diff --git a/apt_ostree/cmd/__init__.py b/apt_ostree/cmd/__init__.py
index 5d44657..c5e99dd 100644
--- a/apt_ostree/cmd/__init__.py
+++ b/apt_ostree/cmd/__init__.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ class State:
     def __init__(self):
         self.debug = False
         self.workspace = None
+        self.repo = None
+        self.branch = None
 
 
 # pass state between command and apt-ostree sub-commands
diff --git a/apt_ostree/cmd/shell.py b/apt_ostree/cmd/shell.py
index e993f61..50903ad 100644
--- a/apt_ostree/cmd/shell.py
+++ b/apt_ostree/cmd/shell.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from apt_ostree.cmd.options import debug_option
 from apt_ostree.cmd.options import workspace_option
 from apt_ostree.cmd import pass_state_context
 from apt_ostree.cmd.repo import repo
+from apt_ostree.cmd.status import status
 from apt_ostree.cmd.version import version
 from apt_ostree.log import setup_log
 
@@ -41,4 +42,5 @@ def main():
 
 cli.add_command(compose)
 cli.add_command(repo)
+cli.add_command(status)
 cli.add_command(version)
diff --git a/apt_ostree/cmd/status.py b/apt_ostree/cmd/status.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1e10ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apt_ostree/cmd/status.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""
+Copyright (c) 2023 Wind River Systems, Inc.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+"""
+
+import errno
+import sys
+
+import click
+
+from apt_ostree.cmd import pass_state_context
+from apt_ostree.status import Status
+
+
+@click.command(help="Get the status of the booted system.")
+@pass_state_context
+def status(state):
+    try:
+        Status(state).get_deployment()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        click.secho("\n" + ("Exiting at your request."))
+        sys.exit(130)
+    except BrokenPipeError:
+        sys.exit()
+    except OSError as error:
+        if error.errno == errno.ENOSPC:
+            sys.exit("errror - No space left on device.")
diff --git a/apt_ostree/ostree.py b/apt_ostree/ostree.py
index 5c04ce7..a252302 100644
--- a/apt_ostree/ostree.py
+++ b/apt_ostree/ostree.py
@@ -6,9 +6,17 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 """
 
 import subprocess
+import sys
+
+import click
 
 from apt_ostree.utils import run_command
 
+# pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
+import gi
+gi.require_version("OSTree", "1.0")
+from gi.repository import Gio, GLib, OSTree  # noqa: H301
+
 
 class Ostree:
     def __init__(self, state):
@@ -36,3 +44,48 @@ class Ostree:
         cmd += [str(root)]
         r = run_command(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
         return r
+
+    def get_sysroot(self):
+        """Load the /ostree directory (sysroot)."""
+        sysroot = OSTree.Sysroot()
+        if not sysroot.load():
+            click.secho("Unable to load /sysroot", fg="red")
+            sys.exit(1)
+        return sysroot
+
+    def open_ostree(self):
+        """"Open the ostree repository."""
+        if self.state.repo:
+            repo = OSTree.Repo.new(Gio.File.new_for_path(str(self.state.repo)))
+            if not repo.open(None):
+                click.secho(
+                    "Opening the archive OSTree repository failed.", fg="red")
+                sys.exit(1)
+        else:
+            sysroot = self.get_sysroot()
+            _, repo = sysroot.get_repo()
+            if not repo.open():
+                click.secho(
+                    "Opening the archive OSTree repository failed.", fg="red")
+                sys.exit(1)
+        return repo
+
+    def get_branch(self):
+        """Get a branch in a current deployment."""
+        if self.state.branch:
+            return self.state.branch
+        else:
+            sysroot = self.get_sysroot()
+            deployment = sysroot.get_booted_deployment()
+            origin = deployment.get_origin()
+            try:
+                refspec = origin.get_string("origin", "refspec")
+            except GLib.Error as e:
+                # If not a "key not found" error then raise the exception
+                if not e.matches(GLib.KeyFile.error_quark(),
+                                 GLib.KeyFileError.KEY_NOT_FOUND):
+                    raise (e)
+                # Fallback to `baserefspec`
+                refspec = origin.get_string('origin', 'baserefspec')
+
+            return refspec
diff --git a/apt_ostree/status.py b/apt_ostree/status.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b104ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apt_ostree/status.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+"""
+Copyright (c) 2023 Wind River Systems, Inc.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+"""
+import pathlib
+import shlex
+
+from rich.console import Console
+from rich.table import Table
+
+from apt_ostree.ostree import Ostree
+
+
+class Status:
+    def __init__(self, state):
+        self.state = state
+        self.ostree = Ostree(state)
+        self.console = Console()
+        self.sysroot = None
+
+    def get_deployment(self):
+        """Get information about the current deployment"""
+        self.sysroot = self.ostree.get_sysroot()
+        deployment = self.sysroot.get_booted_deployment()
+
+        table = Table(box=None)
+        table.add_row("Current Deployment:")
+        table.add_row()
+        table.add_row("Branch:", f"[green]{self.ostree.get_branch()}[/green]")
+        table.add_row("Commit:", f"{deployment.get_csum()}")
+
+        root = self._get_deployment_path(deployment)
+        os_release = self._get_os_release(root)
+        if deployment.get_osname() == "debian":
+            release = os_release.get("PRETTY_NAME").replace('"', '')
+            table.add_row("Debian Release:", release)
+
+        table.add_row()
+
+        if table.columns:
+            self.console.print(table)
+
+    def _get_deployment_path(self, target_deployment):
+        """Get the path for the /sysroot"""
+        return pathlib.Path("/" + self.sysroot.get_deployment_dirpath(
+            target_deployment))
+
+    def _get_os_release(self, rootfs):
+        """Parse the /etc/os-release file."""
+        try:
+            file = open(rootfs.joinpath("/etc/os-release"), encoding="utf-8")
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            try:
+                file = open(rootfs.joinpath(
+                    "/usr/lib/os-release"), encoding="utf-8")
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                return {}
+
+        os_release = {}
+        for line in file.readlines():
+            line = line.strip()
+            if not line or line.startswith("#"):
+                continue
+            try:
+                k, v = line.split("=")
+                (v_parsed, ) = shlex.split(v)  # expect only one token
+            except ValueError:
+                continue
+            os_release[k] = v
+        return os_release
diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index b143b30..c8fdb7b 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
 python3-apt [platform:dpkg]
+ostree [platform:dpkg]
+libostree-dev [platform:dpkg]
+gir1.2-glib-2.0 [platform:dpkg]
+gir1.2-ostree-1.0 [platform:dpkg]
+libcairo2-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libgirepository1.0-dev [platform:dpkg]
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 52b2681..8623810 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ ignore_basepython_conflict = true
 
 [testenv]
 basepython = python3
-usedevelop = false
-sitepacages = True
+usedevelop = true
+sitepacages = False
 setenv =
    PYTHONWARNINGS=default::DeprecationWarning
    OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE=1
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ commands =
     coverage html -d cover
     coverage xml -o cover/coverage.xml
 
-
-
 [testenv:docs]
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands = sphinx-build -W -b html doc/source doc/build/html
@@ -66,3 +64,8 @@ commands =
 skip_install = True
 deps = bindep
 commands = bindep test
+
+[stestr]
+test_path=./apt_ostree/tests
+top_dir=./
+group_regex=([^\.]*\.)*