diff --git a/desktop/src/components/db-viewer/HypertableDetail.test.tsx b/desktop/src/components/db-viewer/HypertableDetail.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c49576e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/components/db-viewer/HypertableDetail.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from "vitest";
+import { render, screen, fireEvent } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { HypertableDetail } from "./HypertableDetail";
+import type { HypertableInfo } from "../../lib/types";
+
+const item: HypertableInfo = {
+  name: "metrics",
+  schema: "public",
+  num_dimensions: 2,
+  compression_enabled: true,
+  num_chunks: 42,
+  total_size_bytes: 1048576,
+};
+
+describe("HypertableDetail", () => {
+  it("renders dimensions, compression, chunk count and human size", () => {
+    render(<HypertableDetail item={item} onOpenTable={vi.fn()} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText("metrics")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/2 dimensions/)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/compression enabled/)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/42 chunks/)).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText(/1\.0 MB/)).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("shows the DDL/restore caveat", () => {
+    render(<HypertableDetail item={item} onOpenTable={vi.fn()} />);
+    expect(screen.getByText(/create_hypertable/)).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it("opens the underlying table on click", () => {
+    const onOpenTable = vi.fn();
+    render(<HypertableDetail item={item} onOpenTable={onOpenTable} />);
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: /view table/i }));
+    expect(onOpenTable).toHaveBeenCalledWith("public", "metrics");
+  });
+
+  it("marks compression as disabled when off", () => {
+    render(
+      <HypertableDetail item={{ ...item, compression_enabled: false }} onOpenTable={vi.fn()} />,
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByText(/compression disabled/)).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/desktop/src/components/db-viewer/HypertableDetail.tsx b/desktop/src/components/db-viewer/HypertableDetail.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7d5e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/src/components/db-viewer/HypertableDetail.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { Table2 } from "lucide-react";
+import type { HypertableInfo } from "../../lib/types";
+
+function humanBytes(bytes: number | null): string {
+  if (bytes === null) return "unknown size";
+  const units = ["B", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB"];
+  let v = bytes;
+  let i = 0;
+  while (v >= 1024 && i < units.length - 1) {
+    v /= 1024;
+    i += 1;
+  }
+  return `${v >= 10 || i === 0 ? v.toFixed(0) : v.toFixed(1)} ${units[i]}`;
+}
+
+export function HypertableDetail({
+  item,
+  onOpenTable,
+}: {
+  item: HypertableInfo;
+  onOpenTable: (schema: string, table: string) => void;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <div className="mt-1 space-y-2">
+      <div className="text-sm text-text">{item.name}</div>
+      <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-2 text-xs text-text-muted">
+        <span className="rounded bg-surface-raised px-2 py-1">{item.num_dimensions} dimensions</span>
+        <span className="rounded bg-surface-raised px-2 py-1">
+          {item.compression_enabled ? "compression enabled" : "compression disabled"}
+        </span>
+        <span className="rounded bg-surface-raised px-2 py-1">{item.num_chunks} chunks</span>
+        <span className="rounded bg-surface-raised px-2 py-1">{humanBytes(item.total_size_bytes)}</span>
+      </div>
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        onClick={() => onOpenTable(item.schema, item.name)}
+        className="flex items-center gap-1 rounded px-2 py-1 text-xs text-text-muted hover:bg-surface-raised hover:text-text transition-colors cursor-pointer"
+      >
+        <Table2 size={13} /> View table
+      </button>
+      <p className="text-xs text-text-subtle">
+        Note: Copy DDL exports the table as plain SQL plus its create_hypertable call. A
+        full-fidelity restore needs TimescaleDB pre/post-restore hooks, which Gridline does
+        not run.
+      </p>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/desktop/src/components/db-viewer/ObjectTree.tsx b/desktop/src/components/db-viewer/ObjectTree.tsx
index a70a168..37ebc42 100644
--- a/desktop/src/components/db-viewer/ObjectTree.tsx
+++ b/desktop/src/components/db-viewer/ObjectTree.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { ChevronRight, ChevronDown, FunctionSquare, GitBranch, ListOrdered, Tag,
 import { useDbViewerStore } from "../../stores/dbViewerStore";
 import * as cmd from "../../lib/commands";
 import type { FunctionInfo, TriggerInfo, SequenceInfo, EnumInfo, ExtensionInfo, HypertableInfo } from "../../lib/types";
+import { HypertableDetail } from "./HypertableDetail";
 
 type ObjectType = "functions" | "triggers" | "sequences" | "enums" | "extensions" | "hypertables";
 
@@ -336,6 +337,16 @@ export function ObjectTree({ type, connectionId }: ObjectTreeProps) {
                       </>
                     );
                   })()}
+
+                  {type === "hypertables" && (() => {
+                    const h = item as HypertableInfo;
+                    return (
+                      <HypertableDetail
+                        item={h}
+                        onOpenTable={(schema, table) => useDbViewerStore.getState().openTab(schema, table)}
+                      />
+                    );
+                  })()}
                 </div>
               )}
             </div>