diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index f8c3bdb..92bf236 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use crate::health;
 use crate::input;
 use crate::login;
 use crate::node;
+use crate::operator;
 use crate::output;
 use crate::output_list;
 use crate::region;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ pub(crate) fn build() -> Command {
         .subcommand(group_list::subcommand())
         .subcommand(region::subcommand())
         .subcommand(node::subcommand())
+        .subcommand(operator::subcommand())
         .subcommand(tunnels::subcommand())
         .subcommand(settings::subcommand())
         .subcommand(health::subcommand())
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7f5293e..8639568 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ mod input;
 mod kubernetes;
 mod login;
 mod node;
+mod operator;
 mod output;
 mod output_list;
 mod region;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ fn main() {
         Some(("group-list", subcmd)) => group_list::run(subcmd),
         Some(("region", subcmd)) => region::run(subcmd),
         Some(("node", subcmd)) => node::run(subcmd),
+        Some(("operator", subcmd)) => operator::run(subcmd),
         Some(("tunnel", subcmd)) => tunnels::run(subcmd),
         Some(("settings", subcmd)) => settings::run(subcmd),
         Some(("health", subcmd)) => health::run(subcmd),
diff --git a/src/operator.rs b/src/operator.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bffdd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/operator.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+use std::io::IsTerminal;
+use std::process::{self, Command as ProcessCommand};
+
+use clap::{Arg, ArgMatches, Command};
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use tabled::{builder::Builder, settings::Style};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct NimbraEdge {
+    #[serde(default)]
+    status: Option<NimbraEdgeStatus>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+struct NimbraEdgeStatus {
+    #[serde(default)]
+    phase: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    last_reconciled_at: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    version: Option<Version>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    components: Vec<Component>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    conditions: Vec<Condition>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct Version {
+    #[serde(default)]
+    desired: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    installed: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    previous: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+struct Component {
+    name: String,
+    status: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    message: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+struct Condition {
+    #[serde(rename = "type")]
+    condition_type: String,
+    status: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    reason: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    message: Option<String>,
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn subcommand() -> Command {
+    Command::new("operator")
+        .about("Inspect the Nimbra Edge Kubernetes operator")
+        .subcommand_required(true)
+        .subcommand(
+            Command::new("status")
+                .about("Show the status of the NimbraEdge resource")
+                .arg(
+                    Arg::new("color")
+                        .long("color")
+                        .value_parser(["auto", "always", "never"])
+                        .num_args(0..=1)
+                        .default_value("auto")
+                        .default_missing_value("always")
+                        .help("When to colorize the status output"),
+                ),
+        )
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn run(args: &ArgMatches) {
+    match args.subcommand() {
+        Some(("status", sub_args)) => status(sub_args),
+        _ => unreachable!("subcommand_required prevents `None` or other options"),
+    }
+}
+
+fn status(args: &ArgMatches) {
+    let color = match args
+        .get_one::<String>("color")
+        .expect("color has a default")
+        .as_str()
+    {
+        "always" => true,
+        "never" => false,
+        _ => std::io::stdout().is_terminal(),
+    };
+
+    let json = get_edge_resource();
+    let edge: NimbraEdge = serde_json::from_str(&json).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+        eprintln!("Failed to parse the NimbraEdge resource: {}", e);
+        process::exit(1);
+    });
+
+    let Some(status) = edge.status else {
+        eprintln!("The NimbraEdge resource has no status yet");
+        process::exit(1);
+    };
+
+    println!(
+        "Phase:            {}",
+        colorize(status.phase.as_deref().unwrap_or("Unknown"), color)
+    );
+    if let Some(version) = &status.version {
+        println!(
+            "Version:          {}",
+            version.installed.as_deref().unwrap_or("unknown")
+        );
+        if version.desired != version.installed {
+            println!(
+                "Desired version:  {}",
+                version.desired.as_deref().unwrap_or("unknown")
+            );
+        }
+        if let Some(previous) = &version.previous {
+            println!("Previous version: {}", previous);
+        }
+    }
+    if let Some(last_reconciled) = &status.last_reconciled_at {
+        println!("Last reconciled:  {}", last_reconciled);
+    }
+
+    for condition in &status.conditions {
+        let label = format!("{}:", condition.condition_type);
+        match &condition.reason {
+            Some(reason) => println!(
+                "{:<18}{} ({})",
+                label,
+                condition.status,
+                colorize(reason, color)
+            ),
+            None => println!("{:<18}{}", label, condition.status),
+        }
+        if let Some(message) = &condition.message {
+            println!("{:<18}{}", "", message);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if !status.components.is_empty() {
+        println!("\nComponents:");
+        // The message shares a column with the status, padded by hand, so that the color escapes
+        // always end up in the last column where they cannot upset the column widths
+        let width = std::iter::once("Status".chars().count())
+            .chain(status.components.iter().map(|c| c.status.chars().count()))
+            .max()
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+        let cell = |status: &str, colored: String, message: Option<&String>| match message {
+            Some(message) => format!(
+                "{}{}  {}",
+                colored,
+                " ".repeat(width - status.chars().count()),
+                message
+            ),
+            None => colored,
+        };
+
+        let mut builder = Builder::default();
+        let any_message = status.components.iter().any(|c| c.message.is_some());
+        let message_header = "Message".to_owned();
+        builder.push_record([
+            "Name".to_owned(),
+            cell(
+                "Status",
+                "Status".to_owned(),
+                any_message.then_some(&message_header),
+            ),
+        ]);
+        for component in &status.components {
+            builder.push_record([
+                component.name.clone(),
+                cell(
+                    &component.status,
+                    colorize(&component.status, color),
+                    component.message.as_ref(),
+                ),
+            ]);
+        }
+        let mut table = builder.build();
+        table.with(Style::empty());
+        println!("{}", table);
+    }
+}
+
+fn get_edge_resource() -> String {
+    let output = ProcessCommand::new("kubectl")
+        .args([
+            "get",
+            "-n",
+            "edge",
+            "nimbraedges.nimbra.io",
+            "edge",
+            "-o",
+            "json",
+        ])
+        .output()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+            eprintln!("Failed to run kubectl: {}", e);
+            process::exit(1);
+        });
+
+    if !output.status.success() {
+        eprint!("{}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr));
+        process::exit(output.status.code().unwrap_or(1));
+    }
+
+    String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).into_owned()
+}
+
+fn colorize(status: &str, color: bool) -> String {
+    if !color {
+        return status.to_owned();
+    }
+    // Literals from the operator: phase and component status (edge-operator/src/crd.ts) and
+    // the reasons of the single `Ready` condition (edge-operator/src/reconcile.ts, pipeline.ts)
+    match status {
+        "Ready" | "AllHealthy" => format!("\x1b[32m{}\x1b[0m", status),
+        "Error" | "ValidationFailed" | "PermanentError" | "BillingFailed" => {
+            format!("\x1b[31m{}\x1b[0m", status)
+        }
+        _ => format!("\x1b[33m{}\x1b[0m", status),
+    }
+}