diff --git a/porcupine/plugins/git_blame.py b/porcupine/plugins/git_blame.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61dcf091a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/porcupine/plugins/git_blame.py
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import datetime
+import logging
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+import tkinter
+from functools import partial
+from pathlib import Path
+from tkinter import ttk
+from typing import NamedTuple
+
+from porcupine import get_tab_manager, tabs, utils
+from porcupine.plugins.statusbar import get_statusbar
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+GIT_BLAME_REGEX = r"([0-9a-fA-F]+)\s\((.+?)\s([0-9]*)\s.{5}\s[0-9]+\)"
+setup_after = ["statusbar"]
+
+
+class Commit(NamedTuple):
+    hash: str
+    author: str
+    date: datetime.datetime
+    message: str
+
+
+def prettify_date(date: datetime.datetime) -> str:
+    diff = datetime.datetime.now() - date
+    second_diff = diff.seconds
+    day_diff = diff.days
+
+    if day_diff < 0:
+        # In the future
+        return ""
+    elif day_diff == 0:
+        if second_diff < 60:
+            return f"{second_diff} seconds ago"
+        elif second_diff < 120:
+            return "a minute ago"
+        elif second_diff < 3600:
+            return f"{second_diff // 60} minutes ago"
+        elif second_diff < 7200:
+            return "an hour ago"
+        elif second_diff < 24 * 3600:
+            return f"{second_diff // 3600} hours ago"
+    elif day_diff == 1:
+        return "Yesterday"
+    elif day_diff < 7:
+        return f"{day_diff} days ago"
+    elif day_diff < 31:
+        return f"{day_diff // 7} weeks ago"
+    elif day_diff < 365:
+        return f"{day_diff // 30} months ago"
+
+    return f"{day_diff // 365} years ago"
+
+
+def run_git(*args, cwd: Path) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess[str]:
+    return subprocess.run(
+        ["git"] + list(args),
+        cwd=cwd,
+        capture_output=True,
+        encoding=sys.getfilesystemencoding(),
+        timeout=(60 * 10),  # 10min. Must be huge to avoid unnecessary killing (#885)
+        **utils.subprocess_kwargs,
+    )
+
+
+def is_in_git_repo(path: Path) -> bool:
+    for parent in path.parents:
+        if (parent / ".git").is_dir():
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+def git_blame_get_commit(path: Path, line: int) -> Commit | None:
+    try:
+        start = time.perf_counter()
+        git_blame_result = run_git(
+            "blame", str(path), "-L", f"{line},{line}", "-t", cwd=path.parent
+        )
+        log.debug(
+            f"running git blame for {path} took" f" {round((time.perf_counter() - start)*1000)}ms"
+        )
+    except (OSError, UnicodeError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
+        log.warning("can't run git", exc_info=True)
+        return None
+
+    result = re.search(GIT_BLAME_REGEX, git_blame_result.stdout)
+    if not result:
+        return None
+
+    hash, author, timestamp = result.groups()
+    date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(int(timestamp))
+    message = run_git("log", "-n", "1", "--pretty=format:%s", hash, cwd=path.parent).stdout
+
+    return Commit(hash, author, date, message)
+
+
+def show_git_blame(path: Path, widget: ttk.Label, event: tkinter.Event[tkinter.Text]) -> None:
+    # FIXME: don't abuse git when editing on the same line
+
+    if event.widget.tag_ranges("sel"):
+        # TODO: Why is this not working?
+        return
+    line_num = int(event.widget.index("insert").split(".")[0])
+
+    commit = git_blame_get_commit(path=path, line=line_num)
+    if commit is None:
+        return
+
+    if all(c == "0" for c in commit.hash):
+        formatted = f";  not committed yet"
+    else:
+        formatted = f";  changed by {commit.author} {prettify_date(commit.date)} • {commit.message}"
+    widget.configure(text=formatted)
+
+
+def on_new_filetab(tab: tabs.FileTab) -> None:
+    statusbar = get_statusbar(tab)
+    if statusbar is None or not tab.path or not is_in_git_repo(tab.path):
+        return
+
+    widget = ttk.Label(statusbar)
+    widget.pack(side="left", padx=(1, 5))
+    tab.textwidget.bind("<<CursorMoved>>", partial(show_git_blame, tab.path, widget), add=True)
+
+
+def setup() -> None:
+    get_tab_manager().add_filetab_callback(on_new_filetab)
diff --git a/porcupine/plugins/statusbar.py b/porcupine/plugins/statusbar.py
index 08d8cc280..74d88b925 100644
--- a/porcupine/plugins/statusbar.py
+++ b/porcupine/plugins/statusbar.py
@@ -201,3 +201,10 @@ def setup() -> None:
 
     get_tab_manager().bind("<<ThemeChanged>>", update_button_style, add=True)
     update_button_style()
+
+
+def get_statusbar(tab: tabs.FileTab) -> StatusBar | None:
+    try:
+        return tab.bottom_frame.nametowidget("statusbar")
+    except KeyError:
+        return None