| grains | Special outputter for grains |
| highstate | The return data from the Highstate command is a standard data structure which is parsed by the highstate outputter to deliver a clean and readable set of information about the HighState run on minions. |
| json_out | The JSON output module converts the return data into JSON. |
| key | Salt Key makes use of the outputter system to format information sent to the salt-key command. |
| nested | Recursively display nested data, this is the default outputter. |
| no_out | Display no output. |
| no_return | Display output for minions that did not return |
| overstatestage | Display clean output of an overstate stage |
| pprint_out | The python pretty print system was the default outputter. |
| raw | The raw outputter outputs the data via the python print function and is shown in a raw state. |
| txt | The txt outputter has been developed to make the output from shell commands on minions appear as they do when the command is executed on the minion. |
| virt_query | virt.query outputter |
| yaml_out | Output data in YAML, this outputter defaults to printing in YAML block mode for better readability. |