diff --git a/docs/.vitepress/theme/index.ts b/docs/.vitepress/theme/index.ts
index 19c5677e1..cde1a5f07 100644
--- a/docs/.vitepress/theme/index.ts
+++ b/docs/.vitepress/theme/index.ts
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ export default {
           if (!githubLink.querySelector('.star-count')) {
             const starBadge = document.createElement('span')
             starBadge.className = 'star-count'
-            starBadge.textContent = starsData.stars
             starBadge.title = 'GitHub Stars'
+            const glyph = document.createElement('span')
+            glyph.className = 'star-glyph'
+            glyph.textContent = '★'
+            glyph.setAttribute('aria-hidden', 'true')
+            starBadge.append(glyph, starsData.stars)
             githubLink.appendChild(starBadge)
           }
         })
diff --git a/docs/.vitepress/theme/style.css b/docs/.vitepress/theme/style.css
index 14e44f1bf..1b67a56ae 100644
--- a/docs/.vitepress/theme/style.css
+++ b/docs/.vitepress/theme/style.css
@@ -399,6 +399,12 @@ h1, .vp-doc h1 {
   line-height: 1;
 }
 
+.VPSocialLinks .star-count .star-glyph {
+  font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif;
+  line-height: 1;
+  margin-right: 0.2em;
+}
+
 .VPSocialLinks a[href*="github.com/jdx/hk"]:hover .star-count {
   color: var(--vp-c-brand-1);
 }