diff --git a/services/api-server/src/api_server/html5.py b/services/api-server/src/api_server/html5.py
index 3fe1ed1..941dfdc 100644
--- a/services/api-server/src/api_server/html5.py
+++ b/services/api-server/src/api_server/html5.py
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ from sir import NodeKind, SirSnapshot
 
 def render_html5_index(projects: Iterable[object]) -> str:
     project_list = list(projects)
-    project_rows = "\n".join(_project_row(project) for project in project_list)
-    if not project_rows:
-        project_rows = '<tr><td colspan="4" class="muted">Проекты пока не настроены</td></tr>'
     return _page(
         "SFERA HTML5",
         f"""
@@ -33,12 +30,13 @@ def render_html5_index(projects: Iterable[object]) -> str:
               <h2>Проекты</h2>
               <a class="button" href="/docs">API docs</a>
             </div>
+            {render_html5_project_create_form()}
             <div class="table-wrap">
               <table data-html5-projects>
                 <thead>
                   <tr><th>Проект</th><th>Статус</th><th>Snapshot</th><th></th></tr>
                 </thead>
-                <tbody>{project_rows}</tbody>
+                <tbody data-html5-projects-body>{render_html5_project_rows(project_list)}</tbody>
               </table>
             </div>
           </section>
@@ -47,6 +45,31 @@ def render_html5_index(projects: Iterable[object]) -> str:
     )
 
 
+def render_html5_project_create_form() -> str:
+    return """
+    <form
+      class="create-project"
+      method="post"
+      action="/html5/projects"
+      data-html5-project-create
+      hx-post="/html5/projects"
+      hx-target="[data-html5-projects-body]"
+      hx-swap="innerHTML"
+    >
+      <input name="project_id" placeholder="project_id" required />
+      <input name="name" placeholder="Название проекта" />
+      <button type="submit">Создать</button>
+    </form>
+    """
+
+
+def render_html5_project_rows(projects: Iterable[object]) -> str:
+    project_rows = "\n".join(_project_row(project) for project in projects)
+    if not project_rows:
+        return '<tr><td colspan="4" class="muted">Проекты пока не настроены</td></tr>'
+    return project_rows
+
+
 def render_html5_editor(
     *,
     project_id: str,
diff --git a/services/api-server/src/api_server/main.py b/services/api-server/src/api_server/main.py
index 3c82d87..e8e2033 100644
--- a/services/api-server/src/api_server/main.py
+++ b/services/api-server/src/api_server/main.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from api_server.html5 import (
     render_html5_editor,
     render_html5_index,
     render_html5_project_setup,
+    render_html5_project_rows,
     render_html5_setup_summary,
     render_html5_source,
     render_html5_status,
@@ -1584,6 +1585,19 @@ async def html5_index() -> Response:
     )
 
 
+@app.post("/html5/projects")
+async def html5_create_project(request: Request) -> Response:
+    form = await _html5_form_data(request)
+    project_id = _form_value(form, "project_id")
+    if not project_id:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="project_id is required.")
+    await create_project(ProjectCreateRequest(project_id=project_id, name=_form_value(form, "name")))
+    return Response(
+        render_html5_project_rows(_project_summaries()),
+        media_type="text/html; charset=utf-8",
+    )
+
+
 @app.get("/html5/projects/{project_id}/editor")
 async def html5_project_editor(project_id: str, q: str = "") -> Response:
     try:
diff --git a/services/api-server/tests/test_api.py b/services/api-server/tests/test_api.py
index 05cf519..a109423 100644
--- a/services/api-server/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/services/api-server/tests/test_api.py
@@ -142,6 +142,29 @@ def test_html5_server_rendered_project_editor(tmp_path: Path):
     assert "<html" not in source.text
 
 
+def test_html5_project_index_creates_project_with_fragment():
+    client = TestClient(app)
+    project_id = f"html5-created-{uuid4()}"
+
+    index = client.get("/html5")
+    assert index.status_code == 200
+    assert 'data-html5-project-create' in index.text
+    assert 'data-html5-projects-body' in index.text
+    assert 'hx-post="/html5/projects"' in index.text
+
+    created = client.post("/html5/projects", data={"project_id": project_id, "name": "HTML5 Created"})
+    assert created.status_code == 200
+    assert "text/html" in created.headers["content-type"]
+    assert f'data-html5-project="{project_id}"' in created.text
+    assert "HTML5 Created" in created.text
+    assert f"/html5/projects/{project_id}/setup" in created.text
+    assert "<html" not in created.text
+
+    setup = client.get(f"/html5/projects/{project_id}/setup")
+    assert setup.status_code == 200
+    assert "HTML5 Created" in setup.text
+
+
 def test_html5_project_setup_renders_server_fragments():
     client = TestClient(app)
     project_id = f"html5-setup-{uuid4()}"