diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a77dc9212..c4589d5b4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -286,6 +286,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "console"
+version = "0.14.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3993e6445baa160675931ec041a5e03ca84b9c6e32a056150d3aa2bdda0a1f45"
+dependencies = [
+ "encode_unicode",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "regex",
+ "terminal_size",
+ "unicode-width",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "constant_time_eq"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -414,6 +429,12 @@ version = "1.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e78d4f1cc4ae33bbfc157ed5d5a5ef3bc29227303d595861deb238fcec4e9457"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "encode_unicode"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a357d28ed41a50f9c765dbfe56cbc04a64e53e5fc58ba79fbc34c10ef3df831f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "encoding_rs"
 version = "0.8.28"
@@ -568,6 +589,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "libgit2-sys",
  "log",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -643,6 +666,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hex"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "humansize"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -703,6 +732,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "tiff",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indicatif"
+version = "0.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "507cf157a0dab3c837bef6e2086466255d9de4a6b1af69e62b62c54cd52f6062"
+dependencies = [
+ "console",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "number_prefix",
+ "regex",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "instant"
 version = "0.1.9"
@@ -768,11 +809,27 @@ name = "libgit2-sys"
 version = "0.12.19+1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f322155d574c8b9ebe991a04f6908bb49e68a79463338d24a43d6274cb6443e6"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "libssh2-sys",
+ "libz-sys",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libssh2-sys"
+version = "0.2.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e0186af0d8f171ae6b9c4c90ec51898bad5d08a2d5e470903a50d9ad8959cbee"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
  "libz-sys",
+ "openssl-sys",
  "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -823,6 +880,12 @@ version = "0.1.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7ffc5c5338469d4d3ea17d269fa8ea3512ad247247c30bd2df69e68309ed0a08"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "md5"
+version = "0.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "490cc448043f947bae3cbee9c203358d62dbee0db12107a74be5c30ccfd09771"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.3.4"
@@ -940,6 +1003,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "number_prefix"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b246a0e5f20af87141b25c173cd1b609bd7779a4617d6ec582abaf90870f3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
 version = "0.23.0"
@@ -968,9 +1037,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "colored",
  "error-chain",
  "git2",
+ "hex",
  "image",
+ "indicatif",
  "json",
  "libc",
+ "md5",
  "more-asserts",
  "paste",
  "regex",
@@ -990,6 +1062,25 @@ version = "0.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2839e79665f131bdb5782e51f2c6c9599c133c6098982a54c794358bf432529c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-probe"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77af24da69f9d9341038eba93a073b1fdaaa1b788221b00a69bce9e762cb32de"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-sys"
+version = "0.9.62"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fa52160d45fa2e7608d504b7c3a3355afed615e6d8b627a74458634ba21b69bd"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -1456,6 +1547,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "terminal_size"
+version = "0.1.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "86ca8ced750734db02076f44132d802af0b33b09942331f4459dde8636fd2406"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "textwrap"
 version = "0.11.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3c508452d..4e42cfe6f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ clap = "2.33.3"
 color_quant = "1.1.0"
 colored = "2.0.0"
 error-chain = "0.12"
-git2 = {version = "0.13.18", default-features = false}
+git2 = "0.13.18"
+hex = "0.4"
 image = "0.23.14"
+indicatif = "0.16"
 json = "0.12.4"
+md5 = "0.7"
 regex = "1.4.6"
 serde = "1.0.125"
 serde_json = "1.0.64"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d7bbfa9a5..d45186fe8 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #![recursion_limit = "1024"]
 #![cfg_attr(feature = "fail-on-deprecated", deny(deprecated))]
 
-use onefetch::{cli::Cli, cli_utils, error::*, info, printer::Printer, repo};
+use onefetch::{cli::Cli, cli_utils, error::*, info, printer::Printer};
 
 use std::{io, process};
 
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
         return cli_utils::print_supported_package_managers();
     }
 
-    if !repo::is_valid(&config.repo_path)? {
-        return Err("please run onefetch inside of a non-bare git repository".into());
-    }
     let info = info::Info::new(config)?;
 
     let mut printer = Printer::new(io::BufWriter::new(io::stdout()), info);
diff --git a/src/onefetch/cli.rs b/src/onefetch/cli.rs
index 9cde0f92a..e51e3e22f 100644
--- a/src/onefetch/cli.rs
+++ b/src/onefetch/cli.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ pub struct Cli {
     pub art_off: bool,
     pub text_colors: Vec<String>,
     pub iso_time: bool,
+    pub is_remote: bool,
 }
 
 impl Cli {
@@ -253,6 +254,11 @@ impl Cli {
             .takes_value(true)
             .help("Ignore all files & directories matching EXCLUDE."),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("remote")
+            .long("remote")
+            .help("Clone repository from remote"),
+        )
         .get_matches();
 
         let true_color = match matches.value_of("true-color") {
@@ -349,6 +355,8 @@ impl Cli {
             Vec::new()
         };
 
+        let is_remote = matches.is_present("remote");
+
         Ok(Cli {
             repo_path,
             ascii_input,
@@ -370,6 +378,7 @@ impl Cli {
             text_colors,
             art_off,
             iso_time,
+            is_remote,
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/onefetch/info.rs b/src/onefetch/info.rs
index 8f3bef150..ef84024f1 100644
--- a/src/onefetch/info.rs
+++ b/src/onefetch/info.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 use {
     crate::onefetch::{
-        cli::Cli, cli_utils, commit_info::CommitInfo, error::*, language::Language,
-        license::Detector, package_managers::DependencyDetector, repo::Repo, text_color::TextColor,
+        cli::Cli,
+        cli_utils,
+        commit_info::CommitInfo,
+        error::*,
+        language::Language,
+        license::Detector,
+        package_managers::DependencyDetector,
+        repo::{get_repo, Repo},
+        text_color::TextColor,
     },
     colored::{Color, ColoredString, Colorize},
-    git2::Repository,
     serde::ser::SerializeStruct,
     serde::Serialize,
 };
@@ -210,7 +216,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for Info {
 impl Info {
     pub fn new(config: Cli) -> Result<Info> {
         let git_version = cli_utils::get_git_version();
-        let repo = Repository::discover(&config.repo_path)?;
+        let repo = get_repo(config.is_remote, &config.repo_path)?;
         let internal_repo = Repo::new(&repo, config.no_merges)?;
         let (repo_name, repo_url) = internal_repo.get_name_and_url()?;
         let head_refs = internal_repo.get_head_refs()?;
diff --git a/src/onefetch/repo.rs b/src/onefetch/repo.rs
index f1176839c..261cb12c8 100644
--- a/src/onefetch/repo.rs
+++ b/src/onefetch/repo.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 use crate::onefetch::{commit_info::CommitInfo, error::*, utils};
+use colored::*;
 use git2::{
-    BranchType, Commit, Repository, RepositoryOpenFlags, Status, StatusOptions, StatusShow,
+    build::RepoBuilder, BranchType, Commit, FetchOptions, RemoteCallbacks, Repository,
+    RepositoryOpenFlags, Status, StatusOptions, StatusShow,
 };
+use indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressStyle};
 use regex::Regex;
 use std::path::Path;
 
@@ -264,7 +267,62 @@ impl<'a> Repo<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn is_valid(repo_path: &str) -> Result<bool> {
+pub fn get_repo(is_remote: bool, repo_path: &str) -> Result<Repository> {
+    let repo = if is_remote {
+        let temp_directory = std::env::temp_dir();
+        let repo_digest = md5::compute(repo_path);
+        let mut repo_directory = temp_directory;
+        repo_directory.push("onefetch");
+        repo_directory.push(hex::encode(repo_digest.0));
+        if repo_directory.exists() {
+            Repository::discover(repo_directory)?
+        } else {
+            clone_remote(repo_path, &repo_directory)?
+        }
+    } else {
+        if !is_valid(repo_path)? {
+            return Err("please run onefetch inside of a non-bare git repository".into());
+        }
+        Repository::discover(repo_path)?
+    };
+    Ok(repo)
+}
+
+fn clone_remote(url: &str, path: &std::path::PathBuf) -> Result<Repository> {
+    let progress_bar = ProgressBar::new(1);
+    let progress_bar_style = ProgressStyle::default_bar()
+        .template("{msg}\n{spinner:.green} [{elapsed}] [{wide_bar:.cyan/blue}] {pos}/{len}")
+        .progress_chars("#>-");
+
+    progress_bar.set_style(progress_bar_style);
+    progress_bar.set_message("- Cloning Git repository".bold().to_string());
+    let remote_callbacks = {
+        let mut v = RemoteCallbacks::new();
+        v.transfer_progress(|v| {
+            progress_bar.set_length(v.total_objects() as u64);
+            progress_bar.set_position(v.received_objects() as u64);
+            true
+        });
+
+        v
+    };
+
+    let fetch_options = {
+        let mut v = FetchOptions::new();
+        v.remote_callbacks(remote_callbacks);
+        v
+    };
+    let mut builder = {
+        let mut v = RepoBuilder::new();
+        v.fetch_options(fetch_options);
+        v
+    };
+    let repository = builder.clone(url, path)?;
+    progress_bar.finish_and_clear();
+    Ok(repository)
+}
+
+fn is_valid(repo_path: &str) -> Result<bool> {
     let repo = Repository::open_ext(repo_path, RepositoryOpenFlags::empty(), Vec::<&Path>::new());
     Ok(repo.is_ok() && !repo?.is_bare())
 }