diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/display/dbtable/dbFeatures.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/display/dbtable/dbFeatures.ts
index bcc33f027c..9d7ca012a0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/display/dbtable/dbFeatures.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/display/dbtable/dbFeatures.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export type DbFeatures = {
 	primaryKeys?: boolean
 	defaultValues?: boolean
 	schemas?: boolean
+	indexes?: boolean
 }
 
 export function getDbFeatures(dbInput: DbInput): Required<DbFeatures> {
@@ -17,7 +18,10 @@ export function getDbFeatures(dbInput: DbInput): Required<DbFeatures> {
 		primaryKeys: true,
 		defaultValues: true,
 		enforcedForeignKeys: true,
-		schemas: dbInput.type !== 'ducklake' && dbSupportsSchemas(dbInput.resourceType)
+		schemas: dbInput.type !== 'ducklake' && dbSupportsSchemas(dbInput.resourceType),
+		// Index management is currently PostgreSQL-only (backend markers reject
+		// other dialects). Structured as a flag so it can be widened later.
+		indexes: dbInput.type !== 'ducklake' && dbInput.resourceType === 'postgresql'
 	}
 
 	if (dbInput.type == 'ducklake')
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/display/dbtable/queries/indexes.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/display/dbtable/queries/indexes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98670e5fe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/apps/components/display/dbtable/queries/indexes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+// Index management types and transforms.
+//
+// Indexes are managed imperatively (create / drop happen immediately), so unlike
+// foreign keys we do not round-trip a structured column model back from the DB —
+// the listing shows the canonical definition string returned by the database.
+// Currently PostgreSQL-only; the backend markers reject other dialects.
+
+/** A single key of a to-be-created index. */
+export type IndexColumnInput = {
+	value: string
+	/** When true, `value` is an arbitrary SQL expression (e.g. `lower(email)`)
+	 * rather than a plain column name. */
+	isExpression?: boolean
+}
+
+/** User-provided values for creating an index. */
+export type CreateIndexInput = {
+	name?: string
+	columns: IndexColumnInput[]
+	unique?: boolean
+	/** Index access method: btree (default) / hash / gin / gist / brin / spgist. */
+	method?: string
+	/** Partial-index predicate (raw SQL, placed after WHERE). */
+	where?: string
+	/** Covering (INCLUDE) columns. */
+	include?: string[]
+	/** Build the index without locking the table against writes. */
+	concurrent?: boolean
+}
+
+/** Raw row shape returned by the LIST_INDEXES marker (PostgreSQL). */
+export type RawIndex = {
+	index_name: string
+	index_def: string
+	is_unique: boolean | string | number
+	is_primary: boolean | string | number
+	is_valid: boolean | string | number
+	method: string
+	size_bytes: number | string | null
+	backs_constraint: boolean | string | number
+}
+
+/** Display model for an existing index. */
+export type DbIndex = {
+	name: string
+	definition: string
+	isUnique: boolean
+	isPrimary: boolean
+	isValid: boolean
+	method: string
+	sizeBytes: number
+	/** Backs a PK/unique constraint — cannot be dropped directly (read-only). */
+	backsConstraint: boolean
+}
+
+// Postgres booleans can arrive as true/false, 't'/'f', or 1/0 depending on how
+// the driver serializes the result — coerce all of them.
+function coerceBool(v: boolean | string | number | null | undefined): boolean {
+	if (typeof v === 'boolean') return v
+	if (typeof v === 'number') return v !== 0
+	if (typeof v === 'string') return v === 't' || v.toLowerCase() === 'true' || v === '1'
+	return false
+}
+
+function coerceNumber(v: number | string | null | undefined): number {
+	if (typeof v === 'number') return v
+	if (typeof v === 'string') {
+		const n = Number(v)
+		return Number.isFinite(n) ? n : 0
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+export function transformIndexes(raw: RawIndex[]): DbIndex[] {
+	if (!raw || !Array.isArray(raw)) return []
+	return raw.map((r) => ({
+		name: r.index_name,
+		definition: r.index_def,
+		isUnique: coerceBool(r.is_unique),
+		isPrimary: coerceBool(r.is_primary),
+		isValid: coerceBool(r.is_valid),
+		method: r.method,
+		sizeBytes: coerceNumber(r.size_bytes),
+		backsConstraint: coerceBool(r.backs_constraint)
+	}))
+}
+
+/** Human-readable byte size for display (e.g. "12 kB"). */
+export function formatIndexSize(bytes: number): string {
+	if (!bytes || bytes <= 0) return '0 B'
+	const units = ['B', 'kB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB']
+	let i = 0
+	let n = bytes
+	while (n >= 1024 && i < units.length - 1) {
+		n /= 1024
+		i++
+	}
+	return `${i === 0 ? n : n.toFixed(1)} ${units[i]}`
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/dbOps.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/dbOps.ts
index 8a528fd8e3..fca84a83f0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/dbOps.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/dbOps.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ import {
 	transformSnowflakeForeignKeys,
 	type RawForeignKey
 } from './apps/components/display/dbtable/queries/relationalKeys'
+import {
+	transformIndexes,
+	type CreateIndexInput,
+	type DbIndex,
+	type RawIndex
+} from './apps/components/display/dbtable/queries/indexes'
 
 export type IDbTableOps = {
 	dbType: DbType
@@ -282,6 +288,88 @@ export function dbSchemaOpsWithPreviewScripts({
 	}
 }
 
+export type IDbIndexOps = {
+	listIndexes: (params: { tableKey: string; schema?: string }) => Promise<DbIndex[]>
+	createIndex: (params: {
+		tableKey: string
+		schema?: string
+		values: CreateIndexInput
+	}) => Promise<void>
+	previewCreateIndexSql: (params: {
+		tableKey: string
+		schema?: string
+		values: CreateIndexInput
+	}) => Promise<string>
+	dropIndex: (params: { name: string; schema?: string; concurrent?: boolean }) => Promise<void>
+}
+
+export function dbIndexOpsWithPreviewScripts({
+	workspace,
+	input
+}: {
+	workspace: string
+	input: DbInput
+}): IDbIndexOps {
+	const dbType = getDbType(input)
+	const dbArg = getDatabaseArg(input)
+	const language = getLanguageByResourceType(dbType)
+
+	function makeMarker(op: string, payload: Record<string, unknown>): string {
+		return `-- WM_INTERNAL_DB_${op} ${JSON.stringify(payload)}`
+	}
+
+	function createIndexPayload({
+		tableKey,
+		schema,
+		values
+	}: {
+		tableKey: string
+		schema?: string
+		values: CreateIndexInput
+	}): Record<string, unknown> {
+		return {
+			name: values.name?.trim() || undefined,
+			table: tableKey,
+			schema,
+			columns: values.columns,
+			unique: values.unique ?? false,
+			method: values.method,
+			where: values.where?.trim() || undefined,
+			include: values.include ?? [],
+			concurrent: values.concurrent ?? false
+		}
+	}
+
+	return {
+		listIndexes: async ({ tableKey, schema }) => {
+			const content = makeMarker('LIST_INDEXES', { table: tableKey, schema })
+			const result = (await runScriptAndPollResult({
+				workspace,
+				requestBody: { args: { ...dbArg }, language, content }
+			})) as RawIndex[]
+			return transformIndexes(result)
+		},
+		createIndex: async ({ tableKey, schema, values }) => {
+			const content = makeMarker('CREATE_INDEX', createIndexPayload({ tableKey, schema, values }))
+			await runScriptAndPollResult({
+				workspace,
+				requestBody: { args: { ...dbArg }, language, content }
+			})
+		},
+		previewCreateIndexSql: async ({ tableKey, schema, values }) => {
+			const content = makeMarker('CREATE_INDEX', createIndexPayload({ tableKey, schema, values }))
+			return expandMarker(workspace, language, content)
+		},
+		dropIndex: async ({ name, schema, concurrent }) => {
+			const content = makeMarker('DROP_INDEX', { name, schema, concurrent: concurrent ?? false })
+			await runScriptAndPollResult({
+				workspace,
+				requestBody: { args: { ...dbArg }, language, content }
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 export async function getDucklakeSchema({
 	workspace,
 	ducklake