diff --git a/src/Tintin/ConfigurationLoading.hs b/src/Tintin/ConfigurationLoading.hs
--- a/src/Tintin/ConfigurationLoading.hs
+++ b/src/Tintin/ConfigurationLoading.hs
@@ -54,15 +54,14 @@
         tintinLogo      = tintinFile |> getFieldValue "logo"
       when (isNothing projectName) (Errors.showAndDie ["Project must have a name. Please set it in package.yaml or *.cabal."])
       when (isNothing projectSynopsis) (Errors.showAndDie ["Project must have a synopsis. Please set it in package.yaml or *.cabal."])
-      when (isNothing projectGithub) (Errors.showAndDie ["Project must be hosted in a Github repository. Please set it in package.yaml or *.cabal."])
       when (isNothing tintinColor)
         (Errors.showAndDie ["Tintin usually generates a .tintin.yml file with a color configuration. Maybe you don't have enough permissions?\
                            \\n\nTry creating .tintin.yml and adding color:blue to it."])
       return Project.Info
         { name = Unsafe.fromJust projectName
         , synopsis = Unsafe.fromJust projectSynopsis
-        , githubLink = parseGithubUrl $ Unsafe.fromJust projectGithub
-        , githubAuthor = Unsafe.fromJust projectAuthor
+        , githubLink = parseGithubUrl <$> projectGithub
+        , githubAuthor = projectAuthor
         , color = makeColor $ Unsafe.fromJust tintinColor
         , logoUrl = tintinLogo
         , pages = pages
diff --git a/src/Tintin/Domain/Project.hs b/src/Tintin/Domain/Project.hs
--- a/src/Tintin/Domain/Project.hs
+++ b/src/Tintin/Domain/Project.hs
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
   { name         :: Text
   , synopsis     :: Text
   , color        :: Color
-  , githubLink   :: Text
-  , githubAuthor :: Text
+  , githubLink   :: Maybe Text
+  , githubAuthor :: Maybe Text
   , logoUrl      :: Maybe Text
   , pages        :: [Page]
   }
diff --git a/src/Tintin/Html/Templating.hs b/src/Tintin/Html/Templating.hs
--- a/src/Tintin/Html/Templating.hs
+++ b/src/Tintin/Html/Templating.hs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import Lucid
 
+import Data.Maybe
 import Tintin.Core
 require Tintin.Html.Style
 require Tintin.Domain.Project
@@ -115,21 +116,23 @@
             let (page:_) = filter (\x -> "index.html" /= Project.filename x ) (Project.pages info)
             li_ [class_ ""] $
               a_ [class_ "", href_ (Project.filename page)] "Docs"
-        div_ [class_ ""]$
-          ul_ [class_ ""] $
-            li_ [class_ ""] $
-              a_ [class_ "", href_ $ "https://github.com/" <> Project.githubLink info] "View on GitHub"
+        whenJust (Project.githubLink info) $ \ghlink ->
+          div_ [class_ ""] $
+            ul_ [class_ ""] $
+              li_ [class_ ""] $
+                a_ [class_ "", href_ $ "https://github.com/" <> ghlink] "View on GitHub"
 
   footer =
     footer_ [ class_ "tintin-bg-darkgrey tintin-fg-white"] $
       div_ [class_ "container"] $
         div_ [class_ "row"] $ do
           div_ [class_ "col"] $
-            p_ [class_ "tintin-fg-lightgrey"] $ do
+            p_ [class_ "tintin-fg-lightgrey"] $
+              when (isJust $ Project.githubLink info) $ do
               "Developed by "
-              a_ [ href_ $ "https://github.com/" <> Project.githubAuthor info
+              a_ [ href_ $ "https://github.com/" <> (fromJust $ Project.githubAuthor info)
                  , class_ $ "tintin-fg-" <> bgColorOf info
-                 ] (toHtml $ Project.githubAuthor info)
+                 ] (toHtml $ fromJust $ Project.githubAuthor info)
           div_ [class_ "col", style_ ""] $ do
             siteGenerated
 
@@ -152,9 +155,10 @@
     meta_ [ name_ "twitter:description"
           , content_ synopsis
           ]
-    meta_ [ name_ "twitter:creator"
-          , content_ githubAuthor
-          ]
+    whenJust githubAuthor $ \author ->
+      meta_ [ name_ "twitter:creator"
+            , content_ author
+            ]
     meta_ [ name_ "twitter:image"
           , content_ ("https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/worldwideapps/assets/tintin-" <> (Text.toLower $ show color) <> ".png")
 
@@ -169,9 +173,10 @@
     meta_ [ itemprop_ "og:title"
           , content_ (name <> " - " <> title)
           ]
-    meta_ [ itemprop_ "og:url"
-          , content_ githubLink
-          ]
+    whenJust githubLink $ \ghlink ->
+      meta_ [ itemprop_ "og:url"
+            , content_ ghlink
+            ]
     meta_ [ itemprop_ "og:image"
           , content_  ("https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/worldwideapps/assets/tintin-" <> (Text.toLower $ show color) <> ".png")
 
diff --git a/tintin.cabal b/tintin.cabal
--- a/tintin.cabal
+++ b/tintin.cabal
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: fc18b705429def3304a05fcd22f329bdea7372204e25c4d8b35edec8c3583591
+-- hash: b3692d295c2965f34521bb49cc143434b43e61fef217860c4836606544e5fca6
 
 name:           tintin
-version:        1.7.1
+version:        1.8.0
 synopsis:       A softer alternative to Haddock
 description:    Please see the website <https://theam.github.io/tintin>
 category:       Documentation