diff --git a/swh/web/browse/urls.py b/swh/web/browse/urls.py
--- a/swh/web/browse/urls.py
+++ b/swh/web/browse/urls.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import swh.web.browse.views.release  # noqa
 import swh.web.browse.views.revision  # noqa
 import swh.web.browse.views.snapshot  # noqa
-from swh.web.common.utils import reverse
+from swh.web.common.utils import origin_visit_types, reverse
 
 
 def _browse_help_view(request):
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
         {
             "heading": "Search software origins to browse",
             "enable_ql": config.get_config()["search_config"].get("enable_ql", False),
+            "visit_types": origin_visit_types(),
         },
     )
 
diff --git a/swh/web/common/utils.py b/swh/web/common/utils.py
--- a/swh/web/common/utils.py
+++ b/swh/web/common/utils.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 from swh.web.common.exc import BadInputExc
 from swh.web.common.typing import QueryParameters
-from swh.web.config import ORIGIN_VISIT_TYPES, get_config
+from swh.web.config import get_config, search
 
 SWH_WEB_METRICS_REGISTRY = CollectorRegistry(auto_describe=True)
 
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@
             ]
         ),
         "swh_web_version": get_distribution("swh.web").version,
-        "visit_types": ORIGIN_VISIT_TYPES,
         "iframe_mode": False,
     }
 
@@ -389,3 +388,13 @@
         cache.set("swh-deposit-list", deposits_data)
 
     return deposits_data["results"]
+
+
+def origin_visit_types() -> List[str]:
+    """Return the exhaustive list of visit types for origins
+    ingested into the archive.
+    """
+    try:
+        return sorted(search().visit_types_count().keys())
+    except Exception:
+        return []
diff --git a/swh/web/config.py b/swh/web/config.py
--- a/swh/web/config.py
+++ b/swh/web/config.py
@@ -22,21 +22,6 @@
     "webapp.internal.staging.swh.network",
 ]
 
-ORIGIN_VISIT_TYPES = [
-    "cran",
-    "deb",
-    "deposit",
-    "ftp",
-    "hg",
-    "git",
-    "nixguix",
-    "npm",
-    "pypi",
-    "svn",
-    "tar",
-]
-
-
 SETTINGS_DIR = os.path.dirname(settings.__file__)
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
diff --git a/swh/web/tests/common/test_utils.py b/swh/web/tests/common/test_utils.py
--- a/swh/web/tests/common/test_utils.py
+++ b/swh/web/tests/common/test_utils.py
@@ -285,3 +285,15 @@
     )
 
     assert utils.get_deposits_list() == deposits_data["results"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("backend", ["swh-search", "swh-storage"])
+def test_origin_visit_types(mocker, backend):
+    if backend != "swh-search":
+        # equivalent to not configuring search in the config
+        search = mocker.patch("swh.web.common.utils.search")
+        search.return_value = None
+        assert utils.origin_visit_types() == []
+    else:
+        # see swh/web/tests/data.py for origins added for tests
+        assert utils.origin_visit_types() == ["git", "tar"]
diff --git a/swh/web/urls.py b/swh/web/urls.py
--- a/swh/web/urls.py
+++ b/swh/web/urls.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     swh_handle404,
     swh_handle500,
 )
+from swh.web.common.utils import origin_visit_types
 from swh.web.config import get_config
 
 swh_web_config = get_config()
@@ -40,7 +41,10 @@
     return render(
         request,
         "homepage.html",
-        {"enable_ql": swh_web_config["search_config"].get("enable_ql", False),},
+        {
+            "enable_ql": swh_web_config["search_config"].get("enable_ql", False),
+            "visit_types": origin_visit_types(),
+        },
     )