diff --git a/apps/website/src/components/Footer.tsx b/apps/website/src/components/Footer.tsx
index 3f00191d2..a652e524c 100644
--- a/apps/website/src/components/Footer.tsx
+++ b/apps/website/src/components/Footer.tsx
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export function SocialButtons({ className, withText }: { className?: string, wit
     )
 }
 
-function SocialButton({ name, iconSvg, url, withText }: { name: string, iconSvg: string, url: string, withText?: boolean }) {
+export function SocialButton({ name, iconSvg, url, withText, counter }: { name: string, iconSvg: string, url: string, withText?: boolean, counter?: string | undefined }) {
     return (
         <Link
             className="social-button"
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ function SocialButton({ name, iconSvg, url, withText }: { name: string, iconSvg:
             title={!withText ? name : undefined}
         >
             <Icon svg={iconSvg} />
+            {counter && <span class="counter">{counter}</span>}             
             {withText && name}
         </Link>
     )
 }
+
diff --git a/apps/website/src/components/Header.tsx b/apps/website/src/components/Header.tsx
index facb4089b..3448e8f73 100644
--- a/apps/website/src/components/Header.tsx
+++ b/apps/website/src/components/Header.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import "./Header.css";
+import { Link } from "./Button.js";
+import { SocialButtons, SocialButton } from "./Footer.js";
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "preact/hooks";
 import { useLocation } from 'preact-iso';
 import DownloadButton from './DownloadButton.js';
-import { Link } from "./Button.js";
+import githubIcon from "../assets/boxicons/bx-github.svg?raw";
 import Icon from "./Icon.js";
 import logoPath from "../assets/icon-color.svg";
 import menuIcon from "../assets/boxicons/bx-menu.svg?raw";
-import { useState } from "preact/hooks";
-import { SocialButtons } from "./Footer.js";
 
 interface HeaderLink {
     url: string;
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ const HEADER_LINKS: HeaderLink[] = [
     { url: "/support-us/", text: "Support us" }
 ]
 
-export function Header() {
+export function Header(props: {repoStargazersCount: number}) {
 	const { url } = useLocation();
     const [ mobileMenuShown, setMobileMenuShown ] = useState(false);
 
@@ -60,7 +61,17 @@ export function Header() {
                 </nav>
 
                 <DownloadButton />
+                
+                <div class="desktop-only">
+                    <SocialButton
+                        name="GitHub"
+                        iconSvg={githubIcon}
+                        counter={(props.repoStargazersCount / 1000).toFixed(1) + "K+"}
+                        url="https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium"
+                    />
+                </div>
+
             </div>
 		</header>
 	);
-}
+}
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diff --git a/apps/website/src/github-utils.ts b/apps/website/src/github-utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b34925ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/website/src/github-utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const API_URL = "https://api.github.com/repos/TriliumNext/Trilium";
+
+/** Returns the number of stargazers of the Trilium's GitHub repository. */
+export async function getRepoStargazersCount() {
+	const response = await fetch(API_URL);
+	
+	if (response.ok) {
+		const details = await response.json();
+		if ("stargazers_count" in details) {
+			return details["stargazers_count"];
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 31862; // The count as of 2025-10-03
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/website/src/index.tsx b/apps/website/src/index.tsx
index 9dc5edfb1..ae1d46a87 100644
--- a/apps/website/src/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/website/src/index.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-import { LocationProvider, Router, Route, hydrate, prerender as ssr } from 'preact-iso';
-
+import './style.css';
+import { getRepoStargazersCount } from './github-utils.js';
 import { Header } from './components/Header.jsx';
 import { Home } from './pages/Home/index.jsx';
+import { LocationProvider, Router, Route, hydrate, prerender as ssr } from 'preact-iso';
 import { NotFound } from './pages/_404.jsx';
-import './style.css';
 import Footer from './components/Footer.js';
 import GetStarted from './pages/GetStarted/get-started.js';
 import SupportUs from './pages/SupportUs/SupportUs.js';
 
-export function App() {
+export function App(props: {repoStargazersCount: number}) {
 	return (
 		<LocationProvider>
-			<Header />
+			<Header repoStargazersCount={props.repoStargazersCount} />
 			<main>
 				<Router>
 					<Route path="/" component={Home} />
@@ -26,9 +26,15 @@ export function App() {
 }
 
 if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
-	hydrate(<App />, document.getElementById('app')!);
+	hydrate(<App repoStargazersCount={1000} />, document.getElementById('app')!);
 }
 
 export async function prerender(data) {
-	return await ssr(<App {...data} />);
+	// Fetch the stargazer count of the Trilium's GitHub repo on prerender to pass
+	// it to the App component for SSR.
+	// This ensures the GitHub API is not called on every page load in the client.
+	const stargazersCount = await getRepoStargazersCount();
+
+	return await ssr(<App repoStargazersCount={stargazersCount} {...data} />);
 }
+