diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 900f0f1..c6bfa73 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ memchr = "2"
 netlink-packet-route = "0.19.0"
 nix = "0.28.0"
 oci-spec = "0.6.4"
+once_cell = "1.19.0"
 path-absolutize = "3.1.1"
 path-clean = "1.0.1"
 prost = "0.12.3"
 prost-build = "0.12.3"
+prost-reflect-build = "0.13.0"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 redb = "1.5.0"
 rtnetlink = "0.14.1"
@@ -78,6 +80,10 @@ version = "0.4.6"
 version = "4.4.18"
 features = ["derive"]
 
+[workspace.dependencies.prost-reflect]
+version = "0.13.0"
+features = ["derive"]
+
 [workspace.dependencies.reqwest]
 version = "0.12.0"
 default-features = false
diff --git a/crates/krata/Cargo.toml b/crates/krata/Cargo.toml
index 2eb4a7e..5edf950 100644
--- a/crates/krata/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/krata/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ resolver = "2"
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 libc = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
+once_cell = { workspace = true }
 prost = { workspace = true }
+prost-reflect = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 tonic = { workspace = true }
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ url = { workspace = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 tonic-build = { workspace = true }
+prost-build = { workspace = true }
+prost-reflect-build = { workspace = true }
 
 [lib]
 name = "krata"
diff --git a/crates/krata/build.rs b/crates/krata/build.rs
index 682ec54..cce5496 100644
--- a/crates/krata/build.rs
+++ b/crates/krata/build.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 use std::io::Result;
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    tonic_build::configure().compile(&["proto/krata/control.proto"], &["proto/"])?;
+    let mut config = prost_build::Config::new();
+    prost_reflect_build::Builder::new()
+        .descriptor_pool("crate::DESCRIPTOR_POOL")
+        .configure(&mut config, &["proto/krata/control.proto"], &["proto/"])?;
+    tonic_build::configure().compile_with_config(
+        config,
+        &["proto/krata/control.proto"],
+        &["proto/"],
+    )?;
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/crates/krata/src/lib.rs b/crates/krata/src/lib.rs
index 3ba3599..d8545a3 100644
--- a/crates/krata/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/krata/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use prost_reflect::DescriptorPool;
+
 pub mod common;
 pub mod control;
 pub mod dial;
@@ -5,3 +8,10 @@ pub mod launchcfg;
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 pub mod ethtool;
+
+pub static DESCRIPTOR_POOL: Lazy<DescriptorPool> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    DescriptorPool::decode(
+        include_bytes!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/file_descriptor_set.bin")).as_ref(),
+    )
+    .unwrap()
+});
diff --git a/crates/kratactl/Cargo.toml b/crates/kratactl/Cargo.toml
index 010493e..c426401 100644
--- a/crates/kratactl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/kratactl/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ ctrlc = { workspace = true, features = ["termination"] }
 env_logger = { workspace = true }
 krata = { path = "../krata" }
 log = { workspace = true }
+prost-reflect = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
 serde = { workspace = true }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
+serde_yaml = { workspace = true }
 signal-hook = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 tokio-stream = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/kratactl/src/cli/list.rs b/crates/kratactl/src/cli/list.rs
index 8e0bcef..676196e 100644
--- a/crates/kratactl/src/cli/list.rs
+++ b/crates/kratactl/src/cli/list.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,37 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
-use clap::Parser;
+use clap::{Parser, ValueEnum};
+use cli_tables::Table;
 use krata::{
-    common::guest_image_spec::Image,
+    common::{guest_image_spec::Image, Guest},
     control::{control_service_client::ControlServiceClient, ListGuestsRequest},
 };
 
+use serde_json::Value;
 use tonic::{transport::Channel, Request};
 
-use crate::events::EventStream;
+use crate::{
+    events::EventStream,
+    format::{proto2dynamic, proto2kv},
+};
 
 use super::pretty::guest_state_text;
 
+#[derive(ValueEnum, Clone, Default, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+enum ListFormat {
+    #[default]
+    CliTable,
+    Json,
+    JsonPretty,
+    Jsonl,
+    Yaml,
+    KeyValue,
+}
+
 #[derive(Parser)]
-pub struct ListCommand {}
+pub struct ListCommand {
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    format: ListFormat,
+}
 
 impl ListCommand {
     pub async fn run(
@@ -24,10 +43,49 @@ impl ListCommand {
             .list_guests(Request::new(ListGuestsRequest {}))
             .await?
             .into_inner();
-        let mut table = cli_tables::Table::new();
+
+        match self.format {
+            ListFormat::CliTable => {
+                self.print_guest_table(response.guests)?;
+            }
+
+            ListFormat::Json | ListFormat::JsonPretty | ListFormat::Yaml => {
+                let mut values = Vec::new();
+                for guest in response.guests {
+                    let message = proto2dynamic(guest)?;
+                    values.push(serde_json::to_value(message)?);
+                }
+                let value = Value::Array(values);
+                let encoded = if self.format == ListFormat::JsonPretty {
+                    serde_json::to_string_pretty(&value)?
+                } else if self.format == ListFormat::Yaml {
+                    serde_yaml::to_string(&value)?
+                } else {
+                    serde_json::to_string(&value)?
+                };
+                println!("{}", encoded.trim());
+            }
+
+            ListFormat::Jsonl => {
+                for guest in response.guests {
+                    let message = proto2dynamic(guest)?;
+                    println!("{}", serde_json::to_string(&message)?);
+                }
+            }
+
+            ListFormat::KeyValue => {
+                self.print_key_value(response.guests)?;
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn print_guest_table(&self, guests: Vec<Guest>) -> Result<()> {
+        let mut table = Table::new();
         let header = vec!["name", "uuid", "state", "ipv4", "ipv6", "image"];
         table.push_row(&header)?;
-        for guest in response.guests {
+        for guest in guests {
             let ipv4 = guest
                 .network
                 .as_ref()
@@ -67,4 +125,18 @@ impl ListCommand {
         }
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    fn print_key_value(&self, guests: Vec<Guest>) -> Result<()> {
+        for guest in guests {
+            let kvs = proto2kv(guest)?;
+            println!(
+                "{}",
+                kvs.iter()
+                    .map(|(k, v)| format!("{}={}", k, v))
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                    .join(" ")
+            );
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/kratactl/src/format.rs b/crates/kratactl/src/format.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fcca42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/kratactl/src/format.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use prost_reflect::{DynamicMessage, ReflectMessage, Value};
+
+pub fn proto2dynamic(proto: impl ReflectMessage) -> Result<DynamicMessage> {
+    Ok(DynamicMessage::decode(
+        proto.descriptor(),
+        proto.encode_to_vec().as_slice(),
+    )?)
+}
+
+pub fn proto2kv(proto: impl ReflectMessage) -> Result<HashMap<String, String>> {
+    let message = proto2dynamic(proto)?;
+    let mut map = HashMap::new();
+
+    fn crawl(prefix: &str, map: &mut HashMap<String, String>, message: &DynamicMessage) {
+        for (field, value) in message.fields() {
+            let path = if prefix.is_empty() {
+                field.name().to_string()
+            } else {
+                format!("{}.{}", prefix, field.name())
+            };
+            match value {
+                Value::Message(child) => {
+                    crawl(&path, map, child);
+                }
+
+                Value::EnumNumber(number) => {
+                    if let Some(e) = field.kind().as_enum() {
+                        if let Some(value) = e.get_value(*number) {
+                            map.insert(path, value.name().to_string());
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Value::String(value) => {
+                    map.insert(path, value.clone());
+                }
+
+                _ => {
+                    map.insert(path, value.to_string());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    crawl("", &mut map, &message);
+
+    Ok(map)
+}
diff --git a/crates/kratactl/src/lib.rs b/crates/kratactl/src/lib.rs
index 63e350b..7d37b0a 100644
--- a/crates/kratactl/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/kratactl/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ pub mod cli;
 pub mod client;
 pub mod console;
 pub mod events;
+pub mod format;