diff --git a/gradle/changelog/navigation_shortcuts.yaml b/gradle/changelog/navigation_shortcuts.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6cd49d785e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/changelog/navigation_shortcuts.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- type: added
+  description: Keyboard shortcuts for global and repository-specific navigation ([#2122](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/2122))
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/containers/App.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/containers/App.tsx
index eb881b3519..8231b29994 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/containers/App.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/containers/App.tsx
@@ -23,15 +23,17 @@
  */
 import React, { FC } from "react";
 import Main from "./Main";
+import { useHistory } from "react-router-dom";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
+import styled from "styled-components";
+import { useIndex, useSubject } from "@scm-manager/ui-api";
 import { ErrorPage, Footer, Header, Loading } from "@scm-manager/ui-components";
 import { binder } from "@scm-manager/ui-extensions";
-import Login from "./Login";
-import { useIndex, useSubject } from "@scm-manager/ui-api";
-import NavigationBar from "./NavigationBar";
-import styled from "styled-components";
-import Feedback from "./Feedback";
 import usePauseShortcutsWhenModalsActive from "../shortcuts/usePauseShortcutsWhenModalsActive";
+import useShortcut from "../shortcuts/useShortcut";
+import Login from "./Login";
+import NavigationBar from "./NavigationBar";
+import Feedback from "./Feedback";
 
 const AppWrapper = styled.div`
   min-height: 100vh;
@@ -44,6 +46,28 @@ const App: FC = () => {
   const [t] = useTranslation("commons");
   usePauseShortcutsWhenModalsActive();
 
+  const history = useHistory();
+  useShortcut("option+r", () => {
+    if (index && index._links["repositories"]) {
+      history.push("/repos/");
+    }
+  });
+  useShortcut("option+u", () => {
+    if (index && index._links["users"]) {
+      history.push("/users/");
+    }
+  });
+  useShortcut("option+g", () => {
+    if (index && index._links["groups"]) {
+      history.push("/groups/");
+    }
+  });
+  useShortcut("option+a", () => {
+    if (index && index._links["config"]) {
+      history.push("/admin/");
+    }
+  });
+
   if (!index) {
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/containers/RepositoryRoot.tsx b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/containers/RepositoryRoot.tsx
index 40af0212a4..2bdecf8b4a 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/containers/RepositoryRoot.tsx
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/repos/containers/RepositoryRoot.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  */
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { match as Match } from "react-router";
-import { Link as RouteLink, Redirect, Route, RouteProps, Switch, useRouteMatch } from "react-router-dom";
+import { Link as RouteLink, Redirect, Route, RouteProps, Switch, useHistory, useRouteMatch } from "react-router-dom";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { binder, ExtensionPoint, extensionPoints } from "@scm-manager/ui-extensions";
 import { Changeset, Link } from "@scm-manager/ui-types";
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import CompareRoot from "../compare/CompareRoot";
 import TagRoot from "../tags/container/TagRoot";
 import { useIndexLinks, useNamespaceAndNameContext, useRepository } from "@scm-manager/ui-api";
 import styled from "styled-components";
+import useShortcut from "../../shortcuts/useShortcut";
 
 const TagGroup = styled.span`
   & > * {
@@ -96,6 +97,31 @@ const RepositoryRoot = () => {
   const [showHealthCheck, setShowHealthCheck] = useState(false);
   const [t] = useTranslation("repos");
   const context = useNamespaceAndNameContext();
+  const history = useHistory();
+
+  const url = urls.matchedUrlFromMatch(match);
+
+  useShortcut("g i", () => {
+    history.push(`${url}/info`);
+  });
+  useShortcut("g b", () => {
+    if (repository && repository._links["branches"]) {
+      history.push(`${url}/branches/`);
+    }
+  });
+  useShortcut("g t", () => {
+    if (repository && repository._links["tags"]) {
+      history.push(`${url}/tags/`);
+    }
+  });
+  useShortcut("g c", () => {
+    if (repository && repository._links[getCodeLinkname()]) {
+      history.push(evaluateDestinationForCodeLink());
+    }
+  });
+  useShortcut("g s", () => {
+    history.push(`${url}/settings/general`);
+  });
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (repository) {
@@ -118,8 +144,6 @@ const RepositoryRoot = () => {
     return <Loading />;
   }
 
-  const url = urls.matchedUrlFromMatch(match);
-
   // props used for extensions
   // most of the props required for compatibility
   const props = {
diff --git a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/shortcuts/useShortcut.ts b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/shortcuts/useShortcut.ts
index 37614eaea1..059423497f 100644
--- a/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/shortcuts/useShortcut.ts
+++ b/scm-ui/ui-webapp/src/shortcuts/useShortcut.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import Mousetrap from "mousetrap";
  * @example useShortcut("/", ...)
  * @example useShortcut("ctrl+shift+k", ...)
  * @see https://github.com/ccampbell/mousetrap
+ * @see https://craig.is/killing/mice
  */
 export default function useShortcut(key: string, callback: (e: KeyboardEvent) => void) {
   useEffect(() => {