diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
index b53ee84..54719b0 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -27,8 +27,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build and push
         run: |
           SHA=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+          FULL_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
           IMAGE="git.kubebase.de/${{ gitea.repository }}"
-          docker build --no-cache -t "${IMAGE}:sha-${SHA}" -t "${IMAGE}:latest" .
+          if [ "${{ gitea.ref_type }}" = "tag" ]; then VERSION="${{ gitea.ref_name }}"; else VERSION=""; fi
+          docker build --no-cache \
+            --build-arg COMMIT_SHA="$FULL_SHA" \
+            --build-arg BUILD_DATE="$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")" \
+            --build-arg VERSION="$VERSION" \
+            -t "${IMAGE}:sha-${SHA}" -t "${IMAGE}:latest" .
           docker push "${IMAGE}:sha-${SHA}"
           docker push "${IMAGE}:latest"
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fe4ddab..f93d394 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ COPY --from=builder /app/artifacts/toolrate/dist artifacts/toolrate/dist
 ENV NODE_ENV=production
 ENV STATIC_DIR=/app/artifacts/toolrate/dist/public
 
+ARG COMMIT_SHA=""
+ARG BUILD_DATE=""
+ARG VERSION=""
+ENV COMMIT_SHA=${COMMIT_SHA}
+ENV BUILD_DATE=${BUILD_DATE}
+ENV VERSION=${VERSION}
+
 EXPOSE 8080
 
 CMD ["sh", "-c", "pnpm --filter @workspace/db run push-force && node --enable-source-maps artifacts/api-server/dist/index.mjs"]
diff --git a/artifacts/api-server/src/routes/health.ts b/artifacts/api-server/src/routes/health.ts
index c0a1446..00b380b 100644
--- a/artifacts/api-server/src/routes/health.ts
+++ b/artifacts/api-server/src/routes/health.ts
@@ -8,4 +8,14 @@ router.get("/healthz", (_req, res) => {
   res.json(data);
 });
 
+router.get("/version", (_req, res) => {
+  const retention = Number(process.env["TRASH_RETENTION_DAYS"] ?? "0");
+  res.json({
+    version: process.env["VERSION"] || "dev",
+    commitSha: process.env["COMMIT_SHA"] || null,
+    buildDate: process.env["BUILD_DATE"] || null,
+    trashRetentionDays: Number.isFinite(retention) ? retention : 0,
+  });
+});
+
 export default router;
diff --git a/artifacts/toolrate/src/components/layout.tsx b/artifacts/toolrate/src/components/layout.tsx
index 3a1b175..254ee10 100644
--- a/artifacts/toolrate/src/components/layout.tsx
+++ b/artifacts/toolrate/src/components/layout.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Link, useLocation } from "wouter";
 import { LayoutDashboard, Wrench, PlusCircle, BarChart3, LogIn, LogOut, User, ShieldCheck, AlertTriangle, Trash2 } from "lucide-react";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
+import { useGetVersion, getGetVersionQueryKey } from "@workspace/api-client-react";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Skeleton } from "@/components/ui/skeleton";
 import { ThemeToggle } from "@/components/theme-toggle";
@@ -8,6 +9,9 @@ import { ThemeToggle } from "@/components/theme-toggle";
 export function Layout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
   const [location] = useLocation();
   const { user, isLoading, isAuthenticated, isAdmin, isLocalMode, tier, hasFeature, login, logout } = useAuth();
+  const { data: version } = useGetVersion({
+    query: { queryKey: getGetVersionQueryKey(), staleTime: Infinity, retry: false },
+  });
 
   const links = [
     { href: "/", label: "Dashboard", icon: LayoutDashboard },
@@ -95,6 +99,24 @@ export function Layout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
             </Button>
           )}
         </div>
+        <div className="px-4 py-2.5 border-t flex items-center justify-between text-[11px] text-muted-foreground">
+          <span className="font-medium">toolr</span>
+          {version?.commitSha ? (
+            <a
+              href={`https://git.kubebase.de/admin/tool-evaluator/commit/${version.commitSha}`}
+              target="_blank"
+              rel="noreferrer"
+              className="font-mono hover:underline"
+              title={version.commitSha}
+            >
+              {version.version && version.version !== "dev"
+                ? version.version
+                : `sha-${version.commitSha.slice(0, 7)}`}
+            </a>
+          ) : version?.version && version.version !== "dev" ? (
+            <span className="font-mono">{version.version}</span>
+          ) : null}
+        </div>
       </aside>
 
       <main className="flex-1 flex flex-col min-w-0">
diff --git a/artifacts/toolrate/src/pages/admin.tsx b/artifacts/toolrate/src/pages/admin.tsx
index 808f4d5..0cd3f10 100644
--- a/artifacts/toolrate/src/pages/admin.tsx
+++ b/artifacts/toolrate/src/pages/admin.tsx
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ import {
   useUpdateUser,
   useDeleteUser,
   useListAuditLogs,
+  useGetVersion,
   getListUsersQueryKey,
   getListAuditLogsQueryKey,
+  getGetVersionQueryKey,
 } from "@workspace/api-client-react";
 import { useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ import { Select, SelectContent, SelectItem, SelectTrigger, SelectValue } from "@
 import { Skeleton } from "@/components/ui/skeleton";
 import { useToast } from "@/hooks/use-toast";
 import { Tabs, TabsContent, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
-import { Users, ScrollText, ShieldAlert, Plus, Pencil, Trash2, Clock, AlertTriangle, Wrench } from "lucide-react";
+import { Users, ScrollText, ShieldAlert, Plus, Pencil, Trash2, Clock, AlertTriangle, Wrench, Server } from "lucide-react";
 import { format } from "date-fns";
 import { AdminToolsTab } from "@/components/admin-tools-tab";
 
@@ -49,6 +51,9 @@ export default function Admin() {
     { limit: 100 },
     { query: { queryKey: getListAuditLogsQueryKey({ limit: 100 }), enabled: isAdmin } },
   );
+  const { data: versionInfo } = useGetVersion({
+    query: { queryKey: getGetVersionQueryKey(), staleTime: Infinity, retry: false, enabled: isAdmin },
+  });
 
   const createUser = useCreateUser();
   const updateUser = useUpdateUser();
@@ -154,6 +159,9 @@ export default function Admin() {
             <TabsTrigger value="audit" className="gap-2">
               <ScrollText className="w-4 h-4" /> Audit Log
             </TabsTrigger>
+            <TabsTrigger value="system" className="gap-2">
+              <Server className="w-4 h-4" /> System
+            </TabsTrigger>
           </TabsList>
 
           <TabsContent value="users">
@@ -274,6 +282,53 @@ export default function Admin() {
               </CardContent>
             </Card>
           </TabsContent>
+
+          <TabsContent value="system">
+            <Card>
+              <CardHeader>
+                <CardTitle>System</CardTitle>
+                <CardDescription>Build information of the currently live deployment.</CardDescription>
+              </CardHeader>
+              <CardContent>
+                <div className="divide-y">
+                  <div className="flex items-center justify-between py-3">
+                    <span className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">Version</span>
+                    <span className="text-sm font-medium">{versionInfo?.version || "dev"}</span>
+                  </div>
+                  <div className="flex items-center justify-between py-3">
+                    <span className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">Commit</span>
+                    {versionInfo?.commitSha ? (
+                      <a
+                        href={`https://git.kubebase.de/admin/tool-evaluator/commit/${versionInfo.commitSha}`}
+                        target="_blank"
+                        rel="noreferrer"
+                        className="text-sm font-mono text-primary hover:underline"
+                        title={versionInfo.commitSha}
+                      >
+                        {versionInfo.commitSha.slice(0, 7)}
+                      </a>
+                    ) : (
+                      <span className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">—</span>
+                    )}
+                  </div>
+                  <div className="flex items-center justify-between py-3">
+                    <span className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">Build date</span>
+                    <span className="text-sm">
+                      {versionInfo?.buildDate ? format(new Date(versionInfo.buildDate), "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm") : "—"}
+                    </span>
+                  </div>
+                  <div className="flex items-center justify-between py-3">
+                    <span className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">Trash retention</span>
+                    <span className="text-sm">
+                      {(versionInfo?.trashRetentionDays ?? 0) > 0
+                        ? `${versionInfo?.trashRetentionDays} days`
+                        : "Keep forever"}
+                    </span>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+              </CardContent>
+            </Card>
+          </TabsContent>
         </Tabs>
       </div>
 
diff --git a/lib/api-client-react/src/generated/api.schemas.ts b/lib/api-client-react/src/generated/api.schemas.ts
index 290c94b..134a95a 100644
--- a/lib/api-client-react/src/generated/api.schemas.ts
+++ b/lib/api-client-react/src/generated/api.schemas.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ export interface HealthStatus {
   status: string;
 }
 
+export interface VersionInfo {
+  version: string;
+  /** @nullable */
+  commitSha?: string | null;
+  /** @nullable */
+  buildDate?: string | null;
+  trashRetentionDays?: number;
+}
+
 export type AuthModeMode = typeof AuthModeMode[keyof typeof AuthModeMode];
 
 
diff --git a/lib/api-client-react/src/generated/api.ts b/lib/api-client-react/src/generated/api.ts
index 9632ed6..2f8b7c2 100644
--- a/lib/api-client-react/src/generated/api.ts
+++ b/lib/api-client-react/src/generated/api.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ import type {
   TrashToolsInput,
   User,
   UserCreateInput,
-  UserRoleUpdate
+  UserRoleUpdate,
+  VersionInfo
 } from './api.schemas';
 
 import { customFetch } from '../custom-fetch';
@@ -140,6 +141,84 @@ export function useHealthCheck<TData = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof healthCheck>>,
 
 
 
+export const getGetVersionUrl = () => {
+
+
+
+
+  return `/api/version`
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the running build version, commit SHA and build date
+ * @summary Build version information
+ */
+export const getVersion = async ( options?: RequestInit): Promise<VersionInfo> => {
+
+  return customFetch<VersionInfo>(getGetVersionUrl(),
+  {
+    ...options,
+    method: 'GET'
+
+
+  }
+);}
+
+
+
+
+
+export const getGetVersionQueryKey = () => {
+    return [
+    `/api/version`
+    ] as const;
+    }
+
+
+export const getGetVersionQueryOptions = <TData = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getVersion>>, TError = ErrorType<unknown>>( options?: { query?:UseQueryOptions<Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getVersion>>, TError, TData>, request?: SecondParameter<typeof customFetch>}
+) => {
+
+const {query: queryOptions, request: requestOptions} = options ?? {};
+
+  const queryKey =  queryOptions?.queryKey ?? getGetVersionQueryKey();
+
+
+
+    const queryFn: QueryFunction<Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getVersion>>> = ({ signal }) => getVersion({ signal, ...requestOptions });
+
+
+
+
+
+   return  { queryKey, queryFn, ...queryOptions} as UseQueryOptions<Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getVersion>>, TError, TData> & { queryKey: QueryKey }
+}
+
+export type GetVersionQueryResult = NonNullable<Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getVersion>>>
+export type GetVersionQueryError = ErrorType<unknown>
+
+
+/**
+ * @summary Build version information
+ */
+
+export function useGetVersion<TData = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getVersion>>, TError = ErrorType<unknown>>(
+  options?: { query?:UseQueryOptions<Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getVersion>>, TError, TData>, request?: SecondParameter<typeof customFetch>}
+
+ ):  UseQueryResult<TData, TError> & { queryKey: QueryKey } {
+
+  const queryOptions = getGetVersionQueryOptions(options)
+
+  const query = useQuery(queryOptions) as  UseQueryResult<TData, TError> & { queryKey: QueryKey };
+
+  return { ...query, queryKey: queryOptions.queryKey };
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
 export const getListToolsUrl = (params?: ListToolsParams,) => {
   const normalizedParams = new URLSearchParams();
 
diff --git a/lib/api-spec/openapi.yaml b/lib/api-spec/openapi.yaml
index d8f4eb2..fad5a1b 100644
--- a/lib/api-spec/openapi.yaml
+++ b/lib/api-spec/openapi.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,20 @@ paths:
               schema:
                 $ref: "#/components/schemas/HealthStatus"
 
+  /version:
+    get:
+      operationId: getVersion
+      tags: [health]
+      summary: Build version information
+      description: Returns the running build version, commit SHA and build date
+      responses:
+        "200":
+          description: Version information
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: "#/components/schemas/VersionInfo"
+
   /tools:
     get:
       operationId: listTools
@@ -660,6 +674,19 @@ components:
       required:
         - status
 
+    VersionInfo:
+      type: object
+      required: [version]
+      properties:
+        version:
+          type: string
+        commitSha:
+          type: ["string", "null"]
+        buildDate:
+          type: ["string", "null"]
+        trashRetentionDays:
+          type: integer
+
     AuthMode:
       type: object
       required: [mode]
diff --git a/lib/api-zod/src/generated/api.ts b/lib/api-zod/src/generated/api.ts
index d1a9c50..e8e5aba 100644
--- a/lib/api-zod/src/generated/api.ts
+++ b/lib/api-zod/src/generated/api.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ export const HealthCheckResponse = zod.object({
 })
 
 
+/**
+ * Returns the running build version, commit SHA and build date
+ * @summary Build version information
+ */
+export const GetVersionResponse = zod.object({
+  "version": zod.string(),
+  "commitSha": zod.string().nullish(),
+  "buildDate": zod.string().nullish(),
+  "trashRetentionDays": zod.number().optional()
+})
+
+
 /**
  * @summary List all tools
  */
diff --git a/lib/api-zod/src/generated/types/index.ts b/lib/api-zod/src/generated/types/index.ts
index ad49d0a..2b8b151 100644
--- a/lib/api-zod/src/generated/types/index.ts
+++ b/lib/api-zod/src/generated/types/index.ts
@@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ export * from './userRoleUpdate';
 export * from './userRoleUpdateRole';
 export * from './userRoleUpdateTier';
 export * from './userTier';
+export * from './versionInfo';
diff --git a/lib/api-zod/src/generated/types/versionInfo.ts b/lib/api-zod/src/generated/types/versionInfo.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..154bed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/api-zod/src/generated/types/versionInfo.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * Generated by orval v8.9.1 🍺
+ * Do not edit manually.
+ * Api
+ * ToolRate API — Tool listing and rating platform
+ * OpenAPI spec version: 0.1.0
+ */
+
+export interface VersionInfo {
+  version: string;
+  /** @nullable */
+  commitSha?: string | null;
+  /** @nullable */
+  buildDate?: string | null;
+  trashRetentionDays?: number;
+}