diff --git a/src/modes/server/api/status.rs b/src/modes/server/api/status.rs
index e69de29..c01bf75 100644
--- a/src/modes/server/api/status.rs
+++ b/src/modes/server/api/status.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+use axum::{
+    extract::{ConnectInfo, State},
+    http::{HeaderMap, StatusCode},
+    response::Json,
+    http::header,
+};
+use log::warn;
+use serde_json::json;
+use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use crate::compression_engine::CompressionType;
+use crate::meta_plugin::MetaPluginType;
+use crate::modes::server::common::{AppState, ApiResponse, check_auth};
+
+pub async fn handle_status(
+    State(state): State<AppState>,
+    headers: HeaderMap,
+    ConnectInfo(addr): ConnectInfo<SocketAddr>,
+) -> Result<Json<ApiResponse<HashMap<String, serde_json::Value>>>, StatusCode> {
+    if !check_auth(&headers, &state.password) {
+        warn!("Unauthorized request to /api/status from {}", addr);
+        return Err(StatusCode::UNAUTHORIZED);
+    }
+
+    let mut status_info = HashMap::new();
+    
+    // Add version info
+    status_info.insert(
+        "version".to_string(), 
+        json!(env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"))
+    );
+    
+    // Add database path
+    status_info.insert(
+        "database_path".to_string(), 
+        json!(state.db.lock().await.path().unwrap_or("unknown"))
+    );
+    
+    // Add data directory
+    status_info.insert(
+        "data_directory".to_string(), 
+        json!(state.data_dir.to_string_lossy())
+    );
+    
+    // Add compression engines
+    let compression_engines: Vec<String> = [
+        CompressionType::GZip,
+        CompressionType::Lz4,
+        CompressionType::None,
+        CompressionType::Program("test".to_string())
+    ]
+    .iter()
+    .map(|ct| ct.to_string())
+    .filter(|ct| {
+        if let Ok(engine) = crate::compression_engine::get_compression_engine(
+            ct.parse().unwrap_or(CompressionType::None)
+        ) {
+            engine.is_supported()
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
+    })
+    .collect();
+    
+    status_info.insert(
+        "compression_engines".to_string(), 
+        json!(compression_engines)
+    );
+    
+    // Add meta plugins
+    let meta_plugins: Vec<String> = [
+        MetaPluginType::FileMagic,
+        MetaPluginType::FileMime,
+        MetaPluginType::FileEncoding,
+        MetaPluginType::LineCount,
+        MetaPluginType::WordCount,
+        MetaPluginType::Cwd,
+        MetaPluginType::Binary,
+        MetaPluginType::Uid,
+        MetaPluginType::User,
+        MetaPluginType::Gid,
+        MetaPluginType::Shell,
+        MetaPluginType::ShellPid,
+        MetaPluginType::KeepPid,
+        MetaPluginType::Hostname,
+        MetaPluginType::FullHostname,
+        MetaPluginType::Sha256,
+        MetaPluginType::ReadTime,
+        MetaPluginType::ReadRate,
+    ]
+    .iter()
+    .map(|mpt| mpt.to_string())
+    .filter(|mpt| {
+        let plugin = crate::meta_plugin::get_meta_plugin(
+            mpt.parse().unwrap_or(MetaPluginType::FileMagic)
+        );
+        plugin.is_supported()
+    })
+    .collect();
+    
+    status_info.insert(
+        "meta_plugins".to_string(), 
+        json!(meta_plugins)
+    );
+
+    let response = ApiResponse {
+        success: true,
+        data: Some(status_info),
+        error: None,
+    };
+
+    Ok(Json(response))
+}