diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1079eff..31a0478 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15568,6 +15568,9 @@
         "vite-tsconfig-paths": "^5.1.4",
         "zod": "^4.2.1"
       },
+      "bin": {
+        "dashboard": "bin.mjs"
+      },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@tanstack/devtools-vite": "^0.3.11",
         "@testing-library/dom": "^10.4.0",
diff --git a/packages/cli/cli.ts b/packages/cli/cli.ts
index 8cdae7e..479e23c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/cli.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 /* v8 ignore file -- @preserve */
-import { doctor, getVersion, init, workerStart } from "./commands.js";
+import {
+  dashboard,
+  doctor,
+  getVersion,
+  init,
+  workerStart,
+} from "./commands.js";
 import { withErrorHandling } from "./errors.js";
 import { Command } from "commander";
 
@@ -38,4 +44,10 @@ workerCmd
   )
   .action(withErrorHandling(workerStart));
 
+// dashboard
+program
+  .command("dashboard")
+  .description("start the dashboard to view workflow runs")
+  .action(withErrorHandling(dashboard));
+
 await program.parseAsync(process.argv);
diff --git a/packages/cli/commands.ts b/packages/cli/commands.ts
index c2e13f8..964f009 100644
--- a/packages/cli/commands.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/commands.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import * as p from "@clack/prompts";
 import { consola } from "consola";
 import { config as loadDotenv } from "dotenv";
 import { createJiti } from "jiti";
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
 import {
   existsSync,
   mkdirSync,
@@ -308,6 +309,70 @@ export async function workerStart(cliOptions: WorkerConfig): Promise<void> {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * openworkflow dashboard
+ * Starts the dashboard by delegating to `@openworkflow/dashboard` via npx.
+ */
+export async function dashboard(): Promise<void> {
+  consola.start("Starting dashboard...");
+
+  const { configFile } = await loadConfigWithEnv();
+  if (!configFile) {
+    throw new CLIError(
+      "No config file found.",
+      "Run `ow init` to create a config file before starting the dashboard.",
+    );
+  }
+  consola.info(`Using config: ${configFile}`);
+
+  // eslint-disable-next-line sonarjs/no-os-command-from-path
+  const child = spawn("npx", ["@openworkflow/dashboard"], {
+    stdio: "inherit",
+  });
+
+  await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+    /** remove signal handlers after the child exits */
+    function cleanupSignalHandlers(): void {
+      process.off("SIGINT", signalHandler);
+      process.off("SIGTERM", signalHandler);
+    }
+
+    child.on("error", (error) => {
+      cleanupSignalHandlers();
+      reject(
+        new CLIError(
+          "Failed to start dashboard.",
+          `Could not spawn npx: ${error.message}`,
+        ),
+      );
+    });
+
+    child.on("exit", (code) => {
+      cleanupSignalHandlers();
+      if (code === 0 || code === null) {
+        resolve();
+      } else {
+        reject(
+          new CLIError(
+            "Dashboard exited with an error.",
+            `Exit code: ${String(code)}`,
+          ),
+        );
+      }
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * Graceful shutdown on signals.
+     * @param signal - Signal
+     */
+    function signalHandler(signal: NodeJS.Signals): void {
+      child.kill(signal);
+    }
+    process.on("SIGINT", signalHandler);
+    process.on("SIGTERM", signalHandler);
+  });
+}
+
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/bin.mjs b/packages/dashboard/bin.mjs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c8da1dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/dashboard/bin.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+
+// simple wrapper to load the dashboard server since the index.mjs file does not
+// have a shebang line
+const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const serverPath = join(__dirname, ".output", "server", "index.mjs");
+
+await import(serverPath);
diff --git a/packages/dashboard/package.json b/packages/dashboard/package.json
index 5117e04..744f9b8 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard/package.json
+++ b/packages/dashboard/package.json
@@ -2,10 +2,16 @@
   "name": "@openworkflow/dashboard",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
+  "bin": "./bin.mjs",
+  "files": [
+    ".output",
+    "bin.mjs"
+  ],
   "scripts": {
     "build": "vite build",
     "dev": "vite dev --port 3000",
     "preview": "vite preview",
+    "start": "node ./.output/server/index.mjs",
     "test": "vitest run",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
   },
diff --git a/turbo.json b/turbo.json
index 78434fa..87f27ef 100644
--- a/turbo.json
+++ b/turbo.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "tasks": {
     "build": {
       "dependsOn": ["^build"],
-      "outputs": ["dist/**"]
+      "outputs": ["dist/**", ".output/**"]
     }
   }
 }