diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+.pytest_cache/
+.env
diff --git a/app/db/apps.py b/app/db/apps.py
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+++ b/app/db/apps.py
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+from app.db.database import get_connection
+
+
+def get_apps():
+    con = get_connection()
+
+    rows = con.execute(
+        """
+        SELECT
+            id,
+            name,
+            language,
+            version,
+            status,
+            COALESCE(memory, '') AS memory,
+            COALESCE(cpus, '') AS cpus,
+            updated_at
+        FROM apps
+        ORDER BY id
+        """
+    ).fetchall()
+
+    con.close()
+
+    return [dict(row) for row in rows]
+
+
+def get_app(app_id: str):
+    con = get_connection()
+
+    row = con.execute(
+        """
+        SELECT
+            id,
+            name,
+            language,
+            version,
+            status,
+            COALESCE(memory, '') AS memory,
+            COALESCE(cpus, '') AS cpus,
+            updated_at
+        FROM apps
+        WHERE id = ?
+        """,
+        (app_id,),
+    ).fetchone()
+
+    con.close()
+
+    if not row:
+        return None
+
+    return dict(row)
+
+
+def get_deployments(limit: int = 100):
+    con = get_connection()
+
+    rows = con.execute(
+        """
+        SELECT
+            id,
+            app_id,
+            kind,
+            status,
+            started_at,
+            finished_at,
+            returncode
+        FROM deployments
+        ORDER BY id DESC
+        LIMIT ?
+        """,
+        (limit,),
+    ).fetchall()
+
+    con.close()
+
+    return [dict(row) for row in rows]
+
+
+def get_deployment(deployment_id: int):
+    con = get_connection()
+
+    row = con.execute(
+        """
+        SELECT
+            id,
+            app_id,
+            kind,
+            status,
+            started_at,
+            finished_at,
+            returncode,
+            stdout,
+            stderr
+        FROM deployments
+        WHERE id = ?
+        """,
+        (deployment_id,),
+    ).fetchone()
+
+    con.close()
+
+    if not row:
+        return None
+
+    return dict(row)
diff --git a/app/db/database.py b/app/db/database.py
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+++ b/app/db/database.py
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+import sqlite3
+from pathlib import Path
+
+DB_FILE = Path("/opt/appfactory/data/appfactory/appfactory.db")
+
+
+def get_connection():
+    con = sqlite3.connect(DB_FILE)
+    con.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
+    return con