diff --git a/internal/output/format.go b/internal/output/format.go
index e8c2427..ffde995 100644
--- a/internal/output/format.go
+++ b/internal/output/format.go
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ type Formattable interface {
 
 // Printer handles output rendering.
 type Printer struct {
-	Writer    io.Writer
-	ErrWriter io.Writer
-	Format    Format
-	Template  string
-	NoColor   bool
+	Writer     io.Writer
+	ErrWriter  io.Writer
+	Format     Format
+	Template   string
+	NoColor    bool
+	TableWidth int
 }
 
 // NewPrinter creates a new Printer with the given format settings.
diff --git a/internal/output/format_test.go b/internal/output/format_test.go
index 9780d8d..5fd1a13 100644
--- a/internal/output/format_test.go
+++ b/internal/output/format_test.go
@@ -68,6 +68,31 @@ func TestPrinterPrintTable(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPrinterPrintTableWrapsLongCells(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	p := &Printer{Writer: &buf, Format: FormatTable, TableWidth: 38}
+
+	err := p.Print(&stubFormattable{
+		headers: []string{"ID", "CONTENT", "TTL"},
+		rows: [][]string{
+			{"1", "alpha beta gamma delta epsilon zeta", "3600"},
+			{"2", strings.Repeat("A", 20), "3600"},
+		},
+	})
+	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	out := strings.TrimSuffix(buf.String(), "\n")
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(out, "\n") {
+		assert.LessOrEqual(t, len([]rune(line)), 38, "line exceeds configured width: %q", line)
+	}
+
+	assert.Contains(t, out, "alpha beta")
+	assert.Contains(t, out, "gamma delta")
+	assert.Contains(t, out, "AAAAAAAAAAAA")
+}
+
 func TestPrinterPrintTableEmptyHeaders(t *testing.T) {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	p := &Printer{Writer: &buf, Format: FormatTable}
diff --git a/internal/output/table.go b/internal/output/table.go
index 3ddcdc3..6119f21 100644
--- a/internal/output/table.go
+++ b/internal/output/table.go
@@ -2,8 +2,16 @@ package output
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"text/tabwriter"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
+
+const (
+	tablePadding          = 2
+	maxCompactColumnWidth = 12
 )
 
 func (p *Printer) printTable(data Formattable) error {
@@ -14,15 +22,251 @@ func (p *Printer) printTable(data Formattable) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	w := tabwriter.NewWriter(p.Writer, 0, 0, 2, ' ', 0)
+	widths := naturalColumnWidths(headers, rows)
+	if tableWidth, ok := p.effectiveTableWidth(); ok {
+		widths = fitColumnWidths(widths, headers, tableWidth)
+	}
+
+	return writeTable(p.Writer, headers, rows, widths)
+}
+
+func (p *Printer) effectiveTableWidth() (int, bool) {
+	if p.TableWidth > 0 {
+		return p.TableWidth, true
+	}
+
+	if width, ok := detectTerminalWidth(p.Writer); ok {
+		return width, true
+	}
+
+	if raw, ok := os.LookupEnv("COLUMNS"); ok {
+		if width, err := strconv.Atoi(raw); err == nil && width > 0 {
+			return width, true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0, false
+}
+
+func naturalColumnWidths(headers []string, rows [][]string) []int {
+	widths := make([]int, len(headers))
+	for i, header := range headers {
+		widths[i] = cellWidth(header)
+	}
+
+	for _, row := range rows {
+		for i := 0; i < len(headers) && i < len(row); i++ {
+			if width := cellWidth(row[i]); width > widths[i] {
+				widths[i] = width
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return widths
+}
+
+func fitColumnWidths(widths []int, headers []string, tableWidth int) []int {
+	if tableWidth <= 0 || totalTableWidth(widths) <= tableWidth {
+		return widths
+	}
+
+	fitted := append([]int(nil), widths...)
+	minWidths := minimumColumnWidths(widths, headers)
+
+	for totalTableWidth(fitted) > tableWidth {
+		column := widestShrinkableColumn(fitted, minWidths)
+		if column == -1 {
+			break
+		}
+		fitted[column]--
+	}
+
+	return fitted
+}
 
-	// Print header
-	fmt.Fprintln(w, strings.Join(headers, "\t"))
+func minimumColumnWidths(widths []int, headers []string) []int {
+	minWidths := make([]int, len(widths))
+	for i, width := range widths {
+		minWidths[i] = maxInt(cellWidth(headers[i]), minInt(width, maxCompactColumnWidth))
+	}
+	return minWidths
+}
+
+func widestShrinkableColumn(widths []int, minWidths []int) int {
+	column := -1
+	for i := range widths {
+		if widths[i] <= minWidths[i] {
+			continue
+		}
+		if column == -1 || widths[i] > widths[column] {
+			column = i
+		}
+	}
+	return column
+}
+
+func totalTableWidth(widths []int) int {
+	if len(widths) == 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	total := tablePadding * (len(widths) - 1)
+	for _, width := range widths {
+		total += width
+	}
+	return total
+}
+
+func writeTable(w io.Writer, headers []string, rows [][]string, widths []int) error {
+	if err := writeVisualRow(w, headers, widths); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
-	// Print rows
 	for _, row := range rows {
-		fmt.Fprintln(w, strings.Join(row, "\t"))
+		cells := append([]string(nil), row...)
+		if len(cells) < len(headers) {
+			cells = append(cells, make([]string, len(headers)-len(cells))...)
+		}
+		if err := writeVisualRow(w, cells[:len(headers)], widths); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
-	return w.Flush()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func writeVisualRow(w io.Writer, row []string, widths []int) error {
+	wrapped := make([][]string, len(widths))
+	lines := 1
+
+	for i, width := range widths {
+		cell := ""
+		if i < len(row) {
+			cell = row[i]
+		}
+		wrapped[i] = wrapCell(cell, width)
+		if len(wrapped[i]) > lines {
+			lines = len(wrapped[i])
+		}
+	}
+
+	for line := 0; line < lines; line++ {
+		var b strings.Builder
+		for column, width := range widths {
+			if column > 0 {
+				b.WriteString(strings.Repeat(" ", tablePadding))
+			}
+
+			part := ""
+			if line < len(wrapped[column]) {
+				part = wrapped[column][line]
+			}
+			b.WriteString(part)
+			if pad := width - utf8.RuneCountInString(part); pad > 0 {
+				b.WriteString(strings.Repeat(" ", pad))
+			}
+		}
+
+		if _, err := fmt.Fprintln(w, strings.TrimRight(b.String(), " ")); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func wrapCell(cell string, width int) []string {
+	if width <= 0 {
+		return []string{cell}
+	}
+
+	lines := strings.Split(cell, "\n")
+	wrapped := make([]string, 0, len(lines))
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		wrapped = append(wrapped, wrapLine(line, width)...)
+	}
+
+	if len(wrapped) == 0 {
+		return []string{""}
+	}
+
+	return wrapped
+}
+
+func wrapLine(line string, width int) []string {
+	if line == "" {
+		return []string{""}
+	}
+
+	words := strings.Fields(line)
+	if len(words) == 0 {
+		return []string{""}
+	}
+
+	wrapped := make([]string, 0, 1)
+	current := ""
+
+	for _, word := range words {
+		for utf8.RuneCountInString(word) > width {
+			if current != "" {
+				wrapped = append(wrapped, current)
+				current = ""
+			}
+
+			part, rest := splitAtWidth(word, width)
+			wrapped = append(wrapped, part)
+			word = rest
+		}
+
+		if current == "" {
+			current = word
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if utf8.RuneCountInString(current)+1+utf8.RuneCountInString(word) <= width {
+			current += " " + word
+			continue
+		}
+
+		wrapped = append(wrapped, current)
+		current = word
+	}
+
+	if current != "" {
+		wrapped = append(wrapped, current)
+	}
+
+	return wrapped
+}
+
+func splitAtWidth(s string, width int) (string, string) {
+	runes := []rune(s)
+	if len(runes) <= width {
+		return s, ""
+	}
+	return string(runes[:width]), string(runes[width:])
+}
+
+func cellWidth(cell string) int {
+	width := 0
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(cell, "\n") {
+		if lineWidth := utf8.RuneCountInString(line); lineWidth > width {
+			width = lineWidth
+		}
+	}
+	return width
+}
+
+func minInt(a int, b int) int {
+	if a < b {
+		return a
+	}
+	return b
+}
+
+func maxInt(a int, b int) int {
+	if a > b {
+		return a
+	}
+	return b
 }
diff --git a/internal/output/table_width_other.go b/internal/output/table_width_other.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1af71e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/output/table_width_other.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+//go:build !unix
+
+package output
+
+import "io"
+
+func detectTerminalWidth(io.Writer) (int, bool) {
+	return 0, false
+}
diff --git a/internal/output/table_width_unix.go b/internal/output/table_width_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ec36cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/output/table_width_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+//go:build unix
+
+package output
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"os"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+func detectTerminalWidth(w io.Writer) (int, bool) {
+	file, ok := w.(*os.File)
+	if !ok {
+		return 0, false
+	}
+
+	ws, err := unix.IoctlGetWinsize(int(file.Fd()), unix.TIOCGWINSZ)
+	if err != nil || ws == nil || ws.Col == 0 {
+		return 0, false
+	}
+
+	return int(ws.Col), true
+}