diff --git a/homeView.tsx b/homeView.tsx
index 606a1e8..f00f594 100644
--- a/homeView.tsx
+++ b/homeView.tsx
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ function pluginSearchText(plugin: PluginData) {
   const parts: (string | undefined)[] = [
     plugin.name,
     plugin.displayName,
-    plugin.repo,
     // the url stays searchable even when the npm specifier is what's shown
     plugin.url,
     latestReference(plugin),
diff --git a/info.json b/info.json
index b8836a9..a15876b 100644
--- a/info.json
+++ b/info.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-typescript",
       "displayName": "dprint-plugin-typescript",
-      "repo": "dprint/dprint-plugin-typescript",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/dprint/dprint-plugin-typescript",
       "description": "TypeScript/JavaScript code formatter.",
       "website": "https://dprint.dev/plugins/typescript/",
       "npm": {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-json",
       "displayName": "dprint-plugin-json",
-      "repo": "dprint/dprint-plugin-json",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/dprint/dprint-plugin-json",
       "description": "JSON/JSONC code formatter.",
       "website": "https://dprint.dev/plugins/json/",
       "npm": {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-markdown",
       "displayName": "dprint-plugin-markdown",
-      "repo": "dprint/dprint-plugin-markdown",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/dprint/dprint-plugin-markdown",
       "description": "Markdown code formatter.",
       "website": "https://dprint.dev/plugins/markdown/",
       "npm": {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-toml",
       "displayName": "dprint-plugin-toml",
-      "repo": "dprint/dprint-plugin-toml",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/dprint/dprint-plugin-toml",
       "description": "TOML code formatter.",
       "website": "https://dprint.dev/plugins/toml/",
       "npm": {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-dockerfile",
       "displayName": "dprint-plugin-dockerfile",
-      "repo": "dprint/dprint-plugin-dockerfile",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/dprint/dprint-plugin-dockerfile",
       "description": "Dockerfile code formatter.",
       "website": "https://dprint.dev/plugins/dockerfile/",
       "npm": {
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-biome",
       "displayName": "dprint-plugin-biome",
-      "repo": "dprint/dprint-plugin-biome",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/dprint/dprint-plugin-biome",
       "description": "Biome (JS/TS/JSON) wrapper plugin.",
       "website": "https://dprint.dev/plugins/biome/",
       "npm": {
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-mago",
       "displayName": "dprint-plugin-mago",
-      "repo": "dprint/dprint-plugin-mago",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/dprint/dprint-plugin-mago",
       "description": "Mago (PHP) wrapper plugin.",
       "website": "https://dprint.dev/plugins/mago/",
       "npm": {
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-ruff",
       "displayName": "dprint-plugin-ruff",
-      "repo": "dprint/dprint-plugin-ruff",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/dprint/dprint-plugin-ruff",
       "description": "Ruff (Python) wrapper plugin.",
       "website": "https://dprint.dev/plugins/ruff/",
       "npm": {
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-jupyter",
       "displayName": "dprint-plugin-jupyter",
-      "repo": "dprint/dprint-plugin-jupyter",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/dprint/dprint-plugin-jupyter",
       "description": "Jupyter notebook code block formatter.",
       "website": "https://dprint.dev/plugins/jupyter/",
       "npm": {
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-gofumpt",
       "displayName": "jakebailey/gofumpt",
-      "repo": "jakebailey/dprint-plugin-gofumpt",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/jakebailey/dprint-plugin-gofumpt",
       "description": "Gofumpt (Go) wrapper plugin.",
       "website": "https://dprint.dev/plugins/gofumpt/",
       "npm": {
@@ -249,109 +249,10 @@
       ],
       "configExcludes": []
     },
-    {
-      "name": "dprint-plugin-kdl",
-      "displayName": "kachick/kdl",
-      "repo": "kachick/dprint-plugin-kdl",
-      "description": "KDL crate wrapper plugin.",
-      "npm": {
-        "name": "@kachick/dprint-plugin-kdl"
-      },
-      "selected": false,
-      "configKey": "kdl",
-      "keywords": [
-        "kdl"
-      ],
-      "fileExtensions": [
-        "kdl"
-      ],
-      "configExcludes": []
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "dprint-plugin-nix",
-      "displayName": "kachick/nix",
-      "repo": "kachick/dprint-plugin-nix",
-      "description": "Nixfmt-rs (Nix) wrapper plugin.",
-      "npm": {
-        "name": "@kachick/dprint-plugin-nix"
-      },
-      "selected": false,
-      "configKey": "nix",
-      "keywords": [
-        "nix",
-        "nixfmt-rs"
-      ],
-      "fileExtensions": [
-        "nix"
-      ],
-      "configExcludes": []
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "dprint-plugin-sh",
-      "displayName": "kachick/sh",
-      "repo": "kachick/dprint-plugin-sh",
-      "description": "Shuck-formatter (shell script) wrapper plugin.",
-      "npm": {
-        "name": "@kachick/dprint-plugin-sh"
-      },
-      "selected": false,
-      "configKey": "sh",
-      "keywords": [
-        "sh",
-        "shell-script",
-        "shuck-formatter",
-        "bash",
-        "zsh",
-        "envrc"
-      ],
-      "fileExtensions": [
-        "sh",
-        "bash",
-        "zsh",
-        "ksh",
-        "mksh",
-        "dash",
-        "bats"
-      ],
-      "fileNames": [
-        ".envrc",
-        ".bashrc",
-        ".bash_profile",
-        ".bash_aliases",
-        ".bash_login",
-        ".bash_logout",
-        ".profile",
-        ".zshrc",
-        ".zshenv",
-        ".zprofile",
-        ".zlogin",
-        ".zlogout"
-      ],
-      "configExcludes": []
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "kachick/typstyle",
-      "displayName": "kachick/typstyle",
-      "repo": "kachick/dprint-plugin-typstyle",
-      "description": "Typstyle (Typst) wrapper plugin.",
-      "npm": {
-        "name": "@kachick/dprint-plugin-typstyle"
-      },
-      "selected": false,
-      "configKey": "typst",
-      "keywords": [
-        "typst",
-        "typstyle"
-      ],
-      "fileExtensions": [
-        "typ"
-      ],
-      "configExcludes": []
-    },
     {
       "name": "dprint_plugin_malva",
       "displayName": "g-plane/malva",
-      "repo": "g-plane/malva",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/g-plane/malva",
       "description": "CSS, SCSS, Sass and Less formatter.",
       "website": "https://dprint.dev/plugins/malva/",
       "npm": {
@@ -379,7 +280,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint_plugin_markup",
       "displayName": "g-plane/markup_fmt",
-      "repo": "g-plane/markup_fmt",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/g-plane/markup_fmt",
       "description": "HTML, Vue, Svelte, Astro, Angular, Jinja, Twig, Nunjucks, and Vento formatter.",
       "website": "https://dprint.dev/plugins/markup_fmt/",
       "npm": {
@@ -430,7 +331,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint_plugin_yaml",
       "displayName": "g-plane/pretty_yaml",
-      "repo": "g-plane/pretty_yaml",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/g-plane/pretty_yaml",
       "description": "YAML formatter.",
       "website": "https://dprint.dev/plugins/pretty_yaml/",
       "npm": {
@@ -453,7 +354,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint_plugin_graphql",
       "displayName": "g-plane/pretty_graphql",
-      "repo": "g-plane/pretty_graphql",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/g-plane/pretty_graphql",
       "description": "GraphQL formatter.",
       "website": "https://dprint.dev/plugins/pretty_graphql/",
       "npm": {
@@ -475,7 +376,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-oxc",
       "displayName": "dprint-plugin-oxc",
-      "repo": "dprint/dprint-plugin-oxc",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/dprint/dprint-plugin-oxc",
       "description": "Oxc (JS/TS/JSON/CSS/SCSS/Less/GraphQL/YAML/TOML) wrapper plugin.",
       "website": "https://dprint.dev/plugins/oxc/",
       "npm": {
@@ -523,10 +424,109 @@
         "**/*-lock.json"
       ]
     },
+    {
+      "name": "dprint-plugin-kdl",
+      "displayName": "kachick/kdl",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/kachick/dprint-plugin-kdl",
+      "description": "KDL crate wrapper plugin.",
+      "npm": {
+        "name": "@kachick/dprint-plugin-kdl"
+      },
+      "selected": false,
+      "configKey": "kdl",
+      "keywords": [
+        "kdl"
+      ],
+      "fileExtensions": [
+        "kdl"
+      ],
+      "configExcludes": []
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "dprint-plugin-nix",
+      "displayName": "kachick/nix",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/kachick/dprint-plugin-nix",
+      "description": "Nixfmt-rs (Nix) wrapper plugin.",
+      "npm": {
+        "name": "@kachick/dprint-plugin-nix"
+      },
+      "selected": false,
+      "configKey": "nix",
+      "keywords": [
+        "nix",
+        "nixfmt-rs"
+      ],
+      "fileExtensions": [
+        "nix"
+      ],
+      "configExcludes": []
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "dprint-plugin-sh",
+      "displayName": "kachick/sh",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/kachick/dprint-plugin-sh",
+      "description": "Shuck-formatter (shell script) wrapper plugin.",
+      "npm": {
+        "name": "@kachick/dprint-plugin-sh"
+      },
+      "selected": false,
+      "configKey": "sh",
+      "keywords": [
+        "sh",
+        "shell-script",
+        "shuck-formatter",
+        "bash",
+        "zsh",
+        "envrc"
+      ],
+      "fileExtensions": [
+        "sh",
+        "bash",
+        "zsh",
+        "ksh",
+        "mksh",
+        "dash",
+        "bats"
+      ],
+      "fileNames": [
+        ".envrc",
+        ".bashrc",
+        ".bash_profile",
+        ".bash_aliases",
+        ".bash_login",
+        ".bash_logout",
+        ".profile",
+        ".zshrc",
+        ".zshenv",
+        ".zprofile",
+        ".zlogin",
+        ".zlogout"
+      ],
+      "configExcludes": []
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "kachick/typstyle",
+      "displayName": "kachick/typstyle",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/kachick/dprint-plugin-typstyle",
+      "description": "Typstyle (Typst) wrapper plugin.",
+      "npm": {
+        "name": "@kachick/dprint-plugin-typstyle"
+      },
+      "selected": false,
+      "configKey": "typst",
+      "keywords": [
+        "typst",
+        "typstyle"
+      ],
+      "fileExtensions": [
+        "typ"
+      ],
+      "configExcludes": []
+    },
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-bibtex-tidy",
       "displayName": "apcamargo/bibtex-tidy",
-      "repo": "apcamargo/dprint-plugin-bibtex-tidy",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/apcamargo/dprint-plugin-bibtex-tidy",
       "description": "Tidy bibtex files.",
       "selected": false,
       "configKey": "bibtex-tidy",
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@
     {
       "name": "apcamargo/typstyle",
       "displayName": "apcamargo/typstyle",
-      "repo": "apcamargo/dprint-plugin-typstyle",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/apcamargo/dprint-plugin-typstyle",
       "description": "A beautiful and reliable code formatter for Typst.",
       "selected": false,
       "configKey": "typstyle",
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@
     {
       "name": "lax-css",
       "displayName": "bartlomieju/lax-css",
-      "repo": "bartlomieju/lax-css",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/bartlomieju/lax-css",
       "description": "CSS, SCSS, and Less formatter that never reinterprets your styles.",
       "npm": {
         "name": "lax-css"
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@
     {
       "name": "lax-markup",
       "displayName": "bartlomieju/lax-markup",
-      "repo": "bartlomieju/lax-markup",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/bartlomieju/lax-markup",
       "description": "HTML, XML, SVG, Vue, Svelte, and Astro formatter that preserves rendering-critical whitespace.",
       "npm": {
         "name": "lax-markup"
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@
     {
       "name": "lax-sql",
       "displayName": "bartlomieju/lax-sql",
-      "repo": "bartlomieju/lax-sql",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/bartlomieju/lax-sql",
       "description": "Dialect-agnostic SQL formatter.",
       "npm": {
         "name": "lax-sql"
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-panache",
       "displayName": "jolars/panache",
-      "repo": "jolars/dprint-plugin-panache",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/jolars/dprint-plugin-panache",
       "description": "Quarto, Pandoc, R Markdown, and Markdown formatter.",
       "selected": false,
       "configKey": "panache",
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-swift",
       "displayName": "drluckyspin/swift",
-      "repo": "drluckyspin/dprint-plugin-swift",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/drluckyspin/dprint-plugin-swift",
       "description": "Swift code formatter (SwiftFormat wrapper).",
       "selected": false,
       "configKey": "swiftformat",
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-prettier",
       "displayName": "dprint-plugin-prettier",
-      "repo": "dprint/dprint-plugin-prettier",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/dprint/dprint-plugin-prettier",
       "description": "Prettier wrapper plugin (consider faster dedicated plugins for JS/TS, CSS, etc.).",
       "website": "https://dprint.dev/plugins/prettier/",
       "npm": {
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-roslyn",
       "displayName": "dprint-plugin-roslyn",
-      "repo": "dprint/dprint-plugin-roslyn",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/dprint/dprint-plugin-roslyn",
       "description": "C# and Visual Basic code formatter (Roslyn).",
       "website": "https://dprint.dev/plugins/roslyn/",
       "npm": {
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-exec",
       "displayName": "dprint-plugin-exec",
-      "repo": "dprint/dprint-plugin-exec",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/dprint/dprint-plugin-exec",
       "description": "Formats code using formatting CLIs installed on the host machine (rustfmt, clang-format, shfmt, etc.).",
       "website": "https://dprint.dev/plugins/exec/",
       "npm": {
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-clang-format",
       "displayName": "sargunv/dprint-clang-format",
-      "repo": "sargunv/dprint-clang-format",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/sargunv/dprint-clang-format",
       "description": "C, C++, and Objective-C code formatter (clang-format).",
       "selected": false,
       "configKey": "clangFormat",
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-cmakefmt",
       "displayName": "sargunv/dprint-cmakefmt",
-      "repo": "sargunv/dprint-cmakefmt",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/sargunv/dprint-cmakefmt",
       "description": "CMake code formatter (cmakefmt).",
       "selected": false,
       "configKey": "cmakefmt",
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-arity",
       "displayName": "jolars/arity",
-      "repo": "jolars/dprint-plugin-arity",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/jolars/dprint-plugin-arity",
       "description": "R code formatter (arity).",
       "selected": false,
       "configKey": "arity",
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-fatou",
       "displayName": "jolars/fatou",
-      "repo": "jolars/dprint-plugin-fatou",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/jolars/dprint-plugin-fatou",
       "description": "Julia code formatter (fatou).",
       "selected": false,
       "configKey": "fatou",
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@
     {
       "name": "dprint-plugin-badness",
       "displayName": "jolars/badness",
-      "repo": "jolars/dprint-plugin-badness",
+      "repoUrl": "https://github.com/jolars/dprint-plugin-badness",
       "description": "LaTeX and BibTeX code formatter (badness).",
       "selected": false,
       "configKey": "badness",
diff --git a/plugins.test.ts b/plugins.test.ts
index de49caf..1a5229b 100644
--- a/plugins.test.ts
+++ b/plugins.test.ts
@@ -8,17 +8,20 @@ function resolveAsset(url: string) {
 }
 
 it("getPluginRepo", () => {
-  expect(getPluginRepo({ repo: "dprint/dprint-plugin-typescript" })).toEqual({
+  expect(getPluginRepo({ repoUrl: "https://github.com/dprint/dprint-plugin-typescript" })).toEqual({
     username: "dprint",
     repoName: "dprint-plugin-typescript",
   });
-  expect(getPluginRepo({ repo: "g-plane/malva" })).toEqual({ username: "g-plane", repoName: "malva" });
+  expect(getPluginRepo({ repoUrl: "https://github.com/g-plane/malva" })).toEqual({
+    username: "g-plane",
+    repoName: "malva",
+  });
 });
 
 it("info.json entries should have a display name and say what repo they're published from", () => {
   for (const plugin of infoJson.latest) {
     expect(plugin.displayName, plugin.name).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(plugin.repo, plugin.name).toMatch(/^[A-Za-z0-9-]+\/[A-Za-z0-9._-]+$/);
+    expect(plugin.repoUrl, plugin.name).toMatch(/^https:\/\/github\.com\/[A-Za-z0-9-]+\/[A-Za-z0-9._-]+$/);
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/plugins.ts b/plugins.ts
index d65fdeb..fe3a1f9 100644
--- a/plugins.ts
+++ b/plugins.ts
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ const reposByPluginName = buildReposByPluginName();
 /**
  * The GitHub repo an info.json entry is published from. An entry's `name` is
  * the name the plugin reports about itself, which the cli matches against the
- * plugins in a config file, so it only identifies the plugin: `repo` says where
- * it's published from and `displayName` is what's shown for it.
+ * plugins in a config file, so it only identifies the plugin: `repoUrl` says
+ * where it's published from and `displayName` is what's shown for it.
  */
-export function getPluginRepo(plugin: { repo: string }) {
-  const slashIndex = plugin.repo.indexOf("/");
-  return { username: plugin.repo.slice(0, slashIndex), repoName: plugin.repo.slice(slashIndex + 1) };
+export function getPluginRepo(plugin: { repoUrl: string }) {
+  const [username, repoName] = new URL(plugin.repoUrl).pathname.slice(1).split("/");
+  return { username: username!, repoName: repoName! };
 }
 
 const APPROVED_ASSET_REPOS = new Set([
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ async function userRepoTagPatternMapper(
 
 function buildNpmPackagesByRepo() {
   const result = new Map<string, PluginNpmInfo>();
-  for (const plugin of infoJson.latest as { repo: string; npm?: PluginNpmInfo }[]) {
+  for (const plugin of infoJson.latest as { repoUrl: string; npm?: PluginNpmInfo }[]) {
     if (plugin.npm == null) {
       continue;
     }
diff --git a/readInfoFile.ts b/readInfoFile.ts
index e3f0d0a..0b575e9 100644
--- a/readInfoFile.ts
+++ b/readInfoFile.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ export interface PluginData {
   // the name to show for the plugin. carried over from info.json, so it's
   // absent from data cached before info.json declared it
   displayName?: string;
-  // the `username/repo` the plugin is published from. carried over from
-  // info.json, so it's absent from data cached before info.json declared it
-  repo?: string;
   url: string;
   version: string;
   downloadCount: {