diff --git a/flavours/cli.py b/flavours/cli.py
index 6bdde99..b853403 100644
--- a/flavours/cli.py
+++ b/flavours/cli.py
@@ -1,20 +1,54 @@
 import click
+import logging
 
-from .flavour import get_flavours
+from json import dumps
+
+from config.state import config
+from utils import colors_supported, color_str
+
+from .flavour import get_flavours, get_profile_flavour
 
 profile_option = click.option('-p', '--profile', help="name of the profile to use", required=False, default=None)
 
 
 @click.command(name='flavours')
-def cmd_flavours():
+@click.option('-j', '--json', is_flag=True, help='output machine-parsable JSON format')
+def cmd_flavours(json: bool = False):
     'list information about available flavours'
+    results = []
+    profile_flavour = None
     flavours = get_flavours()
+    use_colors = colors_supported(config.runtime.colors)
     if not flavours:
         raise Exception("No flavours found!")
+    if not json:
+        try:
+            profile_flavour = get_profile_flavour()
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logging.debug(f"Failed to get profile flavour for marking as currently selected, continuing anyway. Exception: {ex}")
     for name in sorted(flavours.keys()):
         f = flavours[name]
         try:
             f.parse_flavourinfo()
-        except:
-            pass
-        print(f)
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logging.debug(f"A problem happened while parsing flavourinfo for {name}, continuing anyway. Exception: {ex}")
+        if not 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)
+                block += [
+                    color_str("Currently selected by profile ", bold=True, use_colors=use_colors) +
+                    color_str(f'"{config.file.profiles.current}"\n', bold=True, fg="bright_green")
+                ]
+                block = [prefix + line for line in block]
+            results += block
+        else:
+            f.pkgbuild = f.pkgbuild.name if f.pkgbuild else None
+            d = dict(f)
+            results += [d]
+    print()
+    if json:
+        print(dumps({r['name']: r for r in results}, indent=4))
+    else:
+        for r in results:
+            print(r)
diff --git a/flavours/flavour.py b/flavours/flavour.py
index f78ab50..c9a41a1 100644
--- a/flavours/flavour.py
+++ b/flavours/flavour.py
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ import json
 import logging
 import os
 
-from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Optional
 
 from config.state import config
 from constants import FLAVOUR_DESCRIPTION_PREFIX, FLAVOUR_INFO_FILE
+from dataclass import DataClass
 from packages.pkgbuild import discover_pkgbuilds, get_pkgbuild_by_name, init_pkgbuilds, Pkgbuild
+from utils import color_str
 
 
-@dataclass
-class FlavourInfo:
+class FlavourInfo(DataClass):
     rootfs_size: int  # rootfs size in GB
     description: Optional[str]
 
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ class FlavourInfo:
         return f'rootfs_size: {self.rootfs_size}'
 
 
-@dataclass
-class Flavour:
+class Flavour(DataClass):
     name: str
     pkgbuild: Pkgbuild
     description: str
@@ -43,7 +42,27 @@ class Flavour:
         return Flavour(name=name, pkgbuild=pkgbuild, description=description.strip(), flavour_info=None)
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        return f'Flavour "{self.name}": "{self.description}", package: {self.pkgbuild.name if self.pkgbuild else "??? PROBABLY A BUG!"}{f", {self.flavour_info}" if self.flavour_info else ""}'
+        return f'Flavour<"{self.name}": "{self.description}", package: {self.pkgbuild.name if self.pkgbuild else "??? PROBABLY A BUG!"}{f", {self.flavour_info}" if self.flavour_info else ""}>'
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.nice_str()
+
+    def nice_str(self, newlines: bool = False, colors: bool = False) -> str:
+        separator = '\n' if newlines else ', '
+
+        def get_lines(k, v, key_prefix=''):
+            results = []
+            full_k = f'{key_prefix}.{k}' if key_prefix else k
+            if not isinstance(v, (dict, DataClass)):
+                results = [f'{color_str(full_k, bold=True)}: {v}']
+            else:
+                for _k, _v in v.items():
+                    if _k.startswith('_'):
+                        continue
+                    results += get_lines(_k, _v, key_prefix=full_k)
+            return results
+
+        return separator.join(get_lines(None, self))
 
     def parse_flavourinfo(self, lazy: bool = True):
         if lazy and self.flavour_info is not None: