Nodetool is a command line interface for managing a Cassandra node. It provides commands for node administration, cluster inspection, table operations and more. The nodetool info command displays node-specific information such as status, load, memory usage and cache details. The nodetool compactionstats command shows compaction status including active tasks and progress. The nodetool tablestats command displays statistics for a specific table including read/write counts, space usage, cache usage and latency.