diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index 3838516..2c7d2c7 100644
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ CLI.prototype.do_create = require('./do_create');
 CLI.prototype.do_instances = require('./do_instances');
 CLI.prototype.do_instance_audit = require('./do_instance_audit');
 
+// Packages
+CLI.prototype.do_packages = require('./do_packages');
+
+// Row Cloud API
+CLI.prototype.do_cloudapi = require('./do_cloudapi');
 
 
 
diff --git a/lib/cloudapi2.js b/lib/cloudapi2.js
index 009100e..832b47a 100644
--- a/lib/cloudapi2.js
+++ b/lib/cloudapi2.js
@@ -153,25 +153,18 @@ CloudAPI.prototype._getAuthHeaders = function _getAuthHeaders(callback) {
  * fields. If any of the field values are undefined or null, then they will
  * be excluded.
  */
-CloudAPI.prototype._qs = function _qs(fields, fields2) {
-    assert.object(fields, 'fields');
-    assert.optionalObject(fields2, 'fields2'); // can be handy to pass in 2 objs
+CloudAPI.prototype._qs = function _qs(/* fields1, ...*/) {
+    var fields = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
 
     var query = {};
-    Object.keys(fields).forEach(function (key) {
-        var value = fields[key];
-        if (value !== undefined && value !== null) {
-            query[key] = value;
-        }
-    });
-    if (fields2) {
-        Object.keys(fields2).forEach(function (key) {
-            var value = fields2[key];
+    fields.forEach(function (field) {
+        Object.keys(field).forEach(function (key) {
+            var value = field[key];
             if (value !== undefined && value !== null) {
                 query[key] = value;
             }
         });
-    }
+    });
 
     if (Object.keys(query).length === 0) {
         return '';
@@ -189,20 +182,47 @@ CloudAPI.prototype._qs = function _qs(fields, fields2) {
  * Optionally an object of query params can be passed in to include a query
  * string. This just calls `this._qs(...)`.
  */
-CloudAPI.prototype._path = function _path(subpath, qparams, qparams2) {
+CloudAPI.prototype._path = function _path(subpath /*, qparams, ... */) {
     assert.string(subpath, 'subpath');
     assert.ok(subpath[0] === '/');
-    assert.optionalObject(qparams, 'qparams');
-    assert.optionalObject(qparams2, 'qparams2'); // can be handy to pass in 2
 
     var path = subpath;
-    if (qparams) {
-        path += this._qs(qparams, qparams2);
-    }
+    var qparams = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
+    path += this._qs.apply(this, qparams);
     return path;
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * cloud API requset wrapper - modeled after http.request
+ *
+ * @param {Object|String} options - object or string for endpoint
+ *      - {String} path - URL endpoint to hit
+ *      - {String} method - HTTP(s) request method
+ * @param {Function} callback passed via the restify client
+ */
+CloudAPI.prototype.request = function _request(options, callback) {
+    var self = this;
+    if (typeof options === 'string')
+        options = {path: options};
+    assert.object(options, 'options');
+    assert.func(callback, 'callback');
+
+    var method = (options.method || 'GET').toLowerCase();
+    assert.ok(['get', 'post', 'delete', 'head'].indexOf(method) >= 0,
+        'invalid method given');
+    self._getAuthHeaders(function (err, headers) {
+        if (err) {
+            callback(err);
+            return;
+        }
+        var opts = {
+            path: options.path,
+            headers: headers
+        };
+        self.client[method](opts, callback);
+    });
+};
 
 // ---- accounts
 
@@ -408,9 +428,25 @@ CloudAPI.prototype.listMachines = function listMachines(options, callback) {
                 callback(null, machines, responses);
             }
         }
-    )
+    );
 };
 
+CloudAPI.prototype.listPackages = function listPackages(options, callback) {
+    var self = this;
+    if (typeof (options) === 'function') {
+        callback = options;
+        options = {};
+    }
+
+    var endpoint = self._path(format('/%s/packages', self.user), options);
+    self.request(endpoint, function (err, req, res, body) {
+        if (err) {
+            callback(err);
+            return;
+        }
+        callback(null, body);
+    });
+};
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/common.js b/lib/common.js
index 24e47fb..127e0fb 100755
--- a/lib/common.js
+++ b/lib/common.js
@@ -70,127 +70,41 @@ function boolFromString(value, default_, errName) {
     }
 }
 
-
-
 /**
- * Print a table of the given items.
- *
- * @params items {Array} of row objects.
- * @params options {Object}
- *      - `columns` {String} of comma-separated field names for columns
- *      - `skipHeader` {Boolean} Default false.
- *      - `sort` {String} of comma-separate fields on which to alphabetically
- *        sort the rows. Optional.
- *      - `validFields` {String} valid fields for `columns` and `sort`
+ * given an array return a string with each element
+ * JSON-stringifed separated by newlines
  */
-function tabulate(items, options) {
-    assert.arrayOfObject(items, 'items');
-    assert.object(options, 'options');
-    assert.string(options.columns, 'options.columns');
-    assert.optionalBool(options.skipHeader, 'options.skipHeader');
-    assert.optionalString(options.sort, 'options.sort');
-    assert.optionalString(options.validFields, 'options.validFields');
-
-    if (items.length === 0) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    // Validate.
-    var validFields = options.validFields && options.validFields.split(',');
-    var columns = options.columns.split(',');
-    var sort = options.sort ? options.sort.split(',') : [];
-    if (validFields) {
-        columns.forEach(function (c) {
-            if (validFields.indexOf(c) === -1) {
-                throw new TypeError(sprintf('invalid output field: "%s"', c));
-            }
-        });
-    }
-    sort.forEach(function (s) {
-        if (s[0] === '-') s = s.slice(1);
-        if (validFields && validFields.indexOf(s) === -1) {
-            throw new TypeError(sprintf('invalid sort field: "%s"', s));
-        }
-    });
-
-    // Function to lookup each column field in a row.
-    var colFuncs = columns.map(function (lookup) {
-        return new Function(
-            'try { return (this["' + lookup + '"]); } catch (e) {}');
-    });
-
-    // Determine columns and widths.
-    var widths = {};
-    columns.forEach(function (c) { widths[c] = c.length; });
-    items.forEach(function (item) {
-        for (var j = 0; j < columns.length; j++) {
-            var col = columns[j];
-            var cell = colFuncs[j].call(item);
-            if (cell === null || cell === undefined) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            widths[col] = Math.max(
-                widths[col], (cell ? String(cell).length : 0));
-        }
-    });
-
-    var template = '';
-    for (var i = 0; i < columns.length; i++) {
-        if (i === columns.length - 1) {
-            // Last column, don't have trailing whitespace.
-            template += '%s';
-        } else {
-            template += '%-' + String(widths[columns[i]]) + 's  ';
-        }
-    }
-
-    function cmp(a, b) {
-        for (var j = 0; j < sort.length; j++) {
-            var field = sort[j];
-            var invert = false;
-            if (field[0] === '-') {
-                invert = true;
-                field = field.slice(1);
-            }
-            assert.ok(field.length, 'zero-length sort field: ' + options.sort);
-            var a_cmp = Number(a[field]);
-            var b_cmp = Number(b[field]);
-            if (isNaN(a_cmp) || isNaN(b_cmp)) {
-                a_cmp = a[field] || '';
-                b_cmp = b[field] || '';
-            }
-            if (a_cmp < b_cmp) {
-                return (invert ? 1 : -1);
-            } else if (a_cmp > b_cmp) {
-                return (invert ? -1 : 1);
-            }
-        }
-        return 0;
-    }
-    if (sort.length) {
-        items.sort(cmp);
-    }
-
-    if (!options.skipHeader) {
-        var header = columns.map(function (c) { return c.toUpperCase(); });
-        header.unshift(template);
-        console.log(sprintf.apply(null, header));
-    }
-    items.forEach(function (item) {
-        var row = [];
-        for (var j = 0; j < colFuncs.length; j++) {
-            var cell = colFuncs[j].call(item);
-            if (cell === null || cell === undefined) {
-                row.push('-');
-            } else {
-                row.push(String(cell));
-            }
-        }
-        row.unshift(template);
-        console.log(sprintf.apply(null, row));
-    });
+function jsonStream(arr) {
+    return arr.map(function (elem) {
+        return JSON.stringify(elem);
+    }).join('\n');
 }
 
+/**
+ * given an array of key=value pairs, break them into an object
+ *
+ * @param {Array} kvs - an array of key=value pairs
+ * @param {Array} valid (optional) - an array to validate pairs
+ */
+function kvToObj(kvs, valid) {
+    var o = {};
+    for (var i = 0; i < kvs.length; i++) {
+        var kv = kvs[i];
+        var idx = kv.indexOf('=');
+        if (idx === -1)
+             throw new errors.UsageError(format(
+                            'invalid filter: "%s" (must be of the form "field=value")',
+                            kv));
+        var k = kv.slice(0, idx);
+        var v = kv.slice(idx + 1);
+        if (valid.indexOf(k) === -1)
+             throw new errors.UsageError(format(
+                            'invalid filter name: "%s" (must be one of "%s")',
+                            k, valid.join('", "')));
+        o[k] = v;
+    }
+    return o;
+}
 
 //---- exports
 
@@ -199,6 +113,7 @@ module.exports = {
     deepObjCopy: deepObjCopy,
     zeroPad: zeroPad,
     boolFromString: boolFromString,
-    tabulate: tabulate
+    jsonStream: jsonStream,
+    kvToObj: kvToObj
 };
 // vim: set softtabstop=4 shiftwidth=4:
diff --git a/lib/do_cloudapi.js b/lib/do_cloudapi.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..447c0bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/do_cloudapi.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Joyent Inc.
+ *
+ * `triton cloudapi ...`
+ */
+
+var http = require('http');
+
+function do_cloudapi (subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
+    if (opts.help) {
+        this.do_help('help', {}, [subcmd], callback);
+        return;
+    } else if (args.length !== 2) {
+        callback(new Error('invalid arguments'));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    var reqopts = {
+        method: args[0].toLowerCase(),
+        path: args[1]
+    };
+
+    this.triton.cloudapi.request(reqopts, function (err, req, res, body) {
+        if (err) {
+            callback(err);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (opts.headers || reqopts.method === 'head') {
+            console.error('%s/%s %d %s',
+                req.connection.encrypted ? 'HTTPS' : 'HTTP',
+                res.httpVersion,
+                res.statusCode,
+                http.STATUS_CODES[res.statusCode]);
+            Object.keys(res.headers).forEach(function (key) {
+                console.error('%s: %s', key, res.headers[key]);
+            });
+            console.error();
+        }
+
+        if (reqopts.method !== 'head')
+            console.log(JSON.stringify(body, null, 4));
+        callback();
+    });
+}
+
+do_cloudapi.options = [
+    {
+        names: ['help', 'h'],
+        type: 'bool',
+        help: 'Show this help.'
+    },
+    {
+        names: ['headers', 'i'],
+        type: 'bool',
+        help: 'Print response headers to stderr.'
+    }
+];
+do_cloudapi.help = (
+    'Raw cloudapi request.\n'
+    + '\n'
+    + 'Usage:\n'
+    + '     {{name}} <method> <endpoint>\n'
+    + '\n'
+    + '{{options}}'
+);
+
+
+module.exports = do_cloudapi;
diff --git a/lib/do_images.js b/lib/do_images.js
index cf0b8d6..2c37892 100644
--- a/lib/do_images.js
+++ b/lib/do_images.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 var format = require('util').format;
 var tabula = require('tabula');
 
+var common = require('./common');
 var errors = require('./errors');
 
 
@@ -21,26 +22,15 @@ function do_images(subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
     /* JSSTYLED */
     var sort = opts.s.trim().split(/\s*,\s*/g);
 
-    var listOpts = {};
     var validFilters = [
         'name', 'os', 'version', 'public', 'state', 'owner', 'type'
     ];
-    for (var i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
-        var arg = args[i];
-        var idx = arg.indexOf('=');
-        if (idx === -1) {
-            return callback(new errors.UsageError(format(
-                'invalid filter: "%s" (must be of the form "field=value")',
-                arg)));
-        }
-        var k = arg.slice(0, idx);
-        var v = arg.slice(idx + 1);
-        if (validFilters.indexOf(k) === -1) {
-            return callback(new errors.UsageError(format(
-                'invalid filter name: "%s" (must be one of "%s")',
-                k, validFilters.join('", "'))));
-        }
-        listOpts[k] = v;
+    var listOpts;
+    try {
+        listOpts = common.kvToObj(args, validFilters);
+    } catch (e) {
+        callback(e);
+        return;
     }
     if (opts.all) {
         listOpts.state = 'all';
@@ -53,12 +43,9 @@ function do_images(subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
 
         if (opts.json) {
             // XXX we should have a common method for all these:
-            //      XXX json stream
             //      XXX sorting
             //      XXX if opts.o is given, then filter to just those fields?
-            for (var i = 0; i < imgs.length; i++) {
-                console.log(JSON.stringify(imgs[i]));
-            }
+            console.log(common.jsonStream(imgs));
         } else {
             // Add some convenience fields
             // Added fields taken from imgapi-cli.git.
diff --git a/lib/do_packages.js b/lib/do_packages.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf3f55a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/do_packages.js
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Joyent Inc.
+ *
+ * `triton packages ...`
+ */
+
+var tabula = require('tabula');
+
+var common = require('./common');
+
+function do_packages (subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
+    if (opts.help) {
+        this.do_help('help', {}, [subcmd], callback);
+        return;
+    } else if (args.length > 1) {
+        callback(new Error('too many args: ' + args));
+        return;
+    }
+
+    var columns = opts.o.trim().split(',');
+    var sort = opts.s.trim().split(',');
+
+    var validFilters = [
+        'name', 'memory', 'disk', 'swap', 'lwps', 'version', 'vcpus', 'group'
+    ];
+    var listOpts;
+    try {
+        listOpts = common.kvToObj(args, validFilters);
+    } catch (e) {
+        callback(e);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    this.triton.cloudapi.listPackages(listOpts, function (err, packages) {
+        if (opts.json) {
+            console.log(common.jsonStream(packages));
+        } else {
+            tabula(packages, {
+                skipHeader: opts.H,
+                columns: columns,
+                sort: sort,
+                validFields: 'name,memory,disk,swap,vcpus,lwps,default,id,version'.split(',')
+            });
+        }
+        callback();
+    });
+}
+
+do_packages.options = [
+    {
+        names: ['help', 'h'],
+        type: 'bool',
+        help: 'Show this help.'
+    },
+    {
+        names: ['H'],
+        type: 'bool',
+        help: 'Omit table header row.'
+    },
+    {
+        names: ['o'],
+        type: 'string',
+        default: 'id,name,version,memory,disk',
+        help: 'Specify fields (columns) to output.',
+        helpArg: 'field1,...'
+    },
+    {
+        names: ['s'],
+        type: 'string',
+        default: 'name',
+        help: 'Sort on the given fields. Default is "name".',
+        helpArg: 'field1,...'
+    },
+    {
+        names: ['json', 'j'],
+        type: 'bool',
+        help: 'JSON output.'
+    }
+];
+do_packages.help = (
+    'List packgaes.\n'
+    + '\n'
+    + 'Usage:\n'
+    + '     {{name}} packages\n'
+    + '\n'
+    + '{{options}}'
+);
+
+
+module.exports = do_packages;