shade on the text is fixed

.gitignore

@@ -1,30 +1,89 @@
-# Build artifacts
+# ============================================================================
-bin/
+# Build artifacts — generated by `make video`, `make serve`, `nix build`
-node_modules/
+# ============================================================================
+build/
 dist/
-*.min.css
+out/
-*.min.js
+bin/
 
-# Editor
+# Nix build outputs (symlinks to /nix/store)
+result
+result-*
+result-*.drv
+.direnv/
+
+# Python
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+.venv/
+venv/
+
+# Node (if/when we add a Tailwind CLI build step)
+node_modules/
+.npm/
+.yarn/
+
+# ============================================================================
+# Generated runtime assets — the .mp4 in video/ IS tracked, the build/ output
+# is not. The static/js/mountain.js bundle is *committed* (regeneratable, but
+# useful to have a built version in the repo so the site works without
+# ffmpeg + chafa installed).
+# ============================================================================
+
+# ============================================================================
+# Editor / IDE
+# ============================================================================
 .vscode/
 .idea/
 *.swp
-.DS_Store
+*.swo
+*.swn
+*~
 
+# Helix
+.helix/
+
+# ============================================================================
 # OS
+# ============================================================================
+.DS_Store
 Thumbs.db
+desktop.ini
 
+# ============================================================================
 # Logs
+# ============================================================================
 *.log
 npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+pip-log.txt
+pip-log/
 
-# Env
+# ============================================================================
+# Env / secrets (in case a future step needs API keys)
+# ============================================================================
 .env
 .env.local
+.env.*.local
 
-# Cache
+# ============================================================================
+# Caches
+# ============================================================================
 .cache/
 .parcel-cache/
+.eslintcache
+.pytest_cache/
+.ruff_cache/
+.mypy_cache/
 
-# Generated
+# ============================================================================
-static/css/site.compiled.css
+# Tailwind (if/when we swap the Play CDN for a standalone build)
+# ============================================================================
+static/css/dist/
+static/css/*.compiled.css
+static/css/tailwind.config.js
+
+video/

Makefile

@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-.PHONY: help serve size validate clean
+.PHONY: help serve size validate tidy video video-list video-frames video-bundle clean
+
+# ASCII render resolution (override on the command line):
+#   make video NAME=nature1 SIZE=160x48 SCALE=640
+SIZE  ?= 80x24
+SCALE ?= 320
+FPS   ?= 12
 
 help: ## Show this help
 	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | \
@@ -28,5 +34,39 @@ validate: ## Quick HTML sanity check (counts opening vs closing tags)
 	  diff <(echo "$$open") <(echo "$$close") || true; \
 	done
 
-clean: ## Remove generated artifacts
+tidy: ## Run html-tidy on every .html
+	@for f in *.html; do echo "--- $$f ---"; tidy -e -q $$f || true; done
+
+video: ## Convert a video from video/<name>.mp4 into ASCII bundle. Usage: make video NAME=nature1
+	@test -n "$(NAME)" || { echo "Usage: make video NAME=<name>   (without .mp4)"; exit 1; }
+	@test -f "video/$(NAME).mp4" || { echo "video/$(NAME).mp4 not found. Available:"; $(MAKE) video-list; exit 1; }
+	@echo "==> Processing video/$(NAME).mp4"
+	@$(MAKE) video-frames NAME=$(NAME) --no-print-directory
+	@$(MAKE) video-bundle NAME=$(NAME) --no-print-directory
+	@echo "==> Done. static/js/mountain.js is now the ASCII version of $(NAME)."
+
+video-list: ## List available videos in video/
+	@ls -1 video/*.mp4 2>/dev/null | sed 's|video/||; s|\.mp4$$||' || echo "  (no videos found)"
+
+video-frames: ## Extract PNG frames from video/<NAME>.mp4 and chafa each to ASCII
+	@test -n "$(NAME)" || { echo "NAME is required"; exit 1; }
+	@mkdir -p build/$(NAME)
+	@command -v ffmpeg >/dev/null 2>&1 || \
+	  { echo "ffmpeg not found. Run via: nix develop -c make video-frames NAME=$(NAME)"; exit 1; }
+	@command -v chafa >/dev/null 2>&1 || \
+	  { echo "chafa not found. Run via: nix develop -c make video-frames NAME=$(NAME)"; exit 1; }
+	@echo "  extracting frames at $(FPS) fps from video/$(NAME).mp4"
+	@ffmpeg -y -loglevel error -i video/$(NAME).mp4 -vf "fps=$(FPS),scale=$(SCALE):-1" build/$(NAME)/frame-%03d.png
+	@echo "  chafa: $(SIZE) ascii per frame"
+	@for f in build/$(NAME)/frame-*.png; do \
+	  chafa -f symbols -c none -s $(SIZE) --symbols ascii --animate off "$$f" > "$${f%.png}.txt"; \
+	done
+	@echo "  rendered $$(($$(ls build/$(NAME)/frame-*.png | wc -l))) PNG + ASCII frames in build/$(NAME)/"
+
+video-bundle: ## Bundle ASCII frames from build/<NAME>/ into static/js/mountain.js
+	@test -n "$(NAME)" || { echo "NAME is required"; exit 1; }
+	@python3 tools/build_mountain_js.py build/$(NAME) static/js/mountain.js
+	@echo "  bundled static/js/mountain.js (regenerated from build/$(NAME)/)"
+
+clean: ## Remove build artefacts
 	@rm -rf bin/ node_modules/ dist/

README.md

@@ -1,125 +1,46 @@
 # tui-pages website
 
 Static marketing site for the [`tui-pages`](https://gitlab.com/filipriec/tui-pages) Rust crate.
-No build step required — open `index.html` in a browser and you're done.
+No build step — it's plain HTML/CSS/JS.
 
-## Stack
+## Build & serve
-
-| Layer | Tech | Source |
-| --- | --- | --- |
-| HTML | Hand-written semantic | `*.html` |
-| CSS framework | Tailwind CSS v3 (Play CDN) | runtime |
-| Components | DaisyUI v4 (prebuilt CSS) | runtime |
-| Interactivity | HTMX 2 | runtime |
-| Light JS | Alpine.js 3 | runtime |
-| Code highlight | highlight.js 11 (Rust, TOML, Bash) | runtime |
-| Fonts | Inter + JetBrains Mono (Google Fonts) | runtime |
-| Icons | Lucide (inline SVG) | hand-written |
-| Page transitions | View Transitions API (native) | n/a |
-
-Everything is loaded from public CDNs. The only thing served from this repo is
-the HTML, our small `static/css/site.css` layer, and the SVG assets in
-`static/img/`.
-
-## Local development
 
 ```bash
-# Just open the file
+make serve     # serve the working tree on http://localhost:8000
-xdg-open index.html     # Linux
-open index.html         # macOS
-
-# Or serve it (recommended — gives you a stable URL for htmx)
-python3 -m http.server 8000
-# then visit http://localhost:8000
-```
-
-The `Makefile` wraps the Python server and a few convenience commands:
-
-```bash
-make serve      # python3 -m http.server 8000
 make size      # report file sizes
-make validate   # quick HTML syntax check (search for unclosed tags)
+make validate  # quick HTML syntax check
 ```
 
-## Going to production
+Just edit the `.html` / `static/` files and refresh.
 
-The CDN approach is fine for marketing pages. For better performance
+## ASCII video background
-(smaller CSS, no runtime Tailwind compile), swap the Play CDN for the
-**Tailwind standalone CLI**:
 
-```bash
+The full-page background is a video re-rendered into animated ASCII. `ffmpeg`
-# 1. Download the standalone CLI
+extracts frames, `chafa` turns each into an ASCII grid, and
-#    https://tailwindcss.com/blog/standalone-cli
+`tools/build_mountain_js.py` bundles them into `static/js/mountain.js`, which
+the page plays back.
 
-# 2. Put the binary in ./bin/tailwindcss
+### Render a video
 
-# 3. Create src/site.css that imports Tailwind and DaisyUI:
+1. Drop your clip in `video/`, e.g. `video/nature1.mp4`.
-#        @import "tailwindcss";
+2. Render + bundle (needs `ffmpeg` + `chafa`, so run in the nix shell):
-#        @plugin "daisyui";
-
-# 4. Build
-./bin/tailwindcss -i src/site.css -o static/css/site.css --minify
-```
-
-Then in `index.html` remove the Tailwind Play CDN `<script>` and the DaisyUI
-`<link>`, and ensure `/static/css/site.css` is loaded last in `<head>`.
-
-## File layout
-
-```
-tui-pages-web/
-├── index.html              # landing page
-├── examples.html           # examples gallery
-├── 404.html                # not found
-├── robots.txt              # search engine hints
-├── sitemap.xml             # sitemap
-├── static/
-│   ├── css/
-│   │   └── site.css        # our custom layer (small)
-│   ├── img/
-│   │   ├── favicon.svg
-│   │   ├── logo.svg
-│   │   ├── og-image.svg
-│   │   ├── terminal-default.svg
-│   │   ├── terminal-canvas.svg
-│   │   └── terminal-keybindings.svg
-│   └── demos/              # (empty — drop asciinema .cast files here)
-├── content/                # (empty — markdown for blog/changelog later)
-├── Makefile
-├── .gitignore
-└── README.md
-```
-
-## Adding an asciinema demo to the hero
-
-The hero currently shows a static SVG terminal mockup. To replace it with a
-real asciinema recording:
-
-1. Record one of the examples:
 
    ```bash
-   cd ../komp_ac/tui-pages/examples/default
+   nix develop -c make video NAME=nature1 SIZE=480x144 SCALE=1920
-   asciinema rec ../../tui-pages-web/static/demos/intro.cast
-   # ... run the app for a few seconds, hit ctrl-d to stop
    ```
 
-2. In `index.html`, replace the hero terminal block with:
+3. `make serve` and hard-refresh the browser (Ctrl+Shift+R).
 
-   ```html
+- `NAME`  — the file name without `.mp4`.
-   <div class="tp-terminal">
+- `SIZE`  — ASCII grid `cols×rows`. Bigger = sharper + heavier bundle. Keep
-     <asciinema-player src="/static/demos/intro.cast" autoplay loop></asciinema-player>
+  the ~3.33:1 ratio (e.g. `80x24`, `160x48`, `240x72`, `480x144`).
-   </div>
+- `SCALE` — source pixel width fed to chafa; scale it up with `SIZE`.
-   ```
 
-3. Add the asciinema player to the `<head>`:
+After changing `SIZE`, set a matching `font-size` in `static/css/ascii.css`
+(it halves each time you double the grid) so the ASCII fills the screen.
 
-   ```html
+Current setup: `480x144`, font-size `max(0.35vw, 0.695vh)`.
-   <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/asciinema-player@3.7.0/dist/bundle/asciinema-player.css">
-   <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/asciinema-player@3.7.0/dist/bundle/asciinema-player.js" defer></script>
-   ```
 
 ## License
 
-The website source is MIT-licensed. The terminal mockup SVGs in `static/img/`
+MIT. Crate: <https://gitlab.com/filipriec/tui-pages>.
-are hand-drawn and original. The crate itself is at
-<https://gitlab.com/filipriec/tui-pages>.

flake.lock

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1779560665,
+        "narHash": "sha256-tpyBcxPpcQb8ukyNF7DoCwfSY3VPsxHoYwj00Cayv5o=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "64c08a7ca051951c8eae34e3e3cb1e202fe36786",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}

flake.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+{
+  description = "Nix flake for the tui-pages website — static HTML/CSS/SVG, CDN-loaded JS";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    # NOTE: No rust-overlay — this is a pure-static site, no Rust toolchain required.
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, ... }:
+    let
+      systems = [
+        "x86_64-linux"
+        "aarch64-linux"
+        "x86_64-darwin"
+        "aarch64-darwin"
+      ];
+      forAllSystems = f: nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs systems f;
+
+      version = "0.1.0";
+    in
+    {
+      # `nix fmt` — format this flake
+      formatter = forAllSystems (system: nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}.nixpkgs-fmt);
+
+      # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+      # packages.<system>.default
+      #
+      # The whole website as a single derivation. `nix build` produces ./result/
+      # containing the static files, ready to:
+      #   - serve with any static file server, or
+      #   - upload to Netlify / Cloudflare Pages / GitHub Pages / S3 / etc.
+      # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+      packages = forAllSystems (system:
+        let
+          pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+          src = ./.;
+        in {
+          default = pkgs.stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
+            pname = "tui-pages-website";
+            inherit version;
+            inherit src;
+
+            dontBuild = true;
+
+            installPhase = ''
+              runHook preInstall
+              mkdir -p $out
+              # Use cp -R with --no-preserve=mode so the read-only Nix-store
+              # permissions don't leak into $out (a few hosts reject the
+              # resulting 0444 file modes when serving).
+              cp -R --no-preserve=mode ${src}/. $out/
+              chmod -R u+w $out
+              runHook postInstall
+            '';
+
+            meta = with pkgs.lib; {
+              description = "Static website for the tui-pages Rust crate";
+              homepage = "https://tui-pages.dev";
+              license = licenses.mit;
+              platforms = platforms.unix;
+            };
+          };
+        });
+
+      # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+      # apps.<system>.serve
+      #
+      # `nix run .#serve` — build the site and boot `python3 -m http.server`
+      # against the built result. Honours $PORT (defaults to 8000).
+      # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+      apps = forAllSystems (system:
+        let
+          pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+          site = self.packages.${system}.default;
+        in {
+          serve = {
+            type = "app";
+            program = toString (pkgs.writeShellScript "tui-pages-web-serve" ''
+              echo "Serving ${site} on http://localhost:''${PORT:-8000}"
+              cd ${site}
+              exec ${pkgs.python3}/bin/python3 -m http.server "''${PORT:-8000}"
+            '');
+            meta = with pkgs.lib; {
+              description = "Build the tui-pages website and serve it on $PORT (default 8000)";
+              platforms = platforms.unix;
+            };
+          };
+        });
+
+      # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+      # devShells.<system>.default
+      #
+      # `nix develop` — everything the Makefile, the README, and future
+      # workflows need. No Rust toolchain by design.
+      # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+      devShells = forAllSystems (system:
+        let pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+        in {
+          default = pkgs.mkShell {
+            packages = with pkgs; [
+              # --- Build / serve / validate (the Makefile uses these) ----
+              gnumake
+              python3
+              gawk
+              gnused
+              gnugrep
+              coreutils
+
+              # --- HTML validation (optional, for the tidy check) --------
+              html-tidy
+
+              # --- Smoke-test the local server ---------------------------
+              curl
+
+              # --- Record TUI demos (used to replace the SVG mockups) ----
+              asciinema
+
+              # --- Generate the animated ASCII background from a video.
+              #     `make video NAME=<name>` extracts frames from video/<name>.mp4
+              #     with ffmpeg at 12 fps, runs chafa on each to get 80x24 ASCII,
+              #     and bundles them into static/js/mountain.js for the cycler.
+              ffmpeg
+              chafa
+              # --- `make video` also needs python3 (already in the default set)
+              # to run tools/build_mountain_js.py.
+
+              # --- Optional: standalone Tailwind CLI for production CSS --
+              # Uncomment if you switch from the Play CDN to a precompiled stylesheet.
+              # nodejs
+            ];
+
+            shellHook = ''
+              # Some distros ship `python` but not `python3`. Make the
+              # `python3` invocation in the Makefile portable.
+              if ! command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1 && command -v python >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                alias python3=python
+              fi
+
+              cat <<'EOF'
+              ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+              │ tui-pages website dev shell                                  │
+              │                                                              │
+              │   make serve         python3 -m http.server 8000             │
+              │   make size          report file sizes                       │
+              │   make validate      HTML tag balance check                  │
+              │   make tidy          run html-tidy on every .html            │
+              │   make video NAME=foo  regenerate the ASCII background from   │
+              │                       video/foo.mp4 (12 fps, 80x24 ASCII)      │
+              │                                                              │
+              │   asciinema rec static/demos/intro.cast   record a demo      │
+              │   make video-list     show available videos in video/        │
+              │   make video-frames   extract + chafa frames for $NAME       │
+              │   make video-bundle   bundle frames into mountain.js         │
+              │                                                              │
+              │   nix build          build site → ./result/                  │
+              │   nix run .#serve    build + serve (honours $PORT)           │
+              │   nix fmt            format this flake                       │
+              │   nix flake check    run all checks                          │
+              └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+              EOF
+            '';
+          };
+        });
+
+      # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+      # checks.<system>.tidy
+      #
+      # HTML sanity check using tidy. Non-blocking — prints warnings to the
+      # build log, never fails. `nix flake check` runs this.
+      # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+      checks = forAllSystems (system:
+        let
+          pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+          site = self.packages.${system}.default;
+        in {
+          tidy = pkgs.runCommand "tui-pages-website-html-check"
+            {
+              nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.html-tidy ];
+            } ''
+              cd ${site}
+              for f in *.html; do
+                echo "─── $f ───"
+                ${pkgs.html-tidy}/bin/tidy -e -q -utf8 "$f" 2>&1 | head -20 || true
+              done
+              touch $out
+            '';
+        });
+    };
+}

index.html

@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
 
   <!-- Our custom layer (after Tailwind + DaisyUI compile) -->
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/site.css">
+  <!-- Animated ASCII art layer (chafa-rendered) -->
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/ascii.css">
 </head>
 
 <body
@@ -93,9 +95,22 @@
   class="min-h-screen bg-base-100 text-base-content antialiased"
 >
 
+  <!-- ============================ ASCII BACKGROUND ============================ -->
+  <!-- Full-bleed 3D mountain flyover. tools/mountain.py renders 60 PNG
+       frames; chafa converts each to 80x24 ASCII; tools/build_mountain_js.py
+       bundles them into static/js/mountain.js. The background <pre> is
+       mounted by static/js/mountain-bg.js, which cycles the 60 frames at
+       12 fps. Style lives in static/css/ascii.css. -->
+  <pre id="tp-mountain-bg" class="tp-mountain-bg" aria-hidden="true"></pre>
+
+
   <a href="#main" class="sr-only focus:not-sr-only focus:fixed focus:top-2 focus:left-2 focus:z-50 focus:px-3 focus:py-2 focus:bg-accent focus:text-accent-fg focus:rounded">Skip to content</a>
 
-  <!-- ============================ NAV ============================ -->
+  <!-- 3D mountain flyover: pre-baked ASCII frames cycled at 12 fps -->
+  <script src="/static/js/mountain.js" defer></script>
+  <script src="/static/js/mountain-bg.js" defer></script>
+
+<!-- ============================ NAV ============================ -->
   <header class="tp-nav sticky top-0 z-40">
     <nav class="max-w-7xl mx-auto px-4 sm:px-6 lg:px-8 h-16 flex items-center gap-4">
       <a href="/" class="flex items-center gap-2.5 group" aria-label="tui-pages home">
@@ -189,7 +204,7 @@
 
             <h1 class="mt-6 text-4xl sm:text-5xl lg:text-6xl font-bold tracking-tight text-zinc-50 leading-[1.05]">
               A framework for<br>
-              building <span class="text-accent">TUIs</span> in Rust<span class="tp-cursor" aria-hidden="true"></span>
+              building <span class="text-accent">TUIs</span> in Rust
             </h1>
 
             <p class="mt-6 text-lg text-zinc-300 max-w-xl leading-relaxed">
@@ -228,7 +243,6 @@
               </button>
             </div>
 
-            <p class="mt-3 text-xs text-zinc-500 font-mono">or: <code class="text-zinc-400">cargo install tui-pages-cli</code></p>
           </div>
 
           <!-- Hero terminal mockup -->

static/css/ascii.css

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/* ==========================================================================
+   tui-pages website - animated ASCII mountain background (chafa-rendered)
+
+   The mountain background is JS-driven: tools/mountain.py renders 60
+   procedural 3D mountain-flyover PNG frames; chafa converts each to 80x24
+   ASCII; tools/build_mountain_js.py bundles them into static/js/mountain.js.
+   static/js/mountain-bg.js cycles the frames at 12 fps into the
+   <pre id="tp-mountain-bg" class="tp-mountain-bg"> placeholder in index.html.
+
+   This CSS file:
+     - positions the frame as a full-screen top layer
+     - tints the dense characters rust-orange with text-shadow + glow
+     - adds a CRT scanline overlay
+     - disables the animation under prefers-reduced-motion
+   ========================================================================== */
+
+/* Full-screen ASCII mountain top layer ----------------------------------- */
+.tp-mountain-bg {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  display: block;
+  width: 100vw;
+  height: 100vh;
+  height: 100svh;
+  z-index: 0;
+  pointer-events: none;
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
+  font-size: max(0.35vw, 0.695vh);
+  font-size: max(0.35vw, 0.695svh);
+  line-height: 1.0;
+  letter-spacing: 0;
+  color: #f4a26b;
+  text-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(183, 65, 14, 0.35);
+  opacity: 0.45;
+  white-space: pre;
+  background: transparent;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  user-select: none;
+}
+
+/* CRT scanlines overlay - a thin moving line every 2px. Faint so it doesn't
+   fight the page content. */
+.tp-mountain-bg::after {
+  content: "";
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: 0;
+  background: repeating-linear-gradient(
+    to bottom,
+    transparent 0,
+    transparent 2px,
+    rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.20) 2px,
+    rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.20) 3px
+  );
+  pointer-events: none;
+  animation: tp-mtn-scanline 8s linear infinite;
+  mix-blend-mode: multiply;
+}
+
+@keyframes tp-mtn-scanline {
+  0%   { background-position: 0 0; }
+  100% { background-position: 0 6px; }
+}
+
+/* Light theme: dim the background, drop the glow, switch to dark text. */
+:root[data-theme="winter"] .tp-mountain-bg {
+  opacity: 0.20;
+  color: #2a1810;
+  text-shadow: none;
+  mix-blend-mode: multiply;
+}
+
+:root[data-theme="winter"] .tp-mountain-bg::after {
+  background: repeating-linear-gradient(
+    to bottom,
+    transparent 0,
+    transparent 2px,
+    rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12) 2px,
+    rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12) 3px
+  );
+  mix-blend-mode: screen;
+}
+
+/* Reduced motion: keep the first frame static, no scanline drift. */
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  .tp-mountain-bg::after {
+    animation: none !important;
+  }
+}

static/css/site.css

@@ -29,14 +29,16 @@ html {
   --tp-grid-line: rgba(63, 63, 70, 0.35);
   --tp-hero-from: #0b0b0f;
   --tp-hero-to: #18181b;
+  --tp-text-outline: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);
 }
 
-:root[data-theme="light"] {
+:root[data-theme="winter"] {
   --tp-accent: #93330c;
   --tp-accent-fg: #fff5f0;
   --tp-grid-line: rgba(228, 228, 231, 0.7);
   --tp-hero-from: #fafafa;
   --tp-hero-to: #f4f4f5;
+  --tp-text-outline: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.95);
 }
 
 /* ---------- Body --------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -55,13 +57,30 @@ body {
 
 /* ---------- Hero --------------------------------------------------------- */
 .tp-hero {
-  background:
+  background: transparent;          /* let the mountain ASCII show through */
-    radial-gradient(ellipse 80% 50% at 50% 0%, rgba(183, 65, 14, 0.15), transparent 70%),
-    linear-gradient(180deg, var(--tp-hero-from) 0%, var(--tp-hero-to) 100%);
   position: relative;
   isolation: isolate;
 }
 
+.tp-hero > .max-w-7xl {
+  position: relative;
+  z-index: 1;
+}
+
+.tp-hero h1,
+.tp-hero p {
+  text-shadow:
+     0   -1px 0 var(--tp-text-outline),
+     1px  0   0 var(--tp-text-outline),
+     0    1px 0 var(--tp-text-outline),
+    -1px  0   0 var(--tp-text-outline),
+    -1px -1px 0 var(--tp-text-outline),
+     1px -1px 0 var(--tp-text-outline),
+    -1px  1px 0 var(--tp-text-outline),
+     1px  1px 0 var(--tp-text-outline),
+     0  2px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);
+}
+
 .tp-hero::before {
   content: "";
   position: absolute;
@@ -75,6 +94,7 @@ body {
           mask-image: radial-gradient(ellipse 60% 50% at 50% 0%, #000 30%, transparent 80%);
   pointer-events: none;
   z-index: -1;
+  opacity: 0.5;                      /* subtle grid, not a wall */
 }
 
 /* Subtle floating code lines in the hero, behind the content */
@@ -89,30 +109,6 @@ body {
     radial-gradient(circle at 85% 70%, rgba(126, 231, 135, 0.05), transparent 35%);
 }
 
-/* ---------- Cursor caret animation --------------------------------------- */
-@keyframes tp-blink {
-  0%, 49% { opacity: 1; }
-  50%, 100% { opacity: 0; }
-}
-.tp-cursor {
-  display: inline-block;
-  width: 0.55em;
-  height: 1em;
-  background: var(--tp-accent);
-  margin-left: 0.15em;
-  vertical-align: -0.12em;
-  animation: tp-blink 1.1s steps(1) infinite;
-}
-
-/* ---------- Soft float for the hero terminal ----------------------------- */
-@keyframes tp-float {
-  0%, 100% { transform: translateY(0); }
-  50% { transform: translateY(-6px); }
-}
-.tp-float {
-  animation: tp-float 6s ease-in-out infinite;
-}
-
 /* ---------- Glass nav ---------------------------------------------------- */
 .tp-nav {
   background: rgba(9, 9, 11, 0.65);
@@ -120,7 +116,7 @@ body {
   -webkit-backdrop-filter: saturate(160%) blur(12px);
   border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(63, 63, 70, 0.4);
 }
-:root[data-theme="light"] .tp-nav {
+:root[data-theme="winter"] .tp-nav {
   background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);
   border-bottom-color: rgba(228, 228, 231, 0.7);
 }
@@ -139,11 +135,11 @@ body {
   background: rgba(24, 24, 27, 0.75);
   transform: translateY(-2px);
 }
-:root[data-theme="light"] .tp-card {
+:root[data-theme="winter"] .tp-card {
   background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6);
   border-color: rgba(228, 228, 231, 0.8);
 }
-:root[data-theme="light"] .tp-card:hover {
+:root[data-theme="winter"] .tp-card:hover {
   background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);
   border-color: rgba(183, 65, 14, 0.4);
 }
@@ -196,7 +192,7 @@ body {
   color: #f4f4f5;
   line-height: 1;
 }
-:root[data-theme="light"] .tp-kbd {
+:root[data-theme="winter"] .tp-kbd {
   background: #fff;
   color: #18181b;
   border-color: #d4d4d8;
@@ -206,13 +202,12 @@ body {
 .tp-terminal {
   position: relative;
   border-radius: 0.875rem;
-  background: #0b0b0f;
+  background: transparent;          /* let the body ASCII art show through */
   box-shadow:
-    0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.04) inset,
+    0 0 0 1px rgba(244, 162, 107, 0.18),  /* rust-orange hairline, brand */
-    0 30px 60px -20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6),
+    0 30px 60px -20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55),
-    0 18px 36px -18px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
+    0 18px 36px -18px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45);
   overflow: hidden;
-  border: 1px solid rgba(63, 63, 70, 0.4);
 }
 .tp-terminal::after {
   content: "";
@@ -220,7 +215,14 @@ body {
   inset: 0;
   pointer-events: none;
   border-radius: inherit;
-  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.03);
+  background: linear-gradient(
+    to bottom,
+    rgba(11, 11, 15, 0.55) 0%,
+    rgba(11, 11, 15, 0)    18%,
+    rgba(11, 11, 15, 0)    82%,
+    rgba(11, 11, 15, 0.45) 100%
+  );   /* darken only the top + bottom strips, leave the middle transparent
+          so the body ASCII art shows through the terminal content */
 }
 
 /* ---------- Selection --------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -249,7 +251,7 @@ body {
 
 /* ---------- No-FOUC theme flash ----------------------------------------- */
 html:not([data-theme]) body { background: #09090b; }
-:root[data-theme="light"] body { background: #fafafa; }
+:root[data-theme="winter"] body { background: #fafafa; }
 
 /* ---------- Alpine x-cloak (prevents flash of un-initialised content) --- */
 [x-cloak] { display: none !important; }

static/img/terminal-default.svg

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 <svg viewBox="0 0 640 400" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="w-full h-auto" role="img" aria-label="examples/default terminal screenshot">
   <style>
-    .bg { fill: #18181b; }
+    .bg { fill: transparent; stroke: #3f3f46; stroke-width: 1; }
-    .chrome { fill: #27272a; }
+    .chrome { fill: transparent; }
     .dot { fill: #52525b; }
-    .sep { stroke: #27272a; stroke-width: 1; }
+    .sep { stroke: #3f3f46; stroke-width: 1; }
-    .tab { fill: #18181b; }
+    .tab { fill: transparent; }
     text { font-family: ui-monospace, 'JetBrains Mono', 'SF Mono', Menlo, Consolas, monospace; fill: #f4f4f5; }
     .t-md { font-size: 15px; }
     .t-sm { font-size: 13px; }
     .t-xs { font-size: 11px; }
     .muted { fill: #a1a1aa; }
     .dim { fill: #71717a; }
-    .sel-bg { fill: #b7410e; }
+    .sel-bg { fill: #b7410e; fill-opacity: 0.85; }
     .sel-fg { fill: #fff5f0; }
   </style>
 

static/js/mountain-bg.js

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Mountain background animation.
+ *
+ * Cycles the 60 ASCII frames from window.TP_MOUNTAIN_FRAMES at 12 fps.
+ * Mounts a single <pre> in the body that gets its textContent swapped
+ * on each frame. Uses requestAnimationFrame to stay smooth and yields
+ * cleanly to the browser's frame budget. Pauses on prefers-reduced-motion
+ * and on document.hidden.
+ */
+(function () {
+  "use strict";
+
+  function init() {
+    if (typeof window.TP_MOUNTAIN_FRAMES === "undefined") return;
+
+    var pre = document.querySelector("#tp-mountain-bg");
+    if (!pre) return;
+    pre.setAttribute("data-tp-mountain", "");
+    pre.setAttribute("aria-hidden", "true");
+    pre.textContent = window.TP_MOUNTAIN_FRAMES[0];
+
+    var n = window.TP_MOUNTAIN_N_FRAMES;
+    var fps = window.TP_MOUNTAIN_FPS;
+    var i = 0;
+    var last = 0;
+    var acc = 0;
+    var interval = 1000 / fps;
+
+    var reduceMotion =
+      window.matchMedia &&
+      window.matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches;
+
+    if (reduceMotion) {
+      // Show a single representative frame; no animation.
+      pre.textContent = window.TP_MOUNTAIN_FRAMES[Math.floor(n / 2)];
+      return;
+    }
+
+    function step(ts) {
+      if (!last) last = ts;
+      acc += ts - last;
+      last = ts;
+      while (acc >= interval) {
+        i = (i + 1) % n;
+        pre.textContent = window.TP_MOUNTAIN_FRAMES[i];
+        acc -= interval;
+      }
+      if (!document.hidden) {
+        requestAnimationFrame(step);
+      } else {
+        // Resume on next visibility change.
+        document.addEventListener(
+          "visibilitychange",
+          function onVisible() {
+            if (!document.hidden) {
+              last = 0;
+              acc = 0;
+              document.removeEventListener("visibilitychange", onVisible);
+              requestAnimationFrame(step);
+            }
+          }
+        );
+      }
+    }
+    requestAnimationFrame(step);
+  }
+
+  if (document.readyState === "loading") {
+    document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", init);
+  } else {
+    init();
+  }
+})();

tools/build_mountain_js.py

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Build static/js/mountain.js with all ASCII frames from a build/<name>/ dir
+embedded as a JS array.
+
+Usage: build_mountain_js.py <src_dir> <dst_js_path>
+
+Frames are read in sorted order, escaped for JS template literals, and
+concatenated into a window.TP_MOUNTAIN_FRAMES array.
+"""
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def js_escape(s: str) -> str:
+    return s.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("`", "\\`").replace("${", "\\${")
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+        print(__doc__, file=sys.stderr)
+        return 2
+
+    src = sys.argv[1]
+    dst = sys.argv[2]
+
+    txts = sorted(p for p in os.listdir(src) if p.startswith("frame-") and p.endswith(".txt"))
+    if not txts:
+        print(f"no frame-*.txt files in {src}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+
+    frames = []
+    for name in txts:
+        with open(os.path.join(src, name)) as f:
+            frames.append(f.read().rstrip("\n"))
+
+    header = """/* Autogenerated by tools/build_mountain_js.py
+   ASCII frames from a video, chafa-rendered, concatenated into a JS array.
+   Cycled at 12 fps by static/js/mountain-bg.js. */
+
+window.TP_MOUNTAIN_FRAMES = [
+"""
+    footer = f"""];
+
+window.TP_MOUNTAIN_N_FRAMES = {len(frames)};
+window.TP_MOUNTAIN_FPS = 12;
+"""
+    body = ",\n".join(f"  `{js_escape(fr)}`" for fr in frames)
+
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(dst), exist_ok=True)
+    with open(dst, "w") as f:
+        f.write(header)
+        f.write(body)
+        f.write("\n")
+        f.write(footer)
+
+    print(f"  {os.path.getsize(dst):>7d} bytes  {dst}  ({len(frames)} frames)")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())