diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2c48112b5..c4a3bfae3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -940,6 +940,15 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f7144d30dcf0fafbce74250a3963025d8d52177934239851c917d29f1df280c2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "convert_case"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ec182b0ca2f35d8fc196cf3404988fd8b8c739a4d270ff118a398feb0cbec1ca"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-segmentation",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation"
 version = "0.9.3"
@@ -1282,7 +1291,16 @@ version = "0.11.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d07adf7be193b71cc36b193d0f5fe60b918a3a9db4dad0449f57bcfd519704a3"
 dependencies = [
- "derive_builder_macro",
+ "derive_builder_macro 0.11.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "derive_builder"
+version = "0.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8d67778784b508018359cbc8696edb3db78160bab2c2a28ba7f56ef6932997f8"
+dependencies = [
+ "derive_builder_macro 0.12.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1297,13 +1315,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "derive_builder_core"
+version = "0.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c11bdc11a0c47bc7d37d582b5285da6849c96681023680b906673c5707af7b0f"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "derive_builder_macro"
 version = "0.11.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f0314b72bed045f3a68671b3c86328386762c93f82d98c65c3cb5e5f573dd68"
 dependencies = [
- "derive_builder_core",
+ "derive_builder_core 0.11.2",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "derive_builder_macro"
+version = "0.12.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ebcda35c7a396850a55ffeac740804b40ffec779b98fffbb1738f4033f0ee79e"
+dependencies = [
+ "derive_builder_core 0.12.0",
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
@@ -3467,6 +3507,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "ucan",
  "ucan-key-support",
  "url",
+ "vergen",
+ "vergen-pretty",
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "witty-phrase-generator",
 ]
@@ -3822,6 +3864,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num_threads"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2819ce041d2ee131036f4fc9d6ae7ae125a3a40e97ba64d04fe799ad9dabbb44"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
 version = "0.32.1"
@@ -5448,6 +5499,8 @@ checksum = "17f6bb557fd245c28e6411aa56b6403c689ad95061f50e4be16c274e70a17e48"
 dependencies = [
  "deranged",
  "itoa",
+ "libc",
+ "num_threads",
  "serde",
  "time-core",
  "time-macros",
@@ -5928,6 +5981,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tinyvec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-segmentation"
+version = "1.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1dd624098567895118886609431a7c3b8f516e41d30e0643f03d94592a147e36"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-width"
 version = "0.1.10"
@@ -6037,6 +6096,29 @@ version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vergen"
+version = "8.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1290fd64cc4e7d3c9b07d7f333ce0ce0007253e32870e632624835cc80b83939"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "rustversion",
+ "time",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "vergen-pretty"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "741d3aa00b1153d1692b3fd3c9d825dd469d3ff03e5d58b6835be595892d70b5"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "convert_case",
+ "derive_builder 0.12.0",
+ "rustversion",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -6299,7 +6381,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0ef36a4d12baa6e842582fe9ec16a57184ba35e1a09308307b67d43ec8883100"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
- "derive_builder",
+ "derive_builder 0.11.2",
  "log",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cc7288705..8c703c4a8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ base64 = { version = "^0.21" }
 byteorder = { version = "~1.4" } # keep in sync with pinned libipld-* crates
 bytes = { version = "^1" }
 cid = { version = "0.10" }
+clap-vergen = { version = "0.2.0" }
 deterministic-bloom = { version = "0.1.0" }
 directories = { version = "5" }
 fastcdc = { version = "3.1" }
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "~0.3.18", features = ["env-filter", "tracing-l
 ucan = { version = "0.4.0" }
 ucan-key-support = { version = "0.1.7" }
 url = { version = "^2" }
+vergen = { version = "8.2.6", features = ["build", "cargo", "git", "gitcl"] }
+vergen-pretty = { version = "0.3.0" }
 void = { version = "1" }
 wasm-bindgen = { version = "^0.2" }
 wasm-bindgen-test = { version = "^0.3" }
diff --git a/rust/noosphere-cli/Cargo.toml b/rust/noosphere-cli/Cargo.toml
index b0e800976..99c1dc029 100644
--- a/rust/noosphere-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/noosphere-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ rocksdb = ["noosphere/rocksdb"]
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
+[build-dependencies]
+vergen = { workspace = true }
+
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dev-dependencies]
 reqwest = { version = "~0.11", default-features = false, features = ["json", "rustls-tls", "stream"] }
 
@@ -54,6 +57,9 @@ noosphere-ns = { version = "0.11.5", path = "../noosphere-ns", optional = true }
 noosphere = { version = "0.16.0", path = "../noosphere" }
 ucan = { workspace = true }
 ucan-key-support = { workspace = true }
+
+vergen-pretty = { workspace = true }
+
 cid = { workspace = true }
 symlink = { workspace = true }
 pathdiff = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/rust/noosphere-cli/build.rs b/rust/noosphere-cli/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81d9eb5a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/noosphere-cli/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+use vergen::EmitBuilder;
+
+fn main() {
+    EmitBuilder::builder()
+        .all_git()
+        .all_build()
+        .all_cargo()
+        .emit()
+        .unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/rust/noosphere-cli/src/native/cli.rs b/rust/noosphere-cli/src/native/cli.rs
index c6c1d2747..98d58c98d 100644
--- a/rust/noosphere-cli/src/native/cli.rs
+++ b/rust/noosphere-cli/src/native/cli.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ pub enum OrbCommand {
         command: SphereCommand,
     },
 
+    /// Display version information for this build of the CLI
+    Version {
+        /// Display extra build and git metadata
+        #[clap(short, long)]
+        verbose: bool,
+    },
+
     /// Summon a gateway geist to manage the local sphere; it will accept
     /// push, fetch and other REST actions from any clients that are authorized
     /// to operate on its counterpart sphere. When it receives changes to its
diff --git a/rust/noosphere-cli/src/native/commands/version.rs b/rust/noosphere-cli/src/native/commands/version.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/rust/noosphere-cli/src/native/mod.rs b/rust/noosphere-cli/src/native/mod.rs
index dfc924264..470e6853d 100644
--- a/rust/noosphere-cli/src/native/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/noosphere-cli/src/native/mod.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use anyhow::Result;
 use clap::Parser;
 use noosphere_core::tracing::initialize_tracing;
 use noosphere_storage::StorageConfig;
+use vergen_pretty::{vergen_pretty_env, PrettyBuilder};
 
 /// Additional context used to invoke a [Cli] command.
 pub struct CliContext<'a> {
@@ -85,6 +86,22 @@ pub async fn invoke_cli_with_workspace(cli: Cli, mut workspace: Workspace) -> Re
             KeyCommand::Create { name } => key_create(&name, &workspace).await?,
             KeyCommand::List { as_json } => key_list(as_json, &workspace).await?,
         },
+        OrbCommand::Version { verbose } => {
+            let version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+
+            if verbose {
+                let mut out = Vec::new();
+                PrettyBuilder::default()
+                    .env(vergen_pretty_env!())
+                    .build()?
+                    .display(&mut out)?;
+
+                info!("{:>28}: {}", "Version (  orb)", version);
+                info!("{}", std::str::from_utf8(&out)?);
+            } else {
+                info!("{}", version);
+            }
+        }
         OrbCommand::Sphere { command } => match command {
             SphereCommand::Create { owner_key } => {
                 sphere_create(&owner_key, &mut workspace).await?;