diff --git a/src/cli/program.ts b/src/cli/program.ts
index fb62ebbaa..d22b38a29 100644
--- a/src/cli/program.ts
+++ b/src/cli/program.ts
@@ -1138,7 +1138,9 @@ utils
 utils
     .command('rules')
     .description('returns technology rules')
-    .addOption(new Option('--format [string]', 'output format').default('yaml').choices(['yaml', 'json', 'latex']))
+    .addOption(
+        new Option('--format [string]', 'output format').default('yaml').choices(['yaml', 'json', 'latex', 'csv'])
+    )
     .action(
         hae.exit(async options => {
             std.out(await Controller.utils.rules(options))
diff --git a/src/controller/utils/rules.ts b/src/controller/utils/rules.ts
index 1acf68185..4f364e411 100644
--- a/src/controller/utils/rules.ts
+++ b/src/controller/utils/rules.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ export type RuleOptions = {
 
 export default async function (options: RuleOptions) {
     options.format = options.format ?? 'yaml'
+
+    const headers = ['component', 'artifact', 'hosting', 'technology', 'weight']
+
     return files.toFormat(Registry.rules, options.format, {
-        latex: {headers: ['component', 'artifact', 'hosting', 'technology', 'weight']},
+        latex: {headers},
+        csv: {headers},
     })
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/files.ts b/src/utils/files.ts
index 682b17417..bfe3c50a5 100644
--- a/src/utils/files.ts
+++ b/src/utils/files.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import * as yaml from 'js-yaml'
 import lnk from 'lnk'
 import _ from 'lodash'
 import os from 'os'
+import papa from 'papaparse'
 import path from 'path'
 // TODO: fix import problem
 // @ts-ignore
@@ -163,13 +164,14 @@ export async function loadXML<T>(file: string) {
     return (await xml2js.parseStringPromise(loadFile(file) /*, options */)) as T
 }
 
-export function toFormat(obj: any, format: string, options: {latex?: LatexOptions} = {}) {
+export function toFormat(obj: any, format: string, options: {latex?: LatexOptions; csv?: CSVOptions} = {}) {
     if (format === 'yaml') return toYAML(obj)
     if (format === 'json') return toJSON(obj)
     if (format === 'ini') return toINI(obj)
     if (format === 'env') return toENV(obj)
     if (format === 'xml') return toXML(obj)
     if (format === 'latex') return toLatex(obj, options.latex)
+    if (format === 'csv') return toCSV(obj, options.csv)
 
     throw new Error(`Format "${format}" not supported`)
 }
@@ -178,6 +180,15 @@ export type LatexOptions = {
     headers?: string[]
 }
 
+export type CSVOptions = {
+    headers?: string[]
+}
+
+export function toCSV(obj: any, options: CSVOptions = {}) {
+    assert.isArray(obj)
+    return papa.unparse(obj, {columns: options.headers})
+}
+
 export function toLatex(obj: any, options: LatexOptions = {}) {
     assert.isArray(obj)
     // TODO: this is dirty