diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 243d2fa..25e7484 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Note: Breaking changes between versions are indicated by "💥".
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- [Feature] Add `tutor [dev|local|k8s] status` command, which provides basic information about the platform's status.
 - 💥[Improvement] Make it possible to run `tutor k8s exec <command with multiple arguments>` (#636). As a consequence, it is no longer possible to run quoted commands: `tutor k8s exec "<some command>"`. Instead, you should remove the quotes: `tutor k8s exec <some command>`.
 
 ## v13.1.11 (2022-04-12)
diff --git a/docs/k8s.rst b/docs/k8s.rst
index b861755..e8508e4 100644
--- a/docs/k8s.rst
+++ b/docs/k8s.rst
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ On Minikube, the dashboard is already installed. To access the dashboard, run::
 
     minikube dashboard
 
+Lastly, Tutor itself provides a rudimentary listing of your cluster's nodes, workloads, and services::
+
+    tutor k8s status
+
 Technical details
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/docs/local.rst b/docs/local.rst
index 5f8a218..c6a6a67 100644
--- a/docs/local.rst
+++ b/docs/local.rst
@@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ Finally, tracking logs that store `user events <https://edx.readthedocs.io/proje
     $(tutor config printroot)/data/lms/logs/tracking.log
     $(tutor config printroot)/data/cms/logs/tracking.log
 
+Status
+~~~~~~
+
+You can view your platform's containers::
+
+    tutor local status
+
+Notice the **State** column in the output. It will tell you whether each container is starting, restarting, running (``Up``), cleanly stopped (``Exit 0``), or stopped on error (``Exit N``, where N ≠ 0).
 
 Common tasks
 ------------
diff --git a/tutor/commands/compose.py b/tutor/commands/compose.py
index ebc2652..36f0238 100644
--- a/tutor/commands/compose.py
+++ b/tutor/commands/compose.py
@@ -263,6 +263,12 @@ def logs(context: click.Context, follow: bool, tail: bool, service: str) -> None
     context.invoke(dc_command, command="logs", args=args)
 
 
+@click.command(help="Print status information for containers")
+@click.pass_context
+def status(context: click.Context) -> None:
+    context.invoke(dc_command, command="ps")
+
+
 @click.command(
     short_help="Direct interface to docker-compose.",
     help=(
@@ -307,3 +313,4 @@ def add_commands(command_group: click.Group) -> None:
     command_group.add_command(bindmount_command)
     command_group.add_command(execute)
     command_group.add_command(logs)
+    command_group.add_command(status)
diff --git a/tutor/commands/k8s.py b/tutor/commands/k8s.py
index bc4ec5d..620f40c 100644
--- a/tutor/commands/k8s.py
+++ b/tutor/commands/k8s.py
@@ -501,6 +501,13 @@ def kubectl_apply(root: str, *args: str) -> None:
     utils.kubectl("apply", "--kustomize", tutor_env.pathjoin(root), *args)
 
 
+@click.command(help="Print status information for all k8s resources")
+@click.pass_obj
+def status(context: K8sContext) -> int:
+    config = tutor_config.load(context.root)
+    return utils.kubectl("get", "all", *resource_namespace_selector(config))
+
+
 def kubectl_exec(config: Config, service: str, command: List[str]) -> int:
     selector = f"app.kubernetes.io/name={service}"
     pods = K8sClients.instance().core_api.list_namespaced_pod(
@@ -573,3 +580,4 @@ k8s.add_command(logs)
 k8s.add_command(wait)
 k8s.add_command(upgrade)
 k8s.add_command(apply_command)
+k8s.add_command(status)