diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d5221c1d5..1f3f354dd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@
 /.buildpath
 /composer.phar
 /composer.lock
-/vendor
-/nbproject/private/
\ No newline at end of file
+/vendor
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12ad48827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Composer.
+ *
+ * (c) Nils Adermann <naderman@naderman.de>
+ *     Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Composer\Command;
+
+use Composer\Repository\PlatformRepository;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Composer\Package\Dumper\ArrayDumper;
+
+/**
+ * @author Robert Schönthal <seroscho@googlemail.com>
+ */
+class ShowCommand extends Command
+{
+
+    //holds the array dump of an package
+    private $dump;
+    private $output;
+
+    protected function configure()
+    {
+        $this
+            ->setName('show')
+            ->setDescription('show package details')
+            ->setDefinition(array(
+                new InputArgument('package', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'the package to inspect'),
+                new InputArgument('version', InputArgument::OPTIONAL, 'the version'),
+            ))
+            ->setHelp(<<<EOT
+The show command displays detailed information about a package
+<info>php composer.phar show composer/composer master-dev</info>
+
+EOT
+            )
+        ;
+    }
+
+    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
+    {
+        $dumper = new ArrayDumper();
+        $this->output = $output;
+        $this->dump = $dumper->dump($this->getPackage($input));
+
+        $this->printMeta($input);
+        $this->printLinks('requires');
+        $this->printLinks('recommends');
+        $this->printLinks('replaces');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * finds a package by name and version if provided
+     * 
+     * @param InputInterface $input
+     * @return PackageInterface
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException 
+     */
+    protected function getPackage(InputInterface $input)
+    {
+        $composer = $this->getComposer();
+        $localRepo = $composer->getRepositoryManager()->getLocalRepository();        
+
+        //we have a name and a version so we can use ::findPackage
+        if ($input->getArgument('version')) {
+            return $composer->getRepositoryManager()->findPackage($input->getArgument('package'), $input->getArgument('version'));
+        }
+        
+        //check if we have a local installation so we can grab the right package/version
+        foreach ($localRepo->getPackages() as $package) {
+            if ($package->getName() === $input->getArgument('package')) {
+                return $package;
+            }
+        }
+
+        //we only have a name, so search for the first package where the name matches
+        foreach ($composer->getRepositoryManager()->getRepositories() as $repository) {
+            foreach ($repository->getPackages() as $package) {
+                if ($package->getName() == $input->getArgument('package')) {
+                    return $package;
+                }
+            }
+        }            
+        
+        throw new \InvalidArgumentException('no package found');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * prints package meta data
+     */
+    protected function printMeta(InputInterface $input)
+    {
+        $this->output->writeln('<info>name</info>     :  ' . $this->dump['name']);
+        $this->printVersions($input);
+        $this->output->writeln('<info>type</info>     : ' . $this->dump['type']);
+        $this->output->writeln('<info>names</info>    : ' . join(', ', $this->dump['names']));
+        $this->output->writeln('<info>source</info>   : ' . sprintf('[%s] <comment>%s</comment> %s', $this->dump['source']['type'], $this->dump['source']['url'], $this->dump['source']['reference']));
+        $this->output->writeln('<info>dist</info>     : ' . sprintf('[%s] <comment>%s</comment> %s', $this->dump['dist']['type'], $this->dump['dist']['url'], $this->dump['dist']['reference']));
+        $this->output->writeln('<info>licence</info>  : ' . join(', ', $this->dump['license']));
+        $this->output->writeln("\n<info>autoload</info>");
+
+        if (array_key_exists('autoload', $this->dump)) {
+            foreach ($this->dump['autoload'] as $type => $autoloads) {
+                $this->output->writeln('<comment>' . $type . '</comment>');
+                
+                foreach ($autoloads as $name => $path) {
+                    $this->output->writeln($name .' : '. $path);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * prints all available versions of this package and highlights the installed one if any
+     */
+    protected function printVersions(InputInterface $input)
+    {
+        if ($input->getArgument('version')) {
+            $this->output->writeln('<info>version</info>  : ' . $this->dump['version_normalized']);
+            return;
+        }
+        
+        $versions = array();
+
+        foreach ($this->getComposer()->getRepositoryManager()->getRepositories() as $repository) {
+            foreach ($repository->getPackages() as $package) {
+                if ($package->getName() === $this->dump['name']) {
+                    $versions[] = $package->getPrettyVersion();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        $versions = str_replace($this->dump['version'], '<info>' . $this->dump['version'] . '</info>', join(', ', $versions));
+
+        $this->output->writeln('<info>versions</info> : ' . $versions);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * print link objects
+     * 
+     * @param string $linksName 
+     */
+    protected function printLinks($linksName)
+    {
+        if (isset($this->dump[$linksName])) {
+
+            $this->output->writeln("\n<info>" . $linksName . "</info>");
+
+            foreach ($this->dump[$linksName] as $link) {
+                $this->output->writeln($link->getTarget() . ' <comment>' . $link->getPrettyConstraint() . '</comment>');
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Composer/Console/Application.php b/src/Composer/Console/Application.php
index c0871bf4b..65cbacad3 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Console/Application.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Console/Application.php
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ class Application extends BaseApplication
         $this->add(new Command\UpdateCommand());
         $this->add(new Command\DebugPackagesCommand());
         $this->add(new Command\SearchCommand());
+        $this->add(new Command\ShowCommand());
 
         if ('phar:' === substr(__FILE__, 0, 5)) {
             $this->add(new Command\SelfUpdateCommand());