diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/NavBar.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/NavBar.vue
index b99bfafafbff..564b07ecbca7 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/NavBar.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/NavBar.vue
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     />
     <span>{{ $site.title }}</span>
   </a>
-  <NavBarLinks class="hide-mobile"/>
+  <NavBarLinks class="hide-mobile" />
 </template>
 
 <script src="./NavBar"></script>
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/NavBarLinks.ts b/src/client/theme-default/components/NavBarLinks.ts
index e41aa966e6a2..f1133d63cf43 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/NavBarLinks.ts
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/NavBarLinks.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import { computed } from 'vue'
-import { useSiteDataByRoute } from 'vitepress'
+import { useSiteData, useSiteDataByRoute } from 'vitepress'
 import NavBarLink from './NavBarLink.vue'
 import NavDropdownLink from './NavDropdownLink.vue'
+import { DefaultTheme } from '../config'
+
+const platforms = ['GitHub', 'GitLab', 'Bitbucket'].map(
+  (platform) => [platform, new RegExp(platform, 'i')] as const
+)
 
 export default {
   components: {
@@ -10,13 +15,39 @@ export default {
   },
 
   setup() {
+    const siteDataByRoute = useSiteDataByRoute()
+    const siteData = useSiteData()
+    const repoInfo = computed(() => {
+      const theme = siteData.value.themeConfig as DefaultTheme.Config
+      const repo = theme.docsRepo || theme.repo
+      let text: string | undefined = theme.repoLabel
+
+      if (repo) {
+        const link = /^https?:/.test(repo) ? repo : `https://github.com/${repo}`
+        if (!text) {
+          // if no label is provided, deduce it from the repo url
+          const repoHosts = link.match(/^https?:\/\/[^/]+/)
+          if (repoHosts) {
+            const repoHost = repoHosts[0]
+            const foundPlatform = platforms.find(([_platform, re]) =>
+              re.test(repoHost)
+            )
+            text = foundPlatform && foundPlatform[0]
+          }
+        }
+
+        return { link, text: text || 'Source' }
+      }
+      return null
+    })
     return {
       navData:
         process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
           ? // navbar items do not change in production
-            useSiteDataByRoute().value.themeConfig.nav
+            siteDataByRoute.value.themeConfig.nav
           : // use computed in dev for hot reload
-            computed(() => useSiteDataByRoute().value.themeConfig.nav)
+            computed(() => siteDataByRoute.value.themeConfig.nav),
+      repoInfo
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/NavBarLinks.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/NavBarLinks.vue
index df0907aea1ef..ab02e2b4928c 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/NavBarLinks.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/NavBarLinks.vue
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 <template>
-  <nav class="nav-links" v-if="navData">
-    <template v-for="item of navData">
-      <NavDropdownLink v-if='item.items' :item="item"/>
-      <NavBarLink v-else :item="item"/>
+  <nav class="nav-links" v-if="navData || repoInfo">
+    <template v-if="navData">
+      <template v-for="item of navData">
+        <NavDropdownLink v-if="item.items" :item="item" />
+        <NavBarLink v-else :item="item" />
+      </template>
     </template>
+    <NavBarLink v-if="repoInfo" :item="repoInfo" />
   </nav>
 </template>
 
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/Page.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/Page.vue
index 01098552ef1c..bf496041ece8 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/Page.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/Page.vue
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
   <div class="content">
     <Content />
     <NextAndPrevLinks />
+    <PageEdit />
   </div>
 </template>
 
 <script>
 import NextAndPrevLinks from './NextAndPrevLinks.vue'
+import PageEdit from './PageEdit.vue'
 export default {
-  components:{ NextAndPrevLinks }
+  components:{ NextAndPrevLinks, PageEdit }
 }
 </script>
 
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/PageEdit.ts b/src/client/theme-default/components/PageEdit.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..761d9bae5635
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/PageEdit.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import { computed } from 'vue'
+import OutboundLink from './icons/OutboundLink.vue'
+import { endingSlashRE, isExternal } from '/@theme/utils'
+import { usePageData, useSiteData } from 'vitepress'
+import { DefaultTheme } from '../config'
+
+function createEditLink(
+  repo: string,
+  docsRepo: string,
+  docsDir: string,
+  docsBranch: string,
+  path: string
+) {
+  const bitbucket = /bitbucket.org/
+  if (bitbucket.test(repo)) {
+    const base = isExternal(docsRepo) ? docsRepo : repo
+    return (
+      base.replace(endingSlashRE, '') +
+      `/src` +
+      `/${docsBranch}/` +
+      (docsDir ? docsDir.replace(endingSlashRE, '') + '/' : '') +
+      path +
+      `?mode=edit&spa=0&at=${docsBranch}&fileviewer=file-view-default`
+    )
+  }
+
+  const base = isExternal(docsRepo)
+    ? docsRepo
+    : `https://github.com/${docsRepo}`
+  return (
+    base.replace(endingSlashRE, '') +
+    `/edit` +
+    `/${docsBranch}/` +
+    (docsDir ? docsDir.replace(endingSlashRE, '') + '/' : '') +
+    path
+  )
+}
+
+export default {
+  components: {
+    OutboundLink
+  },
+
+  setup() {
+    const pageData = usePageData()
+    const siteData = useSiteData<DefaultTheme.Config>()
+
+    const editLink = computed(() => {
+      const showEditLink: boolean | undefined =
+        pageData.value.frontmatter.editLink == null
+          ? siteData.value.themeConfig.editLinks
+          : pageData.value.frontmatter.editLink
+      const {
+        repo,
+        docsDir = '',
+        docsBranch = 'master',
+        docsRepo = repo
+      } = siteData.value.themeConfig
+
+      const { relativePath } = pageData.value
+      if (showEditLink && relativePath && repo) {
+        return createEditLink(
+          repo,
+          docsRepo || repo,
+          docsDir,
+          docsBranch,
+          relativePath
+        )
+      }
+      return null
+    })
+    const editLinkText = computed(
+      () => siteData.value.themeConfig.editLinkText || 'Edit this page'
+    )
+
+    return {
+      editLink,
+      editLinkText
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/PageEdit.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/PageEdit.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8070dedf4003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/PageEdit.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<template>
+  <footer class="page-edit">
+    <a
+      v-if="editLink"
+      :href="editLink"
+      target="_blank"
+      rel="noopener noreferrer"
+    >
+      {{ editLinkText }}
+      <OutboundLink />
+    </a>
+  </footer>
+</template>
+
+<script src="./PageEdit"></script>
+
+<style>
+.page-edit {
+  padding-top: 1rem;
+  padding-bottom: 1rem;
+  overflow: auto;
+}
+
+.page-edit a {
+  color: var(--text-color);
+  margin-right: 0.25rem;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/config.ts b/src/client/theme-default/config.ts
index 7fe5f028867a..31b2af74befa 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/config.ts
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/config.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,48 @@ export namespace DefaultTheme {
     nav?: NavItem[] | false
     sidebar?: SideBarConfig | MultiSideBarConfig
     search?: SearchConfig | false
-    editLink?: EditLinkConfig | false
+
+    /**
+     * GitHub repository following the format <user>/<project>.
+     *
+     * @example vuejs/vue-next
+     */
+    repo?: string
+    /**
+     * Customize the header label. Defaults to GitHub/Gitlab/Bitbucket depending
+     * on the provided repo
+     *
+     * @exampe `"Contribute!"`
+     */
+    repoLabel?: string
+
+    /**
+     * If your docs are in a different repository from your main project
+     *
+     * @example `"vuejs/docs-next"`
+     */
+    docsRepo?: string
+    /**
+     * If your docs are not at the root of the repo.
+     *
+     * @example `"docs"`
+     */
+    docsDir?: string
+    /**
+     * If your docs are in a different branch. Defaults to `master`
+     * @example `"next"`
+     */
+    docsBranch?: string
+
+    /**
+     * Enable links to edit pages at the bottom of the page
+     */
+    editLinks?: boolean
+    /**
+     * Custom text for edit link. Defaults to "Edit this page"
+     */
+    editLinkText?: string
+
     lastUpdated?: string | boolean
     prevLink?: boolean
     nextLink?: boolean
@@ -70,13 +111,4 @@ export namespace DefaultTheme {
       indexName: string
     }
   }
-
-  // edit link -----------------------------------------------------------------
-
-  export interface EditLinkConfig {
-    repo: string
-    dir?: string
-    branch?: string
-    text?: string
-  }
 }
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/utils.ts b/src/client/theme-default/utils.ts
index b2ff533ed543..d0b97b95523b 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/utils.ts
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/utils.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useSiteData, Route } from 'vitepress'
 
 export const hashRE = /#.*$/
 export const extRE = /\.(md|html)$/
+export const endingSlashRE = /\/$/
 export const outboundRE = /^[a-z]+:/i
 
 export function withBase(path: string) {
diff --git a/src/node/markdownToVue.ts b/src/node/markdownToVue.ts
index cb6c917ca029..f6715b1e349a 100644
--- a/src/node/markdownToVue.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdownToVue.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export function createMarkdownToVueRenderFn(
       title: inferTitle(frontmatter, content),
       frontmatter,
       headers: data.headers,
+      relativePath: file.replace(/\\/g, '/'),
       lastUpdated
     }
 
diff --git a/types/shared.d.ts b/types/shared.d.ts
index 3cf71d5dfa2e..840e6aebbea5 100644
--- a/types/shared.d.ts
+++ b/types/shared.d.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export interface PageData {
   title: string
   frontmatter: Record<string, any>
   headers: Header[]
+  relativePath: string
   lastUpdated: number
   next?: { text: string; link: string }
   prev?: { text: string; link: string }