diff --git a/appview/models/repo.go b/appview/models/repo.go
--- a/appview/models/repo.go
+++ b/appview/models/repo.go
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ HasRawView      bool // can download raw (everything except submodule)
 
 	// current display mode
 	ShowingRendered bool // currently in rendered mode
-	ShowingText     bool // currently in text/code mode
 
 	// content type flags
 	ContentType BlobContentType
@@ -151,3 +150,7 @@ func (b BlobView) IsUnsupported() bool {
 	// no view available, only raw
 	return !(b.HasRenderedView || b.HasTextView)
 }
+
+func (b BlobView) ShowingText() bool {
+	return !b.ShowingRendered
+}
diff --git a/appview/pages/templates/repo/blob.html b/appview/pages/templates/repo/blob.html
--- a/appview/pages/templates/repo/blob.html
+++ b/appview/pages/templates/repo/blob.html
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ <span>at <a href="/{{ .RepoInfo.FullName }}/tree/{{ .Ref }}">{{ .Ref }}</a></span>
 
                 {{ if .BlobView.ShowingText }}
                   <span class="select-none px-1 md:px-2 [&:before]:content-['·']"></span>
-                  <span>{{ .Lines }} lines</span>
+                  <span>{{ .BlobView.Lines }} lines</span>
                 {{ end }}
 
                 {{ if .BlobView.SizeHint }}
diff --git a/appview/repo/blob.go b/appview/repo/blob.go
--- a/appview/repo/blob.go
+++ b/appview/repo/blob.go
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ view.ShowingRendered = queryParams.Get("code") != "true"
 			if resp.Content != nil {
 				bytes, _ := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(*resp.Content)
 				view.Contents = string(bytes)
-				view.Lines = strings.Count(view.Contents, "\n") + 1
+				view.Lines = countLines(view.Contents)
 			}
 
 		case ".mp4", ".webm", ".ogg", ".mov", ".avi":
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ view.HasTextView = true
 
 	if resp.Content != nil {
 		view.Contents = *resp.Content
-		view.Lines = strings.Count(view.Contents, "\n") + 1
+		view.Lines = countLines(view.Contents)
 	}
 
 	// with text, we may be dealing with markdown
@@ -291,3 +291,18 @@ "message/",
 	}
 	return slices.Contains(textualTypes, mimeType)
 }
+
+// TODO: dedup with strings
+func countLines(content string) int {
+	if content == "" {
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	count := strings.Count(content, "\n")
+
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(content, "\n") {
+		count++
+	}
+
+	return count
+}