diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/looker/droidify/ui/items/RepoItem.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/looker/droidify/ui/items/RepoItem.kt
index 010036c0..1da4193c 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/looker/droidify/ui/items/RepoItem.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/looker/droidify/ui/items/RepoItem.kt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class RepoItem(val item: Repository) :
         else
             context.getColorFromAttr(R.attr.colorOnBackground)
 
-        binding.repoName.text = item.name
+        binding.repoName.text = item.name.ifEmpty { context.getString(R.string.new_repository) }
         binding.repoDescription.text = item.description.trim()
 
         binding.repoItem.setCardBackgroundColor(
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/looker/droidify/ui/viewmodels/RepositoriesViewModelX.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/looker/droidify/ui/viewmodels/RepositoriesViewModelX.kt
index 91bf69b3..faf429a4 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/looker/droidify/ui/viewmodels/RepositoriesViewModelX.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/looker/droidify/ui/viewmodels/RepositoriesViewModelX.kt
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@ package com.looker.droidify.ui.viewmodels
 import androidx.lifecycle.MediatorLiveData
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModel
 import androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelProvider
+import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
 import com.looker.droidify.database.DatabaseX
 import com.looker.droidify.database.entity.Repository
+import com.looker.droidify.database.entity.Repository.Companion.newRepository
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 
 class RepositoriesViewModelX(val db: DatabaseX) : ViewModel() {
 
@@ -14,6 +19,16 @@ class RepositoriesViewModelX(val db: DatabaseX) : ViewModel() {
         repositories.addSource(db.repositoryDao.allLive, repositories::setValue)
     }
 
+    fun addRepository() {
+        viewModelScope.launch {
+            addNewRepository()
+        }
+    }
+
+    private suspend fun addNewRepository() {
+        withContext(Dispatchers.IO) { db.repositoryDao.insert(newRepository()) }
+    }
+
     class Factory(val db: DatabaseX) : ViewModelProvider.Factory {
         @Suppress("unchecked_cast")
         override fun <T : ViewModel> create(modelClass: Class<T>): T {
diff --git a/src/main/res/layout/fragment_repositories_x.xml b/src/main/res/layout/fragment_repositories_x.xml
index 1e2fa5fc..f8b9d569 100644
--- a/src/main/res/layout/fragment_repositories_x.xml
+++ b/src/main/res/layout/fragment_repositories_x.xml
@@ -33,13 +33,29 @@
             android:layout_gravity="top"
             android:clipToPadding="false">
 
-            <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
-                android:id="@+id/recyclerView"
+            <androidx.appcompat.widget.LinearLayoutCompat
                 android:layout_width="match_parent"
                 android:layout_height="match_parent"
-                android:clipChildren="false"
-                android:clipToPadding="false"
-                tools:listitem="@layout/item_repository_x" />
+                android:orientation="vertical">
+
+                <com.google.android.material.button.MaterialButton
+                    android:id="@+id/add_repository"
+                    style="@style/Widget.Material3.Button.OutlinedButton.Icon"
+                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                    android:layout_height="64dp"
+                    android:layout_margin="@dimen/shape_margin_medium"
+                    android:drawableEnd="@drawable/ic_add"
+                    android:drawableTint="?colorPrimary"
+                    android:text="@string/add_repository" />
+
+                <androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
+                    android:id="@+id/recyclerView"
+                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                    android:layout_height="match_parent"
+                    android:clipChildren="false"
+                    android:clipToPadding="false"
+                    tools:listitem="@layout/item_repository_x" />
+            </androidx.appcompat.widget.LinearLayoutCompat>
         </androidx.core.widget.NestedScrollView>
     </com.google.android.material.circularreveal.CircularRevealFrameLayout>
 </layout>
diff --git a/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 77adda41..518331c7 100644
--- a/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -185,4 +185,5 @@
     <string name="install_after_sync_summary">Automatically install app updates after syncing repositories</string>
     <string name="prefs_updated_apps">Number of updated apps to show</string>
     <string name="prefs_new_apps">Number of new apps to show</string>
+    <string name="new_repository">New repository</string>
 </resources>