diff --git a/src/main/scala/app/IndexController.scala b/src/main/scala/app/IndexController.scala
index 802b9b1..8866795 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/app/IndexController.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/app/IndexController.scala
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
     val loginAccount = context.loginAccount
 
     html.index(getRecentActivities(),
-      getVisibleRepositories(loginAccount, context.baseUrl),
-      loginAccount.map{ account => getUserRepositories(account.userName, context.baseUrl) }.getOrElse(Nil)
+      getVisibleRepositories(loginAccount, context.baseUrl, withoutPhysicalInfo = true),
+      loginAccount.map{ account => getUserRepositories(account.userName, context.baseUrl, withoutPhysicalInfo = true) }.getOrElse(Nil)
     )
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/service/RepositoryService.scala b/src/main/scala/service/RepositoryService.scala
index 49fd102..1cf2858 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/service/RepositoryService.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/service/RepositoryService.scala
@@ -155,13 +155,17 @@
     }
   }
 
-  def getUserRepositories(userName: String, baseUrl: String): List[RepositoryInfo] = {
+  def getUserRepositories(userName: String, baseUrl: String, withoutPhysicalInfo: Boolean = false): List[RepositoryInfo] = {
     Query(Repositories).filter { t1 =>
       (t1.userName is userName.bind) ||
         (Query(Collaborators).filter { t2 => t2.byRepository(t1.userName, t1.repositoryName) && (t2.collaboratorName is userName.bind)} exists)
     }.sortBy(_.lastActivityDate desc).list.map{ repository =>
       new RepositoryInfo(
-        JGitUtil.getRepositoryInfo(repository.userName, repository.repositoryName, baseUrl),
+        if(withoutPhysicalInfo){
+          new JGitUtil.RepositoryInfo(repository.userName, repository.repositoryName, baseUrl)
+        } else {
+          JGitUtil.getRepositoryInfo(repository.userName, repository.repositoryName, baseUrl)
+        },
         repository,
         getForkedCount(
           repository.originUserName.getOrElse(repository.userName),
@@ -178,9 +182,12 @@
    * @param loginAccount the logged in account
    * @param baseUrl the base url of this application
    * @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
    * @return the repository information which is sorted in descending order of lastActivityDate.
    */
-  def getVisibleRepositories(loginAccount: Option[Account], baseUrl: String, repositoryUserName: Option[String] = None): List[RepositoryInfo] = {
+  def getVisibleRepositories(loginAccount: Option[Account], baseUrl: String, repositoryUserName: Option[String] = None,
+                             withoutPhysicalInfo: Boolean = false): List[RepositoryInfo] = {
     (loginAccount match {
       // for Administrators
       case Some(x) if(x.isAdmin) => Query(Repositories)
@@ -195,7 +202,11 @@
       repositoryUserName.map { userName => t.userName is userName.bind } getOrElse ConstColumn.TRUE
     }.sortBy(_.lastActivityDate desc).list.map{ repository =>
       new RepositoryInfo(
-        JGitUtil.getRepositoryInfo(repository.userName, repository.repositoryName, baseUrl),
+        if(withoutPhysicalInfo){
+          new JGitUtil.RepositoryInfo(repository.userName, repository.repositoryName, baseUrl)
+        } else {
+          JGitUtil.getRepositoryInfo(repository.userName, repository.repositoryName, baseUrl)
+        },
         repository,
         getForkedCount(
           repository.originUserName.getOrElse(repository.userName),
diff --git a/src/main/scala/util/JGitUtil.scala b/src/main/scala/util/JGitUtil.scala
index 48c4ad7..c68bdbf 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/util/JGitUtil.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/util/JGitUtil.scala
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@
    * @param branchList the list of branch names
    * @param tags the list of tags
    */
-  case class RepositoryInfo(owner: String, name: String, url: String, commitCount: Int, branchList: List[String], tags: List[TagInfo])
+  case class RepositoryInfo(owner: String, name: String, url: String, commitCount: Int, branchList: List[String], tags: List[TagInfo]){
+    def this(owner: String, name: String, baseUrl: String) = {
+      this(owner, name, s"${baseUrl}/git/${owner}/${name}.git", 0, Nil, Nil)
+    }
+  }
 
   /**
    * The file data for the file list of the repository viewer.