diff --git a/website/management/commands/update_projects.py b/website/management/commands/update_projects.py
index 52503c564..f5561ce28 100644
--- a/website/management/commands/update_projects.py
+++ b/website/management/commands/update_projects.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import base64
 import requests
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
@@ -51,6 +52,47 @@ def handle(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 project.size = repo_data.get("size", 0)
                 project.last_commit_date = parse_datetime(repo_data.get("pushed_at"))
 
+                # Fetch README
+                url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{repo_name}/readme"
+                response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
+                if response.status_code == 200:
+                    readme_data = response.json()
+                    readme_content_encoded  = readme_data.get("content", "")
+
+                    # Decode the Base64 content
+                    try:
+                        readme_content = base64.b64decode(readme_content_encoded).decode("utf-8")
+                        project.readme_content = readme_content  
+                    except (base64.binascii.Error, UnicodeDecodeError) as e:
+                        self.stdout.write(self.style.WARNING(f"Failed to decode README for {repo_name}: {e}"))
+                        project.readme_content = ""
+                else:
+                    self.stdout.write(
+                        self.style.WARNING(
+                            f"Failed to fetch README for {repo_name}: {response.status_code}"
+                        )
+                    )
+
+                # Check for Documentation URL (homepage)
+                project.documentation_url = repo_data.get("homepage")
+
+                # Fetch Recent Commit Messages
+                url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{repo_name}/commits"
+                response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
+                if response.status_code == 200:
+                    commits_data = response.json()
+                    commit_messages = [commit["commit"]["message"] for commit in commits_data[:5]]
+                    project.recent_commit_messages = "\n".join(commit_messages)
+                else:
+                    self.stdout.write(
+                        self.style.WARNING(
+                            f"Failed to fetch recent commits for {repo_name}: {response.status_code}"
+                        )
+                    )
+
+                # Set Issue Tracker URL
+                project.issue_tracker_url = f"https://github.com/{repo_name}/issues"
+
                 # Fetch counts of issues and pull requests using the Search API
                 def get_issue_count(repo_name, query, headers):
                     url = f"https://api.github.com/search/issues?q=repo:{repo_name}+{query}"
diff --git a/website/migrations/0154_project_documentation_url_project_issue_tracker_url_and_more.py b/website/migrations/0154_project_documentation_url_project_issue_tracker_url_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b91a7c31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/migrations/0154_project_documentation_url_project_issue_tracker_url_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.1.3 on 2024-11-13 17:28
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("website", "0153_delete_contributorstats"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="project",
+            name="documentation_url",
+            field=models.URLField(blank=True, null=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="project",
+            name="issue_tracker_url",
+            field=models.URLField(blank=True, null=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="project",
+            name="readme_content",
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, null=True),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="project",
+            name="recent_commit_messages",
+            field=models.TextField(blank=True, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/website/models.py b/website/models.py
index 3398c8e1c..8219d7130 100644
--- a/website/models.py
+++ b/website/models.py
@@ -754,6 +754,10 @@ class Project(models.Model):
     closed_issues = models.IntegerField(default=0)
     size = models.IntegerField(default=0)
     commit_count = models.IntegerField(default=0)
+    readme_content = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True)
+    documentation_url = models.URLField(null=True, blank=True)
+    recent_commit_messages = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True)
+    issue_tracker_url = models.URLField(null=True, blank=True)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.name