I agree; less is more. Way too many words on the front page now. First, why have nav bars at top AND at the right side? (Plus vertical nav bars are best put on the left side. )
I'd recommend just (something like) this text on the main page: SQLite is a free, public domain, compact, embedded SQL database engine that works from a single disk file. It's reliability, ease of use, and small size has led it to be adopted in more applications than we can count, including several high-profile projects. <http://www.sqlite.org/famous.html> More technically, SQLite is a in-process library that implements a self-contained <http://www.sqlite.org/selfcontained.html>, serverless<http://www.sqlite.org/serverless.html>, zero-configuration <http://www.sqlite.org/zeroconf.html>, transactional<http://www.sqlite.org/transactional.html>SQL database engine, and transactions are ACID <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACID> even if interrupted by system crashes or power failures. Click here <http://www.sqlite.com>to learn more. If there are to be more graphics on that page, some small logos of the projects using SQLite might be both brighten things up and enhance the attractiveness of the product.