diff --git a/starcli/__main__.py b/starcli/__main__.py
index a6efc2d..1a5e120 100644
--- a/starcli/__main__.py
+++ b/starcli/__main__.py
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
 @click.option(
     "--layout",
     "-L",
-    type=click.Choice(["list", "table", "grid"], case_sensitive=False),
-    help="The output format (list, table, or grid), default is list",
+    type=click.Choice(["list", "table", "grid","graph"], case_sensitive=False),
+    help="The output format (list, table, grid, or graph), default is list",
 )
 @click.option(
     "--stars",
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@
     default=False,
     hidden=True,
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--timeout",
+    "-T",
+    type=int,
+    default=10,
+    help="Request timeout in seconds, default: 10",
+)
 @click.option("--debug", is_flag=True, default=False, help="Turn on debugging mode")
 def cli(
     lang,
@@ -145,6 +152,7 @@ def cli(
     auth="",
     pager=False,
     nop=False,
+    timeout=10,
 ):
     """Find trending repos on GitHub"""
     if debug:
@@ -201,11 +209,12 @@ def cli(
             not spoken_language and not date_range
         ):  # if filtering by spoken language and date range not required
             tmp_repos = search(
-                lang, created, pushed, stars, topic, user, debug, order, auth
+                lang, created, pushed, stars, topic, user, debug, order, auth,
+                timeout
             )
         else:
             tmp_repos = search_github_trending(
-                lang, spoken_language, order, stars, date_range, debug
+                lang, spoken_language, order, stars, date_range, debug 
             )
 
         if not tmp_repos:  # if search() returned None
diff --git a/starcli/layouts.py b/starcli/layouts.py
index 7f78077..744917d 100644
--- a/starcli/layouts.py
+++ b/starcli/layouts.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 
 SYMBOL_MAP = {"stars": "★", "forks": "⎇"}
 
+# Block characters for the graph bars
+GRAPH_BLOCKS = "█"
+
 
 def shorten_count(number):
     """Shortens number"""
@@ -52,6 +55,65 @@ def format_date_range(date_range):
         .append(")")
     )
 
+def graph_layout(repos):
+    """Displays repositories in a graph format using rich"""
+    
+    # Convert formatted star/fork counts to integers for calculation
+    def parse_count(count_str):
+        if count_str == "-1":
+            return 0
+        # Handle shortened counts like "90.3k"
+        if isinstance(count_str, str) and 'k' in count_str.lower():
+            # Convert "90.3k" to 90300
+            return int(float(count_str.lower().replace('k', '')) * 1000)
+        return int(count_str)
+    
+    # Find the maximum star count for scaling
+    max_stars = max(parse_count(repo["stargazers_count"]) for repo in repos)
+    max_forks = max(parse_count(repo["forks"]) for repo in repos)
+    
+    # Maximum width for the bar (in characters)
+    max_bar_width = 40
+    
+    table = Table(show_header=False, box=None, padding=(0, 1))
+    table.add_column("Repo", style="bold yellow", no_wrap=True)
+    table.add_column("Stats")
+    table.add_column("Bars", width=max_bar_width + 10)
+    
+    for repo in repos:
+        name = Text(repo["name"], overflow="fold")
+        name.stylize(f"yellow link {repo['html_url']}")
+        
+        stats = format_stats(repo["stargazers_count"], repo["forks"])
+        date_range_col = format_date_range(repo.get("date_range"))
+        stats_text = Text(stats, style="italic blue")
+        if date_range_col:
+            stats_text.append("\n")
+            stats_text.append(date_range_col)
+        
+        # Create bar graphs for stars and forks
+        stars_count = parse_count(repo["stargazers_count"])
+        forks_count = parse_count(repo["forks"])
+        
+        # Scale the bars
+        stars_bar_width = int((stars_count / max_stars) * max_bar_width) if max_stars > 0 else 0
+        forks_bar_width = int((forks_count / max_stars) * max_bar_width) if max_stars > 0 else 0
+        
+        # Create the bars
+        stars_bar = Text(GRAPH_BLOCKS * stars_bar_width, style="bright_yellow")
+        forks_bar = Text(GRAPH_BLOCKS * forks_bar_width, style="bright_blue")
+        
+        # Add labels
+        bars = Text(f"{SYMBOL_MAP['stars']} ", style="bright_yellow")
+        bars.append(stars_bar)
+        bars.append(f" {repo['stargazers_count']}\n")
+        bars.append(f"{SYMBOL_MAP['forks']} ", style="bright_blue")
+        bars.append(forks_bar)
+        bars.append(f" {repo['forks']}")
+        
+        table.add_row(name, stats_text, bars)
+    
+    console.print(table)
 
 def list_layout(repos):
     """Display repositories in a list layout using rich"""
@@ -207,5 +269,7 @@ def print_layout(*args, layout="list"):
         table_layout(*args)
     elif layout == "grid":
         grid_layout(*args)
+    elif layout == "graph":
+        graph_layout(*args)
     else:
         list_layout(*args)
diff --git a/starcli/search.py b/starcli/search.py
index a327e24..7bb0b46 100644
--- a/starcli/search.py
+++ b/starcli/search.py
@@ -38,8 +38,12 @@
     "unsupported": "The request is not supported.",
     "unknown": "An unknown error occurred.",
     "valid": "The request returned successfully, but an unknown exception occurred.",
+    "timeout": "The request timed out. Try again or increase the timeout value with --timeout.",
 }
 
+# Default timeout in seconds for requests
+DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 10
+
 FORMAT = "%(message)s"
 
 httpclient_logger = logging.getLogger("http.client")
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ def get_date(date):
 
 
 def get_valid_request(
-    url: str, auth: t.Optional[str] = ""
+    url: str, auth: t.Optional[str] = "", timeout: int = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
 ) -> t.Optional[requests.Response]:
     """GET an url with auth and handle a connection error"""
     while True:
@@ -119,10 +123,13 @@ def get_valid_request(
             session = requests.Session()
             if auth:
                 session.auth = (auth.split(":")[0], auth.split(":")[1])
-            request = session.get(url)
+            request = session.get(url, timeout=timeout)
         except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
             secho("Internet connection error...", fg="bright_red")
             return
+        except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
+            secho(STATUS_ACTIONS["timeout"], fg="bright_yellow")
+            return
 
         if not request.status_code in (200, 202):
             handling_code = search_error(request.status_code)
@@ -204,6 +211,7 @@ def search(
     debug=False,
     order="desc",
     auth="",
+    timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
 ):
     """Return repositories searched from GitHub API"""
     date_format = "%Y-%m-%d"  # date format in iso format
@@ -252,7 +260,7 @@ def search(
     else:
         debug_logger(debug, "Auth: off")
 
-    request = get_valid_request(url, auth)
+    request = get_valid_request(url, auth, timeout)
     if request is None:
         return request
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 9a93fdc..9af09e6 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -332,3 +332,8 @@ def assertions(
         if not_in_stderr:
             for s in not_in_stderr:
                 assert not s in result.stderr, f"{s} shouldn't be in stderr"
+
+    def test_cli_graph_layout(self):
+        """Test cli when --layout graph is passed"""
+        result = self.cli_result("--layout", "graph", clear_cache=False)
+        self.assertions(result)
diff --git a/tests/test_search.py b/tests/test_search.py
index 2431e55..2ec109d 100644
--- a/tests/test_search.py
+++ b/tests/test_search.py
@@ -172,3 +172,8 @@ def test_search_multiple_language():
         assert repo["full_name"].count("/") == 1
         assert repo["full_name"] == f"{repo['owner']['login']}/{repo['name']}"
         assert repo["html_url"] == "https://github.com/" + repo["full_name"]
+
+def test_search_with_timeout():
+    """Test search with custom timeout"""
+    repos = search(languages=["python"], timeout=20)
+    assert repos