diff --git a/docs/script.js b/docs/script.js
index c6d2034..1639a2a 100644
--- a/docs/script.js
+++ b/docs/script.js
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
    Core-Monitor site behaviour
 
    Everything here is a progressive enhancement: the page is fully readable,
-   navigable and usable with this file blocked or broken. Notably the
-   scroll reveal animations are pure CSS now, so no content can ever be left
-   stuck at opacity 0 by a JavaScript failure.
+   navigable and usable with this file blocked or broken. Nothing here is
+   load-bearing, so no content can ever be left hidden by a JavaScript
+   failure.
 
-   No third-party libraries and no network requests.
+   No third-party libraries. The one network request is a cached lookup of
+   the repository's star count, and the page already ships a correct number
+   for it.
    ========================================================================== */
 
 (function () {
@@ -180,6 +182,81 @@
       });
     });
 
+  /* ---------- live github star count ----------
+     The count is already in the markup, so this only refreshes it. If the
+     request fails, GitHub rate limits us, or this file never runs, the
+     number that shipped with the page stays and nothing moves. Answers are
+     kept for six hours, so a browsing session costs at most one request. */
+
+  (function () {
+    var targets = doc.querySelectorAll("[data-star-count]");
+    if (!targets.length || !window.fetch) return;
+
+    var ENDPOINT = "https://api.github.com/repos/offyotto/Core-Monitor";
+    var KEY = "core-monitor:stars";
+    var MAX_AGE = 6 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+
+    var recall = function () {
+      try {
+        return window.localStorage.getItem(KEY);
+      } catch (error) {
+        // Private windows and blocked storage both throw here.
+        return null;
+      }
+    };
+
+    var remember = function (value) {
+      try {
+        window.localStorage.setItem(KEY, value);
+      } catch (error) {
+        // Caching is an optimisation; carry on without it.
+      }
+    };
+
+    var abbreviate = function (count) {
+      if (count < 1000) return String(count);
+      var thousands = count / 1000;
+      return (
+        (thousands >= 10
+          ? Math.round(thousands)
+          : Math.round(thousands * 10) / 10) + "k"
+      );
+    };
+
+    var paint = function (count) {
+      if (typeof count !== "number" || !isFinite(count) || count < 0) return;
+      Array.prototype.slice.call(targets).forEach(function (target) {
+        target.textContent = abbreviate(count);
+      });
+    };
+
+    var stored = recall();
+
+    if (stored) {
+      var halves = stored.split(":");
+      var checkedAt = parseInt(halves[0], 10);
+      var lastCount = parseInt(halves[1], 10);
+      if (isFinite(checkedAt) && isFinite(lastCount)) {
+        paint(lastCount);
+        if (Date.now() - checkedAt < MAX_AGE) return;
+      }
+    }
+
+    window
+      .fetch(ENDPOINT, { headers: { Accept: "application/vnd.github+json" } })
+      .then(function (response) {
+        return response.ok ? response.json() : null;
+      })
+      .then(function (data) {
+        if (!data || typeof data.stargazers_count !== "number") return;
+        paint(data.stargazers_count);
+        remember(Date.now() + ":" + data.stargazers_count);
+      })
+      .catch(function () {
+        // Offline, rate limited or blocked. The shipped number stands.
+      });
+  })();
+
   /* ---------- screenshot lightbox ----------
      The gallery tiles are ordinary links to the full-size image, so with
      this disabled they still open the screenshot. When <dialog> is