diff --git a/pkg/app/app.go b/pkg/app/app.go
index 9a7b1ffcc..418c1406e 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func isGitVersionValid(versionStr string) bool {
 
 func isDirectoryAGitRepository(dir string) (bool, error) {
 	info, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(dir, ".git"))
-	return info != nil && info.IsDir(), err
+	return info != nil, err
 }
 
 func (app *App) setupRepo() (bool, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/gui/recent_repos_panel.go b/pkg/gui/recent_repos_panel.go
index 605ae79d3..3b817fbca 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/recent_repos_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/recent_repos_panel.go
@@ -1,24 +1,92 @@
 package gui
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/generics/slices"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/env"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/presentation/icons"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/style"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/types"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
 )
 
-func (gui *Gui) handleCreateRecentReposMenu() error {
-	recentRepoPaths := gui.c.GetAppState().RecentRepos
+func (gui *Gui) getCurrentBranch(path string) string {
+	readHeadFile := func(path string) (string, error) {
+		headFile, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(path, "HEAD"))
+		if err == nil {
+			content := strings.TrimSpace(string(headFile))
+			refsPrefix := "ref: refs/heads/"
+			branchDisplay := ""
+			if strings.HasPrefix(content, refsPrefix) {
+				// is a branch
+				branchDisplay = strings.TrimPrefix(content, refsPrefix)
+			} else {
+				// detached HEAD state, displaying short SHA
+				branchDisplay = utils.ShortSha(content)
+			}
+			return branchDisplay, nil
+		}
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	gitDirPath := filepath.Join(path, ".git")
+
+	if gitDir, err := os.Stat(gitDirPath); err == nil {
+		if gitDir.IsDir() {
+			// ordinary repo
+			if branch, err := readHeadFile(gitDirPath); err == nil {
+				return branch
+			}
+		} else {
+			// worktree
+			if worktreeGitDir, err := ioutil.ReadFile(gitDirPath); err == nil {
+				content := strings.TrimSpace(string(worktreeGitDir))
+				worktreePath := strings.TrimPrefix(content, "gitdir: ")
+				if branch, err := readHeadFile(worktreePath); err == nil {
+					return branch
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return gui.c.Tr.LcBranchUnknown
+}
+
+func (gui *Gui) handleCreateRecentReposMenu() error {
+	// we skip the first one because we're currently in it
+	recentRepoPaths := gui.c.GetAppState().RecentRepos[1:]
+
+	currentBranches := sync.Map{}
+
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	wg.Add(len(recentRepoPaths))
+
+	for _, path := range recentRepoPaths {
+		go func(path string) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			currentBranches.Store(path, gui.getCurrentBranch(path))
+		}(path)
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	menuItems := slices.Map(recentRepoPaths, func(path string) *types.MenuItem {
+		branchName, _ := currentBranches.Load(path)
+		if icons.IsIconEnabled() {
+			branchName = icons.BRANCH_ICON + " " + fmt.Sprintf("%v", branchName)
+		}
 
-	// we won't show the current repo hence the -1
-	menuItems := slices.Map(recentRepoPaths[1:], func(path string) *types.MenuItem {
 		return &types.MenuItem{
 			LabelColumns: []string{
 				filepath.Base(path),
+				style.FgCyan.Sprint(branchName),
 				style.FgMagenta.Sprint(path),
 			},
 			OnPress: func() error {
@@ -110,7 +178,7 @@ func newRecentReposList(recentRepos []string, currentRepo string) (bool, []strin
 	newRepos := []string{currentRepo}
 	for _, repo := range recentRepos {
 		if repo != currentRepo {
-			if _, err := os.Stat(repo); err != nil {
+			if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(repo, ".git")); err != nil {
 				continue
 			}
 			newRepos = append(newRepos, repo)
diff --git a/pkg/i18n/english.go b/pkg/i18n/english.go
index be771d813..b57c1aad8 100644
--- a/pkg/i18n/english.go
+++ b/pkg/i18n/english.go
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ type TranslationSet struct {
 	NoFilesStagedPrompt                 string
 	BranchNotFoundTitle                 string
 	BranchNotFoundPrompt                string
+	LcBranchUnknown                     string
 	UnstageLinesTitle                   string
 	UnstageLinesPrompt                  string
 	LcCreateNewBranchFromCommit         string
@@ -1046,6 +1047,7 @@ func EnglishTranslationSet() TranslationSet {
 		NoFilesStagedPrompt:                 "You have not staged any files. Commit all files?",
 		BranchNotFoundTitle:                 "Branch not found",
 		BranchNotFoundPrompt:                "Branch not found. Create a new branch named",
+		LcBranchUnknown:                     "branch unknown",
 		UnstageLinesTitle:                   "Unstage lines",
 		UnstageLinesPrompt:                  "Are you sure you want to delete the selected lines (git reset)? It is irreversible.\nTo disable this dialogue set the config key of 'gui.skipUnstageLineWarning' to true",
 		LcCreateNewBranchFromCommit:         "create new branch off of commit",