diff --git a/internal/forgejo/client.go b/internal/forgejo/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d904b5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/forgejo/client.go
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+package forgejo
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/xml"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/AlexGustafsson/cupdate/internal/htmlutil"
+	"github.com/AlexGustafsson/cupdate/internal/httputil"
+)
+
+type Client struct {
+	Client httputil.Requester
+}
+
+// GetREADME retrieves the README at url - a repository's main page.
+func (c *Client) GetREADME(ctx context.Context, url string) (string, error) {
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, url, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	res, err := c.Client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+
+	if err := httputil.AssertStatusCode(res, http.StatusOK); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	document, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	var document xml.Name
+	if err := decoder.Decode(&document); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("%+v\n", document)
+
+	readme := ""
+
+	cleaned, err := htmlutil.ResolveReferences(readme, req.URL)
+	if err == nil {
+		readme = cleaned
+	}
+
+	return readme, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/forgejo/client_test.go b/internal/forgejo/client_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea312e9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/forgejo/client_test.go
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+package forgejo
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/AlexGustafsson/cupdate/internal/cachetest"
+	"github.com/AlexGustafsson/cupdate/internal/httputil"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestClientGetREADME(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip()
+	}
+
+	c := &Client{
+		Client: httputil.NewClient(cachetest.NewCache(t), 24*time.Hour),
+	}
+
+	readme, err := c.GetREADME(context.TODO(), "https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	fmt.Printf("%s\n", readme)
+}