diff --git a/apps/studio/components/layouts/ExplorerLayout/ExplorerLayout.tsx b/apps/studio/components/layouts/ExplorerLayout/ExplorerLayout.tsx
index d084a7aeb62..ec966dbe214 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/layouts/ExplorerLayout/ExplorerLayout.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/layouts/ExplorerLayout/ExplorerLayout.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
-import { AnimatePresence } from 'framer-motion'
+import { useParams } from 'common'
+import { AnimatePresence, motion } from 'framer-motion'
+import { Home, MessageCirclePlus, NotebookText, Plus } from 'lucide-react'
+import Link from 'next/link'
+import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
 import { ComponentProps, ReactNode, useState } from 'react'
+import { cn, DropdownMenu, DropdownMenuContent, DropdownMenuItem, DropdownMenuTrigger } from 'ui'
 
 import { ProjectLayoutWithAuth } from '../ProjectLayout'
+import { EditorTabs } from '../Tabs/Tabs'
 import { type ExplorerResourceType } from './ExplorerLayout.constants'
 import { ExplorerNavChats } from './ExplorerNavChats'
 import { ExplorerNavHome } from './ExplorerNavHome'
@@ -42,7 +48,70 @@ export const ExplorerLayout = ({ browserTitle, children, title }: ExplorerLayout
         </div>
       }
     >
-      {children}
+      <div className="flex flex-col h-full">
+        <div className={cn('h-10 md:min-h-(--header-height) flex items-center bg-surface-100')}>
+          <EditorTabs
+            isCollapseButtonHidden
+            customTabs={<HomeTabButton />}
+            newTabButton={<NewTabButton />}
+          />
+        </div>
+        <div>{children}</div>
+      </div>
     </ProjectLayoutWithAuth>
   )
 }
+
+const TabClassName =
+  'flex items-center justify-center min-w-(--header-height) min-h-(--header-height) hover:bg-surface-100 shrink-0 border-b'
+
+const HomeTabButton = () => {
+  const router = useRouter()
+  const { ref } = useParams()
+  const isActive = router.pathname.endsWith('/explorer')
+
+  return (
+    <Link href={`/project/${ref}/explorer`} className={cn(TabClassName, 'border-r')}>
+      <Home
+        size={14}
+        strokeWidth={1.5}
+        className={cn(
+          isActive ? 'text-foreground' : 'text-foreground-lighter hover:text-foreground-light'
+        )}
+      />
+      <span className="sr-only">Open Explorer home</span>
+    </Link>
+  )
+}
+
+const NewTabButton = () => {
+  return (
+    <DropdownMenu>
+      <DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
+        <motion.button
+          className={TabClassName}
+          onClick={() => {}}
+          initial={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.8, x: -10 }}
+          animate={{ opacity: 1, scale: 1, x: 0 }}
+          transition={{ duration: 0.2 }}
+        >
+          <Plus
+            size={16}
+            strokeWidth={1.5}
+            className="text-foreground-lighter hover:text-foreground-light"
+          />
+        </motion.button>
+      </DropdownMenuTrigger>
+      <DropdownMenuContent className="w-40" align="end">
+        <DropdownMenuItem className="gap-x-2">
+          <NotebookText size={14} />
+          <span>New notebook</span>
+        </DropdownMenuItem>
+        <DropdownMenuItem disabled className="gap-x-2">
+          <MessageCirclePlus size={14} />
+          <span>New chat</span>
+        </DropdownMenuItem>
+      </DropdownMenuContent>
+    </DropdownMenu>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/layouts/Tabs/Tabs.tsx b/apps/studio/components/layouts/Tabs/Tabs.tsx
index 9ee549892b3..73b0dd1c43a 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/layouts/Tabs/Tabs.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/layouts/Tabs/Tabs.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { useParams } from 'common'
 import { AnimatePresence, motion } from 'framer-motion'
 import { Plus, X } from 'lucide-react'
 import { useRouter } from 'next/router'
-import { useState } from 'react'
+import { ReactNode, useState } from 'react'
 import {
   cn,
   ContextMenu,
@@ -37,7 +37,19 @@ import {
   type TabCloseConfirmation,
 } from '@/state/tabs'
 
-export const EditorTabs = () => {
+interface EditorTabsProps {
+  customTabs?: ReactNode
+  newTabButton?: ReactNode
+  isCollapseButtonHidden?: boolean
+}
+
+// [Joshen] Will be adjusting this component to support Explorer
+// Will require quite a bit of cleaning up once Explorer supercedes SQL Editor
+export const EditorTabs = ({
+  customTabs,
+  newTabButton,
+  isCollapseButtonHidden,
+}: EditorTabsProps) => {
   const { ref, id } = useParams()
   const router = useRouter()
   const { setLastVisitedSnippet, setLastVisitedTable } = useDashboardHistory()
@@ -175,7 +187,10 @@ export const EditorTabs = () => {
           value={hasNewTab ? 'new' : (tabs.activeTab ?? undefined)}
           onValueChange={handleTabChange}
         >
-          <CollapseButton hideTabs={false} />
+          {!isCollapseButtonHidden && <CollapseButton hideTabs={false} />}
+
+          {customTabs}
+
           <TabsList
             ref={tabsListRef}
             className={cn(
@@ -269,25 +284,26 @@ export const EditorTabs = () => {
             )}
 
             <AnimatePresence initial={false}>
-              {!hasNewTab && (
-                <motion.button
-                  className="flex items-center justify-center w-10 min-h-(--header-height) hover:bg-surface-100 shrink-0 border-b"
-                  onClick={() =>
-                    router.push(
-                      `/project/${router.query.ref}/${editor === 'table' ? 'editor' : 'sql'}/new?skip=true`
-                    )
-                  }
-                  initial={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.8, x: -10 }}
-                  animate={{ opacity: 1, scale: 1, x: 0 }}
-                  transition={{ duration: 0.2 }}
-                >
-                  <Plus
-                    size={16}
-                    strokeWidth={1.5}
-                    className="text-foreground-lighter hover:text-foreground-light"
-                  />
-                </motion.button>
-              )}
+              {!hasNewTab &&
+                (newTabButton ?? (
+                  <motion.button
+                    className="flex items-center justify-center w-10 min-h-(--header-height) hover:bg-surface-100 shrink-0 border-b"
+                    onClick={() =>
+                      router.push(
+                        `/project/${router.query.ref}/${editor === 'table' ? 'editor' : 'sql'}/new?skip=true`
+                      )
+                    }
+                    initial={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.8, x: -10 }}
+                    animate={{ opacity: 1, scale: 1, x: 0 }}
+                    transition={{ duration: 0.2 }}
+                  >
+                    <Plus
+                      size={16}
+                      strokeWidth={1.5}
+                      className="text-foreground-lighter hover:text-foreground-light"
+                    />
+                  </motion.button>
+                ))}
             </AnimatePresence>
             <div className="grow h-full border-b pr-6" />
           </TabsList>
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/layouts/editors/EditorsLayout.hooks.ts b/apps/studio/components/layouts/editors/EditorsLayout.hooks.ts
index 1495cc2b374..3b0f0cdb705 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/layouts/editors/EditorsLayout.hooks.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/components/layouts/editors/EditorsLayout.hooks.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 import { useParams } from 'common'
 import { usePathname } from 'next/navigation'
 
-export function useEditorType(): 'table' | 'sql' | undefined {
+export type EditorType = 'table' | 'sql' | 'explorer' | undefined
+
+export function useEditorType(): EditorType {
   const pathname = usePathname()
   const { ref } = useParams()
 
-  return pathname?.includes(`/project/${ref}/editor`)
-    ? 'table'
-    : pathname?.includes(`/project/${ref}/sql`)
-      ? 'sql'
-      : undefined
+  if (pathname?.includes(`/project/${ref}/editor`)) return 'table'
+  if (pathname?.includes(`/project/${ref}/sql`)) return 'sql'
+  if (pathname?.includes(`/project/${ref}/explorer`)) return 'explorer'
+
+  return undefined
 }
diff --git a/apps/studio/state/tabs.tsx b/apps/studio/state/tabs.tsx
index 85c1dc9d56a..dc8ba7e00fe 100644
--- a/apps/studio/state/tabs.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/state/tabs.tsx
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ import { proxy, subscribe, useSnapshot } from 'valtio'
 
 import { buildTableEditorUrl } from '@/components/grid/SupabaseGrid.utils'
 import type { SqlSnippetSource } from '@/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/querySource'
-import { ENTITY_TYPE } from '@/data/entity-types/entity-type-constants'
+import type { EditorType } from '@/components/layouts/editors/EditorsLayout.hooks'
+import type { ENTITY_TYPE } from '@/data/entity-types/entity-type-constants'
 
 export const editorEntityTypes = {
   table: ['r', 'v', 'm', 'f', 'p'],
   sql: ['sql'],
+  explorer: ['notebook'],
 }
 
 export type TabType = ENTITY_TYPE | 'sql'
@@ -469,7 +471,7 @@ export function createTabsState(projectRef: string) {
     }: {
       id: string
       router: NextRouter
-      editor?: 'sql' | 'table'
+      editor?: EditorType
       onClose?: (id: string) => void
       onClearDashboardHistory: () => void
     }) => {