diff --git a/astro.config.mjs b/astro.config.mjs
index 3105212..a713f6c 100644
--- a/astro.config.mjs
+++ b/astro.config.mjs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
 	site: 'https://docs.memaudit.dev',
 	integrations: [
 		starlight({
-			title: 'memaudit docs',
+			title: 'memaudit documentation',
 			logo: {
 				src: './src/assets/logo.svg',
 				alt: 'memaudit',
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ export default defineConfig({
 				{ icon: 'github', label: 'GitHub', href: 'https://github.com/memaudit/memaudit' },
 			],
 			plugins: [starlightLinksValidator()],
+			components: {
+				// Shows "memaudit" in the visible nav header while the
+				// site title above ("memaudit documentation") still
+				// drives the browser tab title and other metadata.
+				SiteTitle: './src/components/SiteTitle.astro',
+			},
 			sidebar: [
 				{
 					label: 'Reference',
diff --git a/src/components/SiteTitle.astro b/src/components/SiteTitle.astro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..718c38e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/SiteTitle.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+---
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 the memaudit authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+// Overrides Starlight's default SiteTitle component to show a shorter
+// name in the visible nav header ("memaudit") than the site's configured
+// title ("memaudit documentation"), which still drives the browser tab
+// title and other metadata. See https://starlight.astro.build/guides/overriding-components/
+import { logos } from 'virtual:starlight/user-images';
+import config from 'virtual:starlight/user-config';
+const { siteTitleHref } = Astro.locals.starlightRoute;
+const navTitle = 'memaudit';
+---
+
+<a href={siteTitleHref} class="site-title sl-flex">
+	{
+		config.logo && logos.dark && (
+			<>
+				<img
+					class:list={{ 'light:sl-hidden print:hidden': !('src' in config.logo) }}
+					alt={config.logo.alt}
+					src={logos.dark.src}
+					width={logos.dark.width}
+					height={logos.dark.height}
+				/>
+				{!('src' in config.logo) && (
+					<img
+						class="dark:sl-hidden print:block"
+						alt={config.logo.alt}
+						src={logos.light?.src}
+						width={logos.light?.width}
+						height={logos.light?.height}
+					/>
+				)}
+			</>
+		)
+	}
+	<span class:list={{ 'sr-only': config.logo?.replacesTitle }} translate="no">
+		{navTitle}
+	</span>
+</a>
+
+<style>
+	@layer starlight.core {
+		.site-title {
+			align-items: center;
+			gap: var(--sl-nav-gap);
+			font-size: var(--sl-text-h4);
+			font-weight: 600;
+			color: var(--sl-color-text-accent);
+			text-decoration: none;
+			white-space: nowrap;
+			min-width: 0;
+		}
+		span {
+			overflow: hidden;
+		}
+		img {
+			height: calc(var(--sl-nav-height) - 2 * var(--sl-nav-pad-y));
+			width: auto;
+			max-width: 100%;
+			object-fit: contain;
+			object-position: 0 50%;
+		}
+	}
+</style>
diff --git a/src/content/docs/index.mdx b/src/content/docs/index.mdx
index 0e753d4..f6e2da8 100644
--- a/src/content/docs/index.mdx
+++ b/src/content/docs/index.mdx
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 ---
-title: See where your DRAM actually goes
+title: memaudit documentation
 description: Reference documentation for memauditd, the read-only host agent for measuring cold memory, stranded DRAM, and KV-cache waste on Linux.
+head:
+  - tag: title
+    content: memaudit documentation
 template: splash
 hero:
+  title: memaudit
   tagline: See where your DRAM actually goes.
   actions:
     - text: Config reference