diff --git a/src/components/GitHubStarButton/GitHubStarButton.js b/src/components/GitHubStarButton/GitHubStarButton.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..84b58b1c6c5bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/GitHubStarButton/GitHubStarButton.js
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
+import { FaGithub } from "@react-icons/all-files/fa/FaGithub";
+import { FaStar } from "@react-icons/all-files/fa/FaStar";
+import styled from "styled-components";
+
+const StyledButton = styled.a`
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+
+  cursor: pointer;
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: stretch;
+  justify-content: center;
+
+  min-width: 170px;
+
+  border: 0;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+
+  font-family: inherit;
+  font-size: 16px;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  line-height: 1.2;
+
+  text-decoration: none;
+  text-transform: none;
+
+  position: relative;
+  transition: 250ms ease;
+
+  /* --- Core segment: GitHub-style outlined button, not a filled CTA --- */
+  .star-action {
+    display: inline-flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 8px;
+
+    padding: 11px 16px;
+
+    background: ${({ theme }) => theme.githubButtonBg || "#ffffff"};
+    color: ${({ theme }) => theme.githubButtonText || "#24292f"};
+    border: 1px solid ${({ theme }) => theme.githubButtonBorder || "#24292f"};
+    border-right: none;
+
+    border-top-left-radius: 6px;
+    border-bottom-left-radius: 6px;
+
+    svg:first-child {
+      flex-shrink: 0;
+      fill: currentColor;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /* --- Count segment: separated, badge-like, GitHub convention --- */
+  .star-count {
+    display: inline-flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    gap: 4px;
+
+    padding: 11px 14px;
+    min-width: 48px;
+
+    background: ${({ theme }) => theme.githubCountBg || "#f6f8fa"};
+    color: ${({ theme }) => theme.githubButtonText || "#24292f"};
+    border: 1px solid ${({ theme }) => theme.githubButtonBorder || "#24292f"};
+
+    border-top-right-radius: 6px;
+    border-bottom-right-radius: 6px;
+
+    font-size: 14px;
+    font-weight: 600;
+    line-height: 1;
+
+    svg {
+      flex-shrink: 0;
+      fill: currentColor;
+    }
+  }
+
+  &:hover {
+    .star-action {
+      background: ${({ theme }) => theme.githubButtonHoverBg || "#f3f4f6"};
+    }
+    .star-count {
+      background: ${({ theme }) => theme.githubCountHoverBg || "#eaeef2"};
+    }
+    // box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(27, 31, 36, 0.15);
+    transition:
+      background 0.25s ease,
+      border-color 0.25s ease,
+      box-shadow 0.25s ease;
+  }
+
+  &:active {
+    transform: scale(0.98);
+  }
+
+  &:focus {
+    outline: none;
+  }
+
+  &:focus-visible {
+    outline: 2px solid ${({ theme }) => theme.activeColor};
+    outline-offset: 2px;
+  }
+
+  &:visited {
+    color: ${({ theme }) => theme.githubButtonText || "#24292f"};
+  }
+
+  @media (max-width: 768px) {
+    min-width: 150px;
+    font-size: 15px;
+
+    .star-action,
+    .star-count {
+      padding: 12px 12px;
+    }
+  }
+`;
+
+const GitHubStarButton = ({
+  repo = "meshery/meshery",
+  url = "https://github.com/meshery/meshery",
+  className,
+  ...props
+}) => {
+  const [stars, setStars] = useState(null);
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const cacheKey = `gh_stars_${repo.replace("/", "_")}`;
+    const cached = localStorage.getItem(cacheKey);
+
+    if (cached) {
+      try {
+        const { count, timestamp } = JSON.parse(cached);
+        if (Date.now() - timestamp < 3600000) {
+          setStars(count);
+          setLoading(false);
+          return;
+        }
+      } catch {
+        localStorage.removeItem(cacheKey);
+      }
+    }
+
+    fetch(`https://api.github.com/repos/${repo}`)
+      .then((res) => {
+        if (!res.ok) throw new Error("GitHub API error");
+        return res.json();
+      })
+      .then((data) => {
+        if (data.stargazers_count !== undefined) {
+          const count = data.stargazers_count;
+          localStorage.setItem(
+            cacheKey,
+            JSON.stringify({ count, timestamp: Date.now() }),
+          );
+          setStars(count);
+        }
+      })
+      .catch(() => {
+        // silent fail
+      })
+      .finally(() => setLoading(false));
+  }, [repo]);
+
+  const formatCount = (num) => {
+    if (num >= 1000) return (num / 1000).toFixed(1) + "k";
+    return num;
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <StyledButton
+      href={url}
+      target="_blank"
+      rel="noopener noreferrer"
+      aria-label={`Star ${repo} on GitHub`}
+      className={className}
+      {...props}
+    >
+      <span className="star-action">
+        <FaGithub size={18} />
+        <span>Star</span>
+      </span>
+      <span className="star-count">
+        <FaStar size={12} />
+        {loading ? "…" : stars !== null ? formatCount(stars) : "Star"}
+      </span>
+    </StyledButton>
+  );
+};
+
+export default GitHubStarButton;
diff --git a/src/sections/Meshery/index.js b/src/sections/Meshery/index.js
index ef159481dc370..7f00d207524c2 100644
--- a/src/sections/Meshery/index.js
+++ b/src/sections/Meshery/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import Button from "../../reusecore/Button";
 import { FiDownloadCloud } from "@react-icons/all-files/fi/FiDownloadCloud";
 import { GiClockwork } from "@react-icons/all-files/gi/GiClockwork";
 
-import { FaGithub } from "@react-icons/all-files/fa/FaGithub";
 import FeaturesTable from "./Features-Col";
 
 import mesheryDemo from "../../../static/video/meshery/dashboard.webm";
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ import Features from "./Meshery-features";
 import InlineQuotes from "../../components/Inline-quotes";
 import Maximiliano from "../../collections/members/maximiliano-churichi/Maximiliano-Churichi.webp";
 import Nic from "../../collections/members/nicholas-jackson/nic-jackson.webp";
+import GitHubStarButton from "../../components/GitHubStarButton/GitHubStarButton";
 
 const MesheryPage = () => {
   return (
@@ -25,32 +25,39 @@ const MesheryPage = () => {
           <Row className="description">
             <Col className="desc-text" $lg={6} $md={6} $sm={10} $xs={8}>
               <h1 className="heading-1"> Wrangle your infrastructure</h1>
-              <h1 className="heading-2"> <span className="heading-2"> collaboratively</span></h1>
+              <h1 className="heading-2">
+                {" "}
+                <span className="heading-2"> collaboratively</span>
+              </h1>
               <p className="desc-p">
                 {/* Meshery is the cloud native manager. <br /> */}
-                Confidently design, deploy, and operate your infrastructure and workloads with Meshery.
+                Confidently design, deploy, and operate your infrastructure and
+                workloads with Meshery.
               </p>
-              <Button $primary className="banner-btn" title="Schedule a Demo" $external={true}
+              <Button
+                $primary
+                className="banner-btn"
+                title="Schedule a Demo"
+                $external={true}
                 $url="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/appointments/schedules/AcZssZ3pmcApaDP4xd8hvG5fy8ylxuFxD3akIRc5vpWJ60q-HemQi80SFFAVftbiIsq9pgiA2o8yvU56?gv=true"
               >
                 <GiClockwork size={21} className="button-icon" />
               </Button>
-              <Button $secondary className="banner-btn" title="Run Meshery"
+              <Button
+                $secondary
+                className="banner-btn"
+                title="Run Meshery"
                 $url="/cloud-native-management/meshery/getting-started"
               >
                 <FiDownloadCloud size={21} className="button-icon" />
               </Button>
             </Col>
             <Col $lg={6} $md={6} className="meshery-hero-img desc-text">
-              <video autoPlay muted loop controls className="meshery-video" >
+              <video autoPlay muted loop controls className="meshery-video">
                 <source src={mesheryDemo} type="video/webm" />
               </video>
               {/* <img className="meshery-sup-img" src={mesheryFullStack} alt="Meshery the multi-mesh manager" /> */}
-              <Button $primary className="banner-btn align-btn"
-                title="Star the Repository" $url="https://github.com/meshery/meshery" $external={ true }
-              >
-                <FaGithub size={21} className="button-icon" />
-              </Button>
+              <GitHubStarButton className="banner-btn align-btn" />
             </Col>
           </Row>
         </div>
@@ -65,7 +72,10 @@ const MesheryPage = () => {
           image={Nic}
         />
         <div className="callout">
-          <h1> Manage your clusters with features you won't find anywhere else.</h1>
+          <h1>
+            {" "}
+            Manage your clusters with features you won't find anywhere else.
+          </h1>
         </div>
       </Container>
       <Features />
@@ -79,7 +89,6 @@ const MesheryPage = () => {
         />
       </Container>
     </MesheryWrapper>
-
   );
 };