diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fa7cdcb..35672a9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ version = "1.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "79947af37f4177cfead1110013d678905c37501914fba0efea834c3fe9a8d60c"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ checksum = "ca3534e77181a9cc07539ad51f2141fe32f6c3ffd4df76db8ad92346b003ae4e"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "once_cell",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ version = "1.0.97"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dcfed56ad506cb2c684a14971b8861fdc3baaaae314b9e5f9bb532cbe3ba7a4f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "autocfg"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ace50bade8e6234aa140d9a2f552bbee1db4d353f69b8217bc503490fc1a9f26"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.9.0"
@@ -91,6 +97,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "clap-cargo",
  "config",
+ "crossterm",
  "git2",
  "lazy_static",
  "phf",
@@ -168,6 +175,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossterm"
+version = "0.28.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "829d955a0bb380ef178a640b91779e3987da38c9aea133b20614cfed8cdea9c6"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "crossterm_winapi",
+ "mio",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "rustix 0.38.44",
+ "signal-hook",
+ "signal-hook-mio",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossterm_winapi"
+version = "0.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "acdd7c62a3665c7f6830a51635d9ac9b23ed385797f70a83bb8bafe9c572ab2b"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "displaydoc"
 version = "0.2.5"
@@ -192,7 +224,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "33d852cb9b869c2a9b3df2f71a3074817f01e1844f839a144f5fcef059a4eb5d"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -219,7 +251,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
  "r-efi",
- "wasi",
+ "wasi 0.14.2+wasi-0.2.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -465,6 +497,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.4.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d26c52dbd32dccf2d10cac7725f8eae5296885fb5703b261f7d0a0739ec807ab"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.9.3"
@@ -477,6 +515,16 @@ version = "0.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "23fb14cb19457329c82206317a5663005a4d404783dc74f4252769b0d5f42856"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lock_api"
+version = "0.4.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "07af8b9cdd281b7915f413fa73f29ebd5d55d0d3f0155584dade1ff18cea1b17"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "scopeguard",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.4.26"
@@ -489,6 +537,18 @@ version = "2.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "78ca9ab1a0babb1e7d5695e3530886289c18cf2f87ec19a575a0abdce112e3a3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mio"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2886843bf800fba2e3377cff24abf6379b4c4d5c6681eaf9ea5b0d15090450bd"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.21.1"
@@ -513,6 +573,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "parking_lot"
+version = "0.12.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f1bf18183cf54e8d6059647fc3063646a1801cf30896933ec2311622cc4b9a27"
+dependencies = [
+ "lock_api",
+ "parking_lot_core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "parking_lot_core"
+version = "0.9.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1e401f977ab385c9e4e3ab30627d6f26d00e2c73eef317493c4ec6d468726cf8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "smallvec",
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pathdiff"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -612,6 +695,28 @@ version = "0.6.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_syscall"
+version = "0.5.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b8c0c260b63a8219631167be35e6a988e9554dbd323f8bd08439c8ed1302bd1"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "0.38.44"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fdb5bc1ae2baa591800df16c9ca78619bf65c0488b41b96ccec5d11220d8c154"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags",
+ "errno",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys 0.4.15",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
 version = "1.0.3"
@@ -621,10 +726,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "errno",
  "libc",
- "linux-raw-sys",
- "windows-sys",
+ "linux-raw-sys 0.9.3",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "scopeguard"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.219"
@@ -660,6 +771,36 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook"
+version = "0.3.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8621587d4798caf8eb44879d42e56b9a93ea5dcd315a6487c357130095b62801"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "signal-hook-registry",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook-mio"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "34db1a06d485c9142248b7a054f034b349b212551f3dfd19c94d45a754a217cd"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "mio",
+ "signal-hook",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "signal-hook-registry"
+version = "1.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a9e9e0b4211b72e7b8b6e85c807d36c212bdb33ea8587f7569562a84df5465b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "siphasher"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -715,8 +856,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "fastrand",
  "getrandom",
  "once_cell",
- "rustix",
- "windows-sys",
+ "rustix 1.0.3",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -824,6 +965,12 @@ version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasi"
+version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c8d87e72b64a3b4db28d11ce29237c246188f4f51057d65a7eab63b7987e423"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.14.2+wasi-0.2.4"
@@ -833,6 +980,37 @@ dependencies = [
  "wit-bindgen-rt",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.59.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 160d217..45297b0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0.97"
 clap = { version = "4.5.32", features = ["derive"] }
 clap-cargo = "0.15.2"
 config = { version = "0.15.11", default-features = false, features = ["toml"] }
+crossterm = "0.28.1"
 git2 = "0.20.1"
 lazy_static = "1.5.0"
 phf = { version = "0.11.3", features = ["macros"] }
diff --git a/src/cc.rs b/src/cc.rs
index e02df87..cec030c 100644
--- a/src/cc.rs
+++ b/src/cc.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ pub enum Error {
     ExecFailed { status: ExitStatus, stderr: Vec<u8> },
 }
 
+impl Error {
+    pub fn fatal(&self) -> bool {
+        matches!(
+            self,
+            Self::NoCompiler | Self::BadCompiler { .. } | Self::EmptyCompiler
+        )
+    }
+}
+
 fn to_res(Output { status, stderr, .. }: Output) -> Result<(), Error> {
     status
         .success()
diff --git a/src/console.rs b/src/console.rs
index ddf45fd..bc45ff4 100644
--- a/src/console.rs
+++ b/src/console.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ use std::{
 use anstream::AutoStream;
 use anstyle::{AnsiColor, Effects, Style};
 use clap::ValueEnum;
+use crossterm::{ExecutableCommand, cursor::MoveToPreviousLine};
 
 pub const ERROR: Style = AnsiColor::Red.on_default().effects(Effects::BOLD);
+pub const GOOD: Style = AnsiColor::Green.on_default().effects(Effects::BOLD);
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, ValueEnum)]
 pub enum Color {
@@ -36,9 +38,20 @@ impl Console {
     }
 
     pub fn print(&self, status: &str, style: &Style, msg: impl Display) {
-        let mut stream = AutoStream::new(stderr(), self.0).lock();
+        let mut stream = AutoStream::new(stderr(), self.0);
         let _ = writeln!(stream, "{style}{status}{style:#} {msg}");
     }
+
+    pub fn print_right(&self, status: &str, style: &Style, msg: impl Display) {
+        let mut stream = AutoStream::new(stderr(), self.0);
+        let _ = writeln!(stream, "{style}{status:>12}{style:#} {msg}");
+    }
+
+    pub fn update_right(&self, status: &str, style: &Style, msg: impl Display) {
+        let mut stream = AutoStream::new(stderr(), self.0).lock();
+        let _ = stream.execute(MoveToPreviousLine(1));
+        let _ = writeln!(stream, "{style}{status:>12}{style:#} {msg}");
+    }
 }
 
 static CONSOLE: OnceLock<Console> = OnceLock::new();
@@ -54,10 +67,6 @@ pub fn init(color: Color) {
 }
 
 macro_rules! error {
-    ($arg:expr) => (
-        crate::console::console().print("error:", &crate::console::ERROR, ($arg))
-    );
-
     ($($arg:tt)+) => (
         crate::console::console().print(
             "error:",
@@ -67,4 +76,34 @@ macro_rules! error {
     );
 }
 
+macro_rules! info {
+    ($status:expr, $($arg:tt)+) => (
+        crate::console::console().print_right(
+            $status,
+            &crate::console::GOOD,
+            format_args!($($arg)+),
+        )
+    );
+}
+
+macro_rules! fail {
+    ($($arg:tt)+) => {
+        crate::console::console().update_right("Failed", &crate::console::ERROR, "");
+        error!($($arg)+);
+    }
+}
+
+macro_rules! update {
+    ($status:expr, $($arg:tt)+) => (
+        crate::console::console().update_right(
+            $status,
+            &crate::console::GOOD,
+            format_args!($($arg)+),
+        )
+    );
+}
+
 pub(crate) use error;
+pub(crate) use fail;
+pub(crate) use info;
+pub(crate) use update;
diff --git a/src/languages.rs b/src/languages.rs
index e1dd591..4388cb1 100644
--- a/src/languages.rs
+++ b/src/languages.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use phf::phf_map;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct InstallInfo {
     pub url: &'static str,
     pub files: &'static [&'static str],
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ static LANGUAGES: phf::Map<&'static str, InstallInfo> = phf_map! {
     },
 };
 
-pub fn get_install_info(language: &str) -> Option<InstallInfo> {
-    LANGUAGES.get(language).copied()
+pub fn get_install_info(language: &str) -> Option<&InstallInfo> {
+    LANGUAGES.get(language)
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f04bde6..b767142 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ mod console;
 mod languages;
 mod settings;
 
-use console::{Color, error};
+use console::{Color, error, fail, info, update};
 use languages::{InstallInfo, get_install_info};
 use settings::{Settings, get_settings};
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct Cli {
     #[arg(short, long, value_enum, default_value_t = Color::Auto)]
     color: Color,
 
-    language: String,
+    languages: Vec<String>,
 }
 
 fn main() -> ExitCode {
@@ -29,15 +29,16 @@ fn main() -> ExitCode {
 
     console::init(cli.color);
 
-    if let Err(e) = main_inner(cli) {
-        error!(e);
-        ExitCode::FAILURE
-    } else {
-        ExitCode::SUCCESS
+    match install_all(cli.languages) {
+        Err(e) => {
+            error!("{e}");
+            ExitCode::FAILURE
+        }
+        Ok(code) => code,
     }
 }
 
-fn main_inner(Cli { language, .. }: Cli) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+fn install_all(mut languages: Vec<String>) -> anyhow::Result<ExitCode> {
     let Settings {
         parser_dir,
         compiler,
@@ -50,37 +51,78 @@ fn main_inner(Cli { language, .. }: Cli) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // have to use a canonical path bc compiler runs elsewhere
     let parser_dir = parser_dir.canonicalize()?;
 
-    Ok(install(
-        &language,
-        &parser_dir,
-        src_dir.as_ref(),
-        compiler.as_deref(),
-    )?)
+    let mut errors = 0;
+    let mut installed = 0;
+
+    languages.sort();
+    languages.dedup();
+
+    for language in &languages {
+        if let Some(info) = get_install_info(language) {
+            if let Err(e) = install(
+                language,
+                info,
+                &parser_dir,
+                src_dir.as_ref(),
+                compiler.as_deref(),
+            ) {
+                fail!("{e}");
+                if e.fatal() {
+                    return Ok(ExitCode::FAILURE);
+                } else {
+                    errors += 1;
+                }
+            } else {
+                installed += 1;
+            }
+        } else {
+            error!("unknown language `{language}`");
+        }
+    }
+
+    info!("Finished", "installed {installed} parsers");
+
+    Ok(if errors > 0 {
+        ExitCode::FAILURE
+    } else {
+        ExitCode::SUCCESS
+    })
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
 enum InstallError {
-    #[error("unknown language `{0}`")]
-    UnknownLanguage(String),
-
     #[error("couldn't clone `{0}`")]
     Clone(&'static str),
 
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Git(#[from] git2::Error),
+
     #[error(transparent)]
     Compile(#[from] cc::Error),
 }
 
+impl InstallError {
+    fn fatal(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            Self::Compile(e) => e.fatal(),
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn install(
     language: &str,
+    InstallInfo { url, files }: &InstallInfo,
     parser_dir: &Path,
     src_dir: &Path,
     compiler: Option<&str>,
 ) -> Result<(), InstallError> {
-    let InstallInfo { url, files } =
-        get_install_info(language).ok_or(InstallError::UnknownLanguage(language.to_owned()))?;
+    info!("Installing", "{language}");
 
     let repo_path = src_dir.join(language);
-    Repository::clone(url, &repo_path).map_err(|_| InstallError::Clone(url))?;
+    let repo = Repository::clone(url, &repo_path).map_err(|_| InstallError::Clone(url))?;
+
+    let version = repo.head()?.peel_to_commit()?.id();
 
     let output_path = parser_dir.join(language).with_extension(DLL_EXTENSION);
 
@@ -88,5 +130,7 @@ fn install(
     build.compiler(compiler).dir(&repo_path).input_files(files);
     build.compile(&output_path)?;
 
+    update!("Installed", "{language} {version:.7}");
+
     Ok(())
 }