diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 21f3946bb..fb2128c49 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2018-2022 Status Research & Development GmbH. Licensed under
+# Copyright (c) 2018-2023 Status Research & Development GmbH. Licensed under
 # either of:
 # - Apache License, version 2.0
 # - MIT license
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ FLUFFY_TOOLS := \
 	eth_data_exporter \
 	content_verifier \
 	blockwalk \
-	portalcli
+	portalcli \
+	fcli_db
 FLUFFY_TOOLS_DIRS := \
 	fluffy/tools/beacon_lc_bridge \
 	fluffy/tools/beacon_chain_bridge \
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ txparse: | build deps
 
 # usual cleaning
 clean: | clean-common
-	rm -rf build/{nimbus,fluffy,nimbus_verified_proxy,$(TOOLS_CSV),$(FLUFFY_TOOLS_CSV),all_tests,test_kvstore_rocksdb,test_rpc,all_fluffy_tests,all_fluffy_portal_spec_tests,test_portal_testnet,portalcli,blockwalk,eth_data_exporter,utp_test_app,utp_test,*.dSYM}
+	rm -rf build/{nimbus,fluffy,nimbus_verified_proxy,$(TOOLS_CSV),$(FLUFFY_TOOLS_CSV),all_tests,test_kvstore_rocksdb,test_rpc,all_fluffy_tests,all_fluffy_portal_spec_tests,test_portal_testnet,utp_test_app,utp_test,*.dSYM}
 	rm -rf tools/t8n/{t8n,t8n_test}
 	rm -rf tools/evmstate/{evmstate,evmstate_test}
 ifneq ($(USE_LIBBACKTRACE), 0)
diff --git a/fluffy/tools/benchmark.nim b/fluffy/tools/benchmark.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d397042a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fluffy/tools/benchmark.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Fluffy
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Status Research & Development GmbH
+# Licensed and distributed under either of
+#   * MIT license (license terms in the root directory or at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
+#   * Apache v2 license (license terms in the root directory or at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).
+# at your option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms.
+
+from std/stats import RunningStat, mean, push, standardDeviationS
+from std/strformat import `&`
+from std/times import cpuTime
+
+export RunningStat
+
+template withTimer*(stats: var RunningStat, body: untyped) =
+  let start = cpuTime()
+
+  block:
+    body
+
+  let stop = cpuTime()
+  stats.push stop - start
+
+proc printTimers*[Timers: enum](
+  timers: array[Timers, RunningStat]
+) =
+  func fmtTime(t: float): string = &"{t * 1000 :>12.3f}, "
+
+  echo "All timings are in ms and are cpu time."
+  echo &"{\"Average\" :>12}, {\"StdDev\" :>12}, {\"Min\" :>12}, " &
+    &"{\"Max\" :>12}, {\"Samples\" :>12}, {\"Test\" :>12} "
+
+  for t in Timers:
+    echo fmtTime(timers[t].mean), fmtTime(timers[t].standardDeviationS),
+      fmtTime(timers[t].min), fmtTime(timers[t].max), &"{timers[t].n :>12}, ",
+      $t
diff --git a/fluffy/tools/fcli_db.nim b/fluffy/tools/fcli_db.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e846f10b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fluffy/tools/fcli_db.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+# Fluffy
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Status Research & Development GmbH
+# Licensed and distributed under either of
+#   * MIT license (license terms in the root directory or at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
+#   * Apache v2 license (license terms in the root directory or at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).
+# at your option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms.
+
+import
+  chronicles,
+  confutils,
+  stint,
+  eth/keys,
+  ../database/content_db,
+  ./benchmark
+
+when defined(posix):
+  import system/ansi_c
+
+type Timers = enum
+  tDbPut = "DB put for content"
+  tDbGet = "DB get for content"
+  tDbContains = "DB contains for content"
+  tDbDel = "DB delete for content"
+  tDbSize = "Get DB size"
+  tDbUsedSize = "Get DB used size"
+  tDbContentSize = "Get DB content size"
+  tDbContentCount = "Get DB content count"
+  tDbLargestDistance = "Get DB largest distance"
+
+type
+  DbCmd* {.pure.} = enum
+    benchmark = "Run a benchmark on different ContentDb calls. This is invasive to the database as it will add but then also remove new random content"
+    generate = "Generate random content into the database, for testing purposes."
+    prune = "Prune the ContentDb in case of resizing or selecting a different local id"
+    validate = "Validate all the content in the ContentDb"
+
+  DbConf = object
+    databaseDir* {.
+      desc: "Directory where `contentdb_xxx.sqlite` is stored"
+      name: "db-dir".}: InputDir
+
+    contentSize* {.
+      desc: "Amount of bytes in generated content value"
+      defaultValue: 25_000 # 25kb
+      name: "content-size".}: uint64
+
+    case cmd* {.
+      command
+      desc: ""
+      .}: DbCmd
+
+    of DbCmd.benchmark:
+      samples* {.
+        desc: "Amount of benchmark samples"
+        defaultValue: 100
+        name: "samples".}: uint64
+
+    of DbCmd.generate:
+      contentAmount* {.
+        desc: "Amount of content key-value pairs to generate in db"
+        defaultValue: 1000
+        name: "content-amount".}: uint64
+
+    of DbCmd.prune:
+      discard
+
+    of DbCmd.validate:
+      discard
+
+const maxDbSize = 4_000_000_000'u64
+
+func generateRandomU256(rng: var HmacDrbgContext): UInt256 =
+  let bytes = rng.generateBytes(32)
+  UInt256.fromBytesBE(bytes)
+
+proc cmdGenerate(conf: DbConf) =
+  let
+    rng = newRng()
+    db = ContentDB.new(
+      conf.databaseDir.string,
+      maxDbSize,
+      inMemory = false)
+    bytes = newSeq[byte](conf.contentSize)
+
+  for i in 0..<conf.contentAmount:
+    let key = rng[].generateRandomU256()
+    db.put(key, bytes)
+
+proc cmdBench(conf: DbConf) =
+  let
+    rng = newRng()
+    db = ContentDB.new(
+      conf.databaseDir.string,
+      4_000_000_000'u64,
+      inMemory = false)
+    bytes = newSeq[byte](conf.contentSize)
+
+  var timers: array[Timers, RunningStat]
+  var keys: seq[UInt256]
+
+  # TODO: We could/should avoid putting and deleting content by iterating over
+  # some content and selecting random content keys for which to get the content.
+  for i in 0..<conf.samples:
+    let key = rng[].generateRandomU256()
+    keys.add(key)
+    withTimer(timers[tDbPut]):
+      db.put(key, bytes)
+
+  for key in keys:
+    withTimer(timers[tDbGet]):
+      let val = db.get(key)
+
+  for key in keys:
+    withTimer(timers[tDbContains]):
+      discard db.contains(key)
+
+  for key in keys:
+    withTimer(timers[tDbDel]):
+      db.del(key)
+
+  for i in 0..<conf.samples:
+    withTimer(timers[tDbSize]):
+      let size = db.size()
+    withTimer(timers[tDbUsedSize]):
+      let size = db.usedSize()
+    withTimer(timers[tDbContentSize]):
+      let size = db.contentSize()
+    withTimer(timers[tDbContentCount]):
+      let count = db.contentCount()
+    withTimer(timers[tDbLargestDistance]):
+      # The selected local ID doesn't matter here as it currently needs to
+      # iterate over all content for this call.
+      let distance = db.getLargestDistance(u256(0))
+
+  printTimers(timers)
+
+proc controlCHook {.noconv.} =
+  notice "Shutting down after having received SIGINT."
+  quit QuitSuccess
+
+proc exitOnSigterm(signal: cint) {.noconv.} =
+  notice "Shutting down after having received SIGTERM."
+  quit QuitSuccess
+
+when isMainModule:
+  setControlCHook(controlCHook)
+  when defined(posix):
+    c_signal(ansi_c.SIGTERM, exitOnSigterm)
+
+  var conf = DbConf.load()
+
+  case conf.cmd
+  of DbCmd.benchmark:
+    cmdBench(conf)
+  of DbCmd.generate:
+    cmdGenerate(conf)
+  of DbCmd.prune:
+    notice "Functionality not yet implemented"
+  of DbCmd.validate:
+    notice "Functionality not yet implemented"