diff --git a/data/github-stats.json b/data/github-stats.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cd5eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/github-stats.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:25:53Z",
+  "total": 68,
+  "public": 25,
+  "private": 43
+}
diff --git a/lib/github-stats.test.ts b/lib/github-stats.test.ts
index bc740aa..1b23306 100644
--- a/lib/github-stats.test.ts
+++ b/lib/github-stats.test.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
   countOwnRepos,
   GITHUB_STATS_REVALIDATE_SECONDS,
   loadGithubRepoCounts,
+  loadGithubStatsSnapshot,
 } from "./github-stats";
 
 const repo = (
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@ function jsonResponse(body: unknown, status = 200) {
   } as unknown as Response;
 }
 
+const noSnapshot = async () => null;
+const snapshot = { total: 68, public: 25, private: 43 };
+
 describe("countOwnRepos", () => {
   it("counts public and private repos and ignores forks and archived ones", () => {
     const counts = countOwnRepos([
@@ -33,19 +37,38 @@ describe("countOwnRepos", () => {
 });
 
 describe("loadGithubRepoCounts", () => {
-  it("returns null without a token and never calls the API", async () => {
+  it("returns null without a token and without a snapshot, and never calls the API", async () => {
     const fetchImpl = jest.fn();
 
     await expect(
-      loadGithubRepoCounts(undefined, fetchImpl),
+      loadGithubRepoCounts(undefined, fetchImpl, noSnapshot),
     ).resolves.toBeNull();
     expect(fetchImpl).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("falls back to the last known snapshot without a token", async () => {
+    const fetchImpl = jest.fn();
+
+    await expect(
+      loadGithubRepoCounts(undefined, fetchImpl, async () => snapshot),
+    ).resolves.toEqual(snapshot);
+    expect(fetchImpl).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("prefers the live count over the snapshot", async () => {
+    const fetchImpl = jest
+      .fn()
+      .mockResolvedValue(jsonResponse([repo({}), repo({ private: true })]));
+
+    await expect(
+      loadGithubRepoCounts("token", fetchImpl, async () => snapshot),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ total: 2, public: 1, private: 1 });
+  });
+
   it("sends the token only to the GitHub API and revalidates daily", async () => {
     const fetchImpl = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(jsonResponse([repo({})]));
 
-    await loadGithubRepoCounts("secret-token", fetchImpl);
+    await loadGithubRepoCounts("secret-token", fetchImpl, noSnapshot);
 
     const [url, init] = fetchImpl.mock.calls[0];
     expect(new URL(url).origin).toBe("https://api.github.com");
@@ -64,7 +87,9 @@ describe("loadGithubRepoCounts", () => {
       .mockResolvedValueOnce(jsonResponse(firstPage))
       .mockResolvedValueOnce(jsonResponse(secondPage));
 
-    await expect(loadGithubRepoCounts("token", fetchImpl)).resolves.toEqual({
+    await expect(
+      loadGithubRepoCounts("token", fetchImpl, noSnapshot),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({
       total: 101,
       public: 100,
       private: 1,
@@ -72,17 +97,30 @@ describe("loadGithubRepoCounts", () => {
     expect(fetchImpl).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
   });
 
-  it("returns null when the API rejects the token", async () => {
+  it("uses the snapshot when the API rejects the token", async () => {
     const fetchImpl = jest
       .fn()
       .mockResolvedValue(jsonResponse({ message: "Bad credentials" }, 401));
 
-    await expect(loadGithubRepoCounts("bad", fetchImpl)).resolves.toBeNull();
+    await expect(
+      loadGithubRepoCounts("bad", fetchImpl, async () => snapshot),
+    ).resolves.toEqual(snapshot);
   });
 
-  it("returns null on network failure instead of breaking the page", async () => {
+  it("uses the snapshot on network failure instead of breaking the page", async () => {
     const fetchImpl = jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error("offline"));
 
-    await expect(loadGithubRepoCounts("token", fetchImpl)).resolves.toBeNull();
+    await expect(
+      loadGithubRepoCounts("token", fetchImpl, async () => snapshot),
+    ).resolves.toEqual(snapshot);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("loadGithubStatsSnapshot", () => {
+  it("reads a coherent snapshot from data/github-stats.json", async () => {
+    const counts = await loadGithubStatsSnapshot();
+
+    expect(counts).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(counts?.total).toBe((counts?.public ?? 0) + (counts?.private ?? 0));
   });
 });
diff --git a/lib/github-stats.ts b/lib/github-stats.ts
index 57bf486..ed42745 100644
--- a/lib/github-stats.ts
+++ b/lib/github-stats.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { resolve } from "node:path";
+
 /**
  * Contagem de repositórios próprios no GitHub (públicos + privados), consultada só no servidor.
  * O token (GITHUB_STATS_TOKEN, fine-grained, somente leitura de metadados) nunca recebe prefixo NEXT_PUBLIC_
  * e este módulo só é importado por componentes de servidor: ele não chega ao navegador.
+ *
+ * Sem token, ou se a API falhar, vale o último retrato conhecido em data/github-stats.json.
  */
 
 export const GITHUB_STATS_REVALIDATE_SECONDS = 24 * 60 * 60;
@@ -42,9 +47,9 @@ export function countOwnRepos(repos: RepoSummary[]): GithubRepoCounts {
   };
 }
 
-export async function loadGithubRepoCounts(
-  token: string | undefined = process.env.GITHUB_STATS_TOKEN,
-  fetchImpl: FetchLike = fetch,
+async function fetchGithubRepoCounts(
+  token: string | undefined,
+  fetchImpl: FetchLike,
 ): Promise<GithubRepoCounts | null> {
   if (!token) return null;
 
@@ -80,3 +85,25 @@ export async function loadGithubRepoCounts(
     return null;
   }
 }
+
+/** Último retrato conhecido (data/github-stats.json); `null` se o arquivo faltar ou estiver incoerente. */
+export async function loadGithubStatsSnapshot(): Promise<GithubRepoCounts | null> {
+  try {
+    const path = resolve(process.cwd(), "data/github-stats.json");
+    const raw = JSON.parse(await readFile(path, "utf8")) as GithubRepoCounts;
+    const counts = [raw.total, raw.public, raw.private];
+    if (!counts.every((n) => Number.isInteger(n) && n >= 0)) return null;
+    if (raw.total !== raw.public + raw.private) return null;
+    return { total: raw.total, public: raw.public, private: raw.private };
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+export async function loadGithubRepoCounts(
+  token: string | undefined = process.env.GITHUB_STATS_TOKEN,
+  fetchImpl: FetchLike = fetch,
+  readSnapshot: () => Promise<GithubRepoCounts | null> = loadGithubStatsSnapshot,
+): Promise<GithubRepoCounts | null> {
+  return (await fetchGithubRepoCounts(token, fetchImpl)) ?? readSnapshot();
+}