)) return fail(`mohist (hybrid) browse should search ${l}, got ${moh.join()}`)
+    }
+    if (sl('vanilla').length !== 0) return fail('vanilla browse should not filter by loader')
+    console.log('MODUPDATE-SMOKE: browse-search loaders OK (plugin family, modded single, hybrid unions both)')
+
     console.log('MODUPDATE-SMOKE: PASS')
     app.exit(0)
   } catch (e) {