diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd5bcd6..6c833dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 Metadata and some supporting PHP logic for determining which branches of various GitHub repositories relate to which versions of Silverstripe CMS.
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
-> Only the `main` branch of this repository is maintained.
+> Only the `main` branch of this repository is maintained. Stable tags must be manually created from the `main` branch. There is no auto tagging via a GitHub action. All branches other than `main` are legacy and should not be referenced going forward.
 
 You can fetch the JSON by simply fetching the raw copy of `repositories.json` file, e.g. <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/silverstripe/supported-modules/main/repositories.json>.
 
-If you've included this module as a compser dependency then you can use `SilverStripe\SupportedModules\MetaData::getAllRepositoryMetaData()` which will fetch the latest version of the JSON file from raw.githubusercontent.com.
+If you've included this module as a composer dependency then you can use `SilverStripe\SupportedModules\MetaData::getAllRepositoryMetaData()` which will fetch the latest version of the JSON file from raw.githubusercontent.com. There is a local copy of `repositories.json` in the module, though it is not guaranteed to be up to date, so only use this if fetching a fresh copy of this file is not viable.
 
 ## Format
 
diff --git a/src/MetaData.php b/src/MetaData.php
index fa0e42e..39d5089 100644
--- a/src/MetaData.php
+++ b/src/MetaData.php
@@ -179,13 +179,30 @@ public static function removeReposNotInCmsMajor(array $metadata, string|int $cms
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get all metadata about all repositories we have information about.
+     * Get all metadata about all repositories we have information about. This will make a newtwork
+     * request to fetch the latest data from the supported-modules repository.
      * @param bool $categorised If true, output is grouped by category.
      */
     public static function getAllRepositoryMetaData(bool $categorised = true): array
+    {
+        return MetaData::getRepositoryMetaDataInner($categorised, false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get all metadata about all repositories we have information about from the local file.
+     * Use this if making a network request is not possible or desired, and the downside from the data
+     * being potentially out-of-date is acceptable.
+     * @param bool $categorised If true, output is grouped by category.
+     */
+    public static function getAllRepositoryMetaDataFromLocal(bool $categorised = true): array
+    {
+        return MetaData::getRepositoryMetaDataInner($categorised, true);
+    }
+
+    private static function getRepositoryMetaDataInner(bool $categorised = true, bool $doFetch = true): array
     {
         if (empty(self::$repositoryMetaData)) {
-            if (self::$isRunningUnitTests) {
+            if (self::$isRunningUnitTests || !$doFetch) {
                 $rawJson = file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../repositories.json');
             } else {
                 // Dynamicallly fetch the latest data from the supported-modules repository
diff --git a/tests/MetaDataTest.php b/tests/MetaDataTest.php
index 429bc5f..4583362 100644
--- a/tests/MetaDataTest.php
+++ b/tests/MetaDataTest.php
@@ -190,6 +190,16 @@ public function testRemoveReposNotInCmsMajor(int|string $cmsMajor, bool $keepWil
         }
     }
 
+    public function testgetAllRepositoryMetaDataFromLocal(): void
+    {
+        $repos = MetaData::getAllRepositoryMetaDataFromLocal();
+        $expected = [];
+        foreach ($repos as $repos) {
+            $expected = array_merge($expected, $repos);
+        }
+        $this->assertSame($expected, MetaData::getAllRepositoryMetaData(false));
+    }
+
     public function testGetAllRepositoryMetaDataNoCategories(): void
     {
         $withCategories = MetaData::getAllRepositoryMetaData(true);