diff --git a/server-core/src/main/java/io/onedev/server/web/component/project/info/project-info.css b/server-core/src/main/java/io/onedev/server/web/component/project/info/project-info.css
index e3e954aa06..87cba20950 100644
--- a/server-core/src/main/java/io/onedev/server/web/component/project/info/project-info.css
+++ b/server-core/src/main/java/io/onedev/server/web/component/project/info/project-info.css
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .project-info {
 	min-width: 360px;
+	max-width: 600px;
 }
diff --git a/server-core/src/main/java/io/onedev/server/web/component/project/list/ProjectListPanel.html b/server-core/src/main/java/io/onedev/server/web/component/project/list/ProjectListPanel.html
index 6234745927..1d5cd39de0 100644
--- a/server-core/src/main/java/io/onedev/server/web/component/project/list/ProjectListPanel.html
+++ b/server-core/src/main/java/io/onedev/server/web/component/project/list/ProjectListPanel.html
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 			</a> 
 			<span wicket:id="labels" class="mr-2"></span>
 		</div>
+		<div wicket:id="description" class="mt-1 font-size-sm text-muted"></div>
 		<div class="d-flex flex-wrap project-summary">
 			<div wicket:id="codeStats" class="code-stats mt-2 d-flex align-items-center flex-wrap mr-3"></div>
 			<div wicket:id="pullRequestStats" class="pull-request-stats mt-2 d-flex align-items-center flex-wrap"></div>
diff --git a/server-core/src/main/java/io/onedev/server/web/component/project/list/ProjectListPanel.java b/server-core/src/main/java/io/onedev/server/web/component/project/list/ProjectListPanel.java
index be1baaa7ba..9d58a37c9a 100644
--- a/server-core/src/main/java/io/onedev/server/web/component/project/list/ProjectListPanel.java
+++ b/server-core/src/main/java/io/onedev/server/web/component/project/list/ProjectListPanel.java
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@
 @SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class ProjectListPanel extends Panel {
 	
+	private static final int MAX_DESCRIPTION_LEN = 120;
+	
 	private final IModel<String> queryStringModel;
 	
 	private final int expectedCount;
@@ -1086,24 +1088,29 @@ protected void doBeforeNav(AjaxRequestTarget target) {
 				fragment.add(projectLink);
 
 				fragment.add(new EntityLabelsPanel<>("labels", rowModel));
+				if (project.getDescription() != null) {
+					fragment.add(new Label("description", StringUtils.abbreviate(project.getDescription(), MAX_DESCRIPTION_LEN)));
+				} else {
+					fragment.add(new WebMarkupContainer("description").setVisible(false));
+				}
 				
 				if (!project.isPendingDelete() && project.getActiveServer(false) != null) {
 					if (project.isCodeManagement() && SecurityUtils.canReadCode(project)) {
 						fragment.add(new CodeStatsPanel("codeStats", rowModel));
-						fragment.add(new PullRequestStatsPanel("pullRequestStats", rowModel, 
-								new LoadableDetachableModel<Map<PullRequest.Status, Long>>() {
-	
-							@Override
-							protected Map<PullRequest.Status, Long> load() {
-								Map<PullRequest.Status, Long> statusCounts = new LinkedHashMap<>();
-								for (ProjectPullRequestStatusStat stats: pullRequestStatsModel.getObject()) {
-									if (stats.getProjectId().equals(projectId)) 
-										statusCounts.put(stats.getPullRequestStatus(), stats.getStatusCount());
-								}
-								return statusCounts;
-							}
-							
-						}));
+						fragment.add(new PullRequestStatsPanel("pullRequestStats", rowModel,
+								new LoadableDetachableModel<>() {
+
+									@Override
+									protected Map<PullRequest.Status, Long> load() {
+										Map<PullRequest.Status, Long> statusCounts = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+										for (ProjectPullRequestStatusStat stats : pullRequestStatsModel.getObject()) {
+											if (stats.getProjectId().equals(projectId))
+												statusCounts.put(stats.getPullRequestStatus(), stats.getStatusCount());
+										}
+										return statusCounts;
+									}
+
+								}));
 					} else {
 						fragment.add(new WebMarkupContainer("codeStats").setVisible(false));
 						fragment.add(new WebMarkupContainer("pullRequestStats").setVisible(false));
diff --git a/server-core/src/main/java/io/onedev/server/web/component/project/list/project-list.css b/server-core/src/main/java/io/onedev/server/web/component/project/list/project-list.css
index 8a9b1a3c10..809dae7603 100644
--- a/server-core/src/main/java/io/onedev/server/web/component/project/list/project-list.css
+++ b/server-core/src/main/java/io/onedev/server/web/component/project/list/project-list.css
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 .project-list .row-selector {
 	padding-top: 16px;
 }
+.project-list .description {
+	 text-overflow: ellipsis;
+}
 .project-list .project-summary {
 	margin-left: 2px;
 }