diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 620c348..b8a1a94 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from typing import Optional
 
 from logger import color_option, logging, setup_logging, verbose_option
 from wrapper import nowrapper_option, enforce_wrap
+from progressbar import progress_bars_option
 
 from config.cli import config, config_option, cmd_config
 from packages.cli import cmd_packages
@@ -25,15 +26,18 @@ from image.cli import cmd_image
 @config_option
 @nowrapper_option
 @color_option
+@progress_bars_option
 def cli(
     verbose: bool = False,
     config_file: Optional[str] = None,
     wrapper_override: Optional[bool] = None,
     error_shell: bool = False,
     force_colors: Optional[bool] = None,
+    force_progress_bars: Optional[bool] = None,
 ):
     setup_logging(verbose, force_colors=force_colors)
     config.runtime.verbose = verbose
+    config.runtime.progress_bars = force_progress_bars
     config.runtime.no_wrap = wrapper_override is False
     config.runtime.error_shell = error_shell
     config.try_load_file(config_file)
diff --git a/progressbar.py b/progressbar.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41104ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/progressbar.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import click
+import sys
+
+from enlighten import Counter, Manager, get_manager as _getmanager
+from typing import Hashable, Optional
+
+from config.state import config
+
+DEFAULT_OUTPUT = sys.stdout
+
+managers: dict[Hashable, Manager] = {}
+
+progress_bars_option = click.option(
+    '--force-progress-bars/--no-progress-bars',
+    is_flag=True,
+    default=None,
+    help='Force enable/disable progress bars. Defaults to autodetection.',
+)
+
+
+def get_manager(file=DEFAULT_OUTPUT, enabled: Optional[bool] = None) -> Manager:
+    global managers
+    m = managers.get(file, None)
+    if not m:
+        kwargs = {}
+        if enabled is None or config.runtime.progress_bars is False:
+            enabled = config.runtime.progress_bars
+        if enabled is not None:
+            kwargs = {"enabled": enabled}
+        m = _getmanager(file, **kwargs)
+        managers[file] = m
+    return m
+
+
+def get_progress_bar(*kargs, file=DEFAULT_OUTPUT, leave=False, **kwargs) -> Counter:
+    m = get_manager(file=file)
+
+    kwargs["file"] = file
+    kwargs["leave"] = leave
+    return m.counter(*kargs, **kwargs)
+
+
+def get_levels_bar(*kargs, file=DEFAULT_OUTPUT, enable_rate=True, **kwargs):
+    kwargs["fields"] = {"name": "None", "level": 1, "levels_total": 1} | (kwargs.get("fields", None) or {})
+    f = (u'{desc}: {name}{desc_pad}{percentage:3.0f}%|{bar}| '
+         u'{count:{len_total}d}/{total:d} '
+         u'[lvl: {level}/{levels_total}] ')
+    if enable_rate:
+        f += u'[{elapsed}<{eta}, {rate:.2f}{unit_pad}{unit}/s]'
+    kwargs["bar_format"] = f
+    return get_progress_bar(*kargs, **kwargs)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 728829b..25e5f4a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ munch
 setuptools # required by munch
 requests
 python-dateutil
+enlighten