diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d91e78b..a417880 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 - **Custom TLS certificates** - Support for corporate/internal certificates via `caddy-addon/` mechanism
+- New `make stop` and `make start` commands for stopping/starting all services without restart
 - New `make setup-tls` command and `scripts/setup_custom_tls.sh` helper script for easy certificate configuration
 - New `make git-pull` command for fork workflows - merges from upstream instead of hard reset
 
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index e25d126..ef9ba85 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ make logs s=<service>  # View logs for specific service
 make status            # Show container status
 make monitor           # Live CPU/memory monitoring (docker stats)
 make restart           # Restart all services
+make stop              # Stop all services
+make start             # Start all services
 make show-restarts     # Show restart count per container
 make doctor            # Run system diagnostics (DNS, SSL, containers, disk, memory)
 make import            # Import n8n workflows from backup
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5ddc1de..e9a1607 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: help install update update-preview git-pull clean clean-all logs status monitor restart show-restarts doctor switch-beta switch-stable import setup-tls
+.PHONY: help install update update-preview git-pull clean clean-all logs status monitor restart stop start show-restarts doctor switch-beta switch-stable import setup-tls
 
 PROJECT_NAME := localai
 
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ help:
 	@echo "  make status            Show container status"
 	@echo "  make monitor           Live CPU/memory monitoring"
 	@echo "  make restart           Restart all services"
+	@echo "  make stop              Stop all services"
+	@echo "  make start             Start all services"
 	@echo "  make show-restarts     Show restart count per container"
 	@echo "  make doctor            Run system diagnostics"
 	@echo "  make import            Import n8n workflows from backup"
@@ -63,6 +65,12 @@ monitor:
 restart:
 	bash ./scripts/restart.sh
 
+stop:
+	docker compose -p $(PROJECT_NAME) stop
+
+start:
+	docker compose -p $(PROJECT_NAME) start
+
 show-restarts:
 	@docker ps -q | while read id; do \
 		name=$$(docker inspect --format '{{.Name}}' $$id | sed 's/^\/\(.*\)/\1/'); \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 18f9444..a1d8ee4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ The project includes a Makefile for simplified command execution:
 | `make status`           | Show container status                                    |
 | `make monitor`          | Live CPU/memory monitoring                               |
 | `make restart`          | Restart all services                                     |
+| `make stop`             | Stop all services                                        |
+| `make start`            | Start all services                                       |
 | `make show-restarts`    | Show restart count per container                         |
 | `make import`           | Import n8n workflows from backup                         |
 | `make import n=10`      | Import first N workflows only                            |
diff --git a/welcome/app.js b/welcome/app.js
index acce195..c162bd8 100644
--- a/welcome/app.js
+++ b/welcome/app.js
@@ -415,6 +415,8 @@
         { cmd: 'make logs s=<service>', desc: 'View logs for specific service' },
         { cmd: 'make monitor', desc: 'Live CPU/memory monitoring' },
         { cmd: 'make restart', desc: 'Restart all services' },
+        { cmd: 'make stop', desc: 'Stop all services' },
+        { cmd: 'make start', desc: 'Start all services' },
         { cmd: 'make show-restarts', desc: 'Show restart count per container' },
         { cmd: 'make doctor', desc: 'Run system diagnostics' },
         { cmd: 'make update', desc: 'Update system and services' },