diff --git a/crates/meilitool/src/main.rs b/crates/meilitool/src/main.rs
index da0f9cbeb..a85aa77ba 100644
--- a/crates/meilitool/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/meilitool/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::fs::{read_dir, read_to_string, remove_file, File};
-use std::io::BufWriter;
+use std::io::{BufWriter, Write as _};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
@@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ use meilisearch_types::heed::types::{SerdeJson, Str};
 use meilisearch_types::heed::{
     CompactionOption, Database, Env, EnvOpenOptions, RoTxn, RwTxn, Unspecified,
 };
+use meilisearch_types::milli::constants::RESERVED_VECTORS_FIELD_NAME;
 use meilisearch_types::milli::documents::{obkv_to_object, DocumentsBatchReader};
+use meilisearch_types::milli::vector::parsed_vectors::{ExplicitVectors, VectorOrArrayOfVectors};
 use meilisearch_types::milli::{obkv_to_json, BEU32};
 use meilisearch_types::tasks::{Status, Task};
 use meilisearch_types::versioning::{get_version, parse_version};
 use meilisearch_types::Index;
+use serde_json::Value::Object;
 use time::macros::format_description;
 use time::OffsetDateTime;
 use upgrade::OfflineUpgrade;
@@ -68,6 +71,20 @@ enum Command {
         skip_enqueued_tasks: bool,
     },
 
+    /// Exports the documents of an index in NDJSON format from a Meilisearch index to stdout.
+    ///
+    /// This command can be executed on a running Meilisearch database. However, please note that
+    /// it will maintain a read-only transaction for the duration of the extraction process.
+    ExportDocuments {
+        /// The index name to export the documents from.
+        #[arg(long)]
+        index_name: String,
+
+        /// Do not export vectors with the documents.
+        #[arg(long)]
+        ignore_vectors: bool,
+    },
+
     /// Attempts to upgrade from one major version to the next without a dump.
     ///
     /// Make sure to run this commmand when Meilisearch is not running!
@@ -114,6 +131,9 @@ fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         Command::ExportADump { dump_dir, skip_enqueued_tasks } => {
             export_a_dump(db_path, dump_dir, skip_enqueued_tasks, detected_version)
         }
+        Command::ExportDocuments { index_name, ignore_vectors } => {
+            export_documents(db_path, index_name, ignore_vectors)
+        }
         Command::OfflineUpgrade { target_version } => {
             let target_version = parse_version(&target_version).context("While parsing `--target-version`. Make sure `--target-version` is in the format MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH")?;
             OfflineUpgrade { db_path, current_version: detected_version, target_version }.upgrade()
@@ -443,3 +463,96 @@ fn compact_index(db_path: PathBuf, index_name: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     bail!("Target index {index_name} not found!")
 }
+
+fn export_documents(
+    db_path: PathBuf,
+    index_name: String,
+    ignore_vectors: bool,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let index_scheduler_path = db_path.join("tasks");
+    let env = unsafe { EnvOpenOptions::new().max_dbs(100).open(&index_scheduler_path) }
+        .with_context(|| format!("While trying to open {:?}", index_scheduler_path.display()))?;
+
+    let rtxn = env.read_txn()?;
+    let index_mapping: Database<Str, UuidCodec> =
+        try_opening_database(&env, &rtxn, "index-mapping")?;
+
+    for result in index_mapping.iter(&rtxn)? {
+        let (uid, uuid) = result?;
+        if uid == index_name {
+            let index_path = db_path.join("indexes").join(uuid.to_string());
+            let index =
+                Index::new(EnvOpenOptions::new(), &index_path, false).with_context(|| {
+                    format!("While trying to open the index at path {:?}", index_path.display())
+                })?;
+
+            let rtxn = index.read_txn()?;
+            let fields_ids_map = index.fields_ids_map(&rtxn)?;
+            let all_fields: Vec<_> = fields_ids_map.iter().map(|(id, _)| id).collect();
+            let embedding_configs = index.embedding_configs(&rtxn)?;
+
+            let mut stdout = BufWriter::new(std::io::stdout());
+            for ret in index.all_documents(&rtxn)? {
+                let (id, doc) = ret?;
+                let mut document = obkv_to_json(&all_fields, &fields_ids_map, doc)?;
+
+                if !ignore_vectors {
+                    'inject_vectors: {
+                        let embeddings = index.embeddings(&rtxn, id)?;
+
+                        if embeddings.is_empty() {
+                            break 'inject_vectors;
+                        }
+
+                        let vectors = document
+                            .entry(RESERVED_VECTORS_FIELD_NAME)
+                            .or_insert(Object(Default::default()));
+
+                        let Object(vectors) = vectors else {
+                            return Err(meilisearch_types::milli::Error::UserError(
+                                meilisearch_types::milli::UserError::InvalidVectorsMapType {
+                                    document_id: {
+                                        if let Ok(Some(Ok(index))) = index
+                                            .external_id_of(&rtxn, std::iter::once(id))
+                                            .map(|it| it.into_iter().next())
+                                        {
+                                            index
+                                        } else {
+                                            format!("internal docid={id}")
+                                        }
+                                    },
+                                    value: vectors.clone(),
+                                },
+                            )
+                            .into());
+                        };
+
+                        for (embedder_name, embeddings) in embeddings {
+                            let user_provided = embedding_configs
+                                .iter()
+                                .find(|conf| conf.name == embedder_name)
+                                .is_some_and(|conf| conf.user_provided.contains(id));
+
+                            let embeddings = ExplicitVectors {
+                                embeddings: Some(VectorOrArrayOfVectors::from_array_of_vectors(
+                                    embeddings,
+                                )),
+                                regenerate: !user_provided,
+                            };
+                            vectors
+                                .insert(embedder_name, serde_json::to_value(embeddings).unwrap());
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                serde_json::to_writer(&mut stdout, &document)?;
+            }
+
+            stdout.flush()?;
+        } else {
+            eprintln!("Found index {uid} but it's not the right index...");
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}