diff --git a/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts b/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts
index 91d4cbc16d5..4c865974639 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import { Model } from '../model';
 import { Repository as BaseRepository, Resource } from '../repository';
-import { InputBox, Git, API, Repository, Remote, RepositoryState, Branch, ForcePushMode, Ref, Submodule, Commit, Change, RepositoryUIState, Status, LogOptions, APIState, CommitOptions, RefType, CredentialsProvider, BranchQuery, PushErrorHandler, PublishEvent, FetchOptions, RemoteSourceProvider, RemoteSourcePublisher, PostCommitCommandsProvider, RefQuery, BranchProtectionProvider, InitOptions, SourceControlHistoryItemDetailsProvider, GitErrorCodes, CloneOptions, CommitShortStat, DiffChange, Worktree, RepositoryKind } from './git';
+import { InputBox, Git, API, Repository, Remote, RepositoryState, Branch, ForcePushMode, Ref, Submodule, Commit, Change, RepositoryUIState, Status, LogOptions, APIState, CommitOptions, RefType, CredentialsProvider, BranchQuery, PushErrorHandler, PublishEvent, FetchOptions, RemoteSourceProvider, RemoteSourcePublisher, PostCommitCommandsProvider, RefQuery, BranchProtectionProvider, InitOptions, SourceControlHistoryItemDetailsProvider, GitErrorCodes, CloneOptions, CommitShortStat, DiffChange, Worktree, RepositoryKind, RepositoryAccessDetails } from './git';
 import { Event, SourceControlInputBox, Uri, SourceControl, Disposable, commands, CancellationToken } from 'vscode';
 import { combinedDisposable, filterEvent, mapEvent } from '../util';
 import { toGitUri } from '../uri';
@@ -400,6 +400,10 @@ export class ApiImpl implements API {
 		return this.#model.repositories.map(r => new ApiRepository(r));
 	}
 
+	get recentRepositories(): Iterable<RepositoryAccessDetails> {
+		return this.#model.repositoryCache.recentRepositories;
+	}
+
 	toGitUri(uri: Uri, ref: string): Uri {
 		return toGitUri(uri, ref);
 	}
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts b/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts
index d2ff80938e0..b43eaaa6184 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ export interface RepositoryUIState {
 	readonly onDidChange: Event<void>;
 }
 
+export interface RepositoryAccessDetails {
+	readonly rootUri: Uri;
+	readonly lastAccessTime: number;
+}
+
 /**
  * Log options.
  */
@@ -399,6 +404,7 @@ export interface API {
 	readonly onDidPublish: Event<PublishEvent>;
 	readonly git: Git;
 	readonly repositories: Repository[];
+	readonly recentRepositories: Iterable<RepositoryAccessDetails>;
 	readonly onDidOpenRepository: Event<Repository>;
 	readonly onDidCloseRepository: Event<Repository>;
 
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/repositoryCache.ts b/extensions/git/src/repositoryCache.ts
index bf5d74b6c68..ed762eb4d94 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/repositoryCache.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/repositoryCache.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-import { LogOutputChannel, Memento, workspace } from 'vscode';
+import { LogOutputChannel, Memento, Uri, workspace } from 'vscode';
 import { LRUCache } from './cache';
-import { Remote } from './api/git';
+import { Remote, RepositoryAccessDetails } from './api/git';
 import { isDescendant } from './util';
 
 export interface RepositoryCacheInfo {
@@ -40,6 +40,33 @@ export class RepositoryCache {
 	// Outer LRU: repoUrl -> inner LRU (folderPathOrWorkspaceFile -> RepositoryCacheInfo).
 	private readonly lru = new LRUCache<string, LRUCache<string, RepositoryCacheInfo>>(RepositoryCache.MAX_REPO_ENTRIES);
 
+	private _recentRepositories: Map<string, number> | undefined;
+
+	get recentRepositories(): Iterable<RepositoryAccessDetails> {
+		if (!this._recentRepositories) {
+			this._recentRepositories = new Map<string, number>();
+
+			for (const [_, inner] of this.lru) {
+				for (const [folderPath, folderDetails] of inner) {
+					if (!folderDetails.lastTouchedTime) {
+						continue;
+					}
+
+					// Check whether the repository exists with a more recent access time
+					const repositoryLastAccessTime = this._recentRepositories.get(folderPath);
+					if (repositoryLastAccessTime && folderDetails.lastTouchedTime <= repositoryLastAccessTime) {
+						continue;
+					}
+
+					this._recentRepositories.set(folderPath, folderDetails.lastTouchedTime);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return Array.from(this._recentRepositories.entries()).map(([rootUri, lastAccessTime]) =>
+			({ rootUri: Uri.file(rootUri), lastAccessTime } satisfies RepositoryAccessDetails));
+	}
+
 	constructor(public readonly _globalState: Memento, private readonly _logger: LogOutputChannel) {
 		this.load();
 	}
@@ -193,5 +220,9 @@ export class RepositoryCache {
 			serialized.push([repo, folders]);
 		}
 		void this._globalState.update(RepositoryCache.STORAGE_KEY, serialized);
+
+		// Invalidate recent repositories map
+		this._recentRepositories?.clear();
+		this._recentRepositories = undefined;
 	}
 }