diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a149bc7a..82e7bbdd5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@
 
 ### Added
 
+- Homepage example with a Bash function, test, run command and passing output
 - Blog posts for releases 0.43.0 through 0.52.0, including the 0.50.1 cleanup patch
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Homepage logo follows reduced-motion preferences and stops tracking the pointer after navigation
+- Primary buttons use dark text in both themes, including hover and active states
+- Quickstart commands match install.sh, npm project and npm global installs
 - A green file or filtered subset preserves rerun-cache entries for tests it did not execute (#1418)
 - SIGTERM and SIGHUP run teardown hooks, stop parallel workers, and remove the run's scratch files before exiting with status 1 (#1417)
 - Sequential stop-on-failure runs write requested reports and the rerun cache for the tests that ran (#1415)
@@ -35,8 +39,9 @@
 
 ### Changed
 
-- Documentation uses shorter, clearer wording across guides, reference pages and release posts
-- Large provider and annotation maps use an index instead of scanning earlier entries, speeding up test files on Bash 3.0 and newer (#1392)
+- Common patterns appears under Writing Tests; Quickstart links to function and script testing recipes
+- Shortened guides, reference pages and release posts
+- Large provider and annotation maps use indexed lookups to speed up test files on Bash 3.0 and newer (#1392)
 
 ## [0.52.0](https://github.com/TypedDevs/bashunit/compare/0.51.0...0.52.0) - 2026-10-11
 
diff --git a/docs/.vitepress/config.ts b/docs/.vitepress/config.ts
index 240170186..844a2f2cc 100644
--- a/docs/.vitepress/config.ts
+++ b/docs/.vitepress/config.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
         text: 'Writing Tests',
         collapsed: false,
         items: [
+          { text: 'Common patterns', link: '/common-patterns' },
           { text: 'Assertions', link: '/assertions' },
           { text: 'Custom asserts', link: '/custom-asserts' },
           { text: 'Data providers', link: '/data-providers' },
@@ -170,7 +171,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
           { text: 'Coverage', link: '/coverage' },
           { text: 'Benchmarks', link: '/benchmarks' },
           { text: 'Standalone', link: '/standalone' },
-          { text: 'Common patterns', link: '/common-patterns' },
           { text: 'Agentic coding', link: '/ai-agents' },
         ],
       }, {
diff --git a/docs/.vitepress/theme/style.css b/docs/.vitepress/theme/style.css
index 7ce686540..eb0347871 100644
--- a/docs/.vitepress/theme/style.css
+++ b/docs/.vitepress/theme/style.css
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 :root {
   --vp-font-family-base: Heebo, sans-serif;
   --vp-font-family-mono: Cousine, monospace;
+  --vp-button-brand-text: #171a1b;
+  --vp-button-brand-hover-text: #171a1b;
+  --vp-button-brand-active-text: #171a1b;
 }
 
 h1,
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 4642c0621..e9e3d0b48 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -40,17 +40,98 @@ features:
     details: Run the same tests on Linux, macOS and Windows via WSL.
 ---
 
+<div class="home-example">
+
+## Test your first Bash function
+
+Install bashunit and create folders for your script and test:
+
+```bash
+curl -s https://bashunit.com/install.sh | bash
+mkdir -p src tests
+```
+
+Save these two files:
+
+::: code-group
+```bash [src/greet.sh]
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+function greet() {
+  printf 'Hello, %s!\n' "${1:-world}"
+}
+```
+
+```bash [tests/greet_test.sh]
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+function set_up() {
+  source src/greet.sh
+}
+
+function test_greet_by_name() {
+  assert_same "Hello, Bash!" "$(greet Bash)"
+}
+```
+:::
+
+Run your test:
+
+```bash
+./lib/bashunit tests/
+```
+
+A passing run reports:
+
+```text
+✓ Passed: Greet by name
+
+Tests:      1 passed, 1 total
+Assertions: 1 passed, 1 total
+```
+
+Continue with the [Quickstart](/quickstart) for other install methods and running options.
+
+</div>
+
+<style scoped>
+.home-example {
+  max-width: 760px;
+  margin: 64px auto 0;
+}
+</style>
+
 <script setup lang="ts">
-import { onMounted } from 'vue';
-import VanillaTilt from 'vanilla-tilt';
+import { onMounted, onUnmounted } from 'vue';
+import VanillaTilt, { type HTMLVanillaTiltElement } from 'vanilla-tilt';
+
+let cleanupTilt = () => {};
 
 onMounted(() => {
-  const heroImage = document.querySelector('.VPHero .VPImage');
+  const heroImage = document.querySelector<HTMLVanillaTiltElement>('.VPHero .VPImage');
+  if (!heroImage) return;
+
+  const reducedMotion = window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)');
+  const updateTilt = () => {
+    if (reducedMotion.matches) {
+      heroImage.vanillaTilt?.destroy();
+      return;
+    }
 
-  VanillaTilt.init(heroImage, {
-    'full-page-listening': true,
-    reverse: true,
-    gyroscope: false
-  });
+    VanillaTilt.init(heroImage, {
+      'full-page-listening': true,
+      reverse: true,
+      gyroscope: false
+    });
+  };
+
+  updateTilt();
+  reducedMotion.addEventListener('change', updateTilt);
+  cleanupTilt = () => {
+    reducedMotion.removeEventListener('change', updateTilt);
+    heroImage.vanillaTilt?.destroy();
+  };
 });
+
+onUnmounted(() => cleanupTilt());
 </script>
diff --git a/docs/quickstart.md b/docs/quickstart.md
index df5553e8c..d93e3baa8 100644
--- a/docs/quickstart.md
+++ b/docs/quickstart.md
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@ Pick whichever fits your project. See [installation](/installation) for the comp
 curl -s https://bashunit.com/install.sh | bash
 ```
 
-```bash [npm]
-# Per-project (pinned in package.json), run via npx
+```bash [npm project]
 npm install --save-dev bashunit
-npx bashunit tests/
+```
 
-# Global install, run directly on PATH
+```bash [npm global]
 npm install -g bashunit
-bashunit tests/
 ```
 
 :::
@@ -34,10 +32,20 @@ The `install.sh` route creates `lib/bashunit`; the npm route exposes `bashunit`
 
 Create a test suite with the `init` subcommand:
 
-```bash
+::: code-group
+```bash [install.sh]
 ./lib/bashunit init tests
 ```
 
+```bash [npm project]
+npx bashunit init tests
+```
+
+```bash [npm global]
+bashunit init tests
+```
+:::
+
 It creates, in the current directory:
 
 - `tests/bootstrap.sh`: sourced before your tests; put shared setup here
@@ -66,10 +74,20 @@ Alternatively, create your tests manually:
     :::
 
 3.  Run the test:
-    ```bash
-    ./lib/bashunit tests
+    ::: code-group
+    ```bash [install.sh]
+    ./lib/bashunit tests/
+    ```
+
+    ```bash [npm project]
+    npx bashunit tests/
     ```
 
+    ```bash [npm global]
+    bashunit tests/
+    ```
+    :::
+
 4.  The output should look like this:
     ```-vue
     bashunit - {{ pkg.version }} | Tests: 1
@@ -86,9 +104,11 @@ Alternatively, create your tests manually:
     A per-test duration column appears when the platform has a cheap clock source;
     `BASHUNIT_SHOW_EXECUTION_TIME` controls it.
 
+Next, test one of your own [functions](/common-patterns#testing-individual-functions) or [complete scripts](/common-patterns#testing-complete-scripts).
+
 ## Running your suite
 
-With no path, bashunit runs `tests/` (`BASHUNIT_DEFAULT_PATH`):
+With no path, bashunit runs `tests/` (`BASHUNIT_DEFAULT_PATH`). The examples below use the `install.sh` path; for an npm project, replace `./lib/bashunit` with `npx bashunit`, or with `bashunit` for a global install:
 
 ```bash
 ./lib/bashunit                      # run tests/