diff --git a/src/App.css b/src/App.css
index a4486bb..5a5c160 100644
--- a/src/App.css
+++ b/src/App.css
@@ -755,3 +755,44 @@
     grid-template-columns: 1fr;
   }
 }
+
+.hardware-dashboard { max-width: 1200px; }
+.hardware-nodes { display: grid; gap: 24px; margin-top: 24px; }
+.hardware-node {
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: 10px;
+  background: var(--bg);
+  padding: 20px;
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+.hardware-node-header {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 16px;
+  margin-bottom: 20px;
+  overflow-wrap: anywhere;
+}
+.hardware-node-header h2, .hardware-node-header p { margin: 0 0 6px; }
+.hardware-metrics {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(min(220px, 100%), 1fr));
+  gap: 16px;
+}
+.hardware-metric {
+  min-width: 0;
+  padding: 18px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  background: var(--surface);
+}
+.hardware-metric h3 { font-size: 15px; margin: 0 0 12px; }
+.hardware-metric strong {
+  display: block;
+  color: var(--text-h);
+  font-size: 30px;
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+}
+.hardware-metric meter { width: 100%; height: 16px; margin-top: 12px; }
+.hardware-metric p, .hardware-updated { font-size: 13px; margin: 12px 0 0; }
diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index d0c5a44..0eb44da 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { Link, Navigate, Route, Routes, useMatch, useNavigate, useParams } from 'react-router-dom'
 import './App.css'
 import NodeConnections from './NodeConnections'
+import NodeHardware from './NodeHardware'
 
 const API_BASE_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL
 
@@ -379,7 +380,7 @@ function Workspace({ page: activePage }: { page: PageId | 'node-details' }) {
     if (activePage === 'clusters') {
       void loadClusters()
     }
-    if (activePage === 'nodes' || activePage === 'clusters') {
+    if (activePage === 'dashboard' || activePage === 'nodes' || activePage === 'clusters') {
       void loadNodeInterfaces()
     }
   }, [activePage])
@@ -654,14 +655,20 @@ function Workspace({ page: activePage }: { page: PageId | 'node-details' }) {
         )}
 
         {activePage === 'dashboard' && (
-          <section className="content-panel" id="dashboard">
+          <section className="content-panel hardware-dashboard" id="dashboard">
             <p className="eyebrow">Dashboard</p>
-            <h1>Welcome back</h1>
-            <p>
-              Your main workspace is ready. The left navigation can collapse
-              now, and more sections can be added to the nav list as the app
-              grows.
-            </p>
+            <h1>Hardware usage</h1>
+            <p>Live CPU, memory, and disk usage for each registered node.</p>
+            {(nodesStatus === 'idle' || nodesStatus === 'loading') && <p role="status">Loading nodes…</p>}
+            {nodesStatus === 'error' && <div>
+              <p className="status-message error" role="alert">{nodesError}</p>
+              <button className="secondary-button" onClick={() => void loadNodeInterfaces()}>Retry loading nodes</button>
+            </div>}
+            {nodesStatus === 'success' && (nodes.length === 0
+              ? <p>No registered nodes. Add a node from the Nodes page to monitor hardware usage.</p>
+              : <div className="hardware-nodes">
+                  {nodes.map((node) => <NodeHardware key={`${node.uuid}:${node.host}`} name={node.if_name} host={node.host} />)}
+                </div>)}
           </section>
         )}
 
diff --git a/src/NodeHardware.tsx b/src/NodeHardware.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..665a017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NodeHardware.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+
+const fields = [
+  'cpu_usage_percent', 'memory_usage_percent', 'memory_total_mb',
+  'memory_used_mb', 'memory_available_mb', 'disk_usage_percent',
+  'disk_total_gb', 'disk_used_gb', 'disk_free_gb',
+] as const
+type HardwareStatus = Record<(typeof fields)[number], number>
+
+function isHardwareStatus(value: unknown): value is HardwareStatus {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== 'object') return false
+  const data = value as Record<string, unknown>
+  return fields.every((field) => {
+    const number = data[field]
+    return typeof number === 'number' && Number.isFinite(number) && number >= 0
+      && (!field.endsWith('_percent') || number <= 100)
+  })
+}
+
+function Metric({ label, value, detail }: { label: string; value?: number; detail?: string }) {
+  return (
+    <div className="hardware-metric">
+      <h3>{label}</h3>
+      <strong>{value === undefined ? '—' : `${value.toFixed(1)}%`}</strong>
+      {value !== undefined && <meter aria-label={`${label} usage`} min={0} max={100} value={value} />}
+      <p>{detail ?? 'Awaiting live data'}</p>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export default function NodeHardware({ name, host }: { name: string; host: string }) {
+  const [data, setData] = useState<HardwareStatus | null>(null)
+  const [status, setStatus] = useState('Connecting…')
+  const [updated, setUpdated] = useState<Date | null>(null)
+  const [attempt, setAttempt] = useState(0)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let active = true
+    let socket: WebSocket | undefined
+    let timeout: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined
+    const armTimeout = () => {
+      clearTimeout(timeout)
+      timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+        if (!active) return
+        setData(null)
+        setStatus('No recent hardware data. Reconnect to try again.')
+      }, 30000)
+    }
+    try {
+      socket = new WebSocket(`ws://${host}:9100/ws/hardware/status`)
+      armTimeout()
+      socket.onopen = () => {
+        if (active) setStatus('Waiting for hardware data…')
+      }
+      socket.onmessage = (event) => {
+        if (!active) return
+        try {
+          const message: unknown = JSON.parse(event.data)
+          if (!isHardwareStatus(message)) throw new Error('Invalid hardware data')
+          setData(message)
+          setUpdated(new Date())
+          setStatus('Live')
+          armTimeout()
+        } catch {
+          setData(null)
+          setStatus('Invalid hardware data received.')
+        }
+      }
+      const disconnected = () => {
+        if (!active) return
+        clearTimeout(timeout)
+        setData(null)
+        setStatus('Hardware feed disconnected. Reconnect to try again.')
+      }
+      socket.onerror = disconnected
+      socket.onclose = disconnected
+    } catch {
+      setStatus('Unable to connect to the hardware feed.')
+    }
+    return () => {
+      active = false
+      clearTimeout(timeout)
+      socket?.close()
+    }
+  }, [host, attempt])
+
+  return (
+    <article className="hardware-node">
+      <header className="hardware-node-header">
+        <div><h2>{name}</h2><p>{host}</p></div>
+        <div>
+          <p role="status" className={data ? 'connection-status connected' : ''}>{status}</p>
+          {!data && <button className="secondary-button" onClick={() => {
+            setData(null)
+            setUpdated(null)
+            setStatus('Connecting…')
+            setAttempt((value) => value + 1)
+          }}>Reconnect</button>}
+        </div>
+      </header>
+      <div className="hardware-metrics">
+        <Metric label="CPU" value={data?.cpu_usage_percent} detail={data ? 'Current processor usage' : undefined} />
+        <Metric label="Memory" value={data?.memory_usage_percent} detail={data ? `${data.memory_used_mb.toFixed(2)} / ${data.memory_total_mb.toFixed(2)} MB used · ${data.memory_available_mb.toFixed(2)} MB available` : undefined} />
+        <Metric label="Disk" value={data?.disk_usage_percent} detail={data ? `${data.disk_used_gb.toFixed(2)} / ${data.disk_total_gb.toFixed(2)} GB used · ${data.disk_free_gb.toFixed(2)} GB free` : undefined} />
+      </div>
+      {updated && <p className="hardware-updated">Last received: {updated.toLocaleTimeString()}</p>}
+    </article>
+  )
+}