diff --git a/css/templates/github.css b/css/templates/github.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e90b73a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/css/templates/github.css
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+.survol-github-container {
+  padding: 15px;
+  font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial,
+    sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";
+  width: auto;
+  height: auto;
+}
+
+#survol-github-avatar{
+    display: inline-block;
+    vertical-align: top;
+    margin-right: 10px;
+    border-radius : 50%;
+}
+
+#survol-github-user-info {
+    width: auto;
+    max-width : 280px;
+    text-decoration: inherit;
+    color: inherit;
+  }
+  
+  .survol-github-name {
+    font-weight: 600;
+    font-size: 20px;
+  }
+  
+  .survol-github-at {
+    display: block;
+    font-size: 16px;
+    color: #666;
+    font-style: normal;
+    font-weight: 400;
+    margin-bottom: 5px;
+  }
+
+  .dark-theme .survol-github-at {
+    color: #aab3be;
+  }
+  
+  .survol-github-bio {
+    font-size: 13px;
+    color: #6a737d;
+  }
+
+  .dark-theme .survol-github-bio {
+    color: #aab3be;
+  }
+
+.survol-github-profile-stats {
+    display: block;
+    margin-top: 8px;
+    text-align: center;
+    min-width:330px;
+  }
+  
+ .survol-github-profile-stat {
+    text-decoration: none;
+    width: 30%;
+    border-right: 1px solid #eaecef;
+    color: #586069;
+    display: inline-block;
+    margin-top: 5px;
+    margin-bottom: 8px;
+  }
+
+  .dark-theme .survol-github-profile-stat span, .dark-theme .survol-github-profile-stat b {
+    color: #eaecef;
+  }
+
+  
+  .survol-github-profile-stat:last-of-type {
+    border-right: none;
+  }
+  
+  
+  .survol-github-prof-stat-val {
+    font-size: 19px;
+    text-align: center;
+    display: block;
+  }
+  .survol-github-prof-stat-name {
+    font-size: 11px;
+    text-align: center;
+    display: block;
+  }
+
+  .survol-github-links{
+      display: inline-block;
+      vertical-align: top;
+  }
+
+  .survol-github-link{
+    display: inline;
+    font-size: 15;
+    font-weight : 400;
+}
+
+.empty{
+  opacity : 35%;
+  font-weight : 100;
+  font-style : italic;
+}
diff --git a/js/core.js b/js/core.js
index 6b04c44..5256c62 100644
--- a/js/core.js
+++ b/js/core.js
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
                 return new StackExchangeHover(node, getDomain(CURRENT_TAB));
             case 'soundcloud.com':
                 return new SoundCloudHover(node, getDomain(CURRENT_TAB));
+            case 'github.com':
+                return new GitHubHover(node, getDomain(CURRENT_TAB));
 
                 // If the site has no custom template, it should be previewed using meta-data parsing
             default:
diff --git a/js/templates/github.js b/js/templates/github.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..698d7d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/templates/github.js
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/* Hover classes bound themselves to a node
+ */
+class GitHubHover {
+    constructor(node, CURRENT_TAB) {
+        this.boundNode = node;
+        this.redirectLink = node.href;
+        this.CURRENT_TAB = CURRENT_TAB;
+        this.linkType = this.checkLinkType();
+        this.parser = new DOMParser();
+    }
+
+    checkLinkType() {
+        if (this.CURRENT_TAB == 'github.com' || this.redirectLink.match(/(github.com)\/[\w]{1,256}\/[\w]{1,256}\/[\w]/g)) return 'unknown';
+        else if (this.redirectLink.match(/(github.com)\/[\w]{1,256}\/[\w]{1,256}/g)) return 'repo';
+        else return 'profile';
+    }
+
+    /* bindToContainer
+     * Parameters :
+     * node - {HTMLNodeElement} - An anchor link element
+     * domain - {String} - The domain of the current webpage
+     * container - {HTMLNodeElement} - The survol container
+     * 
+     * This function is called to get the data from the link we
+     * want to preview and then attach it to the container
+     * Note: data is always inserted into textNodes to avoid
+     * malicious script injections.
+     */
+    bindToContainer(node, domain, container) {
+        if (this.linkType == 'profile') {
+
+            const username = this.redirectLink.split('github.com/')[1];
+
+            window
+                .survolBackgroundRequest(`https://api.github.com/users/${username}`)
+                .then(({ data }) => {
+
+                    let githubContainer = document.createElement('div');
+                    githubContainer.className = 'survol-github-container';
+
+                    let githubProfileContainer = document.createElement('div');
+                    githubProfileContainer.id = 'survol-github-profile';
+
+                    let profilePic = document.createElement('img');
+                    profilePic.id = 'survol-github-avatar';
+                    profilePic.src = data.avatar_url;
+                    profilePic.style.width = '80px';
+                    githubProfileContainer.appendChild(profilePic);
+
+                    let profInfo = document.createElement('div');
+                    profInfo.id = 'survol-github-user-info';
+
+                    profInfo.style = 'display: inline-block';
+
+                    let name = document.createElement('span');
+                    name.className = 'survol-github-name';
+                    name.appendChild(document.createTextNode(data.name || data.login));
+
+                    let githubAt = document.createElement('span');
+                    githubAt.className = 'survol-github-at';
+                    githubAt.appendChild(document.createTextNode(` @${data.login}`));
+
+                    let bio = document.createElement('span');
+                    bio.className = 'survol-github-bio';
+                    bio.appendChild(document.createTextNode(data.bio ? data.bio : ''));
+
+                    profInfo.appendChild(name);
+                    profInfo.appendChild(githubAt);
+                    profInfo.appendChild(bio);
+
+                    githubProfileContainer.appendChild(profInfo);
+
+                    let profStats = document.createElement('div');
+                    profStats.className = 'survol-github-profile-stats';
+
+                    let statdata = [{ 'name': 'Repos', 'stat': data.public_repos },
+                        { 'name': 'Followers', 'stat': data.followers },
+                        { 'name': 'Following', 'stat': data.following }];
+
+                    statdata.forEach((x) => {
+                        let stat = document.createElement('a');
+                        stat.className = 'survol-github-profile-stat';
+
+                        let statNumber = document.createElement('b');
+                        statNumber.className = 'survol-github-prof-stat-val';
+                        statNumber.appendChild(document.createTextNode(x.stat));
+                        let statName = document.createElement('span');
+                        statName.className = 'survol-github-prof-stat-name';
+                        statName.appendChild(document.createTextNode(x.name));
+
+                        stat.appendChild(statNumber);
+                        stat.appendChild(statName);
+
+                        profStats.appendChild(stat);
+                    });
+
+
+                    githubProfileContainer.appendChild(profStats);
+
+                    let githubLinksContainer = document.createElement('div');
+                    githubLinksContainer.className = 'survol-github-links';
+
+                    let links = [{ 'name': 'Workplace: ', 'link': data.company ? data.company : 'not available' },
+                        { 'name': 'Twitter: ', 'link': data.twitter_username ? '@' + data.twitter_username : 'not available' },
+                        { 'name': 'Website: ', 'link': data.blog ? data.blog : 'not available' }];
+
+                    links.forEach((link) => {
+                        let linkContainer = document.createElement('div');
+
+                        let linkName = document.createElement('span');
+                        linkName.appendChild(document.createTextNode(link.name));
+                        linkName.className = 'survol-github-link';
+
+                        linkContainer.appendChild(linkName);
+
+                        let linkText = document.createElement('span');
+                        linkText.appendChild(document.createTextNode(link.link));
+
+                        if (link.link.includes('not available')) {
+                            linkText.className = 'survol-github-link empty';
+                        } else {
+                            linkText.className = 'survol-github-link';
+                        }
+
+                        linkContainer.appendChild(linkText);
+
+                        githubLinksContainer.appendChild(linkContainer);
+                    })
+
+                    githubProfileContainer.appendChild(githubLinksContainer);
+
+                    githubContainer.appendChild(githubProfileContainer);
+
+                    if (window.lastHovered == node && container.innerHTML == '') {
+                        container.appendChild(githubContainer);
+                    }
+                })
+                .catch(console.error);
+
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 062fc3a..2820456 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "manifest_version": 2,
-    "version": "0.6.0",
+    "version": "0.6.2",
     "name": "__MSG_extensionName__",
     "short_name": "__MSG_extensionShortName__",
     "description": "__MSG_extensionDescription__",
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
                 "js/templates/youtube.js",
                 "js/templates/stackexchange.js",
                 "js/templates/soundcloud.js",
+                "js/templates/github.js",
 
                 "js/core.js"
             ],
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@
                 "css/templates/twitter.css",
                 "css/templates/youtube.css",
                 "css/templates/stackexchange.css",
-                "css/templates/soundcloud.css"
+                "css/templates/soundcloud.css",
+                "css/templates/github.css"
 
             ],
             "run_at": "document_start"