diff --git a/docs-site/src/css/custom.css b/docs-site/src/css/custom.css
index 78c6233b1..e551c6cc1 100644
--- a/docs-site/src/css/custom.css
+++ b/docs-site/src/css/custom.css
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ html {
   --gusto-code-block-bg: #f7f7f8;
   --gusto-body-text-color: rgba(27, 27, 29, 0.82);
 
+  --ifm-heading-color: #000000;
+
   --docusaurus-highlighted-code-line-bg: rgba(241, 94, 73, 0.1);
 }
 
@@ -89,6 +91,8 @@ html {
   --gusto-code-block-bg: #2a2a2d;
   --gusto-body-text-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.72);
 
+  --ifm-heading-color: #ffffff;
+
   --docusaurus-highlighted-code-line-bg: rgba(241, 94, 73, 0.15);
 }
 
diff --git a/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Description/index.tsx b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Description/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c131f9f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Description/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import React, { type ReactNode } from 'react'
+import clsx from 'clsx'
+import { ThemeClassNames } from '@docusaurus/theme-common'
+import type { Props } from '@theme/DocCard/Description'
+
+import styles from './styles.module.css'
+
+export default function DocCardDescription({ description }: Props): ReactNode {
+  return (
+    <p
+      className={clsx(
+        'text--truncate',
+        ThemeClassNames.docs.docCard.description,
+        styles.cardDescription,
+      )}
+      title={description}
+    >
+      {description}
+    </p>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Description/styles.module.css b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Description/styles.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a7caacbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Description/styles.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.cardDescription {
+  font-size: 0.95rem;
+  line-height: 1.6;
+  color: #525860;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+[data-theme='dark'] .cardDescription {
+  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.65);
+}
diff --git a/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Heading/Icon/index.tsx b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Heading/Icon/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..972c4a0c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Heading/Icon/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import React, { type ReactNode } from 'react'
+import clsx from 'clsx'
+import { ThemeClassNames } from '@docusaurus/theme-common'
+import type { Props } from '@theme/DocCard/Heading/Icon'
+
+import styles from './styles.module.css'
+
+export default function DocCardHeadingIcon({ icon }: Props): ReactNode {
+  return (
+    <span className={clsx(ThemeClassNames.docs.docCard.icon, styles.cardTitleIcon)}>{icon}</span>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Heading/Icon/styles.module.css b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Heading/Icon/styles.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10ed5d4f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Heading/Icon/styles.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.cardTitleIcon {
+  font-size: 1.6rem;
+  margin-right: 0.6rem;
+}
diff --git a/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Heading/Text/index.tsx b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Heading/Text/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f06d86d42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Heading/Text/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import React, { type ReactNode } from 'react'
+import clsx from 'clsx'
+import { ThemeClassNames } from '@docusaurus/theme-common'
+import type { Props } from '@theme/DocCard/Heading/Text'
+
+import styles from './styles.module.css'
+
+export default function DocCardHeadingText({ title }: Props): ReactNode {
+  return (
+    <span
+      className={clsx(
+        'text--truncate',
+
+        ThemeClassNames.docs.docCard.title,
+        styles.cardTitleText,
+      )}
+    >
+      {title}
+    </span>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Heading/Text/styles.module.css b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Heading/Text/styles.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28b3726cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Heading/Text/styles.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.cardTitleText {
+  font-size: 1.25rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
+  color: #1b1b1d;
+}
+
+[data-theme='dark'] .cardTitleText {
+  color: #ffffff;
+}
diff --git a/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Heading/index.tsx b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Heading/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea39ea87f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Heading/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import React, { type ReactNode } from 'react'
+import clsx from 'clsx'
+import { ThemeClassNames } from '@docusaurus/theme-common'
+import Heading from '@theme/Heading'
+import Icon from '@theme/DocCard/Heading/Icon'
+import Text from '@theme/DocCard/Heading/Text'
+import type { Props } from '@theme/DocCard/Heading'
+
+import styles from './styles.module.css'
+
+export default function DocCardHeading({ item, title, icon }: Props): ReactNode {
+  return (
+    <Heading
+      as="h2"
+      className={clsx(ThemeClassNames.docs.docCard.heading, styles.cardTitle)}
+      title={title}
+    >
+      {icon && <Icon item={item} icon={icon} />}
+      <Text item={item} title={title} />
+    </Heading>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Heading/styles.module.css b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Heading/styles.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..220975288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Heading/styles.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.cardTitle {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  margin: 0 0 0.5rem 0;
+}
diff --git a/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Layout/index.tsx b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Layout/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0de3d2cf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Layout/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import React, { type ReactNode } from 'react'
+import clsx from 'clsx'
+import Link from '@docusaurus/Link'
+import { ThemeClassNames } from '@docusaurus/theme-common'
+import Heading from '@theme/DocCard/Heading'
+import Description from '@theme/DocCard/Description'
+import type { Props } from '@theme/DocCard/Layout'
+
+import styles from './styles.module.css'
+
+function Container({
+  className,
+  href,
+  children,
+}: {
+  className?: string
+  href: string
+  children: ReactNode
+}): ReactNode {
+  return (
+    <Link
+      href={href}
+      className={clsx(
+        'card padding--lg',
+        ThemeClassNames.docs.docCard.container,
+        styles.cardContainer,
+        className,
+      )}
+    >
+      {children}
+    </Link>
+  )
+}
+
+export default function DocCardLayout({
+  item,
+  className,
+  href,
+  icon,
+  title,
+  description,
+}: Props): ReactNode {
+  return (
+    <Container href={href} className={className}>
+      <Heading item={item} icon={icon} title={title} />
+      {description && <Description item={item} description={description} />}
+    </Container>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Layout/styles.module.css b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Layout/styles.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3279dee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/Layout/styles.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+.cardContainer {
+  --ifm-link-color: var(--ifm-color-emphasis-800);
+  --ifm-link-hover-color: var(--ifm-color-emphasis-700);
+  --ifm-link-hover-decoration: none;
+
+  display: block;
+  height: 100%;
+  padding: 2rem;
+  background-color: #ffffff;
+  border: 1px solid #ebedf0;
+  border-radius: 16px;
+  box-shadow: none;
+  color: inherit;
+  text-decoration: none;
+  transition: border-color 0.15s ease;
+}
+
+.cardContainer:hover {
+  border-color: #d0d3d8;
+  box-shadow: none;
+  text-decoration: none;
+  color: inherit;
+}
+
+[data-theme='dark'] .cardContainer {
+  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.03);
+  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
+}
+
+[data-theme='dark'] .cardContainer:hover {
+  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.22);
+}
+
+.cardContainer *:last-child {
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+}
diff --git a/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/index.tsx b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be2281001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCard/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import React, { type ReactNode } from 'react'
+import { useDocById, findFirstSidebarItemLink } from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs/client'
+import {
+  extractLeadingEmoji,
+  useDocCardDescriptionCategoryItemsPlural,
+} from '@docusaurus/theme-common/internal'
+import isInternalUrl from '@docusaurus/isInternalUrl'
+import Layout from '@theme/DocCard/Layout'
+
+import type { Props } from '@theme/DocCard'
+import type { PropSidebarItemCategory, PropSidebarItemLink } from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs'
+
+function getFallbackEmojiIcon(item: PropSidebarItemLink | PropSidebarItemCategory): string {
+  if (item.type === 'category') {
+    return '🗃'
+  }
+  return isInternalUrl(item.href) ? '📄️' : '🔗'
+}
+
+function getIconTitleProps(item: PropSidebarItemLink | PropSidebarItemCategory): {
+  icon: ReactNode
+  title: string
+} {
+  const extracted = extractLeadingEmoji(item.label)
+  const emoji = extracted.emoji ?? getFallbackEmojiIcon(item)
+  return {
+    icon: emoji,
+    title: extracted.rest.trim(),
+  }
+}
+
+function CardCategory({ item }: { item: PropSidebarItemCategory }): ReactNode {
+  const href = findFirstSidebarItemLink(item)
+  const categoryItemsPlural = useDocCardDescriptionCategoryItemsPlural()
+
+  // Unexpected: categories that don't have a link have been filtered upfront
+  if (!href) {
+    return null
+  }
+  return (
+    <Layout
+      item={item}
+      className={item.className}
+      href={href}
+      description={item.description ?? categoryItemsPlural(item.items.length)}
+      {...getIconTitleProps(item)}
+    />
+  )
+}
+
+function CardLink({ item }: { item: PropSidebarItemLink }): ReactNode {
+  const doc = useDocById(item.docId ?? undefined)
+  return (
+    <Layout
+      item={item}
+      className={item.className}
+      href={item.href}
+      description={item.description ?? doc?.description}
+      {...getIconTitleProps(item)}
+    />
+  )
+}
+
+export default function DocCard({ item }: Props): ReactNode {
+  switch (item.type) {
+    case 'link':
+      return <CardLink item={item} />
+    case 'category':
+      return <CardCategory item={item} />
+    default:
+      throw new Error(`unknown item type ${JSON.stringify(item)}`)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/docs-site/src/theme/DocCardList/index.tsx b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCardList/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fba2b485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCardList/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import React, { type ComponentProps, type ReactNode } from 'react'
+import clsx from 'clsx'
+import {
+  useCurrentSidebarSiblings,
+  filterDocCardListItems,
+} from '@docusaurus/plugin-content-docs/client'
+import DocCard from '@theme/DocCard'
+import type { Props } from '@theme/DocCardList'
+import styles from './styles.module.css'
+
+function DocCardListForCurrentSidebarCategory({ className }: Props) {
+  const items = useCurrentSidebarSiblings()
+  return <DocCardList items={items} className={className} />
+}
+
+function DocCardListItem({ item }: { item: ComponentProps<typeof DocCard>['item'] }) {
+  return (
+    <article className={clsx(styles.docCardListItem, 'col col--6')}>
+      <DocCard item={item} />
+    </article>
+  )
+}
+
+export default function DocCardList(props: Props): ReactNode {
+  const { items, className } = props
+  if (!items) {
+    return <DocCardListForCurrentSidebarCategory {...props} />
+  }
+  const filteredItems = filterDocCardListItems(items)
+  return (
+    <section className={clsx('row', className)}>
+      {filteredItems.map((item, index) => (
+        <DocCardListItem key={index} item={item} />
+      ))}
+    </section>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/docs-site/src/theme/DocCardList/styles.module.css b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCardList/styles.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5091bd337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs-site/src/theme/DocCardList/styles.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.docCardListItem {
+  margin-bottom: 2rem;
+}
+
+.docCardListItem > * {
+  height: 100%;
+}