diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 9233911..7d17007 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import threading
 import RNS
 from http.server import HTTPServer
 
-from db import init_db
+from db import init_db, set_setting
 from handlers import dispatch_request
 from gateway import GatewayState, GatewayHandler, GATEWAY_PORT
 
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def main():
     )
 
     destination.announce()
+    set_setting("dest_hash", destination.hash.hex())
     start_gateway(reticulum)
 
     print(f"TinyWeb running!")
diff --git a/handlers.py b/handlers.py
index 42944a5..2c0ec07 100644
--- a/handlers.py
+++ b/handlers.py
@@ -196,7 +196,8 @@ def handle_search(query):
         f' | <a href="/pages">browse</a>'
         f' | <a href="/tags">tags</a>'
         f' | <a href="/subscriptions">subscriptions</a>'
-        f' | <a href="/style">customize</a></p>'
+        f' | <a href="/style">customize</a>'
+        f' | <a href="/about">about</a></p>'
         f'<hr>{result_html}{trusted_html}{remote_html}'
     )
 
@@ -412,6 +413,58 @@ def handle_style_submit(body):
     return handle_style_form("Saved.")
 
 
+def handle_about():
+    name = get_site_name()
+    dest_hash = get_setting("dest_hash")
+    sharing = get_setting("sharing_enabled", "0") == "1"
+    db = get_db()
+    page_count = db.execute("SELECT count(*) FROM pages").fetchone()[0]
+    tag_count = db.execute("SELECT count(*) FROM tags").fetchone()[0]
+    sub_count = db.execute("SELECT count(*) FROM subscriptions").fetchone()[0]
+    db.close()
+
+    sharing_html = (
+        '<p>This instance shares its index publicly. Subscribe to join the network.</p>'
+        if sharing else
+        '<p>This instance is private.</p>'
+    )
+
+    hash_html = ""
+    if dest_hash:
+        hash_html = (
+            f'<h2>subscribe</h2>'
+            f'<p>To subscribe to this instance, add this destination hash in your TinyWeb:</p>'
+            f'<pre>{esc(dest_hash)}</pre>'
+        )
+
+    return _respond(
+        f'<h1>{esc(name)}</h1>'
+        f'<p>A personal search engine, built for the slow web.</p>'
+        f'<p>TinyWeb is about taking back the internet. No algorithms, no ads, no tracking. '
+        f'Just human-curated pages shared freely across a mesh network.</p>'
+        f'<ul>'
+        f'<li><b>{page_count}</b> page(s) indexed</li>'
+        f'<li><b>{tag_count}</b> tag(s)</li>'
+        f'<li><b>{sub_count}</b> subscription(s)</li>'
+        f'</ul>'
+        f'{sharing_html}'
+        f'{hash_html}'
+        f'<h2>what is the slow web?</h2>'
+        f'<p>The slow web is a movement for intentionality over speed, '
+        f'human curation over algorithmic feeds, privacy over surveillance, '
+        f'and community over corporations. Every page in this index was saved by a person '
+        f'because they found it valuable — not because an algorithm told them to click.</p>'
+        f'<h2>how it works</h2>'
+        f'<ul>'
+        f'<li>Save pages you find valuable with the bookmarklet or /add</li>'
+        f'<li>Search your personal index — queries never leave your machine</li>'
+        f'<li>Subscribe to friends over Reticulum — encrypted, decentralized, works without the internet</li>'
+        f'<li>Tag and organize your collection into curated lists</li>'
+        f'</ul>'
+        f'<p><a href="/">search</a> | <a href="/pages">browse</a> | <a href="/tags">tags</a></p>'
+    )
+
+
 def handle_tags():
     db = get_db()
     rows = db.execute(
@@ -774,6 +827,8 @@ def dispatch_request(data):
             return handle_bookmark(query)
         elif path == "/style":
             return handle_style_form()
+        elif path == "/about":
+            return handle_about()
         elif path == "/export":
             return handle_export()
         elif path == "/import":