diff --git a/oscbot/__init__.py b/oscbot/__init__.py
index 1469901..979fe56 100644
--- a/oscbot/__init__.py
+++ b/oscbot/__init__.py
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from time import sleep
 from typing import Optional, List, Type, Tuple
 
 import aiohttp
 import cryptocode
+import more_itertools as mit
 from lxml import objectify
 from jinja2 import BaseLoader, Environment
 
@@ -22,10 +24,8 @@ Only showing packages with {{ state }} state.
 
 {% endif %}"""
 
-REPO_TEMPLATE = """
-#### {{ repo.name }} - {{ repo.arch }}
-
-{% for package in repo.packages %}
+STATUS_TEMPLATE = """
+{% for package in packages %}
 {%if package.status != "disabled" %}
 {% set build_log_url = "{0}/package/live_build_log/{1}/{2}/{3}/{4}/".format(
     base_url, project, package.name, repo.name, repo.arch) %}
@@ -287,8 +287,29 @@ class OSCBot(Plugin):
 
         base_url = self.config["instance_url"]
 
+        if len(response) > 50:
+            await evt.respond(f"Too many repositories ({len(response)})"
+                              f"to display in project {project}, "
+                              "please narrow down your search.")
+            return
+
         for repository in response:
-            body = self.template.from_string(REPO_TEMPLATE)
-            message = body.render(repo=repository, project=project,
-                                  base_url=base_url)
-            await evt.respond(message, markdown=True)
+            await evt.respond(f"#### {repository.name} - {repository.arch}",
+                              markdown=True)
+
+            # Just so that someone doesn't flood by listing the whole
+            # openSUSE:Factory
+            if len(repository.packages) > 1000:
+                await evt.respond(
+                    f"Too many packages ({len(repository.packages)}) "
+                    "to display, please narrow down your search.")
+                continue
+            # To avoid creating too large messages, we chunk packages in
+            # groups of 100
+            for packagelist in mit.chunked(repository.packages, 100):
+                body = self.template.from_string(STATUS_TEMPLATE)
+                message = body.render(packages=packagelist, base_url=base_url,
+                                      project=project, repo=repository)
+                await evt.respond(message, markdown=True)
+                # Wait 100 milliseconds to avoid triggering rate limiting
+                sleep(0.1)