diff --git a/cmd/ore/hetzner.go b/cmd/ore/hetzner.go
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index 000000000..cb2845211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/ore/hetzner.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Copyright The Mantle Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/flatcar/mantle/cmd/ore/hetzner"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	root.AddCommand(hetzner.Hetzner)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/ore/hetzner/create.go b/cmd/ore/hetzner/create.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec19d0336
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+++ b/cmd/ore/hetzner/create.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Copyright The Mantle Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package hetzner
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var (
+	cmdCreate = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "create-image",
+		Short: "Create image on Hetzner",
+		Long: `Upload an image to Hetzner.
+
+After a successful run, the final line of output will be the ID of the image.
+`,
+		RunE: runCreate,
+	}
+
+	path  string
+	name  string
+	board string
+)
+
+func init() {
+	Hetzner.AddCommand(cmdCreate)
+	cmdCreate.Flags().StringVar(&path, "file",
+		"https://alpha.release.flatcar-linux.net/amd64-usr/current/flatcar_production_hetzner_image.bin.bz2",
+		"Flatcar image (can be an absolute path or an URL)")
+	cmdCreate.Flags().StringVar(&name, "name", "", "image name")
+	cmdCreate.Flags().StringVar(&board, "board", "amd64-usr", "board of the image")
+}
+
+func runCreate(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	id, err := API.UploadImage(cmd.Context(), name, path, board)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("creating an image: %w", err)
+	}
+	fmt.Println(id)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/ore/hetzner/gc.go b/cmd/ore/hetzner/gc.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16e377fb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/ore/hetzner/gc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Copyright The Mantle Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package hetzner
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var (
+	cmdGC = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "gc",
+		Short: "GC resources in Hetzner",
+		Long:  `Delete instances and images created over the given duration ago`,
+		RunE:  runGC,
+	}
+
+	gcDuration time.Duration
+)
+
+func init() {
+	Hetzner.AddCommand(cmdGC)
+	cmdGC.Flags().DurationVar(&gcDuration, "duration", 5*time.Hour, "how old resources must be before they're considered garbage")
+}
+
+func runGC(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if err := API.GC(cmd.Context(), gcDuration); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("running garbage collection: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/ore/hetzner/hetzner.go b/cmd/ore/hetzner/hetzner.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b04431cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/ore/hetzner/hetzner.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Copyright The Mantle Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package hetzner
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/coreos/pkg/capnslog"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"github.com/flatcar/mantle/cli"
+	"github.com/flatcar/mantle/platform/api/hetzner"
+)
+
+var (
+	plog = capnslog.NewPackageLogger("github.com/flatcar/mantle", "ore/hetzner")
+
+	Hetzner = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "hetzner [command]",
+		Short: "hetzner image utilities",
+	}
+
+	API     *hetzner.API
+	options hetzner.Options
+)
+
+func init() {
+	cli.WrapPreRun(Hetzner, preflightCheck)
+	Hetzner.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&options.Token, "hetzner-token", "", "Hetzner token for client authentication")
+	Hetzner.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&options.Location, "hetzner-location", "", "Hetzner location name")
+}
+
+func preflightCheck(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	api, err := hetzner.New(&options)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("creating the Hetner API client: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	API = api
+	return nil
+}