diff --git a/examples/es-to-stdout.json b/examples/es-to-stdout.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69bfe65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/es-to-stdout.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "max_docs": 10000,
+  "source": {
+    "remote": {
+      "host": "http://localhost:9200"
+    },
+    "index": ".kibana",
+    "query": {
+      "size": 2000
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/kafka-to-stdout.json b/examples/kafka-to-stdout.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..810a4c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/kafka-to-stdout.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "max_docs": 1,
+  "source": {
+    "topic": "source-topic",
+    "bootstrap.servers": "127.0.0.1:9092"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/stdin-to-es.json b/examples/stdin-to-es.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7962da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/stdin-to-es.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "max_docs": 1,
+  "sink": {
+    "connection.url": "http://localhost:9200",
+    "dest.index": "dest-index-name2"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/resources/logback.xml b/resources/logback.xml
index 08554ac..47dad76 100644
--- a/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/resources/logback.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
         </layout>
     </appender>
     <logger name="org.apache" level="WARN"/>
+    <logger name="io.searchbox" level="WARN"/>
     <root level="${ROOT_LOGGER_LEVEL:-INFO}">
         <appender-ref ref="A1"/>
     </root>
diff --git a/src/ops/es_to_stdout.clj b/src/ops/es_to_stdout.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdd09f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ops/es_to_stdout.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+(ns ops.es-to-stdout
+  (:require [sink :as sink]
+            [source :as source]))
+
+(def default-opts
+  {:max_docs nil
+   :source   {:implementation :elasticsearch
+              :remote         {:host "http://localhost:9200"}
+              :index          "*"
+              :query          {:sort ["_doc"]
+                               :size 2000}}
+   :sink     {:implementation :stdout}})
+
+(defn execute
+  "Reads documents from Elasticsearch and writes them to stdout"
+  [opts]
+  (sink/store!
+    (source/fetch! (assoc opts :source (merge (:source default-opts)
+                                              (:source opts))))
+    (assoc opts :sink
+                (merge (:sink default-opts)
+                       (:sink opts)))))
+
+(comment
+  (execute
+    {:max_docs 1
+     :source   {:implementation :elasticsearch
+                :remote         {:host "http://localhost:9200"}
+                :index          ".kibana"
+                :query          {:sort ["_doc"]
+                                 :size 2000}}}))
diff --git a/src/ops/kafka_to_stdout.clj b/src/ops/kafka_to_stdout.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e144df5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ops/kafka_to_stdout.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+(ns ops.kafka-to-stdout)
+
+(def default-opts
+  {:max_docs 5
+   :source   {:implementation    :kafka
+              :bootstrap.servers "127.0.0.1:9092"
+              :topic             nil
+              :decode-value?     false
+              :impatient?        true}
+   :sink     {:implementation :stdout}})
+
+(defn execute
+  "Reads records from Kafka and writes them to STDOUT."
+  [opts]
+  (let [source-opts (merge (:source default-opts) (:source opts))
+        sink-opts (merge (:sink default-opts) (:sink opts))
+        records (source/fetch! (assoc opts :source source-opts))]
+    (sink/store! records (assoc opts :sink sink-opts))))
+
+(comment
+  (execute
+    {:max_docs 1
+     :source   {:topic             "source-topic"
+                :bootstrap.servers "127.0.0.1:9092"}}))
diff --git a/src/ops/stdin_to_es.clj b/src/ops/stdin_to_es.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba39e24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ops/stdin_to_es.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+(ns ops.stdin-to-es
+  (:require [sink.elasticsearch.index :as indexer]
+            [source :as source]
+            [jsonista.core :as json]))
+
+(def default-opts
+  {:max_docs 5
+   :source   {:implementation :stdin
+              :decode-value?  true}
+   :sink     (merge {:implementation :elasticsearch}
+                    indexer/default-opts)})
+
+(defn execute [opts]
+  (let [stdin-records (source/fetch! (assoc opts :source (merge (:source default-opts)
+                                                                (:source opts))))]
+    (indexer/store! stdin-records
+                    (merge
+                      (:sink default-opts)
+                      (:sink opts)))))
+
+(comment
+  (with-in-str
+    (json/write-value-as-string
+      {:_id "123" :_source {:foo "bar"}})
+    (ops.stdin-to-es/execute
+      {:max_docs 1
+       :source   {:implementation :stdin
+                  :decode-value?  true}
+       :sink     {:connection.url "http://localhost:9200"
+                  :dest.index     "dest-index-name"}})))
diff --git a/src/ops/stdin_to_kafka.clj b/src/ops/stdin_to_kafka.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b6d923
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ops/stdin_to_kafka.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+(ns ops.stdin-to-kafka
+  (:require [sink :as sink]
+            [source :as source]
+            [jsonista.core :as json])
+  (:import (sink KafkaRecord)))
+
+(def default-es-to-kafka-config
+  {:max_docs nil
+   :source   {:implementation :stdin
+              :decode-value? true}
+   :sink     {:implementation    :kafka
+              :topic             "sink-topic"
+              :bootstrap.servers "127.0.0.1:9092"}})
+
+(defn es-record? [record]
+  (and (contains? record :_id)
+       (contains? record :_source)))
+
+(defn execute [opts]
+  (sink/store!
+    (map (fn [record]
+           (if (string? record)
+             (KafkaRecord. nil record nil)
+             (if (es-record? record)
+              (KafkaRecord.
+                (get record :_id (get record :_id))
+                (get record :_source (get record :_source))
+                (dissoc record :_id :_source))
+              record)))
+         (source/fetch! (assoc opts :source (merge (:source default-es-to-kafka-config)
+                                                   (:source opts)))))
+    (assoc opts :sink
+                (merge (:sink default-es-to-kafka-config)
+                       (:sink opts)))))
+
+(comment
+  (with-in-str
+    (json/write-value-as-string
+      {:_id "123" :_source {:foo "bar"}})
+    (ops.stdin-to-kafka/execute
+      {:max_docs 1
+       :source   {:implementation :stdin
+                  :decode-value?  true}
+       :sink     {:topic "stdin-to-kafka-test"
+                  :bootstrap.servers "127.0.0.1:9092"}}))
+
+  (with-in-str
+    (json/write-value-as-string
+      {:_id "123" :_source {:foo "bar"}})
+    (ops.stdin-to-kafka/execute
+      {:max_docs 1
+       :source   {:implementation :stdin
+                  :decode-value?  false}
+       :sink     {:topic "stdin-to-kafka-test"
+                  :bootstrap.servers "127.0.0.1:9092"}}))
+
+  (with-in-str
+    (slurp "kafka-file.json")
+    (ops.stdin-to-kafka/execute
+      {:max_docs 1
+       :source   {:implementation :stdin
+                  :decode-value?  true}
+       :sink     {:topic "stdin-to-kafka-test"
+                  :bootstrap.servers "127.0.0.1:9092"}}))
+
+  (with-in-str
+    (slurp "kafka-file.json")
+    (ops.stdin-to-kafka/execute
+      {:max_docs 1
+       :source   {:implementation :stdin
+                  :decode-value?  false}
+       :sink     {:topic "stdin-to-kafka-test"
+                  :bootstrap.servers "127.0.0.1:9092"}})))
diff --git a/src/ops_overrides.clj b/src/ops_overrides.clj
index ba07763..e24bcf4 100644
--- a/src/ops_overrides.clj
+++ b/src/ops_overrides.clj
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
             [core.maps :as maps]
             [polyglot :as polyglot]
             [server :as server]
-            [clojure.java.io :as io])
+            [clojure.java.io :as io]
+            [ops.es-to-stdout :as es-to-stdout]
+            [ops.kafka-to-stdout :as kafka-to-stdout]
+            [ops.stdin-to-es :as std-to-es])
   (:import (java.io File)))
 
 
@@ -48,4 +51,16 @@
                           ["ALPHA."
                            (:doc (meta #'polyglot/apply-transformation))
                            (:doc (meta #'test-script-handler))])
-    :defaults   test-script-defaults}])
+    :defaults   test-script-defaults}
+   {:name       "kafka-to-stdout"
+    :handler-fn kafka-to-stdout/execute
+    :docs       (:doc (meta #'kafka-to-stdout/execute))
+    :defaults   kafka-to-stdout/default-opts}
+   {:name       "elasticsearch-to-stdout"
+    :handler-fn es-to-stdout/execute
+    :docs       (:doc (meta #'es-to-stdout/execute))
+    :defaults   es-to-stdout/default-opts}
+   {:name       "stdin-to-elasticsearch"
+    :handler-fn std-to-es/execute
+    :docs       (:doc (meta #'std-to-es/execute))
+    :defaults   std-to-es/default-opts}])
diff --git a/src/sink.clj b/src/sink.clj
index db83ee9..9516fdf 100644
--- a/src/sink.clj
+++ b/src/sink.clj
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   (:require [clojure.tools.logging :as log]
             [sink.elasticsearch :as elasticsearch]
             [sink.file :as file]
-            [sink.kafka :as kafka]))
+            [sink.kafka :as kafka]
+            [sink.stdout :as stdout]))
 
 (defrecord KafkaRecord [key value headers])
 
@@ -12,4 +13,5 @@
       :kafka (kafka/store! records opts)
       :elasticsearch (elasticsearch/store! records opts)
       :file (file/store! records opts)
+      :stdout (stdout/store! records opts)
       (log/errorf "No such sink '%s' implementation!" sink-implementation-id))))
diff --git a/src/sink/elasticsearch.clj b/src/sink/elasticsearch.clj
index 5f42f4d..6963e75 100644
--- a/src/sink/elasticsearch.clj
+++ b/src/sink/elasticsearch.clj
@@ -5,3 +5,9 @@
 (defn store! [records opts]
   (log/infof "Sinking in Elasticsearch")
   (elasticsearch/store! records (:sink opts)))
+
+(comment
+  (sink.elasticsearch/store!
+    [{:_id "123" :_source {:foo "bar"}}]
+    {:sink {:connection.url "http://localhost:9200"
+            :dest.index     "foo_index"}}))
diff --git a/src/sink/elasticsearch/index.clj b/src/sink/elasticsearch/index.clj
index f615549..1fb8357 100644
--- a/src/sink/elasticsearch/index.clj
+++ b/src/sink/elasticsearch/index.clj
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@
                                (get-conf-val :dest-index sink-opts {}))
         already-encoded? (get-conf-val :already.encoded sink-opts {})]
     (when-not (ilm/index-exists? dest-host index-name)
-      (log/infof "Created index: %s" (ilm/create-index! dest-host index-name)))
-    (log/infof "Disabled index refresh interval: %s" (ilm/set-refresh-interval! dest-host index-name "-1"))
+      (log/debugf "Created index: %s" (ilm/create-index! dest-host index-name)))
+    (log/debugf "Disabled index refresh interval: %s" (ilm/set-refresh-interval! dest-host index-name "-1"))
     (.start bulk-processor)
     (r/fold
       (fn [& [_ record]]
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
       records)
     (.flush bulk-processor flush-timeout)
     (.stop bulk-processor)
-    (log/infof "Enabled index refresh interval: %s" (ilm/set-refresh-interval! dest-host index-name "1s"))))
+    (log/debugf "Enabled index refresh interval: %s" (ilm/set-refresh-interval! dest-host index-name "1s"))))
 
 (defrecord EsRecord [_id _source])
 
diff --git a/src/sink/stdout.clj b/src/sink/stdout.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8ba2c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sink/stdout.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+(ns sink.stdout
+  (:require [jsonista.core :as json])
+  (:import (java.io BufferedWriter PrintWriter)))
+
+(defn store!
+  "JSON encodes each record and writes it to stdout."
+  [records opts]
+  (let [^PrintWriter writer (PrintWriter. (BufferedWriter. *out* (* 1024 8192)))]
+    (doseq [record records]
+      (.println writer (json/write-value-as-string record)))
+    (.flush writer)))
+
+(comment
+  (sink.stdout/store!
+    [{:value "line1"}
+     {:value "line2"}]
+    {:sink {}}))
diff --git a/src/source.clj b/src/source.clj
index 299c3b2..3a0c2ad 100644
--- a/src/source.clj
+++ b/src/source.clj
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
   (:require [clojure.tools.logging :as log]
             [source.elasticsearch :as elasticsearch]
             [source.kafka :as kafka]
-            [source.krp :as krp]))
+            [source.krp :as krp]
+            [source.stdin :as stdin]))
 
 (defn fetch! [opts]
   (let [source-implementation-id (keyword (get-in opts [:source :implementation]))]
     (case source-implementation-id
       :elasticsearch (elasticsearch/fetch opts)
       :kafka (kafka/fetch opts)
+      :stdin (stdin/fetch opts)
       :krp (krp/fetch opts)
       (log/errorf "No such source implementation '%s'" source-implementation-id))))
diff --git a/src/source/kafka.clj b/src/source/kafka.clj
index 81effa4..7491a2d 100644
--- a/src/source/kafka.clj
+++ b/src/source/kafka.clj
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@
                 :bootstrap.servers "127.0.0.1:9092"}})
 
   (fetch
-    {:max_docs 1
-     :source   {:topic             "test-topic"
+    {:max_docs 2
+     :source   {:topic             "stdin-to-kafka-test"
                 :bootstrap.servers "127.0.0.1:9092"
                 :impatient?        true
                 :retry-count       3}})
diff --git a/src/source/stdin.clj b/src/source/stdin.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a36f406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/source/stdin.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+(ns source.stdin
+  (:require [clojure.core.async :as a]
+            [core.async :as async]
+            [core.json :as json])
+  (:import (java.io BufferedReader)))
+
+(def defaults
+  {:max_docs 1
+   :source {:implementation :stdin
+            :decode-value?  true}})
+
+(defn fetch
+  "Reads lines from STDIN and returns a lazy sequence of lines."
+  [opts]
+  (let [decode-value? (get-in opts [:source :decode-value?] true)
+        line-in-chan (a/chan 128)]
+    (a/go
+      (with-open [^BufferedReader rdr (BufferedReader. *in*)]
+        (loop [^String line (.readLine rdr)]
+          (if (= nil line)
+            (a/close! line-in-chan)
+            (do
+              (a/>!! line-in-chan
+                     (if decode-value? (json/decode line) line))
+              (recur (.readLine rdr)))))))
+    (if-let [max-docs (get opts :max_docs)]
+      (take max-docs (async/seq-of-chan line-in-chan))
+      (async/seq-of-chan line-in-chan))))
+
+(comment
+  (with-in-str
+    "{\"foo\":\"bar\"}"
+    (println
+      (source.stdin/fetch
+        {:max_docs 1
+         :source   {:decode-value? true}}))))
diff --git a/test/sink/stdout_test.clj b/test/sink/stdout_test.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ab602b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sink/stdout_test.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+(ns sink.stdout-test
+  (:require [clojure.test :refer :all]
+            [clojure.string :as str]
+            [sink.stdout :as stdout]))
+
+(deftest sinking-to-stdout
+  (let [records [{:value "line1"}
+                 {:value "line2"}]
+        opts {:sink {}}]
+    (is (= "{\"value\":\"line1\"}\n{\"value\":\"line2\"}"
+           (str/trim
+             (with-out-str
+               (stdout/store! records opts)))))))
diff --git a/test/source/stdin_test.clj b/test/source/stdin_test.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c9766b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/source/stdin_test.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+(ns source.stdin-test
+  (:require [clojure.test :refer :all]
+            [jsonista.core :as json]
+            [source.stdin :as stdin]
+            [clojure.string :as str]))
+
+(deftest reading-from-stdin
+  (with-in-str "" (is (= 0 (count (stdin/fetch {})))))
+  (let [str-line (json/write-value-as-string {:foo "bar"})]
+    (with-in-str
+      str-line
+      (let [rez (stdin/fetch {})]
+        (is (= 1 (count rez)))
+        (is (= [{:foo "bar"}] rez)))))
+  (testing "max_docs param handling"
+    (let [str-line (str/join "\n" [(json/write-value-as-string {:foo "bar1"})
+                                   (json/write-value-as-string {:foo "bar2"})])]
+      (with-in-str
+        str-line
+        (let [rez (stdin/fetch {})]
+          (is (= 2 (count rez)))
+          (is (= [{:foo "bar1"}
+                  {:foo "bar2"}] rez))))
+      (with-in-str
+        str-line
+        (let [rez (stdin/fetch {:max_docs 1})]
+          (is (= 1 (count rez)))
+          (is (= [{:foo "bar1"}] rez))))))
+
+  (testing ":decode-value? parameter"
+    (let [str-line (str/join "\n" [(json/write-value-as-string {:foo "bar"})])]
+      (with-in-str
+        str-line
+        (let [rez (stdin/fetch {})]
+          (is (= 1 (count rez)))
+          (is (= [{:foo "bar"}] rez))))
+      (with-in-str
+        str-line
+        (let [rez (stdin/fetch {:source {:decode-value? false}})]
+          (is (= 1 (count rez)))
+          (is (= [(json/write-value-as-string {:foo "bar"})] rez)))))))