diff --git a/src/components/MetaBar.tsx b/src/components/MetaBar.tsx
index 32eb650..a210444 100644
--- a/src/components/MetaBar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/MetaBar.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 import { BranchName, Breadcrumb, Flex, Text } from '@primer/components'
 import { GitBranchIcon } from '@primer/octicons-react'
+import { platform } from 'platforms'
 import * as React from 'react'
 
 type Props = {
   metaData: MetaData
 }
 
-export function MetaBar({ metaData: { userName, repoName, branchName, repoUrl, userUrl } }: Props) {
+export function MetaBar({ metaData }: Props) {
+  const { userName, repoName, branchName } = metaData
+  const { repoUrl, userUrl } = platform.resolveUrlFromMetaData(metaData)
   return (
     <Flex flexDirection="column" justifyContent="space-between" className={'meta-bar'}>
       <Breadcrumb className={'user-and-repo'}>
diff --git a/src/driver/core/SideBar.ts b/src/driver/core/SideBar.ts
index b8bf3c8..aebb81a 100644
--- a/src/driver/core/SideBar.ts
+++ b/src/driver/core/SideBar.ts
@@ -72,11 +72,8 @@ export const init: BoundMethodCreator = dispatch => async () => {
     )
     getTreeData.catch(error => error) // catch it early to prevent the error being raised higher
 
-    const metaDataFromAPI = await platform.getMetaData({ userName, repoName }, accessToken)
-
     if (branchName) {
       const safeMetaData = {
-        ...metaDataFromAPI,
         userName,
         repoName,
         branchName,
@@ -86,14 +83,16 @@ export const init: BoundMethodCreator = dispatch => async () => {
         dispatch.call(handleError, error)
       })
     } else {
-      const { defaultBranchName } = metaDataFromAPI
+      const defaultBranchName = await platform.getDefaultBranchName(
+        { userName, repoName },
+        accessToken,
+      )
 
       if (!defaultBranchName) {
         throw new Error(`Failed resolving default branch name`)
       }
 
       const safeMetaData = {
-        ...metaDataFromAPI,
         userName,
         repoName,
         branchName: defaultBranchName,
diff --git a/src/global.d.ts b/src/global.d.ts
index 3c3b5af..a7771b6 100644
--- a/src/global.d.ts
+++ b/src/global.d.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@ type MetaData = {
   userName: string
   repoName: string
   branchName: string
-  defaultBranchName?: string
-  repoUrl?: string
-  userUrl?: string
-  type?: 'tree' | 'blob' | 'pull' | string
+  type?: EnumString<'tree' | 'blob' | 'pull'>
 }
 
 type TreeNode = {
@@ -32,3 +29,4 @@ type MakeOptional<Original, keys extends keyof Original> = Override<
 type VoidFN<T> = (payload: T) => void
 
 type Async<T> = T | Promise<T>
+type EnumString<S extends string> = S | (string & {})
diff --git a/src/platforms/GitHub/DOMHelper.ts b/src/platforms/GitHub/DOMHelper.ts
index 8d3e7d7..43e8f14 100644
--- a/src/platforms/GitHub/DOMHelper.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/GitHub/DOMHelper.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ import { $ } from 'utils/DOMHelper'
 import { renderReact } from 'utils/general'
 import { CopyFileButton, copyFileButtonClassName } from './CopyFileButton'
 
+export function resolveMeta(): Partial<MetaData> {
+  const metaData = {
+    userName: $('[itemprop="author"]', e => e.textContent?.trim()),
+    repoName: $('[itemprop="name"]', e => e.textContent?.trim()),
+    branchName: getCurrentBranch(true),
+  }
+  if (!metaData.userName || !metaData.repoName) {
+    raiseError(new Error(`Cannot resolve meta from DOM`))
+  }
+  return metaData
+}
+
 export function isInRepoPage() {
   const repoHeadSelector = '.repohead' // legacy
   const authorNameSelector = '.author[itemprop="author"]'
@@ -23,7 +35,7 @@ export function getIssueTitle() {
   return title?.trim().replace(/\n/g, '')
 }
 
-export function getCurrentBranch() {
+export function getCurrentBranch(passive = false) {
   const selectedBranchButtonSelector = [
     '.repository-content #branch-select-menu summary',
     '.repository-content .branch-select-menu summary',
@@ -55,7 +67,7 @@ export function getCurrentBranch() {
     }
   }
 
-  raiseError(new Error('cannot get current branch'))
+  if (!passive) raiseError(new Error('cannot get current branch'))
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/platforms/GitHub/index.ts b/src/platforms/GitHub/index.ts
index 7562c0d..0cb8037 100644
--- a/src/platforms/GitHub/index.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/GitHub/index.ts
@@ -91,21 +91,25 @@ export const GitHub: Platform = {
       return null
     }
 
+    const metaFromDOM = DOMHelper.resolveMeta()
+    const metaFromURL = URLHelper.parse()
+    const userName: MetaData['userName'] | undefined = metaFromDOM.userName || metaFromURL.userName
+    const repoName: MetaData['repoName'] | undefined = metaFromDOM.repoName || metaFromURL.repoName
+    if (!userName || !repoName) {
+      return null
+    }
+
+    const { type } = metaFromURL
     let branchName
     if (URLHelper.isInPullPage()) {
       branchName = DOMHelper.getIssueTitle()
     } else if (
       DOMHelper.isInCodePage() &&
-      !['releases', 'tags'].includes(URLHelper.parse().type || '') // resolve sentry issue #-CK
+      !['releases', 'tags'].includes(type || '') // resolve sentry issue #-CK
     ) {
       branchName = DOMHelper.getCurrentBranch() || URLHelper.parseSHA()
     }
 
-    const { userName, repoName, type } = URLHelper.parse()
-    if (!userName || !repoName) {
-      return null
-    }
-
     const metaData = {
       userName,
       repoName,
@@ -114,12 +118,14 @@ export const GitHub: Platform = {
     }
     return metaData
   },
-  async getMetaData({ userName, repoName }, accessToken) {
+  async getDefaultBranchName({ userName, repoName }, accessToken) {
     const data = await API.getRepoMeta(userName, repoName, accessToken)
+    return data.default_branch
+  },
+  resolveUrlFromMetaData({ userName, repoName }) {
     return {
-      userUrl: data?.owner?.html_url,
-      repoUrl: data?.html_url,
-      defaultBranchName: data.default_branch,
+      repoUrl: `https://${window.location.host}/${userName}/${repoName}`,
+      userUrl: `https://${window.location.host}/${userName}`,
     }
   },
   async getTreeData(metaData, path = '/', recursive, accessToken) {
diff --git a/src/platforms/Gitea/index.ts b/src/platforms/Gitea/index.ts
index f89681d..04d12ee 100644
--- a/src/platforms/Gitea/index.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/Gitea/index.ts
@@ -101,13 +101,14 @@ export const Gitea: Platform = {
 
     return metaData
   },
-  async getMetaData(partialMetaData, accessToken) {
-    const { userName, repoName } = partialMetaData
+  async getDefaultBranchName({ userName, repoName }, accessToken) {
     const data = await API.getRepoMeta(userName, repoName, accessToken)
+    return data.default_branch
+  },
+  resolveUrlFromMetaData({ userName, repoName }) {
     return {
-      userUrl: data?.owner?.html_url,
-      repoUrl: data?.html_url,
-      defaultBranchName: data.default_branch,
+      repoUrl: `https://${window.location.host}/${userName}/${repoName}`,
+      userUrl: `https://${window.location.host}/${userName}`,
     }
   },
   async getTreeData(metaData, path, recursive, accessToken) {
diff --git a/src/platforms/Gitee/index.ts b/src/platforms/Gitee/index.ts
index 3e93575..4781db4 100644
--- a/src/platforms/Gitee/index.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/Gitee/index.ts
@@ -98,13 +98,14 @@ export const Gitee: Platform = {
     }
     return metaData
   },
-  async getMetaData(partialMetaData, accessToken) {
-    const { userName, repoName } = partialMetaData
+  async getDefaultBranchName({ userName, repoName }, accessToken) {
     const data = await API.getRepoMeta(userName, repoName, accessToken)
+    return data.default_branch
+  },
+  resolveUrlFromMetaData({ userName, repoName }) {
     return {
-      userUrl: data?.html_url?.replace(/(.*)\/.*?$/, '$1'),
-      repoUrl: data?.html_url,
-      defaultBranchName: data.default_branch,
+      repoUrl: `https://${window.location.host}/${userName}/${repoName}`,
+      userUrl: `https://${window.location.host}/${userName}`,
     }
   },
   async getTreeData(metaData, path, recursive, accessToken) {
diff --git a/src/platforms/dummyPlatformForTypeSafety.ts b/src/platforms/dummyPlatformForTypeSafety.ts
index 8f40194..6cf5c8d 100644
--- a/src/platforms/dummyPlatformForTypeSafety.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/dummyPlatformForTypeSafety.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ export const dummyPlatformForTypeSafety: Platform = {
   resolveMeta() {
     return null
   },
-  getMetaData: dummyPlatformMethod,
+  getDefaultBranchName: dummyPlatformMethod,
+  resolveUrlFromMetaData: dummyPlatformMethod,
   getTreeData: dummyPlatformMethod,
   shouldShow() {
     return false
diff --git a/src/platforms/platform.d.ts b/src/platforms/platform.d.ts
index d2b20a2..480e555 100644
--- a/src/platforms/platform.d.ts
+++ b/src/platforms/platform.d.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@ type Platform = {
   isEnterprise(): boolean
   // branch name might not be available when resolving from DOM and URL
   resolveMeta(): MakeOptional<MetaData, 'branchName'> | null
-  getMetaData(
+  getDefaultBranchName(
     metaData: Pick<MetaData, 'userName' | 'repoName'>,
     accessToken?: string,
-  ): Promise<Pick<MetaData, 'userUrl' | 'repoUrl' | 'defaultBranchName'>>
+  ): Promise<string>
+  resolveUrlFromMetaData(
+    metaData: MetaData,
+  ): {
+    userUrl: string
+    repoUrl: string
+  }
   getTreeData(
     metaData: MetaData,
     path?: string,