diff --git a/docs/_templates/github.html b/docs/_templates/github.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2735c31f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/_templates/github.html
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<p>
+<br>
+<a href="https://github.com/dw/econtext/">GitHub Repository</a>
+</p>
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 37541150..05bacbde 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ exclude_patterns = ['_build']
 extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc', 'sphinx.ext.intersphinx']
 html_show_sourcelink = False
 html_show_sphinx = False
-html_sidebars = {'**': ['globaltoc.html']}
+html_sidebars = {'**': ['globaltoc.html', 'github.html']}
 html_static_path = ['_static']
 html_theme = 'alabaster'
 htmlhelp_basename = 'econtextdoc'
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index b39348cd..95640453 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -28,10 +28,14 @@ damaged infrastructure, the remote machine need not even have a writeable
 filesystem.
 
 It is not intended as a generic RPC framework; the goal is to provide a robust
-and efficient low-level API on which tools like **Salt** or **Ansible** can be
-built, and while the API is quite friendly and similar in scope to **Fabric**,
+and efficient low-level API on which tools like `Salt`_ or `Ansible`_ can be
+built, and while the API is quite friendly and similar in scope to `Fabric`_,
 ultimately it should not be used directly by consumer software.
 
+.. _Salt: https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/
+.. _Ansible: http://docs.ansible.com/
+.. _Fabric: http://docs.fabfile.org/en/
+
 The focus is to centralize and perfect the intricate dance required to run
 Python code safely and efficiently on a remote machine, while avoiding
 temporary files or large chunks of error-prone shell scripts.