diff --git a/rhodecode/public/js/rhodecode.js b/rhodecode/public/js/rhodecode.js
--- a/rhodecode/public/js/rhodecode.js
+++ b/rhodecode/public/js/rhodecode.js
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ var q_filter = function(target,nodes,dis
 	   
 	   var l = nodes.length;
 	   var i;
+	   var showing = 0;
+	   
        for (i=0;i<l;i++ ){
     	   var n = nodes[i];
     	   var target_element = display_element(n)
@@ -271,9 +273,16 @@ var q_filter = function(target,nodes,dis
     	   }
     	   else{
     		   show_node(target_element);
+    		   showing+=1;
     	   }
        }	  	   
 
+	   // if repo_count is set update the number
+	   var cnt = YUD.get('repo_count');
+	   if(cnt){
+		   YUD.get('repo_count').innerHTML = showing;
+	   }       
+       
 	}	
 }
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/index_base.html b/rhodecode/templates/index_base.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/index_base.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/index_base.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         <!-- box / title -->
         <div class="title">
             <h5>
-            <input class="q_filter_box" id="q_filter" size="15" type="text" name="filter" value="${_('quick filter...')}"/> ${parent.breadcrumbs()} <span id="repo_count"></span> ${_('repositories')} 
+            <input class="q_filter_box" id="q_filter" size="15" type="text" name="filter" value="${_('quick filter...')}"/> ${parent.breadcrumbs()} <span id="repo_count">${len(c.repos_list)}</span> ${_('repositories')} 
             </h5>
             %if c.rhodecode_user.username != 'default':
                 %if h.HasPermissionAny('hg.admin','hg.create.repository')():