diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 2f1587a1e6d2c..757de08e46b58 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ linters:
         - name: identical-branches
         - name: if-return
         - name: increment-decrement
-        - name: indent-error-flow
         - name: modifies-value-receiver
         - name: package-comments
         - name: range
diff --git a/eslint.config.ts b/eslint.config.ts
index c2fddc856cd32..6439b1863fe74 100644
--- a/eslint.config.ts
+++ b/eslint.config.ts
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ export default defineConfig([
       'no-dupe-keys': [2],
       'no-duplicate-case': [2],
       'no-duplicate-imports': [0],
-      'no-else-return': [2],
+      'no-else-return': [0],
       'no-empty-character-class': [2],
       'no-empty-function': [0],
       'no-empty-pattern': [2],
diff --git a/templates/admin/org/list.tmpl b/templates/admin/org/list.tmpl
index 137c42b45d610..ea2e026fcf496 100644
--- a/templates/admin/org/list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/admin/org/list.tmpl
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 							<td>
 								<a href="{{.HomeLink}}">{{if and DefaultShowFullName .FullName}}{{.FullName}} ({{.Name}}){{else}}{{.Name}}{{end}}</a>
 								{{if .Visibility.IsPrivate}}
-									<span class="text gold">{{svg "octicon-lock"}}</span>
+									{{svg "octicon-lock"}}
 								{{end}}
 								{{if eq .Type 3}}{{/* Reserved organization */}}
 									<span class="ui mini label">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "admin.users.reserved"}}</span>
diff --git a/templates/admin/packages/list.tmpl b/templates/admin/packages/list.tmpl
index 4817f2681b4d6..83b07bcdef19b 100644
--- a/templates/admin/packages/list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/admin/packages/list.tmpl
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 							<td>
 								<a href="{{.Owner.HomeLink}}">{{.Owner.Name}}</a>
 								{{if .Owner.Visibility.IsPrivate}}
-									<span class="text gold">{{svg "octicon-lock"}}</span>
+									{{svg "octicon-lock"}}
 								{{end}}
 							</td>
 							<td>{{.Package.Type.Name}}</td>
diff --git a/templates/admin/repo/list.tmpl b/templates/admin/repo/list.tmpl
index 767d00fa741d7..07e0c9b4265e5 100644
--- a/templates/admin/repo/list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/admin/repo/list.tmpl
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 							<td>
 								<a class="tw-break-anywhere" href="{{.Owner.HomeLink}}">{{.Owner.Name}}</a>
 								{{if .Owner.Visibility.IsPrivate}}
-									<span class="text gold">{{svg "octicon-lock"}}</span>
+									{{svg "octicon-lock"}}
 								{{end}}
 							</td>
 							<td>
diff --git a/templates/org/team/repositories.tmpl b/templates/org/team/repositories.tmpl
index 2f38071e89f4e..721dd0b6443b1 100644
--- a/templates/org/team/repositories.tmpl
+++ b/templates/org/team/repositories.tmpl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 						{{range $.TeamRepos}}
 							<div class="flex-item tw-items-center">
 								<div class="flex-item-leading">
-									{{template "repo/icon" .}}
+									{{template "repo/icon" (dict "Repo" . "Size" 24)}}
 								</div>
 								<div class="flex-item-main">
 									<a class="flex-item-title text primary" href="{{$.Org.HomeLink}}/{{.Name | PathEscape}}">
diff --git a/templates/repo/header.tmpl b/templates/repo/header.tmpl
index b61076ff4637e..8a96af117b416 100644
--- a/templates/repo/header.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/header.tmpl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		<div class="repo-header">
 			<div class="flex-item tw-items-center">
 				<div class="flex-item-leading">
-					{{template "repo/icon" .}}
+					{{template "repo/icon" (dict "Repo" . "Size" 24 "ShowRepoAvatar" true)}}
 				</div>
 				<div class="flex-item-main">
 					<div class="flex-item-title tw-text-18">
diff --git a/templates/repo/icon.tmpl b/templates/repo/icon.tmpl
index e4a904c46b8ad..d1c3928244ad5 100644
--- a/templates/repo/icon.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/icon.tmpl
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
-{{$avatarLink := (.RelAvatarLink ctx)}}
-{{if $avatarLink}}
-	<img class="ui avatar tw-align-middle" src="{{$avatarLink}}" width="24" height="24" alt aria-hidden="true">
-{{else if $.IsMirror}}
-	{{svg "octicon-mirror" 24}}
-{{else if $.IsFork}}
-	{{svg "octicon-repo-forked" 24}}
+{{/* Template Attributes:
+* Repo (string, required): The repo
+* Size (int, required): Icon size in pixels
+* ShowRepoAvatar (boolean, optional): Render the repo's avatar, if one is set
+* ShowRepoOwnerAvatar (boolean, optional): Render the repo's owner avatar
+*
+* Note: Keep the icon logic in sync with web_src/js/utils/mappings.ts
+*/}}
+{{$avatarLink := (.Repo.RelAvatarLink ctx)}}
+{{if .ShowRepoOwnerAvatar}}
+	{{ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar .Repo.Owner .Size}}
+{{else if and $avatarLink .ShowRepoAvatar}}
+	<img class="ui avatar tw-align-middle" src="{{$avatarLink}}" width="{{.Size}}" height="{{.Size}}" alt aria-hidden="true">
+{{else if .Repo.IsMirror}}
+	{{svg "octicon-mirror" .Size}}
+{{else if .Repo.IsFork}}
+	{{svg "octicon-repo-forked" .Size}}
 {{else}}
-	{{svg "octicon-repo" 24}}
+	{{svg "octicon-repo" .Size}}
 {{end}}
diff --git a/templates/repo/pulse.tmpl b/templates/repo/pulse.tmpl
index cbafee9ba9d9e..a33b76f321638 100644
--- a/templates/repo/pulse.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/pulse.tmpl
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@
 <div class="ui attached segment horizontal segments">
 	{{if .Permission.CanRead ctx.Consts.RepoUnitTypePullRequests}}
 		<a href="#merged-pull-requests" class="ui attached segment text center">
-			<span class="text purple">{{svg "octicon-git-pull-request"}}</span> <strong>{{.Activity.MergedPRCount}}</strong><br>
+			<span class="text purple">{{svg "octicon-git-merge"}}</span> <strong>{{.Activity.MergedPRCount}}</strong><br>
 			{{ctx.Locale.TrN .Activity.MergedPRCount "repo.activity.merged_prs_count_1" "repo.activity.merged_prs_count_n"}}
 		</a>
 		<a href="#proposed-pull-requests" class="ui attached segment text center">
-			<span class="text green">{{svg "octicon-git-branch"}}</span> <strong>{{.Activity.OpenedPRCount}}</strong><br>
+			<span class="text green">{{svg "octicon-git-pull-request"}}</span> <strong>{{.Activity.OpenedPRCount}}</strong><br>
 			{{ctx.Locale.TrN .Activity.OpenedPRCount "repo.activity.opened_prs_count_1" "repo.activity.opened_prs_count_n"}}
 		</a>
 	{{end}}
diff --git a/templates/shared/repo/list.tmpl b/templates/shared/repo/list.tmpl
index 2c8af14f9c70e..46e0c5b8fe2c6 100644
--- a/templates/shared/repo/list.tmpl
+++ b/templates/shared/repo/list.tmpl
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@
 	{{range .Repos}}
 		<div class="flex-item">
 			<div class="flex-item-leading">
-				{{if $.ShowRepoOwnerAvatar}}
-					{{ctx.AvatarUtils.Avatar .Owner 24}}
-				{{else}}
-					{{template "repo/icon" .}}
-				{{end}}
+				{{template "repo/icon" (dict "Repo" . "Size" 24 "ShowRepoOwnerAvatar" $.ShowRepoOwnerAvatar "ShowRepoAvatar" true)}}
 			</div>
 			<div class="flex-item-main">
 				<div class="flex-item-header">
@@ -48,7 +44,7 @@
 							</a>
 						{{end}}
 						<a class="flex-text-inline" href="{{.Link}}/forks">
-							<span class="tw-contents" aria-label="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.forks"}}">{{svg "octicon-git-branch" 16}}</span>
+							<span class="tw-contents" aria-label="{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.forks"}}">{{svg "octicon-repo-forked" 16}}</span>
 							<span {{if ge .NumForks 1000}}data-tooltip-content="{{.NumForks}}"{{end}}>{{CountFmt .NumForks}}</span>
 						</a>
 					</div>
diff --git a/templates/user/settings/repos.tmpl b/templates/user/settings/repos.tmpl
index 4aed8070de04b..d119f79bd39f9 100644
--- a/templates/user/settings/repos.tmpl
+++ b/templates/user/settings/repos.tmpl
@@ -12,17 +12,7 @@
 							<div class="item {{if not $repo}}tw-py-1{{end}}">{{/* if not repo, then there are "adapt" buttons, so the padding shouldn't be that default large*/}}
 								<div class="content">
 									{{if $repo}}
-										{{if $repo.IsPrivate}}
-											<span class="text gold icon">{{svg "octicon-lock"}}</span>
-										{{else if $repo.IsFork}}
-											<span class="icon">{{svg "octicon-repo-forked"}}</span>
-										{{else if $repo.IsMirror}}
-											<span class="icon">{{svg "octicon-mirror"}}</span>
-										{{else if $repo.IsTemplate}}
-											<span class="icon">{{svg "octicon-repo-template"}}</span>
-										{{else}}
-											<span class="icon">{{svg "octicon-repo"}}</span>
-										{{end}}
+										{{template "repo/icon" (dict "Repo" $repo "Size" 16)}}
 										<a class="muted name" href="{{$repo.Link}}">{{$repo.OwnerName}}/{{$repo.Name}}</a>
 										<span class="text light-3" {{if not (eq $repo.Size 0)}} data-tooltip-content="{{$repo.SizeDetailsString}}"{{end}}>{{FileSize $repo.Size}}</span>
 										{{if $repo.IsFork}}
@@ -85,17 +75,7 @@
 						{{range .Repos}}
 							<div class="item">
 								<div class="content flex-text-block">
-									{{if .IsPrivate}}
-										{{svg "octicon-lock" 16 "text gold"}}
-									{{else if .IsFork}}
-										{{svg "octicon-repo-forked"}}
-									{{else if .IsMirror}}
-										{{svg "octicon-mirror"}}
-									{{else if .IsTemplate}}
-										{{svg "octicon-repo-template"}}
-									{{else}}
-										{{svg "octicon-repo"}}
-									{{end}}
+									{{template "repo/icon" (dict "Repo" . "Size" 16)}}
 									<a class="name" href="{{.Link}}">{{.OwnerName}}/{{.Name}}</a>
 									<span>{{FileSize .Size}}</span>
 									{{if .IsFork}}
diff --git a/web_src/css/base.css b/web_src/css/base.css
index be28cd6fea954..20e0b5d59db49 100644
--- a/web_src/css/base.css
+++ b/web_src/css/base.css
@@ -584,10 +584,6 @@ img.ui.avatar,
   color: var(--color-grey-light) !important;
 }
 
-.text.gold {
-  color: var(--color-gold) !important;
-}
-
 .text.small {
   font-size: 0.75em;
 }
diff --git a/web_src/css/themes/theme-gitea-dark.css b/web_src/css/themes/theme-gitea-dark.css
index f89752dc79125..625ab0c1fd595 100644
--- a/web_src/css/themes/theme-gitea-dark.css
+++ b/web_src/css/themes/theme-gitea-dark.css
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ gitea-theme-meta-info {
   /* other colors */
   --color-grey: #384149;
   --color-grey-light: #818f9e;
-  --color-gold: #b1983b;
   --color-white: #ffffff;
   --color-diff-added-linenum-bg: #274227;
   --color-diff-added-row-bg: #203224;
diff --git a/web_src/css/themes/theme-gitea-light.css b/web_src/css/themes/theme-gitea-light.css
index 1261ef8be03db..acf343fcca06d 100644
--- a/web_src/css/themes/theme-gitea-light.css
+++ b/web_src/css/themes/theme-gitea-light.css
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ gitea-theme-meta-info {
   /* other colors */
   --color-grey: #697077;
   --color-grey-light: #7c838a;
-  --color-gold: #a1882b;
   --color-white: #ffffff;
   --color-diff-added-linenum-bg: #d1f8d9;
   --color-diff-added-row-bg: #e6ffed;
diff --git a/web_src/js/components/DashboardRepoList.vue b/web_src/js/components/DashboardRepoList.vue
index e1f8475ea83a5..022a893135e3c 100644
--- a/web_src/js/components/DashboardRepoList.vue
+++ b/web_src/js/components/DashboardRepoList.vue
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {nextTick, defineComponent} from 'vue';
 import {SvgIcon} from '../svg.ts';
 import {GET} from '../modules/fetch.ts';
 import {fomanticQuery} from '../modules/fomantic/base.ts';
+import {getRepoIcon} from '../utils/mappings.ts';
 
 const {appSubUrl, assetUrlPrefix, pageData} = window.config;
 
@@ -283,19 +284,8 @@ export default defineComponent({
       }
     },
 
-    repoIcon(repo: any) {
-      if (repo.fork) {
-        return 'octicon-repo-forked';
-      } else if (repo.mirror) {
-        return 'octicon-mirror';
-      } else if (repo.template) {
-        return `octicon-repo-template`;
-      } else if (repo.private) {
-        return 'octicon-lock';
-      } else if (repo.internal) {
-        return 'octicon-repo';
-      }
-      return 'octicon-repo';
+    repoIcon(repo: Record<string, any>) {
+      return getRepoIcon(repo);
     },
 
     statusIcon(status: CommitStatus) {
diff --git a/web_src/js/utils/mappings.ts b/web_src/js/utils/mappings.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fb7836f2f23d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web_src/js/utils/mappings.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// repo icon, keep in sync with templates/repo/icon.tmpl
+export function getRepoIcon(repo: Record<string, any>) {
+  if (repo.mirror) {
+    return 'octicon-mirror';
+  } else if (repo.fork) {
+    return 'octicon-repo-forked';
+  } else {
+    return 'octicon-repo';
+  }
+}