diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 324510e4a6..a17184eea1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nu-path",
  "nu-protocol",
  "nu-table",
+ "nu-term-grid",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "reedline",
  "tempfile",
@@ -523,10 +524,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "nu-path",
  "nu-protocol",
  "nu-table",
+ "nu-term-grid",
  "sysinfo",
  "terminal_size",
  "thiserror",
- "unicode-width",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -589,6 +590,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nu-term-grid"
+version = "0.36.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-integer"
 version = "0.1.44"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 826e3d542e..5f43cb1172 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ nu-parser = { path="./crates/nu-parser" }
 nu-path = { path="./crates/nu-path" }
 nu-protocol = { path = "./crates/nu-protocol" }
 nu-table = { path = "./crates/nu-table" }
+nu-term-grid = { path = "./crates/nu-term-grid" }
 miette = "3.0.0"
 # mimalloc = { version = "*", default-features = false }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
index ba09d1e3be..4d0f13c78b 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ nu-json = { path = "../nu-json" }
 nu-path = { path = "../nu-path" }
 nu-protocol = { path = "../nu-protocol" }
 nu-table = { path = "../nu-table" }
+nu-term-grid = { path = "../nu-term-grid" }
 
 # Potential dependencies for extras
 glob = "0.3.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.29"
 sysinfo = "0.20.4"
 chrono = { version="0.4.19", features=["serde"] }
-unicode-width = "0.1.9"
 terminal_size = "0.1.17"
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/griddle.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/griddle.rs
index 3a9d7433cb..c94781efee 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/griddle.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/griddle.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-use super::grid::{Alignment, Cell, Direction, Filling, Grid, GridOptions};
 use nu_engine::CallExt;
 use nu_protocol::{
     ast::{Call, PathMember},
     engine::{Command, EvaluationContext},
     Signature, Span, SyntaxShape, Value,
 };
+use nu_term_grid::grid::{Alignment, Cell, Direction, Filling, Grid, GridOptions};
 use terminal_size::{Height, Width}; //{Alignment, Cell, Direction, Filling, Grid, GridOptions};
 
 pub struct Griddle;
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/mod.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/mod.rs
index a2f76b56ca..3ff09eff39 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-pub mod grid;
 mod griddle;
 mod table;
 
-pub use grid::Grid;
 pub use griddle::Griddle;
 pub use table::Table;
diff --git a/crates/nu-term-grid/.gitignore b/crates/nu-term-grid/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c234e523b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-term-grid/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/target
+/scratch
+**/*.rs.bk
+history.txt
+tests/fixtures/nuplayground
+crates/*/target
+
+# Debian/Ubuntu
+debian/.debhelper/
+debian/debhelper-build-stamp
+debian/files
+debian/nu.substvars
+debian/nu/
+
+# macOS junk
+.DS_Store
+
+# JetBrains' IDE items
+.idea/*
+
+# VSCode's IDE items
+.vscode/*
diff --git a/crates/nu-term-grid/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-term-grid/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..183de8ecc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-term-grid/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[package]
+authors = ["The Nu Project Contributors"]
+description = "Nushell grid printing"
+edition = "2018"
+license = "MIT"
+name = "nu-term-grid"
+version = "0.36.0"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+[[bin]]
+name = "grid"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+unicode-width = "0.1.9"
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/grid.rs b/crates/nu-term-grid/src/grid.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from crates/nu-command/src/viewers/grid.rs
rename to crates/nu-term-grid/src/grid.rs
index 8856bdb8af..f15b2fe376 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/grid.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-term-grid/src/grid.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 //! needed. For example:
 //!
 //! ```rust
-//! use nu_command::grid::{Grid, GridOptions, Direction, Filling, Cell};
+//! use nu_term_grid::grid::{Grid, GridOptions, Direction, Filling, Cell};
 //!
 //! let mut grid = Grid::new(GridOptions {
 //!     filling:    Filling::Spaces(1),
diff --git a/crates/nu-term-grid/src/lib.rs b/crates/nu-term-grid/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79b146593f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-term-grid/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub mod grid;
+
+pub use grid::Grid;
diff --git a/crates/nu-term-grid/src/main.rs b/crates/nu-term-grid/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9ef426790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-term-grid/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+use nu_term_grid::grid::{Alignment, Cell, Direction, Filling, Grid, GridOptions};
+
+// This produces:
+//
+//  1 |  128 |   16384 |   2097152 |   268435456 |   34359738368 |   4398046511104
+//  2 |  256 |   32768 |   4194304 |   536870912 |   68719476736 |   8796093022208
+//  4 |  512 |   65536 |   8388608 |  1073741824 |  137438953472 |  17592186044416
+//  8 | 1024 |  131072 |  16777216 |  2147483648 |  274877906944 |  35184372088832
+// 16 | 2048 |  262144 |  33554432 |  4294967296 |  549755813888 |  70368744177664
+// 32 | 4096 |  524288 |  67108864 |  8589934592 | 1099511627776 | 140737488355328
+// 64 | 8192 | 1048576 | 134217728 | 17179869184 | 2199023255552 |
+
+fn main() {
+    let mut grid = Grid::new(GridOptions {
+        direction: Direction::TopToBottom,
+        filling: Filling::Text(" | ".into()),
+    });
+
+    for i in 0..48 {
+        let mut cell = Cell::from(format!("{}", 2_isize.pow(i)));
+        cell.alignment = Alignment::Right;
+        grid.add(cell)
+    }
+
+    if let Some(grid_display) = grid.fit_into_width(80) {
+        println!("{}", grid_display);
+    } else {
+        println!("Couldn't fit grid into 80 columns!");
+    }
+}