diff --git a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
index e93be5221..7cb8dfc08 100644
--- a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
+++ b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
@@ -1083,6 +1083,7 @@ watchers = Watchers
 stargazers = Stargazers
 stars_remove_warning = This will remove all stars from this repository.
 forks = Forks
+stars = Stars
 reactions_more = and %d more
 unit_disabled = The site administrator has disabled this repository section.
 language_other = Other
@@ -3008,9 +3009,6 @@ repos.unadopted.no_more = No more unadopted repositories found
 repos.owner = Owner
 repos.name = Name
 repos.private = Private
-repos.watches = Watches
-repos.stars = Stars
-repos.forks = Forks
 repos.issues = Issues
 repos.size = Size
 repos.lfs_size = LFS Size
diff --git a/templates/admin/repo/list.tmpl b/templates/admin/repo/list.tmpl
index e977c8307..4b27d87a4 100644
--- a/templates/admin/repo/list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/admin/repo/list.tmpl
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
 							{{ctx.Locale.Tr "admin.repos.name"}}
 							{{SortArrow "alphabetically" "reversealphabetically" $.SortType false}}
 						</th>
-						<th>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "admin.repos.watches"}}</th>
+						<th>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.watchers"}}</th>
 						<th  data-sortt-asc="moststars" data-sortt-desc="feweststars">
-							{{ctx.Locale.Tr "admin.repos.stars"}}
+							{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.stars"}}
 							{{SortArrow "moststars" "feweststars" $.SortType false}}
 						</th>
 						<th  data-sortt-asc="mostforks" data-sortt-desc="fewestforks">
-							{{ctx.Locale.Tr "admin.repos.forks"}}
+							{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.forks"}}
 							{{SortArrow "mostforks" "fewestforks" $.SortType false}}
 						</th>
 						<th>{{ctx.Locale.Tr "admin.repos.issues"}}</th>
diff --git a/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl b/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
index ad80d3367..fac2809d1 100644
--- a/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
+++ b/templates/base/head_navbar.tmpl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 		</a>
 
 		<!-- mobile right menu, it must be here because in mobile view, each item is a flex column, the first item is a full row column -->
-		<div class="ui secondary menu item navbar-mobile-right">
+		<div class="ui secondary menu item navbar-mobile-right only-mobile">
 			{{if .IsSigned}}
 			<a id="mobile-notifications-icon" class="item tw-w-auto gt-p-3" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/notifications" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "notifications"}}" aria-label="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "notifications"}}">
 				<div class="tw-relative">
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 			<div class="ui dropdown jump item" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "user_profile_and_more"}}">
 				<span class="text tw-flex tw-items-center">
 					{{ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar .SignedUser 24 "gt-mr-2"}}
-					<span class="mobile-only gt-ml-3">{{.SignedUser.Name}}</span>
+					<span class="only-mobile gt-ml-3">{{.SignedUser.Name}}</span>
 					<span class="not-mobile">{{svg "octicon-triangle-down"}}</span>
 				</span>
 				<div class="menu user-menu">
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 					{{svg "octicon-stopwatch"}}
 					<span class="header-stopwatch-dot"></span>
 				</div>
-				<span class="mobile-only gt-ml-3">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "active_stopwatch"}}</span>
+				<span class="only-mobile gt-ml-3">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "active_stopwatch"}}</span>
 			</a>
 			<div class="active-stopwatch-popup item tippy-target gt-p-3">
 				<div class="tw-flex tw-items-center">
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 				<span class="text">
 					{{svg "octicon-plus"}}
 					<span class="not-mobile">{{svg "octicon-triangle-down"}}</span>
-					<span class="mobile-only">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "create_new"}}</span>
+					<span class="only-mobile">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "create_new"}}</span>
 				</span>
 				<div class="menu">
 					<a class="item" href="{{AppSubUrl}}/repo/create">
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 			<div class="ui dropdown jump item gt-mx-0 gt-pr-3" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "user_profile_and_more"}}">
 				<span class="text tw-flex tw-items-center">
 					{{ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar .SignedUser 24 "gt-mr-2"}}
-					<span class="mobile-only gt-ml-3">{{.SignedUser.Name}}</span>
+					<span class="only-mobile gt-ml-3">{{.SignedUser.Name}}</span>
 					<span class="not-mobile">{{svg "octicon-triangle-down"}}</span>
 				</span>
 				<div class="menu user-menu">
diff --git a/templates/explore/repo_list.tmpl b/templates/explore/repo_list.tmpl
index 505387988..9e5042d65 100644
--- a/templates/explore/repo_list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/explore/repo_list.tmpl
@@ -30,17 +30,24 @@
 							{{end}}
 						</span>
 					</div>
-					<div class="flex-item-trailing">
+					<div class="flex-item-trailing muted-links">
 						{{if .PrimaryLanguage}}
-							<a class="muted" href="?q={{$.Keyword}}&sort={{$.SortType}}&language={{.PrimaryLanguage.Language}}{{if $.TabName}}&tab={{$.TabName}}{{end}}">
-								<span class="flex-text-inline"><i class="color-icon gt-mr-3" style="background-color: {{.PrimaryLanguage.Color}}"></i>{{.PrimaryLanguage.Language}}</span>
+							<a class="flex-text-inline" href="?q={{$.Keyword}}&sort={{$.SortType}}&language={{.PrimaryLanguage.Language}}{{if $.TabName}}&tab={{$.TabName}}{{end}}">
+								<i class="color-icon gt-mr-3" style="background-color: {{.PrimaryLanguage.Color}}"></i>
+								{{.PrimaryLanguage.Language}}
 							</a>
 						{{end}}
 						{{if not $.DisableStars}}
-							<a class="text grey flex-text-inline" href="{{.Link}}/stars" aria-label="{{ctx.Locale.TrN .NumStars "explore.stars_one" "explore.stars_few" .NumStars}}">{{svg "octicon-star" 16}}{{.NumStars}}</a>
+							<a class="flex-text-inline" href="{{.Link}}/stars">
+								<span aria-label="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.stars"}}">{{svg "octicon-star" 16}}</span>
+								<span {{if ge .NumStars 1000}}data-tooltip-content="{{.NumStars}}"{{end}}>{{CountFmt .NumStars}}</span>
+							</a>
 						{{end}}
 						{{if not $.DisableForks}}
-							<a class="text grey flex-text-inline" href="{{.Link}}/forks" aria-label="{{ctx.Locale.TrN .NumForks "explore.forks_one" "explore.forks_few" .NumForks}}">{{svg "octicon-git-branch" 16}}{{.NumForks}}</a>
+							<a class="flex-text-inline" href="{{.Link}}/forks">
+								<span aria-label="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.forks"}}">{{svg "octicon-git-branch" 16}}</span>
+								<span {{if ge .NumForks 1000}}data-tooltip-content="{{.NumForks}}"{{end}}>{{CountFmt .NumForks}}</span>
+							</a>
 						{{end}}
 					</div>
 				</div>
diff --git a/templates/repo/header.tmpl b/templates/repo/header.tmpl
index 53ce17dbc..6f2bf4229 100644
--- a/templates/repo/header.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/header.tmpl
@@ -2,30 +2,32 @@
 {{with .Repository}}
 	<div class="ui container">
 		<div class="repo-header">
-			<div class="flex-item tw-items-center">
-				<div class="flex-item-leading">{{template "repo/icon" .}}</div>
+			<div class="flex-item gt-ac">
+				<div class="flex-item-leading">
+					{{template "repo/icon" .}}
+				</div>
 				<div class="flex-item-main">
-					<div class="flex-item-title tw-text-18">
-						<a class="muted tw-font-normal" href="{{.Owner.HomeLink}}">{{.Owner.Name}}</a>/
-						<a class="muted" href="{{$.RepoLink}}">{{.Name}}</a></div>
+					<div class="flex-item-title gt-font-18">
+						<a class="muted gt-font-normal" href="{{.Owner.HomeLink}}">{{.Owner.Name}}</a>/<a class="muted" href="{{$.RepoLink}}">{{.Name}}</a>
+					</div>
 				</div>
 				<div class="flex-item-trailing">
 					{{if .IsArchived}}
-						<span class="ui basic label">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.desc.archived"}}</span>
-						<div class="repo-icon" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.desc.archived"}}">{{svg "octicon-archive" 18}}</div>
+						<span class="ui basic label not-mobile">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.desc.archived"}}</span>
+						<div class="repo-icon only-mobile" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.desc.archived"}}">{{svg "octicon-archive" 18}}</div>
 					{{end}}
 					{{if .IsPrivate}}
-						<span class="ui basic label">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.desc.private"}}</span>
-						<div class="repo-icon" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.desc.private"}}">{{svg "octicon-lock" 18}}</div>
+						<span class="ui basic label not-mobile">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.desc.private"}}</span>
+						<div class="repo-icon only-mobile" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.desc.private"}}">{{svg "octicon-lock" 18}}</div>
 					{{else}}
 						{{if .Owner.Visibility.IsPrivate}}
-							<span class="ui basic label">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.desc.internal"}}</span>
-							<div class="repo-icon" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.desc.internal"}}">{{svg "octicon-shield-lock" 18}}</div>
+							<span class="ui basic label not-mobile">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.desc.internal"}}</span>
+							<div class="repo-icon only-mobile" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.desc.internal"}}">{{svg "octicon-shield-lock" 18}}</div>
 						{{end}}
 					{{end}}
 					{{if .IsTemplate}}
-						<span class="ui basic label">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.desc.template"}}</span>
-						<div class="repo-icon" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.desc.template"}}">{{svg "octicon-repo-template" 18}}</div>
+						<span class="ui basic label not-mobile">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.desc.template"}}</span>
+						<div class="repo-icon only-mobile" data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.desc.template"}}">{{svg "octicon-repo-template" 18}}</div>
 					{{end}}
 					{{if eq .ObjectFormatName "sha256"}}
 						<span class="ui basic label">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.desc.sha256"}}</span>
diff --git a/templates/repo/header_fork.tmpl b/templates/repo/header_fork.tmpl
index 3ac888961..b186a5859 100644
--- a/templates/repo/header_fork.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/header_fork.tmpl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 		<a class="ui compact{{if $.ShowForkModal}} show-modal{{end}} small basic button"
 			{{if not $.CanSignedUserFork}}
 				{{if gt (len $.UserAndOrgForks) 1}}
-					data-modal="#fork-repo-modal"
+					href="#" data-modal="#fork-repo-modal"
 				{{else if eq (len $.UserAndOrgForks) 1}}
 					href="{{AppSubUrl}}/{{(index $.UserAndOrgForks 0).FullName}}"
 				{{/*else is not required here, because the button shouldn't link to any site if you can't create a fork*/}}
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 			{{else if not $.UserAndOrgForks}}
 				href="{{$.RepoLink}}/fork"
 			{{else}}
-				data-modal="#fork-repo-modal"
+				href="#" data-modal="#fork-repo-modal"
 			{{end}}
 		>
-			{{svg "octicon-repo-forked"}}<span class="text">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.fork"}}</span>
+			{{svg "octicon-repo-forked"}}<span class="text not-mobile">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.fork"}}</span>
 		</a>
 		<div class="ui small modal" id="fork-repo-modal">
 			<div class="header">
diff --git a/templates/repo/star_unstar.tmpl b/templates/repo/star_unstar.tmpl
index 9c342f406..a407aa62f 100644
--- a/templates/repo/star_unstar.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/star_unstar.tmpl
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 	<div class="ui labeled button" {{if not $.IsSigned}}data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.star_guest_user"}}"{{end}}>
 		<button type="submit" class="ui compact small basic button"{{if not $.IsSigned}} disabled{{end}}>
 			{{if $.IsStaringRepo}}
-				{{svg "octicon-star-fill"}}<span class="text">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.unstar"}}</span>
+				{{svg "octicon-star-fill"}}<span class="text not-mobile">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.unstar"}}</span>
 			{{else}}
-				{{svg "octicon-star"}}<span class="text">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.star"}}</span>
+				{{svg "octicon-star"}}<span class="text not-mobile">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.star"}}</span>
 			{{end}}
 		</button>
 		<a hx-boost="false" class="ui basic label" href="{{$.RepoLink}}/stars">
diff --git a/templates/repo/watch_unwatch.tmpl b/templates/repo/watch_unwatch.tmpl
index c42bc5a9e..3fea509ed 100644
--- a/templates/repo/watch_unwatch.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/watch_unwatch.tmpl
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 	<div class="ui labeled button" {{if not $.IsSigned}}data-tooltip-content="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.watch_guest_user"}}"{{end}}>
 		<button type="submit" class="ui compact small basic button"{{if not $.IsSigned}} disabled{{end}}>
 			{{if $.IsWatchingRepo}}
-				{{svg "octicon-eye-closed" 16}}<span class="text">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.unwatch"}}</span>
+				{{svg "octicon-eye-closed" 16}}<span class="text not-mobile">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.unwatch"}}</span>
 			{{else}}
-				{{svg "octicon-eye"}}<span class="text">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.watch"}}</span>
+				{{svg "octicon-eye"}}<span class="text not-mobile">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.watch"}}</span>
 			{{end}}
 		</button>
 		<a hx-boost="false" class="ui basic label" href="{{.RepoLink}}/watchers">
diff --git a/web_src/css/base.css b/web_src/css/base.css
index e0c43442a..f78fd920e 100644
--- a/web_src/css/base.css
+++ b/web_src/css/base.css
@@ -1336,13 +1336,6 @@ strong.attention-caution, svg.attention-caution {
   text-align: center;
 }
 
-@media (max-width: 767.98px) {
-  /* double selector so it wins over .gt-df etc */
-  .not-mobile.not-mobile {
-    display: none !important;
-  }
-}
-
 overflow-menu {
   margin-bottom: 15px !important;
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-secondary) !important;
diff --git a/web_src/css/helpers.css b/web_src/css/helpers.css
index b7742b5cf..c9c051faf 100644
--- a/web_src/css/helpers.css
+++ b/web_src/css/helpers.css
@@ -154,3 +154,15 @@ only use:
 * showElem/hideElem/toggleElem functions in "utils/dom.js"
 */
 .gt-hidden.gt-hidden { display: none !important; }
+
+@media (max-width: 767.98px) {
+  /* double selector so it wins over .tw-flex (old .gt-df) etc */
+  .not-mobile.not-mobile {
+    display: none !important;
+  }
+}
+@media (min-width: 767.98px) {
+  .only-mobile.only-mobile {
+    display: none !important;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/web_src/css/modules/navbar.css b/web_src/css/modules/navbar.css
index 11020df35..3673e89a1 100644
--- a/web_src/css/modules/navbar.css
+++ b/web_src/css/modules/navbar.css
@@ -108,13 +108,6 @@
   }
 }
 
-@media (min-width: 767.98px) {
-  #navbar .navbar-mobile-right,
-  #navbar .mobile-only {
-    display: none;
-  }
-}
-
 #navbar a.item .notification_count {
   color: var(--color-nav-bg);
   padding: 0 3.75px;
diff --git a/web_src/css/repo/header.css b/web_src/css/repo/header.css
index 482608a1a..0a2c0c82a 100644
--- a/web_src/css/repo/header.css
+++ b/web_src/css/repo/header.css
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.fork-flag {
+.header-wrapper .fork-flag {
   margin-top: 0.5rem;
   font-size: 12px;
 }
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@
   padding: 0;
 }
 
-.repo-header .btn.interact-bg:hover {
-  text-decoration: none;
-}
-
 .repo-header .flex-item-main {
+  flex: 0;
   flex-basis: unset;
 }
 
@@ -26,10 +23,6 @@
   flex-wrap: nowrap;
 }
 
-.repo-header .flex-item-trailing .repo-icon {
-  display: none;
-}
-
 .repo-buttons {
   align-items: center;
   display: flex;
@@ -74,24 +67,3 @@
   padding-top: 12px;
   background-color: var(--color-header-wrapper);
 }
-
-@media (max-width: 767.98px) {
-  .repo-header .flex-item {
-    flex-grow: 1;
-  }
-  .repo-buttons .ui.labeled.button .text,
-  .repo-header .flex-item-trailing .label {
-    /* the elements are hidden from users with intact eye vision,
-     * because SVG icons convey the meaning.
-     * However, they should remain accessible to screen readers */
-    position: absolute;
-    left: -1000vw;
-    top: auto;
-    width: 1px;
-    height: 1px;
-    overflow: hidden;
-  }
-  .repo-header .flex-item-trailing .repo-icon {
-    display: initial;
-  }
-}