diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a62086e..23f9bc0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "build_html"
+version = "2.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f3ef018b44d829e1b3364b4969059c098743595ec57a7eed176fbc9d909ac217"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.12.0"
@@ -671,6 +677,7 @@ version = "0.27.2"
 dependencies = [
  "askama",
  "brotli",
+ "build_html",
  "cached",
  "clap",
  "cookie",
@@ -687,6 +694,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sealed_test",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "serde_yaml",
  "time",
  "tokio",
  "toml",
@@ -782,6 +790,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num_threads"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2819ce041d2ee131036f4fc9d6ae7ae125a3a40e97ba64d04fe799ad9dabbb44"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.17.0"
@@ -1165,6 +1182,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_yaml"
+version = "0.9.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "92b5b431e8907b50339b51223b97d102db8d987ced36f6e4d03621db9316c834"
+dependencies = [
+ "indexmap",
+ "itoa",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+ "unsafe-libyaml",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha2"
 version = "0.10.6"
@@ -1274,6 +1304,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a561bf4617eebd33bca6434b988f39ed798e527f51a1e797d0ee4f61c0a38376"
 dependencies = [
  "itoa",
+ "libc",
+ "num_threads",
  "serde",
  "time-core",
  "time-macros",
@@ -1442,6 +1474,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinyvec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unsafe-libyaml"
+version = "0.2.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bc7ed8ba44ca06be78ea1ad2c3682a43349126c8818054231ee6f4748012aed2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "untrusted"
 version = "0.7.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7a598f4..0768d07 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,13 +21,15 @@ percent-encoding = "2.2.0"
 route-recognizer = "0.3.1"
 serde_json = "1.0.91"
 tokio = { version = "1.24.2", features = ["full"] }
-time = "0.3.17"
+time = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["local-offset"] }
 url = "2.3.1"
 rust-embed = { version = "6.4.2", features = ["include-exclude"] }
 libflate = "1.2.0"
 brotli = { version = "3.3.4", features = ["std"] }
 toml = "0.5.10"
 once_cell = "1.17.0"
+serde_yaml = "0.9.16"
+build_html = "2.2.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 lipsum = "0.8.2"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 88382dc..3fec4cc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ Assign a default value for each instance-specific setting by passing environment
 
 |Name|Possible values|Default value|Description|
 |-|-|-|-|
-| `SFW_ONLY` | `["on", "off"]` | `off` | Enables SFW-only mode for the instance, i.e. all NSFW content is filtered. |
+| `SFW_ONLY` | `["on", "off"]` | `off`   | Enables SFW-only mode for the instance, i.e. all NSFW content is filtered. |
+| `BANNER`   | String          | (empty) | Allows the server to set a banner to be displayed. Currently this is displayed on the instance info page. | 
 
 ## Default User Settings
 
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ Assign a default value for each user-modifiable setting by passing environment v
 | `USE_HLS`               | `["on", "off"]`                                                                                     | `off`         |
 | `HIDE_HLS_NOTIFICATION` | `["on", "off"]`                                                                                     | `off`         |
 | `AUTOPLAY_VIDEOS`       | `["on", "off"]`                                                                                     | `off`         |
+| `HIDE_AWARDS`           | `["on", "off"]`                                                                                     | `off`
 
 You can also configure Libreddit with a configuration file. An example `libreddit.toml` can be found below:
 
diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
index 48b6f1d..33a41fa 100644
--- a/app.json
+++ b/app.json
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@
     },
     "LIBREDDIT_SFW_ONLY": {
       "required": false
+    },
+    "LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_HIDE_AWARDS": {
+      "required": false
+    }
+    "LIBREDDIT_BANNER": {
+      "required": false
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8700cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use std::{
+	os::unix::process::ExitStatusExt,
+	process::{Command, ExitStatus, Output},
+};
+fn main() {
+	let output = String::from_utf8(
+		Command::new("git")
+			.args(["rev-parse", "HEAD"])
+			.output()
+			.unwrap_or(Output {
+				stdout: vec![],
+				stderr: vec![],
+				status: ExitStatus::from_raw(0),
+			})
+			.stdout,
+	)
+	.unwrap_or_default();
+	let git_hash = if output == String::default() { "dev".into() } else { output };
+	println!("cargo:rustc-env=GIT_HASH={git_hash}");
+}
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 55a4580..90478b9 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{env::var, fs::read_to_string};
 
 // Waiting for https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/74465 to land, so we
@@ -6,44 +7,53 @@ use std::{env::var, fs::read_to_string};
 //
 // This is the local static that is initialized at runtime (technically at
 // first request) and contains the instance settings.
-static CONFIG: Lazy<Config> = Lazy::new(Config::load);
+pub(crate) static CONFIG: Lazy<Config> = Lazy::new(Config::load);
 
 /// Stores the configuration parsed from the environment variables and the
 /// config file. `Config::Default()` contains None for each setting.
-#[derive(Default, serde::Deserialize)]
+/// When adding more config settings, add it to `Config::load`,
+/// `get_setting_from_config`, both below, as well as
+/// instance_info::InstanceInfo.to_string(), README.md and app.json.
+#[derive(Default, Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
 pub struct Config {
 	#[serde(rename = "LIBREDDIT_SFW_ONLY")]
-	sfw_only: Option<String>,
+	pub(crate) sfw_only: Option<String>,
 
 	#[serde(rename = "LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_THEME")]
-	default_theme: Option<String>,
+	pub(crate) default_theme: Option<String>,
 
 	#[serde(rename = "LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_FRONT_PAGE")]
-	default_front_page: Option<String>,
+	pub(crate) default_front_page: Option<String>,
 
 	#[serde(rename = "LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_LAYOUT")]
-	default_layout: Option<String>,
+	pub(crate) default_layout: Option<String>,
 
 	#[serde(rename = "LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_WIDE")]
-	default_wide: Option<String>,
+	pub(crate) default_wide: Option<String>,
 
 	#[serde(rename = "LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_COMMENT_SORT")]
-	default_comment_sort: Option<String>,
+	pub(crate) default_comment_sort: Option<String>,
 
 	#[serde(rename = "LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_POST_SORT")]
-	default_post_sort: Option<String>,
+	pub(crate) default_post_sort: Option<String>,
 
 	#[serde(rename = "LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_SHOW_NSFW")]
-	default_show_nsfw: Option<String>,
+	pub(crate) default_show_nsfw: Option<String>,
 
 	#[serde(rename = "LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_BLUR_NSFW")]
-	default_blur_nsfw: Option<String>,
+	pub(crate) default_blur_nsfw: Option<String>,
 
 	#[serde(rename = "LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_USE_HLS")]
-	default_use_hls: Option<String>,
+	pub(crate) default_use_hls: Option<String>,
 
 	#[serde(rename = "LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_HIDE_HLS_NOTIFICATION")]
-	default_hide_hls_notification: Option<String>,
+	pub(crate) default_hide_hls_notification: Option<String>,
+
+	#[serde(rename = "LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_HIDE_AWARDS")]
+	pub(crate) default_hide_awards: Option<String>,
+
+	#[serde(rename = "LIBREDDIT_BANNER")]
+	pub(crate) banner: Option<String>,
 }
 
 impl Config {
@@ -70,6 +80,8 @@ impl Config {
 			default_blur_nsfw: parse("LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_BLUR_NSFW"),
 			default_use_hls: parse("LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_USE_HLS"),
 			default_hide_hls_notification: parse("LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_HIDE_HLS"),
+			default_hide_awards: parse("LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_HIDE_AWARDS"),
+			banner: parse("LIBREDDIT_BANNER"),
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -87,6 +99,8 @@ fn get_setting_from_config(name: &str, config: &Config) -> Option<String> {
 		"LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_USE_HLS" => config.default_use_hls.clone(),
 		"LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_HIDE_HLS_NOTIFICATION" => config.default_hide_hls_notification.clone(),
 		"LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_WIDE" => config.default_wide.clone(),
+		"LIBREDDIT_DEFAULT_HIDE_AWARDS" => config.default_hide_awards.clone(),
+		"LIBREDDIT_BANNER" => config.banner.clone(),
 		_ => None,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/instance_info.rs b/src/instance_info.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19b93f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/instance_info.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+use crate::{
+	config::{Config, CONFIG},
+	server::RequestExt,
+	utils::{ErrorTemplate, Preferences},
+};
+use askama::Template;
+use build_html::{Container, Html, HtmlContainer, Table};
+use hyper::{http::Error, Body, Request, Response};
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use time::OffsetDateTime;
+
+// This is the local static that is intialized at runtime (technically at
+// the first request to the info endpoint) and contains the data
+// retrieved from the info endpoint.
+pub(crate) static INSTANCE_INFO: Lazy<InstanceInfo> = Lazy::new(InstanceInfo::new);
+
+/// Handles instance info endpoint
+pub async fn instance_info(req: Request<Body>) -> Result<Response<Body>, String> {
+	// This will retrieve the extension given, or create a new string - which will
+	// simply become the last option, an HTML page.
+	let extension = req.param("extension").unwrap_or(String::new());
+	let response = match extension.as_str() {
+		"yaml" | "yml" => info_yaml(),
+		"txt" => info_txt(),
+		"json" => info_json(),
+		"html" | "" => info_html(req),
+		_ => {
+			let error = ErrorTemplate {
+				msg: "Error: Invalid info extension".into(),
+				prefs: Preferences::new(&req),
+				url: req.uri().to_string(),
+			}
+			.render()
+			.unwrap();
+			Response::builder().status(404).header("content-type", "text/html; charset=utf-8").body(error.into())
+		}
+	};
+	response.map_err(|err| format!("{err}"))
+}
+
+fn info_json() -> Result<Response<Body>, Error> {
+	if let Ok(body) = serde_json::to_string(&*INSTANCE_INFO) {
+		Response::builder().status(200).header("content-type", "application/json").body(body.into())
+	} else {
+		Response::builder()
+			.status(500)
+			.header("content-type", "text/plain")
+			.body(Body::from("Error serializing JSON"))
+	}
+}
+
+fn info_yaml() -> Result<Response<Body>, Error> {
+	if let Ok(body) = serde_yaml::to_string(&*INSTANCE_INFO) {
+		// We can use `application/yaml` as media type, though there is no guarantee
+		// that browsers will honor it. But we'll do it anyway. See:
+		// https://github.com/ietf-wg-httpapi/mediatypes/blob/main/draft-ietf-httpapi-yaml-mediatypes.md#media-type-applicationyaml-application-yaml
+		Response::builder().status(200).header("content-type", "application/yaml").body(body.into())
+	} else {
+		Response::builder()
+			.status(500)
+			.header("content-type", "text/plain")
+			.body(Body::from("Error serializing YAML."))
+	}
+}
+
+fn info_txt() -> Result<Response<Body>, Error> {
+	Response::builder()
+		.status(200)
+		.header("content-type", "text/plain")
+		.body(Body::from(INSTANCE_INFO.to_string(StringType::Raw)))
+}
+fn info_html(req: Request<Body>) -> Result<Response<Body>, Error> {
+	let message = MessageTemplate {
+		title: String::from("Instance information"),
+		body: INSTANCE_INFO.to_string(StringType::Html),
+		prefs: Preferences::new(&req),
+		url: req.uri().to_string(),
+	}
+	.render()
+	.unwrap();
+	Response::builder().status(200).header("content-type", "text/html; charset=utf8").body(Body::from(message))
+}
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
+pub(crate) struct InstanceInfo {
+	crate_version: String,
+	git_commit: String,
+	deploy_date: String,
+	compile_mode: String,
+	deploy_unix_ts: i64,
+	config: Config,
+}
+
+impl InstanceInfo {
+	pub fn new() -> Self {
+		Self {
+			crate_version: env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string(),
+			git_commit: env!("GIT_HASH").to_string(),
+			deploy_date: OffsetDateTime::now_local().unwrap_or_else(|_| OffsetDateTime::now_utc()).to_string(),
+			#[cfg(debug_assertions)]
+			compile_mode: "Debug".into(),
+			#[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
+			compile_mode: "Release".into(),
+			deploy_unix_ts: OffsetDateTime::now_local().unwrap_or_else(|_| OffsetDateTime::now_utc()).unix_timestamp(),
+			config: CONFIG.clone(),
+		}
+	}
+	fn to_table(&self) -> String {
+		let mut container = Container::default();
+		let convert = |o: &Option<String>| -> String { o.clone().unwrap_or("<span class=\"unset\"><i>Unset</i></span>".to_owned()) };
+		if let Some(banner) = &self.config.banner {
+			container.add_header(3, "Instance banner");
+			container.add_raw("<br />");
+			container.add_paragraph(banner);
+			container.add_raw("<br />");
+		}
+		container.add_table(
+			Table::from([
+				["Crate version", &self.crate_version],
+				["Git commit", &self.git_commit],
+				["Deploy date", &self.deploy_date],
+				["Deploy timestamp", &self.deploy_unix_ts.to_string()],
+				["Compile mode", &self.compile_mode],
+				["SFW only", &convert(&self.config.sfw_only)],
+			])
+			.with_header_row(["Settings"]),
+		);
+		container.add_raw("<br />");
+		container.add_table(
+			Table::from([
+				["Hide awards", &convert(&self.config.default_hide_awards)],
+				["Theme", &convert(&self.config.default_theme)],
+				["Front page", &convert(&self.config.default_front_page)],
+				["Layout", &convert(&self.config.default_layout)],
+				["Wide", &convert(&self.config.default_wide)],
+				["Comment sort", &convert(&self.config.default_comment_sort)],
+				["Post sort", &convert(&self.config.default_post_sort)],
+				["Show NSFW", &convert(&self.config.default_show_nsfw)],
+				["Blur NSFW", &convert(&self.config.default_blur_nsfw)],
+				["Use HLS", &convert(&self.config.default_use_hls)],
+				["Hide HLS notification", &convert(&self.config.default_hide_hls_notification)],
+			])
+			.with_header_row(["Default preferences"]),
+		);
+		container.to_html_string().replace("<th>", "<th colspan=\"2\">")
+	}
+	fn to_string(&self, string_type: StringType) -> String {
+		match string_type {
+			StringType::Raw => {
+				format!(
+					"Crate version: {}\n
+                Git commit: {}\n
+                Deploy date: {}\n
+                Deploy timestamp: {}\n
+                Compile mode: {}\n
+                Config:\n
+                    Banner: {:?}\n
+                    Hide awards: {:?}\n
+                    SFW only: {:?}\n
+                    Default theme: {:?}\n
+                    Default front page: {:?}\n
+                    Default layout: {:?}\n
+                    Default wide: {:?}\n
+                    Default comment sort: {:?}\n
+                    Default post sort: {:?}\n
+                    Default show NSFW: {:?}\n
+                    Default blur NSFW: {:?}\n
+                    Default use HLS: {:?}\n
+                    Default hide HLS notification: {:?}\n",
+					self.crate_version,
+					self.git_commit,
+					self.deploy_date,
+					self.deploy_unix_ts,
+					self.compile_mode,
+					self.config.banner,
+					self.config.default_hide_awards,
+					self.config.sfw_only,
+					self.config.default_theme,
+					self.config.default_front_page,
+					self.config.default_layout,
+					self.config.default_wide,
+					self.config.default_comment_sort,
+					self.config.default_post_sort,
+					self.config.default_show_nsfw,
+					self.config.default_blur_nsfw,
+					self.config.default_use_hls,
+					self.config.default_hide_hls_notification
+				)
+			}
+			StringType::Html => self.to_table(),
+		}
+	}
+}
+enum StringType {
+	Raw,
+	Html,
+}
+#[derive(Template)]
+#[template(path = "message.html")]
+struct MessageTemplate {
+	title: String,
+	body: String,
+	prefs: Preferences,
+	url: String,
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2d848ad..7489aa0 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 // Reference local files
 mod config;
 mod duplicates;
+mod instance_info;
 mod post;
 mod search;
 mod settings;
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ use hyper::{header::HeaderValue, Body, Request, Response};
 
 mod client;
 use client::{canonical_path, proxy};
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use server::RequestExt;
 use utils::{error, redirect, ThemeAssets};
 
@@ -158,6 +160,13 @@ async fn main() {
 	// Begin constructing a server
 	let mut app = server::Server::new();
 
+	// Force evaluation of statics. In instance_info case, we need to evaluate
+	// the timestamp so deploy date is accurate - in config case, we need to 
+	// evaluate the configuration to avoid paying penalty at first request.
+
+	Lazy::force(&config::CONFIG);
+	Lazy::force(&instance_info::INSTANCE_INFO);
+
 	// Define default headers (added to all responses)
 	app.default_headers = headers! {
 		"Referrer-Policy" => "no-referrer",
@@ -285,6 +294,10 @@ async fn main() {
 	// Handle about pages
 	app.at("/about").get(|req| error(req, "About pages aren't added yet".to_string()).boxed());
 
+	// Instance info page
+	app.at("/info").get(|r| instance_info::instance_info(r).boxed());
+	app.at("/info.:extension").get(|r| instance_info::instance_info(r).boxed());
+
 	app.at("/:id").get(|req: Request<Body>| {
 		Box::pin(async move {
 			match req.param("id").as_deref() {
diff --git a/static/style.css b/static/style.css
index 3ff48c4..f0877c3 100644
--- a/static/style.css
+++ b/static/style.css
@@ -173,13 +173,22 @@ body > footer {
 	margin: 20px;
 }
 
-body > footer > div#sfw-only {
-	color: var(--green);
-	border: 1px solid var(--green);
-	padding: 5px;
+.info-button {
+	align-items: center;
+	border-radius: .25rem;
 	box-sizing: border-box;
-	border-radius: 5px;
+	color: var(--text);
+	cursor: pointer;
+	display: inline-flex;
+	font-size: 300%;
+	font-weight: bold;
+	padding: 0.5em;
 }
+
+.info-button > a:hover {
+	text-decoration: none;
+}
+
 /* / Body footer. */
 
 /* Footer in content block. */
@@ -1238,6 +1247,10 @@ input[type="submit"] {
 	width: 250px;
 	background: var(--highlighted) !important;
 }
+/* Info page */
+.unset {
+	color: lightslategrey;
+}
 
 /* Markdown */
 
diff --git a/templates/base.html b/templates/base.html
index dd882d8..63c76a4 100644
--- a/templates/base.html
+++ b/templates/base.html
@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@
 		</main>
 		{% endblock %}
 		{% block footer %}
-			{% if crate::utils::sfw_only() %}
-			<footer><div id="sfw-only">This instance of Libreddit is SFW-only.</div></footer>
-			{% endif %}
+			<footer>
+				<div class="info-button">
+					<a href="/info" title="View instance information">&#x24D8;</a>
+				</div>
+			</footer>
 		{% endblock %}
 	</body>
 </html>
diff --git a/templates/message.html b/templates/message.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b424e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/message.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% block title %}{{ title }}{% endblock %}
+{% block sortstyle %}{% endblock %}
+{% block content %}
+	<div id="message">
+		<h1>{{ title }}</h1>
+		<br>
+		{{ body|safe }}
+	</div>
+{% endblock %}