diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7712c53..0ddb626 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -55,6 +55,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axocli"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "db877b2443883c767eb817ccffb00b20b28f456aa074740e211e952d6eec06f5"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "backtrace-ext",
+ "console",
+ "miette",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "axoprocess"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -71,6 +88,7 @@ name = "axoupdater"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "axoasset",
+ "axocli",
  "axoprocess",
  "camino",
  "homedir",
@@ -96,6 +114,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc-demangle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "backtrace-ext"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "537beee3be4a18fb023b570f80e3ae28003db9167a751266b259926e25539d50"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.21.6"
@@ -181,6 +208,19 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3d7b894f5411737b7867f4827955924d7c254fc9f4d91a6aad6b097804b1018b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "console"
+version = "0.15.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0e1f83fc076bd6dd27517eacdf25fef6c4dfe5f1d7448bafaaf3a26f13b5e4eb"
+dependencies = [
+ "encode_unicode",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "unicode-width",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -197,6 +237,12 @@ version = "0.8.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "06ea2b9bc92be3c2baa9334a323ebca2d6f074ff852cd1d7b11064035cd3868f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "encode_unicode"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a357d28ed41a50f9c765dbfe56cbc04a64e53e5fc58ba79fbc34c10ef3df831f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "encoding_rs"
 version = "0.8.33"
@@ -531,6 +577,23 @@ version = "2.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f518f335dce6725a761382244631d86cf0ccb2863413590b31338feb467f9c3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is-terminal"
+version = "0.4.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0bad00257d07be169d870ab665980b06cdb366d792ad690bf2e76876dc503455"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "is_ci"
+version = "1.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "616cde7c720bb2bb5824a224687d8f77bfd38922027f01d825cd7453be5099fb"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.10"
@@ -591,8 +654,17 @@ version = "5.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "59bb584eaeeab6bd0226ccf3509a69d7936d148cf3d036ad350abe35e8c6856e"
 dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "backtrace-ext",
+ "is-terminal",
  "miette-derive",
  "once_cell",
+ "owo-colors",
+ "supports-color",
+ "supports-hyperlinks",
+ "supports-unicode",
+ "terminal_size",
+ "textwrap",
  "thiserror",
  "unicode-width",
 ]
@@ -665,6 +737,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-utils",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nu-ansi-term"
+version = "0.46.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77a8165726e8236064dbb45459242600304b42a5ea24ee2948e18e023bf7ba84"
+dependencies = [
+ "overload",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-integer"
 version = "0.1.45"
@@ -764,6 +846,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "overload"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "owo-colors"
+version = "3.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c1b04fb49957986fdce4d6ee7a65027d55d4b6d2265e5848bbb507b58ccfdb6f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "2.3.1"
@@ -962,6 +1056,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sharded-slab"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f40ca3c46823713e0d4209592e8d6e826aa57e928f09752619fc696c499637f6"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -971,6 +1074,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "smallvec"
+version = "1.13.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6ecd384b10a64542d77071bd64bd7b231f4ed5940fba55e98c3de13824cf3d7"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "smawk"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b7c388c1b5e93756d0c740965c41e8822f866621d41acbdf6336a6a168f8840c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "socket2"
 version = "0.5.5"
@@ -981,6 +1096,34 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "supports-color"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d6398cde53adc3c4557306a96ce67b302968513830a77a95b2b17305d9719a89"
+dependencies = [
+ "is-terminal",
+ "is_ci",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "supports-hyperlinks"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f84231692eb0d4d41e4cdd0cabfdd2e6cd9e255e65f80c9aa7c98dd502b4233d"
+dependencies = [
+ "is-terminal",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "supports-unicode"
+version = "2.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f850c19edd184a205e883199a261ed44471c81e39bd95b1357f5febbef00e77a"
+dependencies = [
+ "is-terminal",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.109"
@@ -1043,6 +1186,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "terminal_size"
+version = "0.1.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "633c1a546cee861a1a6d0dc69ebeca693bf4296661ba7852b9d21d159e0506df"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "textwrap"
+version = "0.15.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b7b3e525a49ec206798b40326a44121291b530c963cfb01018f63e135bac543d"
+dependencies = [
+ "smawk",
+ "unicode-linebreak",
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.56"
@@ -1063,6 +1227,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.48",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3fdd6f064ccff2d6567adcb3873ca630700f00b5ad3f060c25b5dcfd9a4ce152"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -1153,6 +1327,32 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c06d3da6113f116aaee68e4d601191614c9053067f9ab7f6edbcb161237daa54"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-log"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee855f1f400bd0e5c02d150ae5de3840039a3f54b025156404e34c23c03f47c3"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ad0f048c97dbd9faa9b7df56362b8ebcaa52adb06b498c050d2f4e32f90a7a8b"
+dependencies = [
+ "nu-ansi-term",
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1173,6 +1373,12 @@ version = "1.0.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3354b9ac3fae1ff6755cb6db53683adb661634f67557942dea4facebec0fee4b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-linebreak"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3b09c83c3c29d37506a3e260c08c03743a6bb66a9cd432c6934ab501a190571f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-normalization"
 version = "0.1.22"
@@ -1199,6 +1405,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.15"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ff22d9a..1c08064 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@ repository = "https://github.com/axodotdev/axoupdater"
 name = "axoupdater"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
+[features]
+standalone = ["axocli"]
+
 [dependencies]
 axoasset = { version = "0.6.1", default-features = false, features = ["json-serde"]}
+axocli = { version = "0.1.1", optional = true }
 axoprocess = "0.1.0"
 camino = { version = "1.1.6", features = ["serde1"] }
 homedir = "0.2.1"
@@ -23,3 +27,7 @@ temp-dir = "0.1.12"
 # errors
 miette = "5.6.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.56"
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "axoupdater"
+required-features = ["axocli"]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 847e56a..74ba750 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-use std::process::exit;
+use axocli::{CliApp, CliAppBuilder};
+use axoupdater::AxoUpdater;
 
-use axoupdater::{AxoUpdater, AxoupdateResult};
+struct CliArgs {}
 
-fn real_main() -> AxoupdateResult<()> {
+fn real_main(_cli: &CliApp<CliArgs>) -> Result<(), miette::Report> {
     if AxoUpdater::new_for_updater_executable()?
         .load_receipt()?
         .run()?
@@ -15,12 +16,6 @@ fn real_main() -> AxoupdateResult<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    match real_main() {
-        Ok(_) => Ok(()),
-        Err(e) => {
-            eprintln!("{e}");
-            exit(1)
-        }
-    }
+fn main() {
+    CliAppBuilder::new("axoupdater").start(CliArgs {}, real_main);
 }