diff --git a/devices/cli.py b/devices/cli.py
index c2fcb38..c35811e 100644
--- a/devices/cli.py
+++ b/devices/cli.py
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ from .device import get_devices, get_profile_device
     default=False,
     help='Download packages while trying to parse deviceinfo',
 )
-def cmd_devices(json: bool = False, force_parse_deviceinfo: Optional[bool] = True, download_packages: bool = False):
+@click.option('--output-file', type=click.Path(exists=False, file_okay=True), help="Dump JSON to file")
+def cmd_devices(
+    json: bool = False,
+    force_parse_deviceinfo: Optional[bool] = True,
+    download_packages: bool = False,
+    output_file: Optional[str] = None,
+):
     'list the available devices and descriptions'
     devices = get_devices()
     if not devices:
@@ -38,7 +44,10 @@ def cmd_devices(json: bool = False, force_parse_deviceinfo: Optional[bool] = Tru
         logging.debug(f"Failed to get profile device for visual highlighting, not a problem: {ex}")
     output = ['']
     json_output = {}
-    use_colors = colors_supported(False if json else config.runtime.colors)
+    interactive_json = json and not output_file
+    if output_file:
+        json = True
+    use_colors = colors_supported(False if interactive_json else config.runtime.colors)
     for name in sorted(devices.keys()):
         prefix = ''
         suffix = ''
@@ -55,7 +64,8 @@ def cmd_devices(json: bool = False, force_parse_deviceinfo: Optional[bool] = Tru
 
         if json:
             json_output[name] = device.get_summary().toDict()
-            continue
+            if interactive_json:
+                continue
         if profile_device and profile_device.name == device.name:
             prefix = color_str('>>> ', bold=True, fg="bright_green", use_colors=use_colors)
             suffix = '\n\n'
@@ -65,7 +75,10 @@ def cmd_devices(json: bool = False, force_parse_deviceinfo: Optional[bool] = Tru
         # prefix each line in the snippet
         snippet = '\n'.join([f'{prefix}{line}' for line in snippet.split('\n')])
         output.append(f"{snippet}\n")
-    if json:
+    if interactive_json:
         output = ['\n' + json_dump(json_output, indent=4)]
+    if output_file:
+        with open(output_file, 'w') as fd:
+            fd.write(json_dump(json_output))
     for line in output:
         print(line)
diff --git a/flavours/cli.py b/flavours/cli.py
index 9634954..a9ccdb7 100644
--- a/flavours/cli.py
+++ b/flavours/cli.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import click
 import logging
 
-from json import dumps
+from json import dumps as json_dump
+from typing import Optional
 
 from config.state import config
 from utils import colors_supported, color_str
@@ -13,15 +14,20 @@ profile_option = click.option('-p', '--profile', help="name of the profile to us
 
 @click.command(name='flavours')
 @click.option('-j', '--json', is_flag=True, help='output machine-parsable JSON format')
-def cmd_flavours(json: bool = False):
+@click.option('--output-file', type=click.Path(exists=False, file_okay=True), help="Dump JSON to file")
+def cmd_flavours(json: bool = False, output_file: Optional[str] = None):
     'list information about available flavours'
     results = []
+    json_results = {}
     profile_flavour = None
     flavours = get_flavours()
-    use_colors = colors_supported(config.runtime.colors)
+    interactive_json = json and not output_file
+    use_colors = colors_supported(config.runtime.colors) and not interactive_json
+    if output_file:
+        json = True
     if not flavours:
         raise Exception("No flavours found!")
-    if not json:
+    if not interactive_json:
         try:
             profile_flavour = get_profile_flavour()
         except Exception as ex:
@@ -32,7 +38,7 @@ def cmd_flavours(json: bool = False):
             f.parse_flavourinfo()
         except Exception as ex:
             logging.debug(f"A problem happened while parsing flavourinfo for {name}, continuing anyway. Exception: {ex}")
-        if not json:
+        if not interactive_json:
             block = [*f.nice_str(newlines=True, colors=use_colors).split('\n'), '']
             if profile_flavour == f:
                 prefix = color_str('>>> ', bold=True, fg='bright_green', use_colors=use_colors)
@@ -42,7 +48,7 @@ def cmd_flavours(json: bool = False):
                 ]
                 block = [prefix + line for line in block]
             results += block
-        else:
+        if json:
             d = dict(f)
             d["description"] = f.flavour_info.description if (f.flavour_info and f.flavour_info.description) else f.description
             if "flavour_info" in d and d["flavour_info"]:
@@ -52,10 +58,13 @@ def cmd_flavours(json: bool = False):
             d["pkgbuild"] = f.pkgbuild.path if f.pkgbuild else None
             d["package"] = f.pkgbuild.name
             d["arches"] = sorted(f.pkgbuild.arches) if f.pkgbuild else None
-            results += [d]
+            json_results[d["name"]] = d
     print()
-    if json:
-        print(dumps({r['name']: r for r in results}, indent=4))
+    if output_file:
+        with open(output_file, 'w') as fd:
+            fd.write(json_dump(json_results))
+    if interactive_json:
+        print(json_dump(json_results, indent=4))
     else:
         for r in results:
             print(r)