diff --git a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/controller/DashboardController.scala b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/controller/DashboardController.scala
index a67e294..5355bc1 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/controller/DashboardController.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/controller/DashboardController.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@
   self: IssuesService with PullRequestService with RepositoryService with AccountService with UsersAuthenticator =>
 
   get("/dashboard/repos")(usersOnly {
-    val repos = getVisibleRepositories(context.loginAccount, withoutPhysicalInfo = true)
+    val repos = getVisibleRepositories(
+      context.loginAccount,
+      None,
+      withoutPhysicalInfo = true,
+      limit = context.settings.limitVisibleRepositories
+    )
     html.repos(getGroupNames(context.loginAccount.get.userName), repos, repos)
   })
 
@@ -93,7 +98,12 @@
       },
       filter,
       getGroupNames(userName),
-      getVisibleRepositories(context.loginAccount, withoutPhysicalInfo = true)
+      getVisibleRepositories(
+        context.loginAccount,
+        None,
+        withoutPhysicalInfo = true,
+        limit = context.settings.limitVisibleRepositories
+      )
     )
   }
 
@@ -118,7 +128,12 @@
       },
       filter,
       getGroupNames(userName),
-      getVisibleRepositories(context.loginAccount, withoutPhysicalInfo = true)
+      getVisibleRepositories(
+        context.loginAccount,
+        None,
+        withoutPhysicalInfo = true,
+        limit = context.settings.limitVisibleRepositories
+      )
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/controller/IndexController.scala b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/controller/IndexController.scala
index dd80b47..a416792 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/controller/IndexController.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/controller/IndexController.scala
@@ -65,7 +65,12 @@
         val visibleOwnerSet: Set[String] = Set(account.userName) ++ getGroupsByUserName(account.userName)
         gitbucket.core.html.index(
           getRecentActivitiesByOwners(visibleOwnerSet),
-          getVisibleRepositories(Some(account), withoutPhysicalInfo = true),
+          getVisibleRepositories(
+            Some(account),
+            None,
+            withoutPhysicalInfo = true,
+            limit = context.settings.limitVisibleRepositories
+          ),
           showBannerToCreatePersonalAccessToken = hasAccountFederation(account.userName) && !hasAccessToken(
             account.userName
           )
@@ -279,7 +284,12 @@
   get("/search") {
     val query = params.getOrElse("query", "").trim.toLowerCase
     val visibleRepositories =
-      getVisibleRepositories(context.loginAccount, repositoryUserName = None, withoutPhysicalInfo = true)
+      getVisibleRepositories(
+        context.loginAccount,
+        None,
+        withoutPhysicalInfo = true,
+        limit = context.settings.limitVisibleRepositories
+      )
     val repositories = visibleRepositories.filter { repository =>
       repository.name.toLowerCase.indexOf(query) >= 0 || repository.owner.toLowerCase.indexOf(query) >= 0
     }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/controller/SystemSettingsController.scala b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/controller/SystemSettingsController.scala
index ebb06dc..b105aa0 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/controller/SystemSettingsController.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/controller/SystemSettingsController.scala
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     "gravatar" -> trim(label("Gravatar", boolean())),
     "notification" -> trim(label("Notification", boolean())),
     "activityLogLimit" -> trim(label("Limit of activity logs", optional(number()))),
+    "limitVisibleRepositories" -> trim(label("limitVisibleRepositories", boolean())),
     "ssh" -> mapping(
       "enabled" -> trim(label("SSH access", boolean())),
       "host" -> trim(label("SSH host", optional(text()))),
diff --git a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/RepositoryService.scala b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/RepositoryService.scala
index 3081952..2e3d881 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/RepositoryService.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/RepositoryService.scala
@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@
   /**
    * Returns the list of visible repositories for the specified user.
    * If repositoryUserName is given then filters results by repository owner.
+   * This function is for plugin compatibility.
    *
    * @param loginAccount the logged in account
    * @param repositoryUserName the repository owner (if None then returns all repositories which are visible for logged in user)
@@ -470,23 +471,42 @@
     loginAccount: Option[Account],
     repositoryUserName: Option[String] = None,
     withoutPhysicalInfo: Boolean = false
+  )(implicit s: Session): List[RepositoryInfo] =
+    getVisibleRepositories(loginAccount, repositoryUserName, withoutPhysicalInfo, false)
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the list of visible repositories for the specified user.
+   * If repositoryUserName is given then filters results by repository owner.
+   *
+   * @param loginAccount the logged in account
+   * @param repositoryUserName the repository owner (if None then returns all repositories which are visible for logged in user)
+   * @param withoutPhysicalInfo if true then the result does not include physical repository information such as commit count,
+   *                            branches and tags
+   * @param limit if true then result will include only repositories associated with the login account.
+   * @return the repository information which is sorted in descending order of lastActivityDate.
+   */
+  def getVisibleRepositories(
+    loginAccount: Option[Account],
+    repositoryUserName: Option[String],
+    withoutPhysicalInfo: Boolean,
+    limit: Boolean
   )(implicit s: Session): List[RepositoryInfo] = {
     (loginAccount match {
       // for Administrators
-      case Some(x) if (x.isAdmin) =>
+      case Some(x) if (x.isAdmin && !limit) =>
         Repositories
           .join(Accounts)
           .on(_.userName === _.userName)
           .filter { case (t1, t2) => t2.removed === false.bind }
           .map { case (t1, t2) => t1 }
       // for Normal Users
-      case Some(x) if (!x.isAdmin) =>
+      case Some(x) if (!x.isAdmin || limit) =>
         Repositories
           .join(Accounts)
           .on(_.userName === _.userName)
           .filter {
             case (t1, t2) =>
-              (t2.removed === false.bind) && ((t1.isPrivate === false.bind) || (t1.userName === x.userName) ||
+              (t2.removed === false.bind) && ((t1.isPrivate === false.bind && !limit.bind) || (t1.userName === x.userName) ||
                 (t1.userName in GroupMembers.filter(_.userName === x.userName.bind).map(_.groupName)) ||
                 (Collaborators.filter { t3 =>
                   t3.byRepository(t1.userName, t1.repositoryName) &&
diff --git a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/SystemSettingsService.scala b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/SystemSettingsService.scala
index 2f7dbc2..0b40426 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/SystemSettingsService.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/service/SystemSettingsService.scala
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
       props.setProperty(Gravatar, settings.gravatar.toString)
       props.setProperty(Notification, settings.notification.toString)
       settings.activityLogLimit.foreach(x => props.setProperty(ActivityLogLimit, x.toString))
+      props.setProperty(LimitVisibleRepositories, settings.limitVisibleRepositories.toString)
       props.setProperty(SshEnabled, settings.ssh.enabled.toString)
       settings.ssh.sshHost.foreach(x => props.setProperty(SshHost, x.trim))
       settings.ssh.sshPort.foreach(x => props.setProperty(SshPort, x.toString))
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@
         getValue(props, Gravatar, false),
         getValue(props, Notification, false),
         getOptionValue[Int](props, ActivityLogLimit, None),
+        getValue(props, LimitVisibleRepositories, false),
         Ssh(
           getValue(props, SshEnabled, false),
           getOptionValue[String](props, SshHost, None).map(_.trim),
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@
     gravatar: Boolean,
     notification: Boolean,
     activityLogLimit: Option[Int],
+    limitVisibleRepositories: Boolean,
     ssh: Ssh,
     useSMTP: Boolean,
     smtp: Option[Smtp],
@@ -283,6 +286,7 @@
   private val Gravatar = "gravatar"
   private val Notification = "notification"
   private val ActivityLogLimit = "activity_log_limit"
+  private val LimitVisibleRepositories = "limitVisibleRepositories"
   private val SshEnabled = "ssh"
   private val SshHost = "ssh.host"
   private val SshPort = "ssh.port"
diff --git a/src/main/twirl/gitbucket/core/admin/settings_system.scala.html b/src/main/twirl/gitbucket/core/admin/settings_system.scala.html
index 1c98de0..b90e16b 100644
--- a/src/main/twirl/gitbucket/core/admin/settings_system.scala.html
+++ b/src/main/twirl/gitbucket/core/admin/settings_system.scala.html
@@ -199,6 +199,21 @@
     </div>
   </div>
 </fieldset>
+<!--====================================================================-->
+<!-- Sidebar -->
+<!--====================================================================-->
+<hr>
+<label><span class="strong">Show Repositories in Sidebar</span></label>
+<fieldset>
+  <label class="radio">
+    <input type="radio" name="limitVisibleRepositories" value="false"@if(!context.settings.limitVisibleRepositories){ checked}>
+    <span class="strong">All</span> <span class="normal">- Show all repositories in sidebar.</span>
+  </label>
+  <label class="radio">
+    <input type="radio" name="limitVisibleRepositories" value="true"@if(context.settings.limitVisibleRepositories){ checked}>
+    <span class="strong">Limited</span> <span class="normal">- Limit the visible repositories in sidebar.</span>
+  </label>
+</fieldset>
 <script>
 $(function(){
   $('#skinName').change(function(evt) {
diff --git a/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/service/ServiceSpecBase.scala b/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/service/ServiceSpecBase.scala
index ee38dc8..94a7b2e 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/service/ServiceSpecBase.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/service/ServiceSpecBase.scala
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
       gravatar = false,
       notification = false,
       activityLogLimit = None,
+      limitVisibleRepositories = false,
       ssh = Ssh(
         enabled = false,
         sshHost = None,
diff --git a/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/view/AvatarImageProviderSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/view/AvatarImageProviderSpec.scala
index 307c0a2..a78b0ed 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/view/AvatarImageProviderSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/view/AvatarImageProviderSpec.scala
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
       gravatar = useGravatar,
       notification = false,
       activityLogLimit = None,
+      limitVisibleRepositories = false,
       ssh = Ssh(
         enabled = false,
         sshHost = None,