diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fe6983d..c5aa4d0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
     "@gitgraph/node": "^0.1.18",
+    "chalk": "^4.1.2",
+    "columnify": "^1.5.4",
     "inquirer": "^7.3.3",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "simple-git": "^2.47.0",
+    "stringify-tree": "^1.1.1",
+    "updeep": "^1.2.1",
     "yargs": "^16.2.0",
     "yurnalist": "^2.1.0"
   }
diff --git a/src/commands/done.js b/src/commands/done.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99e70bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/done.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+const Git = require('simple-git');
+const inquirer = require('inquirer');
+const report = require('yurnalist');
+const _ = require('lodash');
+const { currentBranch } = require( '../utils');
+
+module.exports = async (yargs) => {
+
+    const current = await currentBranch();
+
+    console.log(`marking branch '$current' as done`);
+
+    await Git().addConfig( `branch.${current}.mikado-done`, true );
+
+}
diff --git a/src/commands/status.js b/src/commands/status.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68e0619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/status.js
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+const Git = require('simple-git');
+const inquirer = require('inquirer');
+const report = require('yurnalist');
+const _ = require('lodash');
+const { defaults } = require('lodash/fp');
+const u = require('updeep');
+const columnify = require('columnify');
+const chalk = require('chalk');
+
+module.exports = async (yargs) => {
+    const config = (await Git().listConfig('local')).all;
+
+    let tree = Object.entries(config).reduce(
+        (accum, [key,value]) => u.updateIn(key,value,accum), {}
+    );
+
+    const branches = {};
+
+    const normalizeArray = value => Array.isArray(value)?value: [value].filter(x=>x);
+
+    const initBranch = config => defaults({
+        upstream: [],
+        dependencies: [],
+    },config);
+
+    const current = (await Git().raw('branch','--show-current')).replace("\n",'');
+
+    for( const branch in tree.branch ) {
+        const entry = tree.branch[branch];
+
+        if( !('mikado-upstream' in entry) ) continue;
+
+        branches[branch] = initBranch({
+            name:  branch,
+            upstream: normalizeArray(entry['mikado-upstream']),
+            base: entry['mikado-base'],
+            done: entry['mikado-done'],
+        });
+    }
+
+    for ( const branch of Object.values(branches) ) {
+        for( const ups of branch['upstream'] ) {
+            if(!branches[ups]) branches[ups] = initBranch({
+                name: ups,
+                upstream: [],
+                dependencies: [],
+            });
+
+            branches[ups].dependencies.push(branch.name);
+        }
+    }
+
+    if( branches[ current ] ) branches[current].current = true;
+
+    const depColor = current => async ( dep ) => {
+        let color = branches[dep].done ? chalk.green: chalk.red;
+
+        let contains = await Git().raw('branch', '--contains', dep);
+        contains = contains.split("\n").map( x => x.trim().replace('* ','') );
+
+        if( contains.includes(current) )
+            color = color.underline;
+
+        return color(dep);
+
+    }
+
+    const upstreamColor = current => async ( up ) => {
+        let color = branches[up].done ? chalk.green: chalk.red;
+
+        let contains = await Git().raw('branch', '--contains', current);
+        contains = contains.split("\n").map( x => x.trim().replace('* ','') );
+
+        if( contains.includes(up) )
+            color = color.underline;
+
+        return color(up);
+
+    }
+
+    console.log( "\n=== Mikado status ===\n" );
+
+    const sorted = _.sortBy(Object.values(branches), ['current'])
+
+    for( const branch of sorted ) {
+        console.log( chalk.blue(branch.name), branch.current ? "(current branch)" : "", branch.done ? chalk.green.bold('done'):"" );
+        console.log( `\tbase: ${chalk.magenta(branch.base ?? '<none>')}` );
+
+        if(branch.upstream.length) {
+            const ups = await Promise.all(branch.upstream.map(upstreamColor(branch.name)));
+            console.log( "\tupstream:", ups.join(" ") );
+        }
+
+        if(branch.dependencies.length) {
+            const deps = await Promise.all(branch.dependencies.map(depColor(branch.name)));
+            console.log( "\tdependencies:", deps.join(" ") );
+        }
+
+        console.log("\n\n");
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/commands/upstream b/src/commands/upstream
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02d105f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/upstream
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const Git = require('simple-git');
+const inquirer = require('inquirer');
+const report = require('yurnalist');
+const _ = require('lodash');
+const { currentBranch } = require( '../utils');
+
+module.exports = async ({ branch, upstream }) => {
+
+    console.log(`adding '${upstream}' as upstream of '${branch}'`);
+
+    await Git().addConfig( `branch.${branch}.mikado-upstream`, upstream, true );
+}
diff --git a/src/git-mikado.js b/src/git-mikado.js
index 4a62c42..9ff76b2 100644
--- a/src/git-mikado.js
+++ b/src/git-mikado.js
@@ -1,9 +1,51 @@
 const yargs = require("yargs");
 const new_branch = require("./commands/new_branch");
+const status = require("./commands/status");
+const done = require("./commands/done");
+const upstream = require("./commands/upstream");
+const { currentBranch } = require('./utils');
+
+currentBranch().then(
+    currentBranch => {
+
 
 yargs
     .scriptName("git-mikado")
     .showHelpOnFail(true)
+    .command(
+        "status",
+        "show status of all mikado branches",
+        status
+    )
+    .command(
+        "done [branch]",
+        "set branch as done",
+        (yargs) => {
+            return yargs
+                .positional("branch", {
+                    describe: "branch to mark as done",
+                    default: currentBranch
+                })
+        },
+        done
+    )
+    .command(
+        "upstream [upstream]",
+        "set branch as done",
+        (yargs) => {
+            return yargs
+                .positional("upstream", {
+                    describe: "upstream branch to add",
+                })
+                .option("branch", {
+                    alias: "b",
+                    describe: "target branch",
+                    default: currentBranch,
+                })
+                .demandOption(["upstream"]);
+        },
+        upstream
+    )
     .command(
         "new [branch]",
         "create new mikado branch",
@@ -36,3 +78,5 @@ yargs
     .help()
     .demandCommand(1, "")
     .strict().argv;
+
+});
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16920df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const Git = require('simple-git');
+
+async function currentBranch() {
+    let branch = await Git().raw('branch', '--show-current');
+    return branch.replace("\n",'');
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+    currentBranch,
+}