diff --git a/src/components/CreateNewModal.jsx b/src/components/CreateNewModal.jsx
index 7515fc6..beaf3a8 100644
--- a/src/components/CreateNewModal.jsx
+++ b/src/components/CreateNewModal.jsx
@@ -1,37 +1,68 @@
-import { h } from 'preact';
+import { h, Component } from 'preact';
 import Modal from './Modal';
 import { ItemTile } from './ItemTile';
 import templates from '../templateList';
 
-export function CreateNewModal({
-	show,
-	closeHandler,
-	onBlankTemplateSelect,
-	onBlankFileTemplateSelect,
-	onTemplateSelect
-}) {
-	return (
-		<Modal show={show} closeHandler={closeHandler} smll>
-			<div class="tac">
-				<button className="btn" onClick={onBlankTemplateSelect}>
-					Start a blank creation
-				</button>
-				<button className="btn" onClick={onBlankFileTemplateSelect}>
-					Start a blank files creation
-				</button>
-			</div>
-			<hr />
-			Or choose from a template:
-			<div class="saved-items-pane__container">
-				{templates.map(template => (
-					<ItemTile
-						inline
-						item={template}
-						focusable
-						onClick={onTemplateSelect.bind(null, template)}
-					/>
-				))}
-			</div>
-		</Modal>
-	);
+export class CreateNewModal extends Component {
+	render() {
+		const {
+			show,
+			closeHandler,
+			onBlankTemplateSelect,
+			onBlankFileTemplateSelect,
+			onImportGithubRepoSelect,
+			onTemplateSelect
+		} = this.props;
+		return (
+			<Modal show={show} closeHandler={closeHandler}>
+				<div class="tac">
+					<button className="btn" onClick={onBlankTemplateSelect}>
+						Start a blank creation
+					</button>
+					<button className="btn" onClick={onBlankFileTemplateSelect}>
+						Start a blank files creation
+					</button>
+
+					<p>
+						<button
+							className="btn"
+							onClick={() =>
+								this.setState({
+									isGhRepoInputVisible: true
+								})
+							}
+						>
+							Import Github Repository
+						</button>
+
+						{this.state.isGhRepoInputVisible ? (
+							<div>
+								<input ref={el => (this.ghRepoInput = el)} />
+								<button
+									className="btn"
+									onClick={() => {
+										onImportGithubRepoSelect(this.ghRepoInput.value);
+									}}
+								>
+									Import
+								</button>
+							</div>
+						) : null}
+					</p>
+				</div>
+				<hr />
+				Or choose from a template:
+				<div class="saved-items-pane__container">
+					{templates.map(template => (
+						<ItemTile
+							inline
+							item={template}
+							focusable
+							onClick={onTemplateSelect.bind(null, template)}
+						/>
+					))}
+				</div>
+			</Modal>
+		);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/components/FileIcon.jsx b/src/components/FileIcon.jsx
index 0907eee..6dadd92 100644
--- a/src/components/FileIcon.jsx
+++ b/src/components/FileIcon.jsx
@@ -44,8 +44,14 @@ export function FileIcon({ file }) {
 					/>
 				);
 				break;
-
+			case 'ts':
+				path: <path
+					fill="#2874C1"
+					d="M3,3H21V21H3V3M13.71,17.86C14.21,18.84 15.22,19.59 16.8,19.59C18.4,19.59 19.6,18.76 19.6,17.23C19.6,15.82 18.79,15.19 17.35,14.57L16.93,14.39C16.2,14.08 15.89,13.87 15.89,13.37C15.89,12.96 16.2,12.64 16.7,12.64C17.18,12.64 17.5,12.85 17.79,13.37L19.1,12.5C18.55,11.54 17.77,11.17 16.7,11.17C15.19,11.17 14.22,12.13 14.22,13.4C14.22,14.78 15.03,15.43 16.25,15.95L16.67,16.13C17.45,16.47 17.91,16.68 17.91,17.26C17.91,17.74 17.46,18.09 16.76,18.09C15.93,18.09 15.45,17.66 15.09,17.06L13.71,17.86M13,11.25H8V12.75H9.5V20H11.25V12.75H13V11.25Z"
+				/>;
+				break;
 			case 'css':
+			case 'less':
 				path = (
 					<path
 						fill="rgb(95, 158, 160)"
@@ -53,7 +59,15 @@ export function FileIcon({ file }) {
 					/>
 				);
 				break;
-
+			case 'scss':
+			case 'sass':
+				path = (
+					<path
+						fill="#CF649A"
+						d="M12,2A10,10 0 0,1 22,12A10,10 0 0,1 12,22A10,10 0 0,1 2,12A10,10 0 0,1 12,2M10,15.33C10.16,15.87 10.14,16.37 10,16.83C10,16.88 9.96,16.93 9.94,17C9.92,17 9.9,17.07 9.87,17.12C9.76,17.36 9.6,17.59 9.41,17.79C8.83,18.43 8,18.67 7.67,18.47C7.29,18.25 7.5,17.35 8.16,16.64C8.88,15.88 9.92,15.38 9.92,15.38V15.38L10,15.33M18.27,6.28C17.82,4.5 14.87,3.92 12.09,4.91C10.43,5.5 8.63,6.42 7.34,7.63C5.81,9.07 5.56,10.32 5.66,10.84C6,12.68 8.54,13.89 9.58,14.78V14.79C9.28,14.94 7.04,16.07 6.5,17.23C5.96,18.45 6.6,19.33 7,19.45C8.34,19.81 9.69,19.16 10.41,18.07C11.11,17.03 11.06,15.68 10.75,15C11.17,14.9 11.66,14.85 12.28,14.92C14.04,15.13 14.38,16.22 14.31,16.68C14.25,17.14 13.88,17.39 13.76,17.47C13.64,17.54 13.6,17.57 13.61,17.63C13.62,17.71 13.68,17.71 13.78,17.69C13.93,17.66 14.71,17.32 14.74,16.47C14.78,15.39 13.75,14.19 11.93,14.22C11.18,14.24 10.71,14.31 10.37,14.44L10.29,14.35C9.16,13.15 7.08,12.3 7.17,10.68C7.2,10.09 7.4,8.55 11.17,6.67C14.25,5.13 16.72,5.55 17.15,6.5C17.76,7.83 15.83,10.32 12.63,10.68C11.41,10.82 10.76,10.34 10.6,10.17C10.43,10 10.41,9.97 10.35,10C10.24,10.07 10.31,10.23 10.35,10.33C10.44,10.58 10.84,11 11.5,11.24C12.09,11.43 13.53,11.54 15.26,10.87C17.2,10.12 18.72,8.03 18.27,6.28Z"
+					/>
+				);
+				break;
 			case 'md':
 			case 'markdown':
 				path = (
diff --git a/src/components/app.jsx b/src/components/app.jsx
index fc0de15..82b38b8 100644
--- a/src/components/app.jsx
+++ b/src/components/app.jsx
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ import {
 	assignFilePaths,
 	getFileFromPath,
 	removeFileAtPath,
-	doesFileExistInFolder
+	doesFileExistInFolder,
+	importGithubRepo
 } from '../fileUtils';
 
 import { itemService } from '../itemService';
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ export default class App extends Component {
 		alertsService.add(`"${sourceItem.title}" was forked`);
 		trackEvent('fn', 'itemForked');
 	}
-	createNewItem(isFileMode = false) {
+	createNewItem(isFileMode = false, files) {
 		const d = new Date();
 		let item = {
 			title:
@@ -337,24 +338,26 @@ export default class App extends Component {
 		if (isFileMode) {
 			item = {
 				...item,
-				files: assignFilePaths([
-					{
-						name: 'index.html',
-						content:
-							'hello\n<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/style.css">\n<script src="script.js"></script>'
-					},
-					{
-						name: 'styles',
-						isFolder: true,
-						children: [{ name: 'style.css', content: '' }]
-					},
-					{ name: 'script.js', content: '' },
-					{
-						name: 'tempo',
-						isFolder: true,
-						children: [{ name: 'main.css', content: '' }]
-					}
-				])
+				files: assignFilePaths(
+					files || [
+						{
+							name: 'index.html',
+							content:
+								'hello\n<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/style.css">\n<script src="script.js"></script>'
+						},
+						{
+							name: 'styles',
+							isFolder: true,
+							children: [{ name: 'style.css', content: '' }]
+						},
+						{ name: 'script.js', content: '' },
+						{
+							name: 'tempo',
+							isFolder: true,
+							children: [{ name: 'main.css', content: '' }]
+						}
+					]
+				)
 			};
 		} else {
 			item = {
@@ -1311,6 +1314,12 @@ export default class App extends Component {
 			});
 		this.setState({ isCreateNewModalOpen: false });
 	}
+	importGithubRepoSelectHandler(repoUrl) {
+		importGithubRepo(repoUrl).then(files => {
+			this.createNewItem(true, files);
+			this.setState({ isCreateNewModalOpen: false });
+		});
+	}
 	addFileHandler(fileName, isFolder) {
 		let newEntry = { name: fileName, content: '' };
 		if (isFolder) {
@@ -1634,6 +1643,9 @@ export default class App extends Component {
 							this
 						)}
 						onTemplateSelect={this.templateSelectHandler.bind(this)}
+						onImportGithubRepoSelect={this.importGithubRepoSelectHandler.bind(
+							this
+						)}
 					/>
 
 					<CommandPalette
diff --git a/src/fileUtils.js b/src/fileUtils.js
index 815e0f3..9b062da 100644
--- a/src/fileUtils.js
+++ b/src/fileUtils.js
@@ -116,3 +116,57 @@ export function getParentPath(path) {
 	}
 	return '';
 }
+
+/**
+ * Fetches the files from a github repo and returns a suitable file structure.
+ * @param {Promise} Promise of completition. Resolves to the files structure.
+ */
+export function importGithubRepo(repoUrl) {
+	let repoSlug, match;
+	if ((match = repoUrl.match(/github\.com\/([^\/]*\/[^\/]*)/))) {
+		repoSlug = match[1];
+	} else {
+		repoSlug = 'chinchang/github';
+	}
+	const queryString = '';
+	function fetchFile(filepath) {
+		return fetch(
+			`https://api.github.com/repos/${repoSlug}/contents/${filepath}${queryString}`
+		).then(response => response.json());
+	}
+	function fetchDir(path, currentDir) {
+		return fetch(
+			`https://api.github.com/repos/${repoSlug}/contents/${path}${queryString}`
+		)
+			.then(response => response.json())
+			.then(response => {
+				if (!response) {
+					return;
+				}
+				return Promise.all(
+					response.map(file => {
+						if (file.type === 'file') {
+							return fetchFile(`${file.path}`).then(actualFile => {
+								currentDir.push({
+									name: file.name,
+									content: atob(actualFile.content)
+								});
+							});
+						} else if (file.type === 'dir') {
+							const newEntry = {
+								name: file.name,
+								children: [],
+								isFolder: true
+							};
+							currentDir.push(newEntry);
+							return fetchDir(`${file.path}`, newEntry.children);
+						}
+					})
+				);
+			});
+	}
+	const files = [];
+	return fetchDir('', files).then(() => {
+		return files;
+	});
+}