diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 3c5437d..7922ad8 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"regexp"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
@@ -88,11 +89,32 @@ func (this *Application) Homepage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Sort repos once alphabetically, to get alphabetical indexes...
+	sort.Slice(repos, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return repos[i].Name < repos[j].Name
+	})
+	alphabeticalOrderIndexes := make(map[string]int, len(repos))
+	for idx, repo := range repos {
+		alphabeticalOrderIndexes[repo.Name] = idx
+	}
+
+	// But then make sure the final sort is by most-recently-created
+	sort.Slice(repos, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return repos[i].CreatedAt.After(repos[j].CreatedAt)
+	})
+
 	// Ready for template
 
 	this.Templatepage(w, r, "", "", func() {
 		fmt.Fprint(w, `
-		`+this.cfg.Template.HomepageHeaderHTML+`
+		`+this.cfg.Template.HomepageHeaderHTML+`		
+		<select id="sortorder" style="float:right;">
+			<option value="data-sort-al">Alphabetical</option>
+			<option value="data-sort-ls">Lifespan</option>
+			<option value="data-sort-ct" selected>Recent projects</option>
+			<option value="data-sort-mt">Recent updates</option>
+		</select>
+		
 		<h2>Projects</h2>
 		<table id="projtable-main" class="projtable">
 `)
@@ -120,7 +142,13 @@ func (this *Application) Homepage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			}
 
 			fmt.Fprint(w, `
-			<tr class="`+html.EscapeString(rowClass)+`">
+			<tr
+				class="`+html.EscapeString(rowClass)+`"
+				data-sort-al="`+fmt.Sprintf("-%d", alphabeticalOrderIndexes[repo.Name])+`"
+				data-sort-ls="`+fmt.Sprintf("%.0f", repo.UpdatedAt.Sub(repo.CreatedAt).Seconds())+`"
+				data-sort-ct="`+fmt.Sprintf("%d", repo.CreatedAt.Unix())+`"
+				data-sort-mt="`+fmt.Sprintf("%d", repo.UpdatedAt.Unix())+`"
+			>
 				<td>
 					<a href="`+pageHref+`"><img class="homeimage" src="`+html.EscapeString(`/:banner/`+url.PathEscape(repo.Name))+`"></div></a>
 				</td>
diff --git a/static/site.js b/static/site.js
index 8864376..09d2d98 100644
--- a/static/site.js
+++ b/static/site.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 	});
 	
 	//
-	// Sort support (theme opt-in)
+	// Sort support
 	//
 	
 	var sort_rows = function(cb) {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 			items.push([i, cb(tr[i])]);
 		}
 		items.sort(function(a, b) {
-			return (a[1] - b[1]);
+			return (b[1] - a[1]);
 		});
 		for (var i = 0, e = items.length; i !== e; ++i) {
 			var el = tr[items[i][0]];
@@ -72,12 +72,20 @@
 		}
 	};
 	
-	var sort_update = function(sort_by) {
+	var sortUpdate = function(sort_by) {
 		sort_rows(function(el) {
 			return el.getAttribute(sort_by);
 		});
 	};
 	
-	window.sortUpdate = sort_update;
+	var so = document.getElementById('sortorder');
+	if (so) {
+		so.addEventListener('change', function() { sortUpdate(so.value); });
+		sortUpdate(so.value);
+	}
+	window.addEventListener("load", function() {
+		// back button support in webkit
+		sortUpdate(so.value);
+	});
 	
 })();