diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 325bf0ef107..0d5d8bc417b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ Please see _'Development Status'_ for a listing of all crates and their capabili
       * **tree**
          * [x] **entries** - list tree entries for a single tree or recursively
          * [x] **info** - display tree statistics
+      * **odb**
+         * [x] **info** - display odb statistics
+         * [x] **entries** - display all object ids in the object database
     * **index**
       * [x] **entries** - show detailed entry information for human or machine consumption (via JSON)
       * [x] **verify** - check the index for consistency
diff --git a/git-odb/src/lib.rs b/git-odb/src/lib.rs
index 0a9ed4eefdb..b1f557cb424 100644
--- a/git-odb/src/lib.rs
+++ b/git-odb/src/lib.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,16 @@ impl Store {
     pub fn path(&self) -> &std::path::Path {
         &self.path
     }
+
+    /// The kind of object hash to assume when dealing with pack indices and pack data files.
+    pub fn object_hash(&self) -> git_hash::Kind {
+        self.object_hash
+    }
+
+    /// Whether or not we are allowed to use multi-pack indices
+    pub fn use_multi_pack_index(&self) -> bool {
+        self.use_multi_pack_index
+    }
 }
 
 /// Create a new cached handle to the object store with support for additional options.
diff --git a/git-odb/src/store_impls/dynamic/types.rs b/git-odb/src/store_impls/dynamic/types.rs
index 026bd1faeb9..a055cdc961e 100644
--- a/git-odb/src/store_impls/dynamic/types.rs
+++ b/git-odb/src/store_impls/dynamic/types.rs
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ pub(crate) struct MutableIndexAndPack {
 
 /// A snapshot about resource usage.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde1", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub struct Metrics {
     /// The total amount of handles which can be used to access object information.
     pub num_handles: usize,
diff --git a/gitoxide-core/src/repository.rs b/gitoxide-core/src/repository.rs
index e568910d526..0c3948ca568 100644
--- a/gitoxide-core/src/repository.rs
+++ b/gitoxide-core/src/repository.rs
@@ -10,3 +10,67 @@ pub fn init(directory: Option<PathBuf>) -> Result<git_repository::Path> {
 pub mod tree;
 
 pub mod verify;
+
+pub mod odb {
+    use crate::OutputFormat;
+    use anyhow::bail;
+    use git_repository as git;
+    use std::io;
+    use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+    mod info {
+        use git_repository::odb::store;
+        use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+        #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde1", derive(serde::Serialize))]
+        pub struct Statistics {
+            pub path: PathBuf,
+            pub object_hash: String,
+            pub use_multi_pack_index: bool,
+            pub metrics: store::Metrics,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[cfg_attr(not(feature = "serde1"), allow(unused_variables))]
+    pub fn info(
+        repository: PathBuf,
+        format: OutputFormat,
+        out: impl io::Write,
+        mut err: impl io::Write,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        if format == OutputFormat::Human {
+            writeln!(err, "Only JSON is implemented - using that instead")?;
+        }
+
+        let repo = git::open(repository)?.apply_environment();
+        let store = repo.objects.store_ref();
+        let stats = info::Statistics {
+            path: store.path().into(),
+            object_hash: store.object_hash().to_string(),
+            use_multi_pack_index: store.use_multi_pack_index(),
+            metrics: store.metrics(),
+        };
+
+        #[cfg(feature = "serde1")]
+        {
+            serde_json::to_writer_pretty(out, &stats)?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn entries(repository: PathBuf, format: OutputFormat, mut out: impl io::Write) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        if format != OutputFormat::Human {
+            bail!("Only human output format is supported at the moment");
+        }
+
+        let repo = git::open(repository)?.apply_environment();
+
+        for object in repo.objects.iter()? {
+            let object = object?;
+            writeln!(out, "{}", object)?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/plumbing/main.rs b/src/plumbing/main.rs
index d6f8562eb7b..1300a9b5575 100644
--- a/src/plumbing/main.rs
+++ b/src/plumbing/main.rs
@@ -145,35 +145,57 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
             ),
         },
         Subcommands::Repository(repo::Platform { repository, cmd }) => match cmd {
-            repo::Subcommands::Tree {
-                cmd:
-                    repo::tree::Subcommands::Entries {
-                        treeish,
-                        recursive,
-                        extended,
+            repo::Subcommands::Odb { cmd } => match cmd {
+                repo::odb::Subcommands::Entries => prepare_and_run(
+                    "repository-odb-entries",
+                    verbose,
+                    progress,
+                    progress_keep_open,
+                    None,
+                    move |_progress, out, _err| core::repository::odb::entries(repository, format, out),
+                ),
+                repo::odb::Subcommands::Info => prepare_and_run(
+                    "repository-odb-info",
+                    verbose,
+                    progress,
+                    progress_keep_open,
+                    None,
+                    move |_progress, out, err| core::repository::odb::info(repository, format, out, err),
+                ),
+            },
+            repo::Subcommands::Tree { cmd } => match cmd {
+                repo::tree::Subcommands::Entries {
+                    treeish,
+                    recursive,
+                    extended,
+                } => prepare_and_run(
+                    "repository-tree-entries",
+                    verbose,
+                    progress,
+                    progress_keep_open,
+                    None,
+                    move |_progress, out, _err| {
+                        core::repository::tree::entries(
+                            repository,
+                            treeish.as_deref(),
+                            recursive,
+                            extended,
+                            format,
+                            out,
+                        )
                     },
-            } => prepare_and_run(
-                "repository-tree-entries",
-                verbose,
-                progress,
-                progress_keep_open,
-                None,
-                move |_progress, out, _err| {
-                    core::repository::tree::entries(repository, treeish.as_deref(), recursive, extended, format, out)
-                },
-            ),
-            repo::Subcommands::Tree {
-                cmd: repo::tree::Subcommands::Info { treeish, extended },
-            } => prepare_and_run(
-                "repository-tree-info",
-                verbose,
-                progress,
-                progress_keep_open,
-                None,
-                move |_progress, out, err| {
-                    core::repository::tree::info(repository, treeish.as_deref(), extended, format, out, err)
-                },
-            ),
+                ),
+                repo::tree::Subcommands::Info { treeish, extended } => prepare_and_run(
+                    "repository-tree-info",
+                    verbose,
+                    progress,
+                    progress_keep_open,
+                    None,
+                    move |_progress, out, err| {
+                        core::repository::tree::info(repository, treeish.as_deref(), extended, format, out, err)
+                    },
+                ),
+            },
             repo::Subcommands::Verify {
                 args:
                     pack::VerifyOptions {
diff --git a/src/plumbing/options.rs b/src/plumbing/options.rs
index e222bf0ed05..4a75745dcf6 100644
--- a/src/plumbing/options.rs
+++ b/src/plumbing/options.rs
@@ -353,6 +353,21 @@ pub mod repo {
             #[clap(subcommand)]
             cmd: tree::Subcommands,
         },
+        /// Interact with the object database.
+        Odb {
+            #[clap(subcommand)]
+            cmd: odb::Subcommands,
+        },
+    }
+
+    pub mod odb {
+        #[derive(Debug, clap::Subcommand)]
+        pub enum Subcommands {
+            /// Print all object names.
+            Entries,
+            /// Provide general information about the object database.
+            Info,
+        }
     }
 
     pub mod tree {