diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f1745cb..bb2a994 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1
 	github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc/v2 v2.0.1
 	github.com/daixiang0/gci v0.2.8
+	github.com/fatih/color v1.9.0
 	github.com/fujiwara/shapeio v1.0.0
 	github.com/gocarina/gocsv v0.0.0-20210408192840-02d7211d929d
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.5.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5
 	github.com/google/go-jsonnet v0.17.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.13
+	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.3.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c2bfd57..3559abb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0 h1:VSnTsYCnlFHaM2/igO1h6X3HA71jcobQuxemgkq4zYo=
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0/go.mod h1:HtrtbFcZ19U5GC7JDqmcUSB87Iq5E25KnS6fMYU6eOk=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.9.0 h1:8xPHl4/q1VyqGIPif1F+1V3Y3lSmrq01EabUW3CoW5s=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.9.0/go.mod h1:eQcE1qtQxscV5RaZvpXrrb8Drkc3/DdQ+uUYCNjL+zU=
 github.com/fujiwara/shapeio v1.0.0 h1:xG5D9oNqCSUUbryZ/jQV3cqe1v2suEjwPIcEg1gKM8M=
 github.com/fujiwara/shapeio v1.0.0/go.mod h1:LmEmu6L/8jetyj1oewewFb7bZCNRwE7wLCUNzDLaLVA=
@@ -45,8 +46,12 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.8/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hd
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.11/go.mod h1:PhnuNfih5lzO57/f3n+odYbM4JtupLOxQOAqxQCu2WE=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.13 h1:qdl+GuBjcsKKDco5BsxPJlId98mSWNKqYA+Co0SC1yA=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.13/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9 h1:Lm995f3rfxdpd6TSmuVCHVb/QhupuXlYr8sCI/QdE+0=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.9/go.mod h1:H031xJmbD/WCDINGzjvQ9THkh0rPKHF+m2gUSrubnMI=
 github.com/mgutz/ansi v0.0.0-20170206155736-9520e82c474b h1:j7+1HpAFS1zy5+Q4qx1fWh90gTKwiN4QCGoY9TWyyO4=
 github.com/mgutz/ansi v0.0.0-20170206155736-9520e82c474b/go.mod h1:01TrycV0kFyexm33Z7vhZRXopbI8J3TDReVlkTgMUxE=
+github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5 h1:P2Ga83D34wi1o9J6Wh1mRuqd4mF/x/lgBS7N7AbDhec=
+github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5/go.mod h1:hPp6KlRPjbx+hW8ykQs1w3UBbZlj6HuIJcUGPhkA7kY=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.0.1 h1:lPqVAte+HuHNfhJ/0LC98ESWRz8afy9tM/0RK8m9o+Q=
diff --git a/pkg/template/color.go b/pkg/template/color.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..342b2b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/template/color.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package template
+
+import (
+	"github.com/fatih/color"
+	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
+)
+
+var (
+	colorTitle       = color.New(color.FgYellow, color.Bold)
+	colorTotalAdd    = color.New(color.FgHiGreen, color.Bold)
+	colorTotalRemove = color.New(color.FgRed, color.Bold)
+
+	noColor     = tablewriter.Colors{}
+	colorAdd    = tablewriter.Colors{tablewriter.FgHiGreenColor, tablewriter.Bold}
+	colorFooter = tablewriter.Color(tablewriter.FgHiBlueColor, tablewriter.Bold)
+	colorHeader = tablewriter.Colors{tablewriter.FgHiCyanColor, tablewriter.Bold}
+	colorRemove = tablewriter.Colors{tablewriter.FgRedColor, tablewriter.Bold}
+)
diff --git a/pkg/template/diff_printer.go b/pkg/template/diff_printer.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf7dc6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/template/diff_printer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+package template
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
+)
+
+type DiffPrinter struct {
+	w      io.Writer
+	writer *tablewriter.Table
+
+	useColor bool
+	title    string
+
+	appendCalls int
+	headerLen   int
+}
+
+func NewDiffPrinter(w io.Writer, hasColor, hasBorder bool) *DiffPrinter {
+	wr := tablewriter.NewWriter(w)
+	wr.SetBorder(hasBorder)
+	wr.SetRowLine(hasBorder)
+
+	return &DiffPrinter{
+		w:        w,
+		writer:   wr,
+		useColor: hasColor,
+	}
+}
+
+func (d *DiffPrinter) Render() {
+	if d.appendCalls == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// set the title and the add/remove legend
+	title := strings.ToUpper(d.title)
+	add := "+add"
+	remove := "-remove"
+	if d.useColor {
+		title = colorTitle.Sprint(title)
+		add = colorTotalAdd.Sprint(add)
+		remove = colorTotalRemove.Sprint(remove)
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(d.w, "%s    %s | %s | unchanged\n", title, add, remove)
+
+	d.setFooter()
+	d.writer.Render()
+}
+
+func (d *DiffPrinter) Title(title string) *DiffPrinter {
+	d.title = title
+	return d
+}
+
+func (d *DiffPrinter) SetHeaders(headers ...string) *DiffPrinter {
+	headers = d.prepend(headers, "+/-")
+	d.headerLen = len(headers)
+
+	d.writer.SetHeader(headers)
+
+	headerColors := make([]tablewriter.Colors, d.headerLen)
+	color := noColor
+	if d.useColor {
+		color = colorHeader
+	}
+	for i := range headerColors {
+		headerColors[i] = color
+	}
+	d.writer.SetHeaderColor(headerColors...)
+
+	return d
+}
+
+func (d *DiffPrinter) setFooter() *DiffPrinter {
+	footers := make([]string, d.headerLen)
+	if d.headerLen > 1 {
+		footers[len(footers)-2] = "TOTAL"
+		footers[len(footers)-1] = strconv.Itoa(d.appendCalls)
+	} else {
+		footers[0] = "TOTAL: " + strconv.Itoa(d.appendCalls)
+	}
+
+	d.writer.SetFooter(footers)
+	colors := make([]tablewriter.Colors, d.headerLen)
+	color := noColor
+	if d.useColor {
+		color = colorFooter
+	}
+	if d.headerLen > 1 {
+		colors[len(colors)-2] = color
+		colors[len(colors)-1] = color
+	} else {
+		colors[0] = color
+	}
+	d.writer.SetFooterColor(colors...)
+
+	return d
+}
+
+func (d *DiffPrinter) Append(slc []string) {
+	d.writer.Append(d.prepend(slc, ""))
+}
+
+func (d *DiffPrinter) AppendDiff(remove, add []string) {
+	defer func() { d.appendCalls++ }()
+
+	if d.appendCalls > 0 {
+		d.appendBufferLine()
+	}
+
+	lenAdd, lenRemove := len(add), len(remove)
+	preppedAdd, preppedRemove := d.prepend(add, "+"), d.prepend(remove, "-")
+	if lenRemove > 0 && lenAdd == 0 {
+		d.writer.Rich(preppedRemove, d.redRow(len(preppedRemove)))
+		return
+	}
+	if lenAdd > 0 && lenRemove == 0 {
+		d.writer.Rich(preppedAdd, d.greenRow(len(preppedAdd)))
+		return
+	}
+
+	var (
+		addColors    = make([]tablewriter.Colors, len(preppedAdd))
+		removeColors = make([]tablewriter.Colors, len(preppedRemove))
+		hasDiff      bool
+	)
+	addColor, removeColor := noColor, noColor
+	if d.useColor {
+		addColor, removeColor = colorAdd, colorRemove
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < lenRemove; i++ {
+		if add[i] != remove[i] {
+			hasDiff = true
+			// offset to skip prepended +/- column
+			addColors[i+1], removeColors[i+1] = addColor, removeColor
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !hasDiff {
+		d.writer.Append(d.prepend(add, ""))
+		return
+	}
+
+	addColors[0], removeColors[0] = addColor, removeColor
+	d.writer.Rich(d.prepend(remove, "-"), removeColors)
+	d.writer.Rich(d.prepend(add, "+"), addColors)
+}
+
+func (d *DiffPrinter) appendBufferLine() {
+	d.writer.Append([]string{})
+}
+
+func (d *DiffPrinter) redRow(i int) []tablewriter.Colors {
+	return d.colorRow(colorRemove, i)
+}
+
+func (d *DiffPrinter) greenRow(i int) []tablewriter.Colors {
+	return d.colorRow(colorAdd, i)
+}
+
+func (d *DiffPrinter) prepend(slc []string, val string) []string {
+	return append([]string{val}, slc...)
+}
+
+func (d *DiffPrinter) colorRow(color tablewriter.Colors, i int) []tablewriter.Colors {
+	colors := make([]tablewriter.Colors, i)
+	for i := range colors {
+		if d.useColor {
+			colors[i] = color
+		} else {
+			colors[i] = noColor
+		}
+	}
+	return colors
+}
diff --git a/pkg/template/diff_printer_test.go b/pkg/template/diff_printer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fa11a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/template/diff_printer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package template_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/pkg/template"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestDiffPrinter_Empty(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	out := bytes.Buffer{}
+	printer := template.NewDiffPrinter(&out, false, true).
+		Title("Example").
+		SetHeaders("Wow", "Such", "A", "Fancy", "Printer")
+
+	printer.Render()
+	require.Empty(t, out.String())
+}
+
+func TestDiffPrinter(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	out := bytes.Buffer{}
+	printer := template.NewDiffPrinter(&out, false, true).
+		Title("Example").
+		SetHeaders("Wow", "Such", "A", "Fancy", "Printer")
+
+	// Add
+	printer.AppendDiff(nil, []string{"A", "B", "C", "D", "E"})
+
+	// No change
+	printer.Append([]string{"foo", "bar", "baz", "qux", "wat"})
+
+	// Replace
+	printer.AppendDiff(
+		[]string{"1", "200000000000000", "3", "4", "5"},
+		[]string{"9", "8", "7", "6", "5"},
+	)
+
+	// Remove
+	printer.AppendDiff([]string{"x y", "z x", "x y z", "", "y z"}, nil)
+
+	printer.Render()
+	expected := `EXAMPLE    +add | -remove | unchanged
++-----+-----+-----------------+-------+-------+---------+
+| +/- | WOW |      SUCH       |   A   | FANCY | PRINTER |
++-----+-----+-----------------+-------+-------+---------+
+| +   | A   | B               | C     | D     | E       |
++-----+-----+-----------------+-------+-------+---------+
+|     | foo | bar             | baz   | qux   | wat     |
++-----+-----+-----------------+-------+-------+---------+
++-----+-----+-----------------+-------+-------+---------+
+| -   |   1 | 200000000000000 |     3 |     4 |       5 |
++-----+-----+-----------------+-------+-------+---------+
+| +   |   9 |               8 |     7 |     6 |       5 |
++-----+-----+-----------------+-------+-------+---------+
++-----+-----+-----------------+-------+-------+---------+
+| -   | x y | z x             | x y z |       | y z     |
++-----+-----+-----------------+-------+-------+---------+
+|                                       TOTAL |    3    |
++-----+-----+-----------------+-------+-------+---------+
+`
+	require.Equal(t, expected, out.String())
+}
diff --git a/pkg/template/table_printer.go b/pkg/template/table_printer.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d650df5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/template/table_printer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+package template
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
+)
+
+type TablePrinter struct {
+	w      io.Writer
+	writer *tablewriter.Table
+
+	useColor bool
+	title    string
+
+	headerLen   int
+	appendCalls int
+}
+
+func NewTablePrinter(w io.Writer, hasColor, hasBorder bool) *TablePrinter {
+	wr := tablewriter.NewWriter(w)
+	wr.SetBorder(hasBorder)
+	wr.SetRowLine(hasBorder)
+
+	return &TablePrinter{
+		w:        w,
+		writer:   wr,
+		useColor: hasColor,
+	}
+}
+
+func (t *TablePrinter) Render() {
+	if t.appendCalls == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	title := strings.ToUpper(t.title)
+	if t.useColor {
+		title = colorTitle.Sprint(title)
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintln(t.w, title)
+
+	t.setFooter()
+	t.writer.Render()
+}
+
+func (t *TablePrinter) Title(title string) *TablePrinter {
+	t.title = title
+	return t
+}
+
+func (t *TablePrinter) SetHeaders(headers ...string) *TablePrinter {
+	t.headerLen = len(headers)
+	t.writer.SetHeader(headers)
+
+	headerColors := make([]tablewriter.Colors, t.headerLen)
+	alignments := make([]int, t.headerLen)
+
+	color := noColor
+	if t.useColor {
+		color = colorHeader
+	}
+	for i, header := range headers {
+		headerColors[i] = color
+		if strings.EqualFold("description", header) {
+			t.writer.SetColMinWidth(i, 30)
+			alignments[i] = tablewriter.ALIGN_LEFT
+		} else {
+			alignments[i] = tablewriter.ALIGN_CENTER
+		}
+	}
+	t.writer.SetHeaderColor(headerColors...)
+	t.writer.SetColumnAlignment(alignments)
+
+	return t
+}
+
+func (t *TablePrinter) setFooter() *TablePrinter {
+	footers := make([]string, t.headerLen)
+	if t.headerLen > 1 {
+		footers[len(footers)-2] = "TOTAL"
+		footers[len(footers)-1] = strconv.Itoa(t.appendCalls)
+	} else {
+		footers[0] = "TOTAL: " + strconv.Itoa(t.appendCalls)
+	}
+	t.writer.SetFooter(footers)
+
+	colors := make([]tablewriter.Colors, t.headerLen)
+	color := noColor
+	if t.useColor {
+		color = colorFooter
+	}
+	if t.headerLen > 1 {
+		colors[len(colors)-2] = color
+		colors[len(colors)-1] = color
+	} else {
+		colors[0] = color
+	}
+	t.writer.SetFooterColor(colors...)
+
+	return t
+}
+
+func (t *TablePrinter) Append(slc []string) {
+	t.appendCalls++
+	t.writer.Append(slc)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/template/table_printer_test.go b/pkg/template/table_printer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9793ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/template/table_printer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package template_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/influx-cli/v2/pkg/template"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestTablePrinter_Empty(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	out := bytes.Buffer{}
+	printer := template.NewTablePrinter(&out, false, true).
+		Title("Example").
+		SetHeaders("Wow", "Such", "A", "Fancy", "Printer")
+
+	printer.Render()
+	require.Empty(t, out.String())
+}
+
+func TestTablePrinter(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	out := bytes.Buffer{}
+	printer := template.NewTablePrinter(&out, false, true).
+		Title("Example").
+		SetHeaders("Wow", "Such", "A", "Fancy", "Printer")
+
+	printer.Append([]string{"foo", "bar", "baz", "qux", "wat"})
+	printer.Append([]string{"veryveryverylongggg", "", "a", "b", "c"})
+
+	printer.Render()
+	expected := `EXAMPLE
++---------------------+------+-----+-------+---------+
+|         WOW         | SUCH |  A  | FANCY | PRINTER |
++---------------------+------+-----+-------+---------+
+|         foo         | bar  | baz |  qux  |   wat   |
++---------------------+------+-----+-------+---------+
+| veryveryverylongggg |      |  a  |   b   |    c    |
++---------------------+------+-----+-------+---------+
+|                                    TOTAL |    2    |
++---------------------+------+-----+-------+---------+
+`
+	require.Equal(t, expected, out.String())
+}
+
+func TestTablePrinter_Description(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	out := bytes.Buffer{}
+	printer := template.NewTablePrinter(&out, false, true).
+		Title("Example").
+		SetHeaders("Wow", "Such", "A", "Fancy", "Description")
+	printer.Append([]string{"once", "upon", "a", "time", "short description"})
+
+	printer.Render()
+	// Expect that the description is left-aligned with a min width.
+	expected := `EXAMPLE
++------+------+---+-------+--------------------------------+
+| WOW  | SUCH | A | FANCY |          DESCRIPTION           |
++------+------+---+-------+--------------------------------+
+| once | upon | a | time  | short description              |
++------+------+---+-------+--------------------------------+
+|                   TOTAL |               1                |
++------+------+---+-------+--------------------------------+
+`
+	require.Equal(t, expected, out.String())
+}