diff --git a/appview/pages/pages.go b/appview/pages/pages.go
index 6d80f96d..7501a198 100644
--- a/appview/pages/pages.go
+++ b/appview/pages/pages.go
@@ -658,11 +658,15 @@ func (p *Pages) RepoCommit(w io.Writer, params RepoCommitParams) error {
 }
 
 type RepoTreeParams struct {
-	LoggedInUser *oauth.User
-	RepoInfo     repoinfo.RepoInfo
-	Active       string
-	BreadCrumbs  [][]string
-	TreePath     string
+	LoggedInUser   *oauth.User
+	RepoInfo       repoinfo.RepoInfo
+	Active         string
+	BreadCrumbs    [][]string
+	TreePath       string
+	Readme         string
+	ReadmeFileName string
+	HTMLReadme     template.HTML
+	Raw            bool
 	types.RepoTreeResponse
 }
 
@@ -689,6 +693,20 @@ func (r RepoTreeParams) TreeStats() RepoTreeStats {
 
 func (p *Pages) RepoTree(w io.Writer, params RepoTreeParams) error {
 	params.Active = "overview"
+
+	if params.ReadmeFileName != "" {
+		ext := filepath.Ext(params.ReadmeFileName)
+		switch ext {
+		case ".md", ".markdown", ".mdown", ".mkdn", ".mkd":
+			params.Raw = false
+			htmlString := p.rctx.RenderMarkdown(params.Readme)
+			sanitized := p.rctx.SanitizeDefault(htmlString)
+			params.HTMLReadme = template.HTML(sanitized)
+		default:
+			params.Raw = true
+		}
+	}
+
 	return p.executeRepo("repo/tree", w, params)
 }
 
diff --git a/appview/pages/templates/repo/tree.html b/appview/pages/templates/repo/tree.html
index 53d1487e..6c6e1795 100644
--- a/appview/pages/templates/repo/tree.html
+++ b/appview/pages/templates/repo/tree.html
@@ -88,3 +88,30 @@
   </div>
 </main>
 {{end}}
+
+{{ define "repoAfter" }}
+    {{- if or .HTMLReadme .Readme -}}
+        <div class="mt-4 rounded bg-white dark:bg-gray-800 drop-shadow-sm w-full mx-auto overflow-hidden">
+            {{- if .ReadmeFileName -}}
+            <div class="px-4 py-2 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-gray-700 border-b border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-600 flex items-center gap-2">
+                {{ i "file-text" "w-4 h-4" "text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400" }}
+                <span class="font-mono text-sm text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-200">{{ .ReadmeFileName }}</span>
+            </div>
+            {{- end -}}
+            <section
+                class="p-6 overflow-auto {{ if not .Raw }}
+                    prose dark:prose-invert dark:[&_pre]:bg-gray-900
+                    dark:[&_code]:text-gray-300 dark:[&_pre_code]:bg-gray-900
+                    dark:[&_pre]:border dark:[&_pre]:border-gray-700
+                {{ end }}"
+            >
+                <article class="{{ if .Raw }}whitespace-pre{{ end }}">{{- if .Raw -}}<pre class="dark:bg-gray-800 dark:text-white overflow-x-auto">
+                            {{- .Readme -}}
+                        </pre>
+                    {{- else -}}
+                        {{ .HTMLReadme }}
+                    {{- end -}}</article>
+            </section>
+        </div>
+    {{- end -}}
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/appview/repo/repo.go b/appview/repo/repo.go
index ba8e98c2..3e8953b8 100644
--- a/appview/repo/repo.go
+++ b/appview/repo/repo.go
@@ -447,6 +447,28 @@ func (rp *Repo) RepoTree(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// readme content
+	var (
+		readmeContent  string
+		readmeFileName string
+	)
+
+	for _, filename := range markup.ReadmeFilenames {
+		path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", treePath, filename)
+		blobResp, err := tangled.RepoBlob(r.Context(), xrpcc, path, false, ref, repo)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if blobResp == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		readmeContent = blobResp.Content
+		readmeFileName = path
+		break
+	}
+
 	// Convert XRPC response to internal types.RepoTreeResponse
 	files := make([]types.NiceTree, len(xrpcResp.Files))
 	for i, xrpcFile := range xrpcResp.Files {
@@ -508,6 +530,8 @@ func (rp *Repo) RepoTree(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		BreadCrumbs:      breadcrumbs,
 		TreePath:         treePath,
 		RepoInfo:         f.RepoInfo(user),
+		Readme:           readmeContent,
+		ReadmeFileName:   readmeFileName,
 		RepoTreeResponse: result,
 	})
 }