diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 492e57b..50ca81a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -572,6 +572,10 @@ Options:
   --config <path>           Read defaults from a JSON config file. Any CLI
                             flag passed alongside it overrides the file's
                             value. See "Configuration file" below.
+  --minimal-ui              Slim HTML status page: keep stream links, listener
+                            counts and previews; hide input/port/rate/version
+                            rows, external-player URLs, recorder cards and
+                            Now Playing. API endpoints are unchanged.
   --keep-alive              Keep HTTP outputs available after stdin reaches EOF.
                             If stdin is a FIFO (mkfifo), the reader also
                             re-opens it on EOF so a new producer can attach;
diff --git a/Sources/LiveAudioServer/LiveAudioServerApp.swift b/Sources/LiveAudioServer/LiveAudioServerApp.swift
index 9367d0d..c1fbfb4 100644
--- a/Sources/LiveAudioServer/LiveAudioServerApp.swift
+++ b/Sources/LiveAudioServer/LiveAudioServerApp.swift
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ func printUsage() {
       --config <path>           Read defaults from a JSON config file. Any CLI
                                 flag passed alongside it overrides the file's
                                 value. See the README for the full schema.
+      --minimal-ui              Slim HTML status page: keep stream links, listener
+                                counts and previews; hide input/port/rate/version
+                                rows, external-player URLs, recorder cards and
+                                Now Playing. API endpoints are unchanged.
       --keep-alive              Keep HTTP outputs available after stdin reaches EOF.
                                 If stdin is a FIFO (created with mkfifo), the
                                 reader also re-opens it on EOF so a new
diff --git a/Sources/LiveAudioServerCore/CLIParse.swift b/Sources/LiveAudioServerCore/CLIParse.swift
index 7670406..78a81f6 100644
--- a/Sources/LiveAudioServerCore/CLIParse.swift
+++ b/Sources/LiveAudioServerCore/CLIParse.swift
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ public func parseCLI(_ args: [String]) -> CLIParseResult {
             config.httpAuthRealm = r
         case "--keep-alive":
             config.keepAliveOnInputEnd = true
+        case "--minimal-ui":
+            config.minimalUI = true
         case "--exit-with-parent":
             config.exitWithParent = true
         case "--no-fifo-reopen":
diff --git a/Sources/LiveAudioServerCore/Config.swift b/Sources/LiveAudioServerCore/Config.swift
index 47053a0..72071e4 100644
--- a/Sources/LiveAudioServerCore/Config.swift
+++ b/Sources/LiveAudioServerCore/Config.swift
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ public struct ServerConfig {
     /// `LiveAudioServerApp`.
     public var exitWithParent: Bool = false
     public var keepAliveOnInputEnd: Bool = false
+    /// Slim down the HTML status page for host apps that embed it: keeps the
+    /// stream links, listener counts and audio previews, and drops the
+    /// input/port/rate/version rows, the external-player URL card, the
+    /// recorder cards and the Now Playing card. The JSON/API endpoints are
+    /// unaffected. CLI: `--minimal-ui`.
+    public var minimalUI: Bool = false
     /// When the input stream is a FIFO/named pipe and `keepAliveOnInputEnd` is
     /// on, re-`open()` the same path on EOF so a new producer can attach.
     /// Plain pipes (e.g. shell `|`) cannot be reopened — this only takes
diff --git a/Sources/LiveAudioServerCore/HTTPServer.swift b/Sources/LiveAudioServerCore/HTTPServer.swift
index 7d2c6ae..648765e 100644
--- a/Sources/LiveAudioServerCore/HTTPServer.swift
+++ b/Sources/LiveAudioServerCore/HTTPServer.swift
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ func statusPage(config: ServerConfig,
     }
 
     var recorderCards = ""
-    if config.enableMP3 { recorderCards += recorderCard("mp3", label: "MP3") }
-    if config.enableAAC { recorderCards += recorderCard("aac", label: "AAC") }
+    if !config.minimalUI && config.enableMP3 { recorderCards += recorderCard("mp3", label: "MP3") }
+    if !config.minimalUI && config.enableAAC { recorderCards += recorderCard("aac", label: "AAC") }
 
     var urlRows = ""
     if config.enableMP3 {
@@ -257,6 +257,44 @@ func statusPage(config: ServerConfig,
     df.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX")
     let startedStr = df.string(from: startedAt)
 
+    let urlCard: String = config.minimalUI ? "" : """
+      <div class="card">
+        <p class="label" style="margin-bottom:8px">Stream URLs for external players</p>
+        \(urlRows)
+      </div>
+      """
+    let nowPlayingCard: String = config.minimalUI ? "" : """
+      <div class="card" id="now-playing-card" style="display:none">
+        <p class="label" style="margin-bottom:8px">Now Playing</p>
+        <div class="row"><span class="label">Title</span><span class="value" id="np-title">—</span></div>
+        <div class="row"><span class="label">Artist</span><span class="value" id="np-artist">—</span></div>
+        <div class="row"><span class="label">Station</span><span class="value" id="np-station">—</span></div>
+        <div class="row"><span class="label">Note</span><span class="value" id="np-note">—</span></div>
+        <div class="row"><span class="label">Updated</span><span class="value" id="np-updated">—</span></div>
+      </div>
+      """
+    let detailRows: String = config.minimalUI ? "" : """
+        <div class="row">
+          <span class="label">Input Source</span>
+          <span class="value">\(config.inputSource.displayName)</span>
+        </div>
+        <div class="row">
+          <span class="label">Port</span>
+          <span class="value">\(config.port)</span>
+        </div>
+        <div class="row">
+          <span class="label">Sample Rate</span>
+          <span class="value">\(config.sampleRate) Hz</span>
+        </div>
+        <div class="row">
+          <span class="label">Channels</span>
+          <span class="value">\(config.channels == 1 ? "Mono" : "Stereo")</span>
+        </div>
+        \(row("Version", "\(liveAudioServerVersion) (\(liveAudioServerGitSHA))"))
+        \(row("Started", "\(startedStr)  ·  up \(uptimeStr)"))
+        """
+
+
     let html = """
     <!DOCTYPE html>
     <html>
@@ -336,24 +374,7 @@ func statusPage(config: ServerConfig,
         <h1>🎙 LiveAudioServer</h1>
         <p class="sub">Live audio streaming — listener counts update every 5s</p>
 
-        <div class="row">
-          <span class="label">Input Source</span>
-          <span class="value">\(config.inputSource.displayName)</span>
-        </div>
-        <div class="row">
-          <span class="label">Port</span>
-          <span class="value">\(config.port)</span>
-        </div>
-        <div class="row">
-          <span class="label">Sample Rate</span>
-          <span class="value">\(config.sampleRate) Hz</span>
-        </div>
-        <div class="row">
-          <span class="label">Channels</span>
-          <span class="value">\(config.channels == 1 ? "Mono" : "Stereo")</span>
-        </div>
-        \(row("Version", "\(liveAudioServerVersion) (\(liveAudioServerGitSHA))"))
-        \(row("Started", "\(startedStr)  ·  up \(uptimeStr)"))
+        \(detailRows)
         \(streamRows)
       </div>
 
@@ -361,21 +382,11 @@ func statusPage(config: ServerConfig,
         \(players)
       </div>
 
-      <div class="card">
-        <p class="label" style="margin-bottom:8px">Stream URLs for external players</p>
-        \(urlRows)
-      </div>
+      \(urlCard)
 
       \(recorderCards)
 
-      <div class="card" id="now-playing-card" style="display:none">
-        <p class="label" style="margin-bottom:8px">Now Playing</p>
-        <div class="row"><span class="label">Title</span><span class="value" id="np-title">—</span></div>
-        <div class="row"><span class="label">Artist</span><span class="value" id="np-artist">—</span></div>
-        <div class="row"><span class="label">Station</span><span class="value" id="np-station">—</span></div>
-        <div class="row"><span class="label">Note</span><span class="value" id="np-note">—</span></div>
-        <div class="row"><span class="label">Updated</span><span class="value" id="np-updated">—</span></div>
-      </div>
+      \(nowPlayingCard)
 
       <script>
         // Poll listener counts (and now-playing) in place so the <audio>
diff --git a/Tests/LiveAudioServerTests/CLIParseTests.swift b/Tests/LiveAudioServerTests/CLIParseTests.swift
index c1c83c7..6a9759f 100644
--- a/Tests/LiveAudioServerTests/CLIParseTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/LiveAudioServerTests/CLIParseTests.swift
@@ -21,6 +21,26 @@ struct CLIParseTests {
         return nil
     }
 
+    @Test("--minimal-ui sets the flag and is off by default")
+    func minimalUI() {
+        #expect(runConfig([])?.minimalUI == false)
+        #expect(runConfig(["--minimal-ui"])?.minimalUI == true)
+    }
+
+    @Test("Minimal status page drops detail, URL, recorder and Now Playing cards")
+    func minimalStatusPage() {
+        var cfg = ServerConfig()
+        let full = String(decoding: statusPage(config: cfg, mp3Clients: 0, m4aClients: 0, startedAt: Date()), as: UTF8.self)
+        cfg.minimalUI = true
+        let slim = String(decoding: statusPage(config: cfg, mp3Clients: 0, m4aClients: 0, startedAt: Date()), as: UTF8.self)
+        for marker in ["Input Source", "Stream URLs for external players", "rec-mp3-card", "rec-aac-card", "now-playing-card\" style"] {
+            #expect(full.contains(marker), "full page should contain \(marker)")
+            #expect(!slim.contains(marker), "minimal page should not contain \(marker)")
+        }
+        #expect(slim.contains("mp3-listeners"))
+        #expect(slim.contains("<audio"))
+    }
+
     @Test("No arguments yields defaults")
     func emptyArgs() {
         let cfg = runConfig([])