diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index 37e153b..8802c86 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -199,10 +199,14 @@
       <aside class="sidebar">
         <div class="sidebar-brand">LunarFront</div>
         <nav class="sidebar-nav">
-          <div class="nav-item" id="nav-customers" onclick="showPage('customers')">
+          <div class="nav-item" id="nav-customers" onclick="navigate('customers')">
             <span class="nav-icon">◫</span>
             <span>Customers</span>
           </div>
+          <div class="nav-item" id="nav-devpod" onclick="navigate('devpod')">
+            <span class="nav-icon">⬡</span>
+            <span>Dev Pod</span>
+          </div>
         </nav>
         <div class="sidebar-user">
           <button class="user-btn" onclick="toggleUserMenu()">
@@ -284,6 +288,22 @@
         </div>
 
 
+        <!-- Dev Pod -->
+        <div id="page-devpod" class="page">
+          <div style="display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between;margin-bottom:1.5rem">
+            <div class="page-title" style="margin-bottom:0">Dev Pod</div>
+            <div style="display:flex;gap:0.5rem">
+              <button class="btn btn-slate btn-sm" onclick="loadDevPod()">↻ Refresh</button>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <div class="detail-grid" id="devpod-grid">
+            <div class="stat-card stat-card-full">
+              <div class="card-title">Loading…</div>
+              <div style="height:80px;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;color:#484f58;font-size:0.845rem">Fetching status…</div>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
         <!-- Account -->
         <div id="page-account" class="page">
           <div class="page-title">Account</div>
@@ -470,6 +490,9 @@
         openDetail(slug);
       } else if (hash === 'customers') {
         showPage('customers');
+      } else if (hash === 'devpod') {
+        showPage('devpod');
+        loadDevPod();
       } else if (hash === 'account') {
         showPage('account');
       } else {
@@ -951,6 +974,127 @@
       }
     }
 
+    // ── Dev Pod ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    let devpodRefreshTimer = null;
+
+    async function loadDevPod() {
+      try {
+        const res = await apiFetch('/api/devpod/status');
+        if (!res.ok) throw new Error('Failed to load');
+        const data = await res.json();
+        renderDevPod(data);
+      } catch (err) {
+        document.getElementById('devpod-grid').innerHTML =
+          `<div class="stat-card stat-card-full" style="color:#f85149">Failed to load: ${err.message}</div>`;
+      }
+    }
+
+    function renderDevPod({ state, replicas, readyReplicas, image, pods }) {
+      const stateBadge = state === 'running' ? '<span class="badge badge-green">Running</span>'
+        : state === 'stopped' ? '<span class="badge badge-gray">Stopped</span>'
+        : state === 'starting' ? '<span class="badge badge-yellow">Starting</span>'
+        : '<span class="badge badge-red">Error</span>';
+
+      const pod = pods[0];
+      const uptime = pod?.startedAt ? fmtAge(pod.startedAt) : '—';
+      const startedAt = pod?.startedAt ? fmtDateTime(pod.startedAt) : '—';
+
+      const podsHtml = pods.length === 0
+        ? '<div style="color:#484f58;font-size:0.845rem;padding:0.5rem 0">No pods running</div>'
+        : `<table class="pods-table">
+          <thead><tr><th>Pod</th><th>Ready</th><th>Status</th><th>Restarts</th><th>Age</th></tr></thead>
+          <tbody>${pods.map(p => {
+            const cls = p.status === 'Running' ? 'pod-status-running'
+              : p.status === 'Pending' ? 'pod-status-pending'
+              : p.status === 'Failed' ? 'pod-status-failed' : 'pod-status-unknown';
+            return `<tr>
+              <td class="pod-name">${p.name}</td>
+              <td style="color:#8b949e">${p.readyCount}/${p.totalCount}</td>
+              <td class="${cls}">${p.status}</td>
+              <td style="color:${p.restarts > 5 ? '#f85149' : '#8b949e'}">${p.restarts}</td>
+              <td style="color:#8b949e">${p.startedAt ? fmtAge(p.startedAt) : '—'}</td>
+            </tr>`;
+          }).join('')}</tbody>
+        </table>`;
+
+      const startDisabled = state === 'running' || state === 'starting';
+      const stopDisabled = state === 'stopped';
+      const restartDisabled = state === 'stopped';
+
+      document.getElementById('devpod-grid').innerHTML = `
+        <div class="stat-card stat-card-full">
+          <div class="card-title" style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center">
+            Status
+            <div style="display:flex;gap:0.5rem">
+              <button class="btn btn-primary btn-sm" id="devpod-start-btn" onclick="devpodAction('start')" ${startDisabled ? 'disabled' : ''}>Start</button>
+              <button class="btn btn-slate btn-sm" id="devpod-restart-btn" onclick="devpodAction('restart')" ${restartDisabled ? 'disabled' : ''}>Restart</button>
+              <button class="btn btn-danger btn-sm" id="devpod-stop-btn" onclick="devpodAction('stop')" ${stopDisabled ? 'disabled' : ''}>Stop</button>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <div style="display:flex;gap:2rem;margin-bottom:1rem;flex-wrap:wrap">
+            <div>
+              <span style="font-size:0.76rem;color:#8b949e;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.04em">State </span>
+              ${stateBadge}
+            </div>
+            <div>
+              <span style="font-size:0.76rem;color:#8b949e;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.04em">Uptime </span>
+              <span style="color:#e6edf3;font-size:0.845rem;font-weight:500">${uptime}</span>
+            </div>
+            <div>
+              <span style="font-size:0.76rem;color:#8b949e;text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:0.04em">Started </span>
+              <span style="color:#8b949e;font-size:0.845rem">${startedAt}</span>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          ${podsHtml}
+        </div>
+        <div class="stat-card">
+          <div class="card-title">Details</div>
+          <div class="stat-row">
+            <span class="stat-label">Replicas</span>
+            <span class="stat-value">${readyReplicas} / ${replicas}</span>
+          </div>
+          <div class="stat-row">
+            <span class="stat-label">Image</span>
+            <span class="stat-value" style="font-family:monospace;font-size:0.78rem;word-break:break-all">${image || '—'}</span>
+          </div>
+          <div class="stat-row">
+            <span class="stat-label">Namespace</span>
+            <span class="stat-value" style="font-family:monospace;font-size:0.8rem">dev</span>
+          </div>
+          <div class="stat-row">
+            <span class="stat-label">Deployment</span>
+            <span class="stat-value" style="font-family:monospace;font-size:0.8rem">dev</span>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      `;
+
+      // Auto-refresh while starting
+      clearInterval(devpodRefreshTimer);
+      if (state === 'starting') {
+        devpodRefreshTimer = setInterval(loadDevPod, 5000);
+      }
+    }
+
+    async function devpodAction(action) {
+      const btnId = `devpod-${action}-btn`;
+      const btn = document.getElementById(btnId);
+      const origText = btn?.textContent;
+      if (btn) { btn.disabled = true; btn.textContent = action === 'start' ? 'Starting…' : action === 'stop' ? 'Stopping…' : 'Restarting…'; }
+      try {
+        const res = await apiFetch(`/api/devpod/${action}`, { method: 'POST' });
+        if (!res.ok) {
+          const d = await res.json().catch(() => ({}));
+          throw new Error(d.message ?? `${action} failed`);
+        }
+        // Wait a moment then refresh status
+        setTimeout(loadDevPod, 1500);
+      } catch (err) {
+        alert(`Dev pod ${action} failed: ${err.message}`);
+        if (btn) { btn.disabled = false; btn.textContent = origText; }
+      }
+    }
+
     // ── Account ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     async function changePassword() {
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 3daea86..47ad73c 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { config } from "./lib/config";
 import { migrate } from "./db/manager";
 import { authRoutes } from "./routes/auth";
 import { customerRoutes } from "./routes/customers";
+import { devpodRoutes } from "./routes/devpod";
 import { startSizeCollector } from "./services/sizeCollector";
 
 const app = Fastify({ logger: true });
@@ -42,6 +43,11 @@ app.register(customerRoutes, {
   onRequest: [app.authenticate],
 } as any);
 
+app.register(devpodRoutes, {
+  prefix: "/api",
+  onRequest: [app.authenticate],
+} as any);
+
 await migrate();
 startSizeCollector(app.log);
 
diff --git a/src/routes/devpod.ts b/src/routes/devpod.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b75a161
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/devpod.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import type { FastifyInstance } from "fastify";
+import { k8sFetch, rolloutRestart } from "../lib/k8s";
+
+const NAMESPACE = "dev";
+const DEPLOYMENT = "dev";
+
+export async function devpodRoutes(app: FastifyInstance) {
+  app.get("/devpod/status", async (_req, reply) => {
+    const [deployRes, podsRes] = await Promise.allSettled([
+      k8sFetch(`/apis/apps/v1/namespaces/${NAMESPACE}/deployments/${DEPLOYMENT}`).then(r => r.json()),
+      k8sFetch(`/api/v1/namespaces/${NAMESPACE}/pods?labelSelector=app=${DEPLOYMENT}`).then(r => r.json()),
+    ]);
+
+    const deploy = deployRes.status === "fulfilled" ? deployRes.value : null;
+    const podsRaw = podsRes.status === "fulfilled" ? podsRes.value : null;
+
+    const replicas = deploy?.spec?.replicas ?? 0;
+    const readyReplicas = deploy?.status?.readyReplicas ?? 0;
+    const image = deploy?.spec?.template?.spec?.containers?.[0]?.image ?? null;
+
+    const pods = (podsRaw?.items ?? []).map((pod: any) => ({
+      name: pod.metadata.name,
+      ready: (pod.status?.containerStatuses ?? []).every((c: any) => c.ready),
+      readyCount: (pod.status?.containerStatuses ?? []).filter((c: any) => c.ready).length,
+      totalCount: (pod.status?.containerStatuses ?? []).length,
+      status: pod.status?.phase ?? "Unknown",
+      restarts: (pod.status?.containerStatuses ?? []).reduce((s: number, c: any) => s + (c.restartCount ?? 0), 0),
+      startedAt: pod.status?.startTime ?? null,
+    }));
+
+    // Determine overall state
+    let state: "stopped" | "running" | "starting" | "error";
+    if (replicas === 0) state = "stopped";
+    else if (readyReplicas > 0 && pods.some((p: any) => p.ready)) state = "running";
+    else if (pods.some((p: any) => p.status === "Failed")) state = "error";
+    else state = "starting";
+
+    return reply.send({ state, replicas, readyReplicas, image, pods });
+  });
+
+  app.post("/devpod/start", async (_req, reply) => {
+    await k8sFetch(`/apis/apps/v1/namespaces/${NAMESPACE}/deployments/${DEPLOYMENT}`, {
+      method: "PATCH",
+      headers: { "Content-Type": "application/strategic-merge-patch+json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ spec: { replicas: 1 } }),
+    });
+    return reply.send({ message: "Dev pod starting" });
+  });
+
+  app.post("/devpod/stop", async (_req, reply) => {
+    await k8sFetch(`/apis/apps/v1/namespaces/${NAMESPACE}/deployments/${DEPLOYMENT}`, {
+      method: "PATCH",
+      headers: { "Content-Type": "application/strategic-merge-patch+json" },
+      body: JSON.stringify({ spec: { replicas: 0 } }),
+    });
+    return reply.send({ message: "Dev pod stopped" });
+  });
+
+  app.post("/devpod/restart", async (_req, reply) => {
+    await rolloutRestart(NAMESPACE, DEPLOYMENT);
+    return reply.send({ message: "Dev pod restarting" });
+  });
+}