diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7cebeea..e4342b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,6 +105,19 @@ async with AppClient(app_id, privkey) as session:
     resp = await session.get("/octocat")
 ```
 
+### No Authentication
+
+Finally you can create a client without any authentication. This is mainly
+provided for cases where supplying an authentication method is optional, e.g to
+increase rate limits. This allows for simpler implementations.
+
+```python
+from simple_github import PublicClient
+
+async with PublicClient() as session:
+    resp = await session.get("/octocat")
+```
+
 ### Query the REST API
 
 simple-github provides only a very basic wrapper around Github's REST API. You can
diff --git a/src/simple_github/__init__.py b/src/simple_github/__init__.py
index d7e2512..c82f749 100644
--- a/src/simple_github/__init__.py
+++ b/src/simple_github/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 from typing import List, Optional, Union
 
-from .auth import AppAuth, AppInstallationAuth, TokenAuth
+from .auth import AppAuth, AppInstallationAuth, PublicAuth, TokenAuth
 from .client import AsyncClient, Client, SyncClient
 
 
@@ -60,3 +60,18 @@ def TokenClient(token: str) -> Client:
 
     auth = TokenAuth(token)
     return AsyncClient(auth=auth) if is_async else SyncClient(auth=auth)
+
+
+def PublicClient() -> Client:
+    """Convenience function to create an unauthenticated `Client` instance.
+
+    Returns:
+        Client: A client without any authentication."""
+    try:
+        asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        is_async = True
+    except RuntimeError:
+        is_async = False
+
+    auth = PublicAuth()
+    return AsyncClient(auth=auth) if is_async else SyncClient(auth=auth)
diff --git a/src/simple_github/auth.py b/src/simple_github/auth.py
index 2336b15..4a8f8da 100644
--- a/src/simple_github/auth.py
+++ b/src/simple_github/auth.py
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ async def close(self) -> None:
         pass
 
 
+class PublicAuth(Auth):
+    """Shim for unauthenticated API access."""
+
+    async def get_token(self) -> str:
+        return ""
+
+
 class TokenAuth(Auth):
     def __init__(self, token: str):
         """Authentication for an access token.
diff --git a/src/simple_github/client.py b/src/simple_github/client.py
index 582ef0c..692698b 100644
--- a/src/simple_github/client.py
+++ b/src/simple_github/client.py
@@ -104,8 +104,10 @@ def _get_gql_session(self) -> SyncClientSession:
 
         headers = {
             "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json",
-            "Authorization": f"Bearer {token}",
         }
+        if token:
+            headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {token}"
+
         transport = RequestsHTTPTransport(url=GITHUB_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT, headers=headers)
         self._gql_client = GqlClient(
             transport=transport, fetch_schema_from_transport=False
@@ -242,8 +244,10 @@ async def _get_gql_session(self) -> ReconnectingAsyncClientSession:
 
         headers = {
             "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json",
-            "Authorization": f"Bearer {token}",
         }
+        if token:
+            headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {token}"
+
         transport = AIOHTTPTransport(url=GITHUB_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT, headers=headers)
         self._gql_client = GqlClient(
             transport=transport, fetch_schema_from_transport=False
diff --git a/test/test_auth.py b/test/test_auth.py
index 50ea85a..044217c 100644
--- a/test/test_auth.py
+++ b/test/test_auth.py
@@ -4,10 +4,16 @@
 import jwt
 import pytest
 
-from simple_github.auth import AppAuth, AppInstallationAuth, TokenAuth
+from simple_github.auth import AppAuth, AppInstallationAuth, PublicAuth, TokenAuth
 from simple_github.client import GITHUB_API_ENDPOINT
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_public_auth_get_token():
+    auth = PublicAuth()
+    assert await auth.get_token() == ""
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_token_auth_get_token():
     token = "123"
diff --git a/test/test_client.py b/test/test_client.py
index 0a18cd9..6d1672c 100644
--- a/test/test_client.py
+++ b/test/test_client.py
@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@ async def test_async_client_get_session(async_client):
     }
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_async_client_get_session_no_token(async_client):
+    client = async_client
+    client.auth._token = ""
+    session = await client._get_aiohttp_session()
+    assert dict(session._default_headers) == {
+        "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json",
+    }
+
+
 def test_sync_client_get_session(sync_client):
     client = sync_client
     assert client._gql_client is None
@@ -87,6 +97,15 @@ def test_sync_client_get_session(sync_client):
     }
 
 
+def test_sync_client_get_session_no_token(sync_client):
+    client = sync_client
+    client.auth._token = ""
+    client._get_requests_session()
+    assert dict(client._gql_session.transport.headers) == {
+        "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json",
+    }
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_async_client_rest(aioresponses, async_client):
     client = async_client
diff --git a/test/test_simple_github.py b/test/test_simple_github.py
index 95268fb..4456c78 100644
--- a/test/test_simple_github.py
+++ b/test/test_simple_github.py
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
 import pytest
 
-from simple_github import AppClient, TokenClient
+from simple_github import AppClient, PublicClient, TokenClient
 from simple_github.client import GITHUB_API_ENDPOINT
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_public_client(aioresponses):
+    aioresponses.get(
+        f"{GITHUB_API_ENDPOINT}/octocat", status=200, payload={"foo": "bar"}
+    )
+
+    async with PublicClient() as client:
+        resp = await client.get("/octocat")
+        result = await resp.json()
+        assert result == {"foo": "bar"}
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_token_client(aioresponses):
     aioresponses.get(
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index dcaa474..34caa2c 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "simple-github"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "2.0.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "aiohttp", extra = ["speedups"] },