diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 52f6578..62838d1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
-version = 3
+version = 4
 
 [[package]]
 name = "addr2line"
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fontdue",
  "gifski",
  "imgref",
+ "jpeg-encoder",
  "log",
  "reqwest",
  "resvg",
@@ -216,9 +217,9 @@ checksum = "0d261e256854913907f67ed06efbc3338dfe6179796deefc1ff763fc1aee5535"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytemuck"
-version = "1.13.1"
+version = "1.21.0"
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-checksum = "17febce684fd15d89027105661fec94afb475cb995fbc59d2865198446ba2eea"
+checksum = "ef657dfab802224e671f5818e9a4935f9b1957ed18e58292690cc39e7a4092a3"
 
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 name = "byteorder"
@@ -904,9 +905,9 @@ checksum = "edcd27d72f2f071c64249075f42e205ff93c9a4c5f6c6da53e79ed9f9832c285"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "imgref"
-version = "1.9.4"
+version = "1.11.0"
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-checksum = "b2cf49df1085dcfb171460e4592597b84abe50d900fb83efb6e41b20fefd6c2c"
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@@ -953,6 +954,12 @@ version = "1.0.6"
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 checksum = "453ad9f582a441959e5f0d088b02ce04cfe8d51a8eaf077f12ac6d3e94164ca6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jpeg-encoder"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2fefe5a4fb12fa836172dc53cc36c37af693f6197ae702f931faad8774caf926"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.61"
@@ -1011,9 +1018,9 @@ checksum = "a7a70ba024b9dc04c27ea2f0c0548feb474ec5c54bba33a7f72f873a39d07b24"
 
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-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.5"
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-checksum = "a703804431e5927454bcaf2b2a162595e95db931130c2728c18d050090f69940"
+checksum = "0fae87c125b03c1d2c0150c90365d7d6bcc53fb73a9acaef207d2d065860f062"
 dependencies = [
  "imgref",
 ]
@@ -1103,9 +1110,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "0.2.15"
+version = "0.2.19"
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-checksum = "578ede34cf02f8924ab9447f50c28075b4d3e5b269972345e7e0372b38c6cdcd"
+checksum = "071dfc062690e90b734c0b2273ce72ad0ffa95f0c74596bc250dcfd960262841"
 dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
@@ -1331,9 +1338,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
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-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.10.0"
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-checksum = "1d2df5196e37bcc87abebc0053e20787d73847bb33134a69841207dd0a47f03b"
+checksum = "b418a60154510ca1a002a752ca9714984e21e4241e804d32555251faf8b78ffa"
 dependencies = [
  "either",
  "rayon-core",
@@ -1341,14 +1348,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
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-version = "1.11.0"
+version = "1.12.1"
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-checksum = "4b8f95bd6966f5c87776639160a66bd8ab9895d9d4ab01ddba9fc60661aebe8d"
+checksum = "1465873a3dfdaa8ae7cb14b4383657caab0b3e8a0aa9ae8e04b044854c8dfce2"
 dependencies = [
- "crossbeam-channel",
  "crossbeam-deque",
  "crossbeam-utils",
- "num_cpus",
 ]
 
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@@ -1462,9 +1467,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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+version = "0.8.50"
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-checksum = "20ec2d3e3fc7a92ced357df9cebd5a10b6fb2aa1ee797bf7e9ce2f17dffc8f59"
+checksum = "57397d16646700483b67d2dd6511d79318f9d057fdbd21a4066aeac8b41d310a"
 dependencies = [
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4c09d2b..ee38657 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ fontdb = "0.22.0"
 fontdue = "0.7"
 gifski = "1"
 imgref = "1"
+jpeg-encoder = "0.6.0"
 log = "0.4"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.8", default-features = false, features = ["blocking", "rustls-tls-native-roots", "gzip"] }
 resvg = { version = "0.44.0", features = ["text"] } # TODO remove default features
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0a7ebc4..cebf506 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use clap::ArgEnum;
+use gifski::progress::{ProgressReporter, ProgressBar, NoProgress};
 use log::info;
 use std::fmt::{Debug, Display};
-use std::io::{BufRead, Write};
+use std::io::BufRead;
+use std::fs::File;
 use std::{iter, thread, time::Instant};
 mod asciicast;
 mod events;
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub speed: f64,
     pub theme: Option<Theme>,
     pub show_progress_bar: bool,
+    pub output_frames: bool,
+    pub output_filename: String,
 }
 
 impl Default for Config {
@@ -55,6 +59,8 @@ impl Default for Config {
             speed: DEFAULT_SPEED,
             theme: Default::default(),
             show_progress_bar: true,
+            output_frames: false,
+            output_filename: "".into(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -117,7 +123,7 @@ impl Display for Theme {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn run<I: BufRead, O: Write + Send>(input: I, output: O, config: Config) -> Result<()> {
+pub fn run<I: BufRead>(input: I, config: Config) -> Result<()> {
     let (header, events) = asciicast::open(input)?;
 
     let terminal_size = (
@@ -188,30 +194,73 @@ pub fn run<I: BufRead, O: Write + Send>(input: I, output: O, config: Config) ->
     let (collector, writer) = gifski::new(settings)?;
     let start_time = Instant::now();
 
-    thread::scope(|s| {
-        let writer_handle = s.spawn(move || {
-            if config.show_progress_bar {
-                let mut pr = gifski::progress::ProgressBar::new(count);
-                let result = writer.write(output, &mut pr);
-                pr.finish();
-                println!();
-                result
-            } else {
-                let mut pr = gifski::progress::NoProgress {};
-                writer.write(output, &mut pr)
-            }
-        });
+    if config.output_frames {
+        // check for existance of the output directory to provide a clear error message
+        if std::fs::exists(&config.output_filename)? {
+            return Err(anyhow!("Frame output directory {:?} already exists", config.output_filename));
+        }
+
+        // create the directory in advance
+        std::fs::create_dir(&config.output_filename)?;
+
+        let mut pr: Box<dyn ProgressReporter> = if config.show_progress_bar {
+            Box::new(ProgressBar::new(count))
+        } else {
+            Box::new(NoProgress {})
+        };
 
-        for (i, (time, lines, cursor)) in frames.enumerate() {
+        for (i, (_, lines, cursor)) in frames.enumerate() {
             let image = renderer.render(lines, cursor);
-            let time = if i == 0 { 0.0 } else { time };
-            collector.add_frame_rgba(i, image, time + config.last_frame_duration)?;
+            let buf = image.pixels().flat_map(|x| [x.r, x.g, x.g, x.b]).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+            let frame_file_path = std::path::PathBuf::new()
+                .join(&config.output_filename)
+                .join(format!("{}.jpeg", i));
+
+            // TODO argument for jpeg quality?
+            let encoder = jpeg_encoder::Encoder::new_file(&frame_file_path, 90)
+                .with_context(|| anyhow!("Error creating frame file at {:?}", frame_file_path))?;
+
+            // TODO remove unwraps
+            encoder.encode(&buf,
+                width.try_into().unwrap(),
+                height.try_into().unwrap(),
+                jpeg_encoder::ColorType::Rgba
+            )
+                .with_context(|| anyhow!("Error while encoding frame {}", i))?;
+
+            if !pr.increase() {
+                break;
+            }
         }
+    } else {
+        let mut output = File::create(&config.output_filename)?;
+
+        thread::scope(|s| {
+            let writer_handle = s.spawn(move || {
+                if config.show_progress_bar {
+                    let mut pr = ProgressBar::new(count);
+                    let result = writer.write(&mut output, &mut pr);
+                    pr.finish();
+                    println!();
+                    result
+                } else {
+                    let mut pr = NoProgress {};
+                    writer.write(output, &mut pr)
+                }
+            });
+
+            for (i, (time, lines, cursor)) in frames.enumerate() {
+                let image = renderer.render(lines, cursor);
+                let time = if i == 0 { 0.0 } else { time };
+                collector.add_frame_rgba(i, image, time + config.last_frame_duration)?;
+            }
 
-        drop(collector);
-        writer_handle.join().unwrap()?;
-        Result::<()>::Ok(())
-    })?;
+            drop(collector);
+            writer_handle.join().unwrap()?;
+            Result::<()>::Ok(())
+        })?;
+    }
 
     info!(
         "rendering finished in {}s",
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1c6d503..8ec2e84 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -50,9 +50,13 @@ struct Cli {
     /// asciicast path/filename or URL
     input_filename_or_url: String,
 
-    /// GIF path/filename
+    /// GIF path/filename (output directory if outputting frames)
     output_filename: String,
 
+    /// Output each frame as separate JPEG
+    #[clap(long)]
+    output_frames: bool,
+
     /// Select frame rendering backend
     #[clap(long, arg_enum, default_value_t = agg::Renderer::default())]
     renderer: agg::Renderer,
@@ -178,9 +182,10 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         speed: cli.speed,
         theme: cli.theme.map(|theme| theme.0),
         show_progress_bar: true,
+        output_frames: cli.output_frames,
+        output_filename: cli.output_filename,
     };
 
     let input = BufReader::new(reader(&cli.input_filename_or_url)?);
-    let mut output = File::create(&cli.output_filename)?;
-    agg::run(input, &mut output, config)
+    agg::run(input, config)
 }