diff --git a/public/css/index.css b/public/css/index.css
index 0630cb6ed5..4a7dfb2824 100644
--- a/public/css/index.css
+++ b/public/css/index.css
@@ -982,7 +982,8 @@ tbody.commit-list{vertical-align:baseline}
 .ui.repository.list .item .time{font-size:12px;color:grey}
 .ui.repository.list .item .ui.tags{margin-bottom:1em}
 .ui.repository.list .item .ui.avatar.image{width:24px;height:24px}
-.ui.repository.branches .time{font-size:12px;color:grey}
+.ui.repository.branches .info{font-size:12px;color:grey;display:flex;white-space:pre}
+.ui.repository.branches .info .commit-message{max-width:72em;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis}
 .ui.user.list .item{padding-bottom:25px}
 .ui.user.list .item:not(:first-child){border-top:1px solid #eee;padding-top:25px}
 .ui.user.list .item .ui.avatar.image{width:40px;height:40px}
diff --git a/public/less/_explore.less b/public/less/_explore.less
index c5065a35bc..11dacb7285 100644
--- a/public/less/_explore.less
+++ b/public/less/_explore.less
@@ -62,9 +62,16 @@
 }
 
 .ui.repository.branches {
-    .time {
+    .info {
         font-size: 12px;
         color: #808080;
+        display: flex;
+        white-space: pre;
+        .commit-message {
+            max-width: 72em;
+            overflow: hidden;
+            text-overflow: ellipsis;
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/templates/repo/branch/list.tmpl b/templates/repo/branch/list.tmpl
index 2028797bdb..a284de2c90 100644
--- a/templates/repo/branch/list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/branch/list.tmpl
@@ -12,7 +12,17 @@
 			<table class="ui very basic striped fixed table single line">
 				<tbody>
 					<tr>
-						<td>{{.DefaultBranch}}</td>
+						<td>
+						{{range $branch := .Branches}}
+							{{if eq .Name $.DefaultBranch}}
+								{{if .IsProtected}}
+									<i class="octicon octicon-shield"></i>
+								{{end}}
+								{{$.DefaultBranch}}
+								<p class="info"><i class="octicon octicon-git-commit"></i><a href="{{$.RepoLink}}/commit/{{.Commit.ID.String}}">{{ShortSha .Commit.ID.String}}</a> · <span class="commit-message">{{RenderCommitMessage .Commit.CommitMessage $.RepoLink $.Repository.ComposeMetas}}</span> · {{$.i18n.Tr "org.repo_updated"}} {{TimeSince .Commit.Committer.When $.i18n.Lang}}</p>
+							{{end}}
+						{{end}}
+						</td>
 					</tr>
 				</tbody>
 			</table>
@@ -41,10 +51,13 @@
 									<td>
 									{{if .IsDeleted}}
 										<s><a href="{{$.RepoLink}}/src/branch/{{.Name | EscapePound}}">{{.Name}}</a></s>
-										<p class="time">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.branch.deleted_by" .DeletedBranch.DeletedBy.Name}} {{TimeSinceUnix .DeletedBranch.DeletedUnix $.i18n.Lang}}</p>
+										<p class="info">{{$.i18n.Tr "repo.branch.deleted_by" .DeletedBranch.DeletedBy.Name}} {{TimeSinceUnix .DeletedBranch.DeletedUnix $.i18n.Lang}}</p>
 									{{else}}
+										{{if .IsProtected}}
+											<i class="octicon octicon-shield"></i>
+										{{end}}
 										<a href="{{$.RepoLink}}/src/branch/{{.Name | EscapePound}}">{{.Name}}</a>
-										<p class="time">{{$.i18n.Tr "org.repo_updated"}} {{TimeSince .Commit.Committer.When $.i18n.Lang}}</p>
+										<p class="info"><i class="octicon octicon-git-commit"></i><a href="{{$.RepoLink}}/commit/{{.Commit.ID.String}}">{{ShortSha .Commit.ID.String}}</a> · <span class="commit-message">{{RenderCommitMessage .Commit.CommitMessage $.RepoLink $.Repository.ComposeMetas}}</span> · {{$.i18n.Tr "org.repo_updated"}} {{TimeSince .Commit.Committer.When $.i18n.Lang}}</p>
 									{{end}}
 									</td>
 									<td class="ui">