diff --git a/src/utils/proxy/handlers/credentialed.js b/src/utils/proxy/handlers/credentialed.js
index 5d4b7e3b..85a10397 100644
--- a/src/utils/proxy/handlers/credentialed.js
+++ b/src/utils/proxy/handlers/credentialed.js
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ export default async function credentialedProxyHandler(req, res, map) {
         } else {
           headers.Authorization = `Basic ${Buffer.from(`${widget.username}:${widget.password}`).toString("base64")}`;
         }
+      } else if (widget.type === "github") {
+        headers["User-Agent"] = `homepage`;
       } else {
         headers["X-API-Key"] = `${widget.key}`;
       }
diff --git a/src/widgets/components.js b/src/widgets/components.js
index 754898bf..d51d6785 100644
--- a/src/widgets/components.js
+++ b/src/widgets/components.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const components = {
   flood: dynamic(() => import("./flood/component")),
   freshrss: dynamic(() => import("./freshrss/component")),
   ghostfolio: dynamic(() => import("./ghostfolio/component")),
+  github: dynamic(() => import("./github/component")),
   gluetun: dynamic(() => import("./gluetun/component")),
   gotify: dynamic(() => import("./gotify/component")),
   grafana: dynamic(() => import("./grafana/component")),
diff --git a/src/widgets/github/component.jsx b/src/widgets/github/component.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8fc28be6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/widgets/github/component.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import Container from "components/services/widget/container";
+import Block from "components/services/widget/block";
+import useWidgetAPI from "utils/proxy/use-widget-api";
+
+export default function Component({ service }) {
+
+  const { widget } = service;
+
+  const { data: githubData, error: githubError } = useWidgetAPI(widget);
+
+  if (githubError) {
+    return <Container service={service} error={githubError} />;
+  }
+
+  if (!githubData) {
+    return (
+      <Container service={service}>
+        <Block label="open issues" />
+        <Block label="stars" />
+      </Container>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Container service={service}>
+      <Block label="open issues" value={githubData.open_issues_count} />
+      <Block label="stars" value={githubData.stargazers_count} />
+    </Container>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/widgets/github/widget.js b/src/widgets/github/widget.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02eaea1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/widgets/github/widget.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import credentialedProxyHandler from "utils/proxy/handlers/credentialed";
+
+const widget = {
+  api: "https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}",
+  proxyHandler: credentialedProxyHandler,
+};
+
+export default widget;
diff --git a/src/widgets/widgets.js b/src/widgets/widgets.js
index f7b07a96..6035c15d 100644
--- a/src/widgets/widgets.js
+++ b/src/widgets/widgets.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import fileflows from "./fileflows/widget";
 import flood from "./flood/widget";
 import freshrss from "./freshrss/widget";
 import ghostfolio from "./ghostfolio/widget";
+import github from "./github/widget";
 import gluetun from "./gluetun/widget";
 import gotify from "./gotify/widget";
 import grafana from "./grafana/widget";
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ const widgets = {
   flood,
   freshrss,
   ghostfolio,
+  github,
   gluetun,
   gotify,
   grafana,