diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/Manager.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/Manager.java
index 0cfc140a91..c89d2a7914 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/Manager.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/Manager.java
@@ -81,4 +81,20 @@ public interface Manager<T extends ModelObject, E extends Exception>
    * @return
    */
   public Collection<T> getAll();
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   *
+   * @param sortby
+   * @param desc
+   * @param start
+   * @param limit
+   *
+   * @return
+   * @since 1.4
+   */
+  public Collection<T> getAll(String sortby, boolean desc, int start,
+                              int limit);
 }
diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/AssertUtil.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/AssertUtil.java
index df616036eb..f3aa613065 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/AssertUtil.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/AssertUtil.java
@@ -119,4 +119,19 @@ public class AssertUtil
       throw new IllegalStateException("object is not valid");
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * throws an IllegalArgumentException if the value is smaller then 0
+   *
+   *
+   * @param value
+   * @since 1.4
+   */
+  public static void assertPositive(int value)
+  {
+    if (value < 0)
+    {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("value is smaller then 0");
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/CollectionAppender.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/CollectionAppender.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af5a003bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/CollectionAppender.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, Sebastian Sdorra
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ *
+ * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+ *    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+ *    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+ *    and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ * 3. Neither the name of SCM-Manager; nor the names of its
+ *    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
+ *    software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+ * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+ * DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+ * DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
+ * (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+ * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
+ * ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ * http://bitbucket.org/sdorra/scm-manager
+ *
+ */
+
+
+
+package sonia.scm.util;
+
+//~--- JDK imports ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Sebastian Sdorra
+ *
+ * @param <T>
+ * @since 1.4
+ */
+public interface CollectionAppender<T>
+{
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param collection
+   * @param item
+   */
+  public void append(Collection<T> collection, T item);
+}
diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/Util.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/Util.java
index a4d8c9da1f..9ef1bcb039 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/Util.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/Util.java
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@ package sonia.scm.util;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 
@@ -177,6 +181,117 @@ public class Util
     return time;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param values
+   * @param comparator
+   * @param start
+   * @param limit
+   * @param <T>
+   *
+   * @return
+   * @since 1.4
+   */
+  public static <T> Collection<T> createSubCollection(Collection<T> values,
+          Comparator<T> comparator, int start, int limit)
+  {
+    return createSubCollection(values, comparator, null, start, limit);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param values
+   * @param start
+   * @param limit
+   * @param <T>
+   *
+   * @return
+   * @since 1.4
+   */
+  public static <T> Collection<T> createSubCollection(Collection<T> values,
+          int start, int limit)
+  {
+    return createSubCollection(values, null, null, start, limit);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param values
+   * @param appender
+   * @param start
+   * @param limit
+   * @param <T>
+   *
+   * @return
+   * @since 1.4
+   */
+  public static <T> Collection<T> createSubCollection(Collection<T> values,
+          CollectionAppender<T> appender, int start, int limit)
+  {
+    return createSubCollection(values, null, appender, start, limit);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   *
+   * @param values
+   * @param comparator
+   * @param appender
+   * @param start
+   * @param limit
+   * @param <T>
+   *
+   * @return
+   * @since 1.4
+   */
+  public static <T> Collection<T> createSubCollection(Collection<T> values,
+          Comparator<T> comparator, CollectionAppender<T> appender, int start,
+          int limit)
+  {
+    List<T> result = new ArrayList<T>();
+    List<T> valueList = new ArrayList(values);
+
+    if (comparator != null)
+    {
+      Collections.sort(valueList, comparator);
+    }
+
+    int length = valueList.size();
+    int end = start + limit;
+
+    if (length > start)
+    {
+      if (length < end)
+      {
+        end = length;
+      }
+
+      valueList = valueList.subList(start, end);
+
+      if (appender == null)
+      {
+        result = valueList;
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        for (T v : valueList)
+        {
+          appender.append(result, v);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return result;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Method description
    *
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/resources/AbstractManagerResource.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/resources/AbstractManagerResource.java
index 569e5045a2..e88dc02189 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/resources/AbstractManagerResource.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/rest/resources/AbstractManagerResource.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import sonia.scm.LastModifiedAware;
 import sonia.scm.Manager;
 import sonia.scm.ModelObject;
 import sonia.scm.security.ScmSecurityException;
+import sonia.scm.util.AssertUtil;
 import sonia.scm.util.Util;
 
 //~--- JDK imports ------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -51,12 +52,14 @@ import java.util.Date;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
 import javax.ws.rs.DELETE;
+import javax.ws.rs.DefaultValue;
 import javax.ws.rs.GET;
 import javax.ws.rs.POST;
 import javax.ws.rs.PUT;
 import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
 import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.CacheControl;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Context;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.EntityTag;
@@ -296,13 +299,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractManagerResource<T extends ModelObject,
    *
    *
    * @param request
+   * @param start
+   * @param limit
+   * @param sortby
+   * @param desc
    * @return
    */
   @GET
   @Produces({ MediaType.APPLICATION_XML, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON })
-  public Response getAll(@Context Request request)
+  public Response getAll(@Context Request request, @DefaultValue("0")
+  @QueryParam("start") int start, @DefaultValue("-1")
+  @QueryParam("limit") int limit, @QueryParam("sortby") String sortby,
+                                  @DefaultValue("false")
+  @QueryParam("desc") boolean desc)
   {
-    Collection<T> items = manager.getAll();
+    Collection<T> items = fetchItems(sortby, desc, start, limit);
 
     if (Util.isNotEmpty(items))
     {
@@ -473,6 +484,37 @@ public abstract class AbstractManagerResource<T extends ModelObject,
     return builder.build();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   *
+   * @param sortby
+   * @param desc
+   * @param start
+   * @param limit
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  private Collection<T> fetchItems(String sortby, boolean desc, int start,
+                                   int limit)
+  {
+    AssertUtil.assertPositive(start);
+
+    Collection<T> items = null;
+
+    if (limit > 0)
+    {
+      items = manager.getAll(sortby, desc, start, limit);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      items = manager.getAll();
+    }
+
+    return items;
+  }
+
   //~--- get methods ----------------------------------------------------------
 
   /**
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/group/xml/XmlGroupManager.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/group/xml/XmlGroupManager.java
index 4ea8dcc211..a0fd0834bb 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/group/xml/XmlGroupManager.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/group/xml/XmlGroupManager.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import sonia.scm.search.SearchUtil;
 import sonia.scm.security.SecurityContext;
 import sonia.scm.store.Store;
 import sonia.scm.store.StoreFactory;
+import sonia.scm.util.CollectionAppender;
 import sonia.scm.util.SecurityUtil;
 import sonia.scm.util.Util;
 
@@ -362,6 +363,34 @@ public class XmlGroupManager extends AbstractGroupManager
     return groups;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param sortby
+   * @param desc
+   * @param start
+   * @param limit
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  @Override
+  public Collection<Group> getAll(String sortby, boolean desc, int start,
+                                  int limit)
+  {
+
+    // TODO sort
+    return Util.createSubCollection(groupDB.values(),
+                                    new CollectionAppender<Group>()
+    {
+      @Override
+      public void append(Collection<Group> collection, Group item)
+      {
+        collection.add(item.clone());
+      }
+    }, start, limit);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Method description
    *
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/xml/XmlRepositoryManager.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/xml/XmlRepositoryManager.java
index 415c141d20..39cde13ad4 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/xml/XmlRepositoryManager.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/xml/XmlRepositoryManager.java
@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ import sonia.scm.security.ScmSecurityException;
 import sonia.scm.store.Store;
 import sonia.scm.store.StoreFactory;
 import sonia.scm.util.AssertUtil;
+import sonia.scm.util.CollectionAppender;
 import sonia.scm.util.IOUtil;
 import sonia.scm.util.SecurityUtil;
+import sonia.scm.util.Util;
 import sonia.scm.web.security.WebSecurityContext;
 
 //~--- JDK imports ------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -394,6 +396,34 @@ public class XmlRepositoryManager extends AbstractRepositoryManager
     return repositories;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param sortby
+   * @param desc
+   * @param start
+   * @param limit
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  @Override
+  public Collection<Repository> getAll(String sortby, boolean desc, int start,
+          int limit)
+  {
+
+    // TODO sort
+    return Util.createSubCollection(repositoryDB.values(),
+                                    new CollectionAppender<Repository>()
+    {
+      @Override
+      public void append(Collection<Repository> collection, Repository item)
+      {
+        collection.add(item.clone());
+      }
+    }, start, limit);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Method description
    *
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/user/xml/XmlUserManager.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/user/xml/XmlUserManager.java
index 3efe5222c9..0bd2f44d54 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/user/xml/XmlUserManager.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/user/xml/XmlUserManager.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ package sonia.scm.user.xml;
 
 //~--- non-JDK imports --------------------------------------------------------
 
+import com.google.common.collect.Collections2;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Provider;
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ import sonia.scm.user.User;
 import sonia.scm.user.UserAllreadyExistException;
 import sonia.scm.user.UserException;
 import sonia.scm.util.AssertUtil;
+import sonia.scm.util.CollectionAppender;
 import sonia.scm.util.IOUtil;
 import sonia.scm.util.SecurityUtil;
 import sonia.scm.util.Util;
@@ -65,8 +67,11 @@ import sonia.scm.web.security.WebSecurityContext;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
 import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
@@ -402,6 +407,34 @@ public class XmlUserManager extends AbstractUserManager
     return users;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Method description
+   *
+   *
+   * @param sortby
+   * @param desc
+   * @param start
+   * @param limit
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  @Override
+  public Collection<User> getAll(String sortby, boolean desc, int start,
+                                 int limit)
+  {
+
+    // TODO sort
+    return Util.createSubCollection(userDB.values(),
+                                    new CollectionAppender<User>()
+    {
+      @Override
+      public void append(Collection<User> collection, User item)
+      {
+        collection.add(item.clone());
+      }
+    }, start, limit);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Method description
    *