diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b0b866e..ece7c54 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1033,6 +1033,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustyline",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "stanza",
  "toml",
  "tree-sitter",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
@@ -3118,6 +3119,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "stanza"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5d230b987a5b524a015ded47fed54c5177598a71c90508acee1c5d0b4c955f74"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "static_assertions"
 version = "1.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 931594f..3af4df3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ reedline = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["clipboard", "sqlite"] }
 crossterm = "0.27.0"
 nu-ansi-term = "0.49.0"
 humantime = "2.1.0"
+stanza = "0.5.1"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.10"
diff --git a/src/value/list.rs b/src/value/list.rs
index 975bc0b..55d48cf 100644
--- a/src/value/list.rs
+++ b/src/value/list.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ use std::{
     sync::{Arc, RwLock, RwLockReadGuard, RwLockWriteGuard},
 };
 
+use stanza::{
+    renderer::{console::Console, Renderer},
+    style::Styles,
+    table::{Cell, Content, Row, Table},
+};
+
 use crate::Value;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -35,6 +41,36 @@ impl List {
     pub fn items_mut(&self) -> RwLockWriteGuard<'_, Vec<Value>> {
         self.0.write().unwrap()
     }
+
+    pub fn as_text_table(&self) -> Table {
+        let cells: Vec<Cell> = self
+            .items()
+            .iter()
+            .map(|value| {
+                if let Value::List(list) = value {
+                    Cell::new(Styles::default(), Content::Nested(list.as_text_table()))
+                } else if let Value::Map(map) = value {
+                    Cell::new(Styles::default(), Content::Nested(map.as_text_table()))
+                } else {
+                    Cell::new(Styles::default(), Content::Label(value.to_string()))
+                }
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        let row = if cells.is_empty() {
+            Row::new(
+                Styles::default(),
+                vec![Cell::new(
+                    Styles::default(),
+                    Content::Label("empty list".to_string()),
+                )],
+            )
+        } else {
+            Row::new(Styles::default(), cells)
+        };
+
+        Table::default().with_row(row)
+    }
 }
 
 impl Eq for List {}
@@ -65,18 +101,8 @@ impl PartialOrd for List {
 
 impl Display for List {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        let items = self.items();
+        let renderer = Console::default();
 
-        write!(f, "[")?;
-
-        for (index, value) in items.iter().enumerate() {
-            write!(f, "{value}")?;
-
-            if index != items.len() - 1 {
-                write!(f, ", ")?;
-            }
-        }
-
-        write!(f, "]")
+        f.write_str(&renderer.render(&self.as_text_table()))
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/value/map.rs b/src/value/map.rs
index 73d7357..a98597c 100644
--- a/src/value/map.rs
+++ b/src/value/map.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ use serde::{
     ser::SerializeMap,
     Deserialize, Serialize,
 };
+use stanza::{
+    renderer::{console::Console, Renderer},
+    style::{HAlign, Styles},
+    table::{Row, Table},
+};
 use std::{
     cmp::Ordering,
     collections::BTreeMap,
@@ -94,6 +99,37 @@ impl Map {
 
         Ok(previous)
     }
+
+    pub fn as_text_table(&self) -> Table {
+        let variables = self.variables.read().unwrap().clone().into_iter();
+        let mut table = Table::with_styles(Styles::default().with(HAlign::Centred));
+
+        for (key, (value, r#type)) in variables {
+            if let Value::Map(map) = value {
+                table.push_row(Row::new(
+                    Styles::default(),
+                    vec![key.into(), map.as_text_table().into(), "".into()],
+                ));
+            } else if let Value::List(list) = value {
+                table.push_row(Row::new(
+                    Styles::default(),
+                    vec![
+                        key.into(),
+                        list.as_text_table().into(),
+                        r#type.to_string().into(),
+                    ],
+                ));
+            } else {
+                table.push_row([key, value.to_string(), r#type.to_string()]);
+            };
+        }
+
+        if table.is_empty() {
+            table.push_row(vec!["", "empty map", ""])
+        }
+
+        table
+    }
 }
 
 impl Default for Map {
@@ -130,14 +166,9 @@ impl PartialOrd for Map {
 
 impl Display for Map {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        writeln!(f, "{{")?;
+        let renderer = Console::default();
 
-        let variables = self.variables.read().unwrap().clone().into_iter();
-
-        for (key, (value, value_type)) in variables {
-            writeln!(f, "    {key} <{value_type}> = {value}")?;
-        }
-        write!(f, "}}")
+        f.write_str(&renderer.render(&self.as_text_table()))
     }
 }