diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a6955b9..edc08ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           VERSION="${{ github.ref_name }}"
           VERSION="${VERSION#*-}"   # removes everything up to the first dash
-          cargo run -- publish --version "$VERSION" --path definitions --out out
+          cargo run -- publish --version "$VERSION" --path definitions --out out --compact
           rm -rf definitions
           mv out definitions
 
diff --git a/cli/src/command/publish.rs b/cli/src/command/publish.rs
index dbcedc3..6b3e7ea 100644
--- a/cli/src/command/publish.rs
+++ b/cli/src/command/publish.rs
@@ -245,7 +245,26 @@ fn write_modules(modules: &[Module], out_dir_path: &str) {
     }
 }
 
-pub async fn publish(version: String, in_path: Option<String>, out_path: Option<String>) {
+fn write_modules_compact(modules: &[Module], out_dir_path: &str) {
+    let out_dir_path = PathBuf::from(out_dir_path);
+
+    if out_dir_path.exists() {
+        fs::remove_dir_all(&out_dir_path).expect("Error deleting output folder");
+    }
+    fs::create_dir_all(&out_dir_path).expect("Error creating output folder");
+
+    for module in modules {
+        let module_path = out_dir_path.join(format!("{}.json", safe_file_name(&module.identifier)));
+        write_json_file(&module_path, module);
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn publish(
+    version: String,
+    in_path: Option<String>,
+    out_path: Option<String>,
+    compact: bool,
+) {
     let in_dir_path = in_path.unwrap_or_else(|| "./definitions".to_string());
     let out_dir_path = out_path.unwrap_or_else(|| "./out".to_string());
 
@@ -266,5 +285,9 @@ pub async fn publish(version: String, in_path: Option<String>, out_path: Option<
         .map(|x| configure_module(&x, version.clone()))
         .collect();
 
-    write_modules(&modules, out_dir_path.as_str());
+    if compact {
+        write_modules_compact(&modules, out_dir_path.as_str());
+    } else {
+        write_modules(&modules, out_dir_path.as_str());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 5c16e0b..615f323 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ enum Commands {
         /// Optional path to generated output directory.
         #[arg(short, long)]
         out: Option<String>,
+        /// Instead of writing one file per definition, write a single
+        /// compact `<module>.json` file per module containing the full
+        /// Module protobuf message.
+        #[arg(short, long, default_value_t = false)]
+        compact: bool,
     },
     Download {
         #[arg(short, long)]
@@ -129,8 +134,11 @@ async fn main() {
             version,
             path,
         } => command::push::push(token, url, version, path).await,
-        Commands::Publish { version, path, out } => {
-            command::publish::publish(version, path, out).await
-        }
+        Commands::Publish {
+            version,
+            path,
+            out,
+            compact,
+        } => command::publish::publish(version, path, out, compact).await,
     }
 }