diff --git a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/DeclarationPrinter.kt b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/DeclarationPrinter.kt
index 47ca7d66df6..9ec47067262 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/DeclarationPrinter.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/DeclarationPrinter.kt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ internal class DeclarationPrinter(
 
     private fun Printer.printPlain(header: String, signature: String? = null, suffix: String? = null) {
         if (signature != null) println(signature)
-        println(if (suffix != null ) header + suffix else header)
+        println(if (suffix != null) header + suffix else header)
     }
 
     private inner class PrinterVisitor : DeclarationDescriptorVisitorEmptyBodies<Unit, Unit>() {
diff --git a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/DefaultKlibSignatureRenderer.kt b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/DefaultKlibSignatureRenderer.kt
index f168d42ada5..e772fb62621 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/DefaultKlibSignatureRenderer.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/DefaultKlibSignatureRenderer.kt
@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.serialization.KonanManglerDesc
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassKind
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.IdSignatureRenderer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.render
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.library.KotlinIrSignatureVersion
 
 internal class DefaultKlibSignatureRenderer(
-        signatureVersion: KotlinIrSignatureVersion?,
+        private val individualSignatureRenderer: IdSignatureRenderer,
         private val prefix: String? = null,
 ) : KlibSignatureRenderer {
     private val idSignaturer = KonanIdSignaturer(KonanManglerDesc)
-    private val individualSignatureRenderer = signatureVersion.getMostSuitableSignatureRenderer()
 
     override fun render(descriptor: DeclarationDescriptor): String? {
         val idSignature = if (descriptor is ClassDescriptor && descriptor.kind == ClassKind.ENUM_ENTRY) {
diff --git a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/IrSignaturesRenderer.kt b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/IrSignaturesRenderer.kt
index 7a0bd8f3014..131b8973681 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/IrSignaturesRenderer.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/IrSignaturesRenderer.kt
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.klib
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.IdSignature
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.IdSignatureRenderer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.render
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.library.KotlinIrSignatureVersion
 
-internal class IrSignaturesRenderer(private val output: Appendable, signatureVersion: KotlinIrSignatureVersion?) {
-    private val individualSignatureRenderer = signatureVersion.getMostSuitableSignatureRenderer()
+internal class IrSignaturesRenderer(private val output: Appendable, private val individualSignatureRenderer: IdSignatureRenderer) {
 
     fun render(signatures: IrSignaturesExtractor.Signatures) {
         header("Declared signatures: ${signatures.declaredSignatures.size}")
diff --git a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KlibToolArgumentsParser.kt b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KlibToolArgumentsParser.kt
index 42de575d13c..81b1be8cf4f 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KlibToolArgumentsParser.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KlibToolArgumentsParser.kt
@@ -6,34 +6,37 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.klib
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.library.KotlinIrSignatureVersion
-import kotlin.system.exitProcess
 
-internal class KlibToolArgumentsParser {
-    fun parseArguments(rawArgs: Array<String>): KlibToolArguments {
+internal class KlibToolArgumentsParser(private val output: KlibToolOutput) {
+    fun parseArguments(rawArgs: Array<String>): KlibToolArguments? {
         if (rawArgs.size < 2) {
             printUsage()
-            exitProcess(0)
+            return null
         }
 
         val extraArgs: Map<ExtraOption, List<String>> = parseOptions(rawArgs.drop(2).toTypedArray<String>())
-                .entries
-                .mapNotNull { (option, values) ->
+                ?.entries
+                ?.mapNotNull { (option, values) ->
                     val knownOption = ExtraOption.parseOrNull(option)
                     if (knownOption == null) {
-                        logWarning("Unrecognized command-line argument: $option")
+                        output.logWarning("Unrecognized command-line argument: $option")
                         return@mapNotNull null
                     }
                     knownOption to values
-                }.toMap()
+                }?.toMap()
+                ?: return null
 
         val signatureVersion = extraArgs[ExtraOption.SIGNATURE_VERSION]?.last()?.let { rawSignatureVersion ->
-            rawSignatureVersion.toIntOrNull()?.let(::KotlinIrSignatureVersion)
-                    ?: logError("Invalid signature version: $rawSignatureVersion")
+            rawSignatureVersion.toIntOrNull()?.let(::KotlinIrSignatureVersion) ?: run {
+                output.logError("Invalid signature version: $rawSignatureVersion")
+                return null
+            }
         }
 
-        if (signatureVersion != null && signatureVersion !in KotlinIrSignatureVersion.CURRENTLY_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS)
-            logError("Unsupported signature version: ${signatureVersion.number}")
-
+        if (signatureVersion != null && signatureVersion !in KotlinIrSignatureVersion.CURRENTLY_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS) {
+            output.logError("Unsupported signature version: ${signatureVersion.number}")
+            return null
+        }
 
         return KlibToolArguments(
                 commandName = rawArgs[0],
@@ -45,15 +48,17 @@ internal class KlibToolArgumentsParser {
         )
     }
 
-    private fun parseOptions(args: Array<String>): Map<String, List<String>> {
+    private fun parseOptions(args: Array<String>): Map<String, List<String>>? {
         val options = mutableMapOf<String, MutableList<String>>()
         for (index in args.indices step 2) {
             val key = args[index]
             if (key[0] != '-') {
-                logError("Expected a flag with initial dash: $key")
+                output.logError("Expected a flag with initial dash: $key")
+                return null
             }
             if (index + 1 == args.size) {
-                logError("Expected an value after $key")
+                output.logError("Expected an value after $key")
+                return null
             }
             val value = listOf(args[index + 1])
             options[key]?.addAll(value) ?: options.put(key, value.toMutableList())
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@ internal class KlibToolArgumentsParser {
     }
 
     private fun printUsage() {
-        println(
+        output.stderr.appendLine(
                 """
                 Usage: klib <command> <library> [<option>]
 
diff --git a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KlibToolIrLinker.kt b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KlibToolIrLinker.kt
index fdfeadff713..858f5058cdf 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KlibToolIrLinker.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KlibToolIrLinker.kt
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.types.IrTypeSystemContextImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.SymbolTable
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.library.KotlinAbiVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.library.KotlinLibrary
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.addToStdlib.shouldNotBeCalled
 
 internal class KlibToolIrLinker(
+        output: KlibToolOutput,
         module: ModuleDescriptor,
         irBuiltIns: IrBuiltIns,
         symbolTable: SymbolTable
-) : KotlinIrLinker(module, KlibToolLogger, irBuiltIns, symbolTable, exportedDependencies = emptyList()) {
+) : KotlinIrLinker(module, KlibToolLogger(output), irBuiltIns, symbolTable, exportedDependencies = emptyList()) {
     override val fakeOverrideBuilder = IrLinkerFakeOverrideProvider(
             linker = this,
             symbolTable = symbolTable,
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ internal class KlibToolIrLinker(
 
     override val returnUnboundSymbolsIfSignatureNotFound get() = true
 
-    override val translationPluginContext get() = TODO("Not needed for ir dumping")
+    override val translationPluginContext get() = shouldNotBeCalled()
 
     override fun createModuleDeserializer(
             moduleDescriptor: ModuleDescriptor,
diff --git a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KlibToolLogger.kt b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KlibToolLogger.kt
index f9ebce88d26..3c21095986c 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KlibToolLogger.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KlibToolLogger.kt
@@ -7,15 +7,22 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.klib
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.IrMessageLogger
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.util.Logger
-import kotlin.system.exitProcess
 
-internal object KlibToolLogger : Logger, IrMessageLogger {
-    override fun log(message: String) = println(message)
-    override fun warning(message: String) = logWarning(message)
-    override fun error(message: String) = logWarning(message)
+internal class KlibToolLogger(private val output: KlibToolOutput) : Logger, IrMessageLogger {
+    override fun log(message: String) {
+        output.logInfo(message)
+    }
+
+    override fun warning(message: String) {
+        output.logWarning(message)
+    }
+
+    override fun error(message: String) {
+        output.logError(message)
+    }
 
     @Deprecated(Logger.FATAL_DEPRECATION_MESSAGE, ReplaceWith(Logger.FATAL_REPLACEMENT))
-    override fun fatal(message: String) = logError(message, withStacktrace = true)
+    override fun fatal(message: String) = throw IllegalStateException("error: $message")
 
     override fun report(severity: IrMessageLogger.Severity, message: String, location: IrMessageLogger.Location?) {
         when (severity) {
@@ -25,16 +32,3 @@ internal object KlibToolLogger : Logger, IrMessageLogger {
         }
     }
 }
-
-internal fun logWarning(text: String) {
-    println("warning: $text")
-}
-
-internal fun logError(text: String, withStacktrace: Boolean = false): Nothing {
-    if (withStacktrace)
-        error("error: $text")
-    else {
-        System.err.println("error: $text")
-        exitProcess(1)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KlibToolOutput.kt b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KlibToolOutput.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8acf106049b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KlibToolOutput.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.klib
+
+/**
+ * TODO: Consider using [org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.messages.MessageCollector] instead of this class.
+ *  Note: The [org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.messages.MessageCollector] is designed to track an individual short messages
+ *  logged at different levels, but is not supposed to collect plain output (such as, for example, IR dump).
+ */
+internal class KlibToolOutput(
+        stdout: Appendable,
+        val stderr: Appendable
+) : Appendable by stdout {
+    var hasErrors: Boolean = false
+        private set
+
+    internal fun logInfo(text: String) {
+        stderr.append("info: ").appendLine(text)
+    }
+
+    internal fun logWarning(text: String) {
+        stderr.append("warning: ").appendLine(text)
+    }
+
+    internal fun logError(text: String) {
+        hasErrors = true
+        stderr.append("error: ").appendLine(text)
+    }
+
+    internal fun logErrorWithStackTrace(t: Throwable) {
+        hasErrors = true
+        stderr.appendLine(t.stackTraceToString())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KotlinpBasedMetadataDumper.kt b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KotlinpBasedMetadataDumper.kt
index e07474fd1ad..0c85dd1e025 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KotlinpBasedMetadataDumper.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/KotlinpBasedMetadataDumper.kt
@@ -22,21 +22,16 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.kotlinp.Printer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.kotlinp.Settings
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.kotlinp.klib.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.kotlinp.klib.TypeArgumentId.VarianceId
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.library.KotlinIrSignatureVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.library.KotlinLibrary
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.ClassId
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.calls.components.isVararg
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.descriptorUtil.classId
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.*
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.addToStdlib.runIf
 
 internal class KotlinpBasedMetadataDumper(
-        output: Appendable,
-        printSignatures: Boolean,
-        signatureVersion: KotlinIrSignatureVersion?
+        private val output: KlibToolOutput,
+        private val signatureRenderer: IdSignatureRenderer?, // `null` means no signatures should be rendered.
 ) {
-    // `null` means no signatures should be rendered.
-    private val signatureRenderer = runIf(printSignatures) { signatureVersion.getMostSuitableSignatureRenderer() }
 
     private val printer = Printer(output)
 
@@ -102,7 +97,7 @@ internal class KotlinpBasedMetadataDumper(
     private fun prepareSignatureComputer(library: KotlinLibrary, moduleMetadata: KlibModuleMetadata): ExternalSignatureComputer? {
         val signatureCollector = SignaturesCollector(signatureRenderer ?: return null)
 
-        val moduleDescriptor = ModuleDescriptorLoader.load(library)
+        val moduleDescriptor = ModuleDescriptorLoader(output).load(library)
         moduleDescriptor.accept(signatureCollector, Unit)
 
         return ExternalSignatureComputer(moduleMetadata, signatureCollector.signatures::get)
diff --git a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/ModuleDescriptorLoader.kt b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/ModuleDescriptorLoader.kt
index 44356ccd4ea..dc2f2acbbfd 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/ModuleDescriptorLoader.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/ModuleDescriptorLoader.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.library.metadata.KlibMetadataFactories
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.storage.LockBasedStorageManager
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.KotlinNativePaths
 
-internal object ModuleDescriptorLoader {
+internal class ModuleDescriptorLoader(output: KlibToolOutput) {
+    private val logger = KlibToolLogger(output)
+
     fun load(library: KotlinLibrary): ModuleDescriptorImpl {
         val storageManager = LockBasedStorageManager("klib")
 
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ internal object ModuleDescriptorLoader {
                     emptyList(),
                     distributionKlib = Distribution(KotlinNativePaths.homePath.absolutePath).klib,
                     skipCurrentDir = true,
-                    logger = KlibToolLogger
+                    logger = logger
             )
             resolver.defaultLinks(noStdLib = false, noDefaultLibs = true, noEndorsedLibs = true).mapTo(defaultModules) {
                 KlibFactories.DefaultDeserializedDescriptorFactory.createDescriptor(it, languageVersionSettings, storageManager, module.builtIns, null)
@@ -45,7 +47,9 @@ internal object ModuleDescriptorLoader {
         return module
     }
 
-    val languageVersionSettings = LanguageVersionSettingsImpl(LanguageVersion.LATEST_STABLE, ApiVersion.LATEST_STABLE)
+    companion object {
+        val languageVersionSettings = LanguageVersionSettingsImpl(LanguageVersion.LATEST_STABLE, ApiVersion.LATEST_STABLE)
 
-    private val KlibFactories = KlibMetadataFactories(::KonanBuiltIns, DynamicTypeDeserializer)
+        private val KlibFactories = KlibMetadataFactories(::KonanBuiltIns, DynamicTypeDeserializer)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/main.kt b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/main.kt
index 3d2f26fcc50..5de3c02c3b7 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/main.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/main.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.serialization.KonanManglerDesc
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.ObsoleteDescriptorBasedAPI
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.impl.IrFactoryImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.DumpIrTreeOptions
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.IdSignatureRenderer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.SymbolTable
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.dump
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.library.KonanLibrary
@@ -27,25 +28,27 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.library.unpackZippedKonanLibraryTo
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi2ir.descriptors.IrBuiltInsOverDescriptors
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi2ir.generators.TypeTranslatorImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.util.removeSuffixIfPresent
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.addToStdlib.runIf
 import java.io.File
+import kotlin.system.exitProcess
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.konan.file.File as KFile
 
 private val defaultRepository = KFile(DependencyDirectories.localKonanDir.resolve("klib").absolutePath)
 
-private class KlibRepoDeprecationWarning {
+private class KlibRepoDeprecationWarning(private val output: KlibToolOutput) {
     private var alreadyLogged = false
 
     fun logOnceIfNecessary() {
         if (!alreadyLogged) {
             alreadyLogged = true
-            logWarning("Local KLIB repositories to be dropped soon. See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-61098")
+            output.logWarning("Local KLIB repositories to be dropped soon. See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-61098")
         }
     }
 }
 
-internal class KlibToolCommand(private val args: KlibToolArguments) {
+internal class KlibToolCommand(private val output: KlibToolOutput, private val args: KlibToolArguments) {
 
-    private val klibRepoDeprecationWarning = KlibRepoDeprecationWarning()
+    private val klibRepoDeprecationWarning = KlibRepoDeprecationWarning(output)
 
     private val repository = args.repository?.let {
         klibRepoDeprecationWarning.logOnceIfNecessary() // Due to use of "-repository" option.
@@ -60,17 +63,16 @@ internal class KlibToolCommand(private val args: KlibToolArguments) {
         val headerMetadataVersion = library.versions.metadataVersion
         val moduleName = parseModuleHeader(library.moduleHeaderData).moduleName
 
-        println("")
-        println("Resolved to: ${KFile(library.libraryName).absolutePath}")
-        println("Module name: $moduleName")
-        println("ABI version: $headerAbiVersion")
-        println("Compiler version: $headerCompilerVersion")
-        println("Library version: $headerLibraryVersion")
-        println("Metadata version: $headerMetadataVersion")
+        output.appendLine()
+        output.appendLine("Resolved to: ${KFile(library.libraryName).absolutePath}")
+        output.appendLine("Module name: $moduleName")
+        output.appendLine("ABI version: $headerAbiVersion")
+        output.appendLine("Compiler version: $headerCompilerVersion")
+        output.appendLine("Library version: $headerLibraryVersion")
+        output.appendLine("Metadata version: $headerMetadataVersion")
 
         if (library is KonanLibrary) {
-            val targets = library.targetList.joinToString(", ")
-            print("Available targets: $targets\n")
+            output.appendLine("Available targets: ${library.targetList.joinToString()}")
         }
     }
 
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ internal class KlibToolCommand(private val args: KlibToolArguments) {
         klibRepoDeprecationWarning.logOnceIfNecessary()
 
         if (!repository.exists) {
-            logWarning("Repository does not exist: $repository. Creating...")
+            output.logWarning("Repository does not exist: $repository. Creating...")
             repository.mkdirs()
         }
 
@@ -95,36 +97,35 @@ internal class KlibToolCommand(private val args: KlibToolArguments) {
     fun remove() {
         klibRepoDeprecationWarning.logOnceIfNecessary()
 
-        if (!repository.exists) logError("Repository does not exist: $repository")
-
-        val library = try {
-            libraryInRepo(repository, args.libraryNameOrPath)
-        } catch (e: Throwable) {
-            println(e.message)
-            null
-
+        if (!repository.exists) {
+            output.logError("Repository does not exist: $repository")
+            return
+        }
+
+        runCatching {
+            libraryInRepo(repository, args.libraryNameOrPath).libraryFile.deleteRecursively()
         }
-        library?.libraryFile?.deleteRecursively()
     }
 
     @OptIn(ObsoleteDescriptorBasedAPI::class)
-    fun dumpIr(output: Appendable) {
+    fun dumpIr() {
         val library = libraryInRepoOrCurrentDir(repository, args.libraryNameOrPath)
-        checkLibraryHasIr(library)
+
+        if (!checkLibraryHasIr(library)) return
 
         if (args.signatureVersion != null && args.signatureVersion != KotlinIrSignatureVersion.V2) {
             // TODO: support passing any signature version through `DumpIrTreeOptions`, KT-62828
-            logWarning("using a non-default signature version in \"dump-ir\" is not supported yet")
+            output.logWarning("using a non-default signature version in \"dump-ir\" is not supported yet")
         }
 
-        val module = ModuleDescriptorLoader.load(library)
+        val module = ModuleDescriptorLoader(output).load(library)
 
         val idSignaturer = KonanIdSignaturer(KonanManglerDesc)
         val symbolTable = SymbolTable(idSignaturer, IrFactoryImpl)
         val typeTranslator = TypeTranslatorImpl(symbolTable, ModuleDescriptorLoader.languageVersionSettings, module)
         val irBuiltIns = IrBuiltInsOverDescriptors(module.builtIns, typeTranslator, symbolTable)
 
-        val linker = KlibToolIrLinker(module, irBuiltIns, symbolTable)
+        val linker = KlibToolIrLinker(output, module, irBuiltIns, symbolTable)
         module.allDependencyModules.forEach {
             linker.deserializeOnlyHeaderModule(it, it.kotlinLibrary)
             linker.resolveModuleDeserializer(it, null).init()
@@ -137,19 +138,22 @@ internal class KlibToolCommand(private val args: KlibToolArguments) {
     }
 
     @OptIn(ExperimentalLibraryAbiReader::class)
-    fun dumpAbi(output: Appendable) {
+    fun dumpAbi() {
         val library = libraryInCurrentDir(args.libraryNameOrPath)
-        checkLibraryHasIr(library)
+
+        if (!checkLibraryHasIr(library)) return
 
         val abiSignatureVersion = args.signatureVersion?.let { signatureVersion ->
-            signatureVersion.checkSupportedInLibrary(library)
+            if (!signatureVersion.checkSupportedInLibrary(library)) return
 
             val abiSignatureVersion = AbiSignatureVersion.resolveByVersionNumber(signatureVersion.number)
-            if (!abiSignatureVersion.isSupportedByAbiReader)
-                logError(
+            if (!abiSignatureVersion.isSupportedByAbiReader) {
+                output.logError(
                         "Signature version ${signatureVersion.number} is not supported by the KLIB ABI reader." +
                                 " Supported versions: ${AbiSignatureVersion.allSupportedByAbiReader.joinToString { it.versionNumber.toString() }}"
                 )
+                return
+            }
 
             abiSignatureVersion
         } ?: run {
@@ -161,13 +165,15 @@ internal class KlibToolCommand(private val args: KlibToolArguments) {
                     .sortedDescending()
                     .firstNotNullOfOrNull { versionsSupportedByAbiReader[it] }
 
-            if (abiSignatureVersion == null)
-                logError(
+            if (abiSignatureVersion == null) {
+                output.logError(
                         "There is no signature version that would be both supported in library ${library.libraryFile}" +
                                 " and by the KLIB ABI reader. Supported versions in the library:" +
                                 " ${library.versions.irSignatureVersions.joinToString { it.number.toString() }}" +
                                 ". Supported versions by the KLIB ABI reader: ${AbiSignatureVersion.allSupportedByAbiReader.joinToString { it.versionNumber.toString() }}"
                 )
+                return
+            }
 
             abiSignatureVersion
         }
@@ -186,79 +192,119 @@ internal class KlibToolCommand(private val args: KlibToolArguments) {
     }
 
     // TODO: This command is deprecated. Drop it after 2.0. KT-65380
-    fun contents(output: Appendable) {
-        logWarning("\"contents\" has been renamed to \"dump-metadata\". Please, use new command name.")
-        val module = ModuleDescriptorLoader.load(libraryInRepoOrCurrentDir(repository, args.libraryNameOrPath))
-        val signatureRenderer = if (args.printSignatures)
-            DefaultKlibSignatureRenderer(args.signatureVersion, "// Signature: ")
+    fun contents() {
+        output.logWarning("\"contents\" has been renamed to \"dump-metadata\". Please, use new command name.")
+
+        val idSignatureRenderer = args.signatureVersion.getMostSuitableSignatureRenderer() ?: return
+
+        val module = ModuleDescriptorLoader(output).load(libraryInRepoOrCurrentDir(repository, args.libraryNameOrPath))
+        val klibSignatureRenderer = if (args.printSignatures)
+            DefaultKlibSignatureRenderer(idSignatureRenderer, "// Signature: ")
         else
             KlibSignatureRenderer.NO_SIGNATURE
-        val printer = DeclarationPrinter(output, signatureRenderer)
+        val printer = DeclarationPrinter(output, klibSignatureRenderer)
 
         printer.print(module)
     }
 
-    fun dumpMetadata(output: Appendable) {
-        KotlinpBasedMetadataDumper(output, args.printSignatures, args.signatureVersion).dumpLibrary(libraryInCurrentDir(args.libraryNameOrPath), args.testMode)
+    fun dumpMetadata() {
+        val idSignatureRenderer: IdSignatureRenderer? = runIf(args.printSignatures) {
+            args.signatureVersion.getMostSuitableSignatureRenderer() ?: return
+        }
+        KotlinpBasedMetadataDumper(output, idSignatureRenderer).dumpLibrary(libraryInCurrentDir(args.libraryNameOrPath), args.testMode)
     }
 
-    fun signatures(output: Appendable) {
-        logWarning("\"signatures\" has been renamed to \"dump-metadata-signatures\". Please, use new command name.")
-        dumpMetadataSignatures(output)
+    fun signatures() {
+        output.logWarning("\"signatures\" has been renamed to \"dump-metadata-signatures\". Please, use new command name.")
+        dumpMetadataSignatures()
     }
 
-    fun dumpMetadataSignatures(output: Appendable) {
-        val module = ModuleDescriptorLoader.load(libraryInRepoOrCurrentDir(repository, args.libraryNameOrPath))
+    fun dumpMetadataSignatures() {
         // Don't call `checkSupportedInLibrary()` - the signatures are anyway generated on the fly.
-        val printer = SignaturePrinter(output, DefaultKlibSignatureRenderer(args.signatureVersion))
+
+        val idSignatureRenderer = args.signatureVersion.getMostSuitableSignatureRenderer() ?: return
+
+        val module = ModuleDescriptorLoader(output).load(libraryInRepoOrCurrentDir(repository, args.libraryNameOrPath))
+        val printer = SignaturePrinter(output, DefaultKlibSignatureRenderer(idSignatureRenderer))
 
         printer.print(module)
     }
 
-    fun dumpIrSignatures(output: Appendable) {
+    fun dumpIrSignatures() {
         val library = libraryInCurrentDir(args.libraryNameOrPath)
-        checkLibraryHasIr(library)
-        args.signatureVersion?.checkSupportedInLibrary(library)
+
+        if (!checkLibraryHasIr(library) || !args.signatureVersion.checkSupportedInLibrary(library)) return
+
+        val idSignatureRenderer = args.signatureVersion.getMostSuitableSignatureRenderer() ?: return
 
         val signatures = IrSignaturesExtractor(library).extract()
-        IrSignaturesRenderer(output, args.signatureVersion).render(signatures)
+        IrSignaturesRenderer(output, idSignatureRenderer).render(signatures)
     }
 
-    private fun checkLibraryHasIr(library: KotlinLibrary) {
-        if (!library.hasIr) logError("Library ${library.libraryFile} is an IR-less library")
+    private fun checkLibraryHasIr(library: KotlinLibrary): Boolean {
+        if (!library.hasIr) {
+            output.logError("Library ${library.libraryFile} is an IR-less library")
+            return false
+        }
+        return true
     }
 
-    private fun KotlinIrSignatureVersion.checkSupportedInLibrary(library: KotlinLibrary) {
-        val supportedSignatureVersions = library.versions.irSignatureVersions
-        if (this !in supportedSignatureVersions)
-            logError("Signature version ${this.number} is not supported in library ${library.libraryFile}." +
-                    " Supported versions: ${supportedSignatureVersions.joinToString { it.number.toString() }}")
+    private fun KotlinIrSignatureVersion?.checkSupportedInLibrary(library: KotlinLibrary): Boolean {
+        if (this != null) {
+            val supportedSignatureVersions = library.versions.irSignatureVersions
+            if (this !in supportedSignatureVersions) {
+                output.logError("Signature version ${this.number} is not supported in library ${library.libraryFile}." +
+                        " Supported versions: ${supportedSignatureVersions.joinToString { it.number.toString() }}")
+                return false
+            }
+        }
+        return true
     }
+
+    private fun KotlinIrSignatureVersion?.getMostSuitableSignatureRenderer(): IdSignatureRenderer? = when (this) {
+        KotlinIrSignatureVersion.V1 -> IdSignatureRenderer.LEGACY
+        null, KotlinIrSignatureVersion.V2 -> IdSignatureRenderer.DEFAULT
+        else -> {
+            output.logError("Unsupported signature version: $number")
+            null
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun libraryInRepo(repository: KFile, name: String) =
+            resolverByName(listOf(repository.absolutePath), skipCurrentDir = true, logger = KlibToolLogger(output)).resolve(name)
+
+    private fun libraryInCurrentDir(name: String) = resolverByName(emptyList(), logger = KlibToolLogger(output)).resolve(name)
+
+    private fun libraryInRepoOrCurrentDir(repository: KFile, name: String) =
+            resolverByName(listOf(repository.absolutePath), logger = KlibToolLogger(output)).resolve(name)
 }
 
-private fun libraryInRepo(repository: KFile, name: String) =
-        resolverByName(listOf(repository.absolutePath), skipCurrentDir = true, logger = KlibToolLogger).resolve(name)
-
-private fun libraryInCurrentDir(name: String) = resolverByName(emptyList(), logger = KlibToolLogger).resolve(name)
-
-private fun libraryInRepoOrCurrentDir(repository: KFile, name: String) =
-        resolverByName(listOf(repository.absolutePath), logger = KlibToolLogger).resolve(name)
-
 fun main(rawArgs: Array<String>) {
-    val args = KlibToolArgumentsParser().parseArguments(rawArgs)
-    val command = KlibToolCommand(args)
+    val output = KlibToolOutput(stdout = System.out, stderr = System.err)
 
-    when (args.commandName) {
-        "dump-abi" -> command.dumpAbi(System.out)
-        "dump-ir" -> command.dumpIr(System.out)
-        "dump-ir-signatures" -> command.dumpIrSignatures(System.out)
-        "dump-metadata" -> command.dumpMetadata(System.out)
-        "dump-metadata-signatures" -> command.dumpMetadataSignatures(System.out)
-        "contents" -> command.contents(System.out)
-        "signatures" -> command.signatures(System.out)
-        "info" -> command.info()
-        "install" -> command.install()
-        "remove" -> command.remove()
-        else -> logError("Unknown command: ${args.commandName}")
+    val args = KlibToolArgumentsParser(output).parseArguments(rawArgs)
+    if (args != null) {
+        val command = KlibToolCommand(output, args)
+
+        try {
+            when (args.commandName) {
+                "dump-abi" -> command.dumpAbi()
+                "dump-ir" -> command.dumpIr()
+                "dump-ir-signatures" -> command.dumpIrSignatures()
+                "dump-metadata" -> command.dumpMetadata()
+                "dump-metadata-signatures" -> command.dumpMetadataSignatures()
+                "contents" -> command.contents()
+                "signatures" -> command.signatures()
+                "info" -> command.info()
+                "install" -> command.install()
+                "remove" -> command.remove()
+                else -> output.logError("Unknown command: ${args.commandName}")
+            }
+        } catch (t: Throwable) {
+            output.logErrorWithStackTrace(t)
+        }
     }
+
+    if (output.hasErrors)
+        exitProcess(1)
 }
diff --git a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/signatureUtils.kt b/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/signatureUtils.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 33487d21eec..00000000000
--- a/kotlin-native/klib/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/klib/signatureUtils.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2010-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
- * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
- */
-
-package org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.klib
-
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.IdSignatureRenderer
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.library.KotlinIrSignatureVersion
-
-internal fun KotlinIrSignatureVersion?.getMostSuitableSignatureRenderer() = when (this) {
-    KotlinIrSignatureVersion.V1 -> IdSignatureRenderer.LEGACY
-    null, KotlinIrSignatureVersion.V2 -> IdSignatureRenderer.DEFAULT
-    else -> error("Unsupported signature version: $number")
-}