diff --git a/resources/sql/autopatches/20140430.dash.1.paneltype.sql b/resources/sql/autopatches/20140430.dash.1.paneltype.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d90655cf98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/sql/autopatches/20140430.dash.1.paneltype.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ALTER TABLE {$NAMESPACE}_dashboard.dashboard_panel
+  ADD panelType VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL COLLATE utf8_bin AFTER name;
diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
index f0b45d8c40..89c5a2be53 100644
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -1439,6 +1439,7 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'PhabricatorDashboardPHIDTypeDashboard' => 'applications/dashboard/phid/PhabricatorDashboardPHIDTypeDashboard.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardPHIDTypePanel' => 'applications/dashboard/phid/PhabricatorDashboardPHIDTypePanel.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardPanel' => 'applications/dashboard/storage/PhabricatorDashboardPanel.php',
+    'PhabricatorDashboardPanelCreateController' => 'applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardPanelCreateController.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardPanelEditController' => 'applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardPanelEditController.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardPanelListController' => 'applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardPanelListController.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardPanelQuery' => 'applications/dashboard/query/PhabricatorDashboardPanelQuery.php',
@@ -1446,6 +1447,8 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'PhabricatorDashboardPanelTransaction' => 'applications/dashboard/storage/PhabricatorDashboardPanelTransaction.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardPanelTransactionEditor' => 'applications/dashboard/editor/PhabricatorDashboardPanelTransactionEditor.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardPanelTransactionQuery' => 'applications/dashboard/query/PhabricatorDashboardPanelTransactionQuery.php',
+    'PhabricatorDashboardPanelType' => 'applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardPanelType.php',
+    'PhabricatorDashboardPanelTypeText' => 'applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardPanelTypeText.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardPanelViewController' => 'applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardPanelViewController.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardQuery' => 'applications/dashboard/query/PhabricatorDashboardQuery.php',
     'PhabricatorDashboardSearchEngine' => 'applications/dashboard/query/PhabricatorDashboardSearchEngine.php',
@@ -4242,6 +4245,7 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
       0 => 'PhabricatorDashboardDAO',
       1 => 'PhabricatorPolicyInterface',
     ),
+    'PhabricatorDashboardPanelCreateController' => 'PhabricatorDashboardController',
     'PhabricatorDashboardPanelEditController' => 'PhabricatorDashboardController',
     'PhabricatorDashboardPanelListController' =>
     array(
@@ -4253,6 +4257,8 @@ phutil_register_library_map(array(
     'PhabricatorDashboardPanelTransaction' => 'PhabricatorApplicationTransaction',
     'PhabricatorDashboardPanelTransactionEditor' => 'PhabricatorApplicationTransactionEditor',
     'PhabricatorDashboardPanelTransactionQuery' => 'PhabricatorApplicationTransactionQuery',
+    'PhabricatorDashboardPanelType' => 'Phobject',
+    'PhabricatorDashboardPanelTypeText' => 'PhabricatorDashboardPanelType',
     'PhabricatorDashboardPanelViewController' => 'PhabricatorDashboardController',
     'PhabricatorDashboardQuery' => 'PhabricatorCursorPagedPolicyAwareQuery',
     'PhabricatorDashboardSearchEngine' => 'PhabricatorApplicationSearchEngine',
diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/application/PhabricatorApplicationDashboard.php b/src/applications/dashboard/application/PhabricatorApplicationDashboard.php
index a6654e8951..97bfd47375 100644
--- a/src/applications/dashboard/application/PhabricatorApplicationDashboard.php
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/application/PhabricatorApplicationDashboard.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ final class PhabricatorApplicationDashboard extends PhabricatorApplication {
         'panel/' => array(
           '(?:query/(?P<queryKey>[^/]+)/)?'
             => 'PhabricatorDashboardPanelListController',
-          'create/' => 'PhabricatorDashboardPanelEditController',
+          'create/' => 'PhabricatorDashboardPanelCreateController',
           'edit/(?:(?P<id>\d+)/)?' => 'PhabricatorDashboardPanelEditController',
         ),
       ),
diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardListController.php b/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardListController.php
index 5a25da8a24..0f9b7ba7d6 100644
--- a/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardListController.php
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardListController.php
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ final class PhabricatorDashboardListController
       ->setViewer($user)
       ->addNavigationItems($nav->getMenu());
 
+    $nav->addLabel(pht('Panels'));
+    $nav->addFilter('panel/', pht('Manage Panels'));
+
     $nav->selectFilter(null);
 
     return $nav;
diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardPanelCreateController.php b/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardPanelCreateController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..344044a88e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardPanelCreateController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<?php
+
+final class PhabricatorDashboardPanelCreateController
+  extends PhabricatorDashboardController {
+
+  public function processRequest() {
+    $request = $this->getRequest();
+    $viewer = $request->getUser();
+
+    $types = PhabricatorDashboardPanelType::getAllPanelTypes();
+
+    $v_type = null;
+    $errors = array();
+    if ($request->isFormPost()) {
+      $v_type = $request->getStr('type');
+      if (!isset($types[$v_type])) {
+        $errors[] = pht('You must select a type of panel to create.');
+      }
+
+      if (!$errors) {
+        return id(new AphrontRedirectResponse())->setURI(
+          $this->getApplicationURI('panel/edit/?type='.$v_type));
+      }
+    }
+
+    $cancel_uri = $this->getApplicationURI('panel/');
+
+    if (!$v_type) {
+      $v_type = key($types);
+    }
+
+    $panel_types = id(new AphrontFormRadioButtonControl())
+      ->setName('type')
+      ->setValue($v_type);
+
+    foreach ($types as $key => $type) {
+      $panel_types->addButton(
+        $key,
+        $type->getPanelTypeName(),
+        $type->getPanelTypeDescription());
+    }
+
+    $form = id(new AphrontFormView())
+      ->setUser($viewer)
+      ->appendChild($panel_types)
+      ->appendChild(
+        id(new AphrontFormSubmitControl())
+          ->setValue(pht('Continue'))
+          ->addCancelButton($cancel_uri));
+
+    $crumbs = $this->buildApplicationCrumbs();
+    $crumbs->addTextCrumb(
+      pht('Panels'),
+      $this->getApplicationURI('panel/'));
+    $crumbs->addTextCrumb(pht('New Panel'));
+
+    $title = pht('Create Dashboard Panel');
+
+    $box = id(new PHUIObjectBoxView())
+      ->setHeaderText($title)
+      ->setFormErrors($errors)
+      ->setForm($form);
+
+    return $this->buildApplicationPage(
+      array(
+        $crumbs,
+        $box,
+      ),
+      array(
+        'title' => $title,
+        'device' => true,
+      ));
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardPanelEditController.php b/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardPanelEditController.php
index 04c74da79f..483472aacb 100644
--- a/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardPanelEditController.php
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardPanelEditController.php
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ final class PhabricatorDashboardPanelEditController
       $is_create = true;
 
       $panel = PhabricatorDashboardPanel::initializeNewPanel($viewer);
+
+      $types = PhabricatorDashboardPanelType::getAllPanelTypes();
+      $type = $request->getStr('type');
+      if (empty($types[$type])) {
+        return new Aphront404Response();
+      }
+
+      $panel->setPanelType($type);
     }
 
     if ($is_create) {
@@ -97,6 +105,7 @@ final class PhabricatorDashboardPanelEditController
       $this->getApplicationURI('panel/'));
     if ($is_create) {
       $crumbs->addTextCrumb(pht('New Panel'));
+      $form->addHiddenInput('type', $panel->getPanelType());
     } else {
       $crumbs->addTextCrumb(
         $panel->getMonogram(),
diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardPanelViewController.php b/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardPanelViewController.php
index 5d357d862d..737e4ca04c 100644
--- a/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardPanelViewController.php
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/controller/PhabricatorDashboardPanelViewController.php
@@ -94,6 +94,20 @@ final class PhabricatorDashboardPanelViewController
       $viewer,
       $panel);
 
+    $panel_type = $panel->getImplementation();
+    if ($panel_type) {
+      $type_name = $panel_type->getPanelTypeName();
+    } else {
+      $type_name = phutil_tag(
+        'em',
+        array(),
+        nonempty($panel->getPanelType(), pht('null')));
+    }
+
+    $properties->addProperty(
+      pht('Panel Type'),
+      $type_name);
+
     $properties->addProperty(
       pht('Editable By'),
       $descriptions[PhabricatorPolicyCapability::CAN_EDIT]);
diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardPanelType.php b/src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardPanelType.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..821384cd83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardPanelType.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+
+abstract class PhabricatorDashboardPanelType extends Phobject {
+
+  abstract public function getPanelTypeKey();
+  abstract public function getPanelTypeName();
+  abstract public function getPanelTypeDescription();
+
+  public static function getAllPanelTypes() {
+    static $types;
+
+    if ($types === null) {
+      $objects = id(new PhutilSymbolLoader())
+        ->setAncestorClass(__CLASS__)
+        ->loadObjects();
+
+      $map = array();
+      foreach ($objects as $object) {
+        $key = $object->getPanelTypeKey();
+        if (!empty($map[$key])) {
+          $this_class = get_class($object);
+          $that_class = get_class($map[$key]);
+          throw new Exception(
+            pht(
+              'Two dashboard panels (of classes "%s" and "%s") have the '.
+              'same panel type key ("%s"). Each panel type must have a '.
+              'unique panel type key.',
+              $this_class,
+              $that_class,
+              $key));
+        }
+
+        $map[$key] = $object;
+      }
+
+      $types = $map;
+    }
+
+    return $types;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardPanelTypeText.php b/src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardPanelTypeText.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2f54af222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/paneltype/PhabricatorDashboardPanelTypeText.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+final class PhabricatorDashboardPanelTypeText
+  extends PhabricatorDashboardPanelType {
+
+  public function getPanelTypeKey() {
+    return 'text';
+  }
+
+  public function getPanelTypeName() {
+    return pht('Text Panel');
+  }
+
+  public function getPanelTypeDescription() {
+    return pht(
+      'Add some static text to the dashboard. This can be used to '.
+      'provide instructions or context.');
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/applications/dashboard/storage/PhabricatorDashboardPanel.php b/src/applications/dashboard/storage/PhabricatorDashboardPanel.php
index 0e112bc291..b57faef023 100644
--- a/src/applications/dashboard/storage/PhabricatorDashboardPanel.php
+++ b/src/applications/dashboard/storage/PhabricatorDashboardPanel.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ final class PhabricatorDashboardPanel
   implements PhabricatorPolicyInterface {
 
   protected $name;
+  protected $panelType;
   protected $viewPolicy;
   protected $editPolicy;
   protected $properties = array();
@@ -46,6 +47,25 @@ final class PhabricatorDashboardPanel
     return 'W'.$this->getID();
   }
 
+  public function getImplementation() {
+    return idx(
+      PhabricatorDashboardPanelType::getAllPanelTypes(),
+      $this->getPanelType());
+  }
+
+  public function requireImplementation() {
+    $impl = $this->getImplementation();
+    if (!$impl) {
+      throw new Exception(
+        pht(
+          'Attempting to use a panel in a way that requires an '.
+          'implementation, but the panel implementation ("%s") is unknown to '.
+          'Phabricator.',
+          $this->getPanelType()));
+    }
+    return $impl;
+  }
+
 
 /* -(  PhabricatorPolicyInterface  )----------------------------------------- */