diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 43d614d..85c941e 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ function baseHTML(title: string, content: string, cssPath: string = "styles.css"
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
   <title>${escapeHTML(title)}</title>
+  <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="${basePath}vortex_logo.svg">
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="${cssPath}">
   <script>${THEME_SCRIPT}</script>
 </head>
@@ -110,16 +111,32 @@ function escapeHTML(str: string): string {
     .replace(/"/g, "&quot;");
 }
 
-function indexPage(rfcs: RFC[], liveReload: boolean = false): string {
-  const sorted = [...rfcs].sort((a, b) => a.number.localeCompare(b.number));
+function indexPage(rfcs: RFC[], repoUrl: string | null, liveReload: boolean = false): string {
+  // Sort in reverse numeric order (newest first)
+  const sorted = [...rfcs].sort((a, b) => b.number.localeCompare(a.number));
+
+  const list = sorted.map(rfc => {
+    const dateStr = rfc.git.accepted ? formatDate(rfc.git.accepted.date) : "";
+
+    let authorHTML = "";
+    if (rfc.git.author && rfc.git.accepted) {
+      const commitUrl = repoUrl ? `${repoUrl}/commit/${rfc.git.accepted.hash}` : `https://github.com/${rfc.git.author.login}`;
+      authorHTML = `
+          <a href="${commitUrl}" class="rfc-author-link" title="${rfc.git.author.login}">
+            <img src="${rfc.git.author.avatarUrl}" alt="${rfc.git.author.login}" class="rfc-author-avatar">
+            <span class="rfc-author-name">${rfc.git.author.login}</span>
+          </a>`;
+    }
 
-  const list = sorted.map(rfc => `
+    return `
       <li>
         <a href="rfc/${rfc.number}.html" class="rfc-item">
           <span class="rfc-number">RFC ${rfc.number}</span>
           <span class="rfc-title">${escapeHTML(rfc.title)}</span>
-        </a>
-      </li>`).join("\n");
+          <span class="rfc-date">${dateStr}</span>
+        </a>${authorHTML}
+      </li>`;
+  }).join("\n");
 
   const content = `
       <h1>Request for Comments</h1>
@@ -374,7 +391,7 @@ async function build(liveReload: boolean = false): Promise<number> {
   }
 
   // Generate index page
-  const indexHTML = indexPage(rfcs, liveReload);
+  const indexHTML = indexPage(rfcs, repoUrl, liveReload);
   await Bun.write("dist/index.html", indexHTML);
   console.log("Generated dist/index.html");
 
diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
index f421875..1d00cbf 100644
--- a/styles.css
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -238,20 +238,32 @@ th {
 }
 
 .rfc-list li {
-  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
-  margin-bottom: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 1rem;
+  padding: 0.75rem 1rem;
+  margin: 0 -1rem;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  transition: box-shadow 0.15s ease, background 0.15s ease;
+}
+
+.rfc-list li:hover {
+  background: var(--bg-alt);
+  box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
 }
 
-.rfc-list li:last-child {
-  border-bottom: none;
+:root[data-theme="dark"] .rfc-list li:hover {
+  box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
 }
 
 .rfc-item {
-  display: block;
-  padding: 1rem 0;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 1rem;
+  flex: 1;
   text-decoration: none;
   color: var(--fg);
-  transition: background 0.1s ease;
+  min-width: 0;
 }
 
 .rfc-item:hover {
@@ -262,12 +274,50 @@ th {
 .rfc-item .rfc-number {
   color: var(--fg-muted);
   font-size: 0.875rem;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+  width: 5rem;
 }
 
 .rfc-item .rfc-title {
-  display: block;
   font-weight: 500;
-  margin-top: 0.25rem;
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.rfc-item .rfc-date {
+  color: var(--fg-muted);
+  font-size: 0.875rem;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+
+.rfc-author-link {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.5rem;
+  color: var(--fg-muted);
+  text-decoration: none;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+
+.rfc-author-link:hover {
+  color: var(--link);
+}
+
+.rfc-author-link:hover .rfc-author-name {
+  text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+.rfc-author-avatar {
+  width: 24px;
+  height: 24px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+}
+
+.rfc-author-name {
+  font-size: 0.875rem;
 }
 
 /* RFC page specific */