diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b260a067..ceee7d7b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+1.8.14.dev0
+ * Add a recent contributors section to the documentation, because credit where credit's due! See:
+   https://torsion.org/borgmatic/#recent-contributors
+
 1.8.13
  * #298: Add "delete" and "rdelete" actions to delete archives or entire repositories.
  * #785: Add an "only_run_on" option to consistency checks so you can limit a check to running on
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 82684d8a..a7000d68 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -155,3 +155,7 @@ general, contributions are very welcome. We don't bite!
 Also, please check out the [borgmatic development
 how-to](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/develop-on-borgmatic/) for
 info on cloning source code, running tests, etc.
+
+### Recent contributors
+
+{% include borgmatic/contributors.html %}
diff --git a/docs/Dockerfile b/docs/Dockerfile
index bf82c96a..ae4d7ead 100644
--- a/docs/Dockerfile
+++ b/docs/Dockerfile
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-FROM docker.io/alpine:3.17.1 as borgmatic
+FROM docker.io/alpine:3.20.1 AS borgmatic
 
 COPY . /app
-RUN apk add --no-cache py3-pip py3-ruamel.yaml py3-ruamel.yaml.clib
-RUN pip install --no-cache /app && generate-borgmatic-config && chmod +r /etc/borgmatic/config.yaml
+RUN apk add --no-cache py3-pip py3-requests py3-ruamel.yaml py3-ruamel.yaml.clib
+RUN pip install --break-system-packages --no-cache /app && generate-borgmatic-config && chmod +r /etc/borgmatic/config.yaml
 RUN borgmatic --help > /command-line.txt \
     && for action in rcreate transfer create prune compact check delete extract config "config bootstrap" "config generate" "config validate" export-tar mount umount rdelete restore rlist list rinfo info break-lock borg; do \
            echo -e "\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n" >> /command-line.txt \
            && borgmatic $action --help >> /command-line.txt; done
+RUN /app/docs/fetch-contributors >> /contributors.html
 
-FROM docker.io/node:19.5.0-alpine as html
+FROM docker.io/node:22.4.0-alpine AS html
 
 ARG ENVIRONMENT=production
 
@@ -24,11 +25,12 @@ RUN npm install @11ty/eleventy \
     markdown-it-replace-link
 COPY --from=borgmatic /etc/borgmatic/config.yaml /source/docs/_includes/borgmatic/config.yaml
 COPY --from=borgmatic /command-line.txt /source/docs/_includes/borgmatic/command-line.txt
+COPY --from=borgmatic /contributors.html /source/docs/_includes/borgmatic/contributors.html
 COPY . /source
 RUN NODE_ENV=${ENVIRONMENT} npx eleventy --input=/source/docs --output=/output/docs \
   && mv /output/docs/index.html /output/index.html
 
-FROM docker.io/nginx:1.22.1-alpine
+FROM docker.io/nginx:1.26.1-alpine
 
 COPY --from=html /output /usr/share/nginx/html
 COPY --from=borgmatic /etc/borgmatic/config.yaml /usr/share/nginx/html/docs/reference/config.yaml
diff --git a/docs/fetch-contributors b/docs/fetch-contributors
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..66b984ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/fetch-contributors
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+'''
+A script to fetch recent contributors to borgmatic, used during documentation generation.
+'''
+
+import datetime
+import itertools
+import operator
+import subprocess
+
+import requests
+
+
+def list_merged_pulls(url):
+    '''
+    Given a Gitea or GitHub API endpoint URL for pull requests, fetch and return the corresponding
+    JSON for all such merged pull requests.
+    '''
+    response = requests.get(f'{url}?state=closed', headers={'Accept': 'application/json', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'})
+
+    if not response.ok:
+        response.raise_for_status()
+
+    return tuple(pull for pull in response.json() if pull.get('merged_at'))
+
+
+API_ENDPOINT_URLS = (
+    'https://projects.torsion.org/api/v1/repos/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic/pulls',
+    'https://api.github.com/repos/borgmatic-collective/borgmatic/pulls',
+)
+RECENT_CONTRIBUTORS_CUTOFF_DAYS = 365
+
+
+def print_contributors():
+    '''
+    Display the recent contributors as a row of avatars in an HTML fragment.
+    '''
+    pulls = tuple(itertools.chain.from_iterable(list_merged_pulls(url) for url in API_ENDPOINT_URLS))
+    seen_user_ids = set()
+
+    print('<p>')
+
+    for pull in sorted(pulls, key=operator.itemgetter('merged_at'), reverse=True):
+        merged_at = pull.get('merged_at')
+        user = pull.get('user')
+
+        if not merged_at or not user:
+            continue
+
+        user_id = user.get('id')
+
+        if not user_id or user_id in seen_user_ids:
+            continue
+
+        if datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(merged_at) < datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc) - datetime.timedelta(days=RECENT_CONTRIBUTORS_CUTOFF_DAYS):
+            continue
+
+        seen_user_ids.add(user_id)
+        print(
+            f'''<a href="{user.get('html_url')}?tab=activity"><img src="{user.get('avatar_url')}" width="50" height="50" title="{user.get('full_name') or user.get('login')}" /></a>'''
+        )
+
+    print('</p>')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print_contributors()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 73eec2d9..da133ece 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-VERSION = '1.8.13'
+VERSION = '1.8.14.dev0'
 
 
 setup(