diff --git a/packages/grapher/LLMS.md b/packages/grapher/LLMS.md
index b0cb76f..190ac55 100644
--- a/packages/grapher/LLMS.md
+++ b/packages/grapher/LLMS.md
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ view.destroy();                       // on unmount
 `grapher(target, options?)` takes a CSS selector or `HTMLElement`. `GrapherOptions`: `source?: string`, `metta?: MeTTa` — pass an existing runner when the editor should share its space. Fluent handle: `load atoms graph blocks palette fit evaluate play source gif destroy`; `.grapher` is the underlying `MeTTaGrapher`.
 **Views** `graph()` connected node graph · `blocks()` nested blocks. Same atoms, same state — switch freely.
 **Trace** `play()` initialises a reduction trace at its first state; the host drives it: `view.grapher.traceForward()` step · `traceBack()` step back · `stopTrace()` leave.
-**Traps** *The host element needs an explicit height* — without it the SVG collapses and you see nothing; the single most common "it didn't render" cause. · *Call `destroy()` on unmount* — the view holds listeners and timers. · *Pass your own `MeTTa` to share state* — without `options.metta` the editor makes its own runner and atoms you added elsewhere are invisible to it. · *GIF deps are optional and separate* — `gifenc` (+ `sharp` on Node) are not installed with the package; `metta graph` needs them too. · *Reading a space visually ≠ reading it semantically* — `get-atoms` evaluates what it returns, so a stored `(fact 5)` can display as `120`; use `(match &space $x (quote $x))` for the atom as stored.
+**Traps** *The host element needs an explicit height* — without it the SVG collapses and you see nothing; the single most common "it didn't render" cause. · *Call `destroy()` on unmount* — the view holds listeners and timers. · *Pass your own `MeTTa` to share state* — without `options.metta` the editor makes its own runner and atoms you added elsewhere are invisible to it. · *GIF deps are optional and separate* — `gifenc` (+ `sharp` on Node) are not installed with the package; `metta graph` needs them too. · *Reading a space visually ≠ reading it semantically* — `get-atoms` evaluates what it returns, so a stored `(fact 5)` can display as `120`; use `(match &space $x (quote $x))` for the atom as stored. · *`scale` multiplies the output pixel size* — pass `scale: 2` to upscale past the view's natural width without recomputing it; `scale` is capped at 16 by the raster-pixel safety limit.
 **Next** `hyperon` the runner it evaluates with · `node` `metta graph program.metta -o out.gif` · `browser` mounting in a page.
diff --git a/packages/grapher/src/block/gif.ts b/packages/grapher/src/block/gif.ts
index b552e3e..59a4669 100644
--- a/packages/grapher/src/block/gif.ts
+++ b/packages/grapher/src/block/gif.ts
@@ -31,8 +31,13 @@ export interface GifEncoderLib {
 
 /** How to render the GIF. */
 export interface GifOptions {
-  /** Output width in pixels (height follows the aspect ratio). Default 720. */
+  /** Output width in pixels (height follows the aspect ratio). Default 720 for blocks, 880 for graph, the
+   *  computed natural width for side-by-side. */
   width?: number;
+  /** Multiplier applied to the output width and height. The view's default width is multiplied by this
+   *  when `width` is unset, so `--scale 2` ups a thumbnail to a high-resolution render without forcing the
+   *  caller to recompute the view's natural width. Default 1. */
+  scale?: number;
   /** Morph frames per reduction step. Default `morphMs / stepMs`, reduced to keep under `maxFrames`. */
   framesPerStep?: number;
   /** Cap on the total number of frames. Default 180. */
@@ -135,7 +140,7 @@ export function blockReductionSvgsWithSettings(
   opts: GifOptions = {},
 ): SvgAnimation {
   if (states.length === 0) throw new Error("no reduction states to export");
-  const width = opts.width ?? 720;
+  const width = Math.max(1, Math.round((opts.width ?? 720) * (opts.scale ?? 1)));
   const holdMs = opts.holdMs ?? 260;
   const stepMs = opts.stepMs ?? 40;
 
diff --git a/packages/grapher/src/node.test.ts b/packages/grapher/src/node.test.ts
index a0ee570..63e2914 100644
--- a/packages/grapher/src/node.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grapher/src/node.test.ts
@@ -114,10 +114,35 @@ describe("Node reduction GIFs", () => {
     [{ framesPerStep: 0 }, "framesPerStep"],
     [{ maxFrames: 0 }, "maxFrames"],
     [{ maxSteps: 0 }, "maxSteps"],
+    [{ scale: 0 }, "scale"],
+    [{ scale: -1 }, "scale"],
+    [{ scale: 17 }, "scale"],
   ])("rejects unsafe options %j", async (options, message) => {
     await expect(renderReductionGif("(+ 1 2)", { ...QUICK, ...options })).rejects.toThrow(message);
   });
 
+  it.each<NodeGifView>(["blocks", "graph", "side-by-side"])(
+    "scales the output width by the scale option (%s view)",
+    async (view) => {
+      const baseBytes = await renderReductionGif("(+ 10 (* 25 2))", { ...QUICK, view });
+      const baseMeta = await gifMetadata(baseBytes);
+      const scaledBytes = await renderReductionGif("(+ 10 (* 25 2))", {
+        ...QUICK,
+        view,
+        scale: 2,
+      });
+      const scaledMeta = await gifMetadata(scaledBytes);
+      expect(scaledMeta.width).toBe(baseMeta.width! * 2);
+      expect(scaledMeta.height).toBe(baseMeta.height! * 2);
+    },
+  );
+
+  it("scale multiplies an explicit width by the requested factor", async () => {
+    const bytes = await renderReductionGif("(+ 1 2)", { width: 100, scale: 3 });
+    const metadata = await gifMetadata(bytes);
+    expect(metadata.width).toBe(300);
+  });
+
   it("rejects a generated animation that exceeds maxFrames", async () => {
     await expect(
       renderReductionGif("(+ 10 (* 25 2))", {
diff --git a/packages/grapher/src/node.ts b/packages/grapher/src/node.ts
index bdc3c34..a6bd6fc 100644
--- a/packages/grapher/src/node.ts
+++ b/packages/grapher/src/node.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ function validateOptions(opts: NodeGifOptions): void {
   )
     throw new Error(`view must be "blocks", "graph", or "side-by-side", got ${String(opts.view)}`);
   if (opts.width !== undefined) positiveInteger("width", opts.width, MAX_DIMENSION);
+  if (opts.scale !== undefined) {
+    if (!Number.isFinite(opts.scale) || opts.scale <= 0)
+      throw new Error(`scale must be a positive number, got ${opts.scale}`);
+    if (opts.scale > 16)
+      throw new Error(
+        `scale must be at most 16 (the raster-pixel safety limit), got ${opts.scale}`,
+      );
+  }
   if (opts.framesPerStep !== undefined)
     positiveInteger("framesPerStep", opts.framesPerStep, MAX_FRAMES);
   if (opts.maxFrames !== undefined) positiveInteger("maxFrames", opts.maxFrames, MAX_FRAMES);
diff --git a/packages/grapher/src/sidebyside-gif.ts b/packages/grapher/src/sidebyside-gif.ts
index af2e67e..520490c 100644
--- a/packages/grapher/src/sidebyside-gif.ts
+++ b/packages/grapher/src/sidebyside-gif.ts
@@ -135,13 +135,21 @@ export function sideBySideReductionSvgs(
   const naturalLabelH = 30;
   const naturalCellW = Math.max(1, Math.round(naturalPanelH * cellAspect));
   const naturalWidth = naturalCellW * 2 + naturalGap;
-  const scale = (opts.width ?? naturalWidth) / naturalWidth;
+  const baseWidth = opts.width ?? naturalWidth;
+  const outScale = opts.scale ?? 1;
+  const width = Math.max(1, Math.round(baseWidth * outScale));
+  const scale = width / naturalWidth;
   const panelH = Math.max(1, Math.round(naturalPanelH * scale));
-  const gap = Math.max(1, Math.round(naturalGap * scale));
-  const labelH = Math.max(1, Math.round(naturalLabelH * scale));
   const cellW = Math.max(1, Math.round(naturalCellW * scale));
+  // Derive the gap from the requested width and the cell sizes, so `cellW + gap + cellW` always equals
+  // `width` exactly. Without this, the per-component rounding can drift `totalW` by a pixel, which makes
+  // `scale: 2` produce a GIF one pixel wider than the doubled base.
+  const gap = Math.max(1, width - cellW * 2);
   const totalW = cellW + gap + cellW;
-  const totalH = panelH + labelH;
+  // Round the total height directly from the natural aspect so it scales linearly with `width`; absorb any
+  // rounding drift between `panelH + labelH` and the natural total into the (smaller) label band.
+  const totalH = Math.max(1, Math.round((naturalPanelH + naturalLabelH) * scale));
+  const labelH = Math.max(1, totalH - panelH);
   const background = opts.background ?? s.canvas;
   const fontSize = Math.max(8, Math.round(13 * scale));
   const frames: SvgFrame[] = [];
@@ -183,7 +191,7 @@ export function graphReductionSvgs(states: readonly Atom[][], opts: GifOptions =
   const bg = opts.background ?? CANVAS_BG;
   const holdMs = opts.holdMs ?? 260;
   const stepMs = opts.stepMs ?? 40;
-  const width = opts.width ?? 880;
+  const width = Math.max(1, Math.round((opts.width ?? 880) * (opts.scale ?? 1)));
   const height = Math.round(width * 0.5);
 
   // Each state gets its own viewport: fit it to the frame, but never zoom out past a floor nor in past
diff --git a/packages/node/LLMS.md b/packages/node/LLMS.md
index fdf9500..63a5ce4 100644
--- a/packages/node/LLMS.md
+++ b/packages/node/LLMS.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { runFile } from "@mettascript/node";
 for (const { query, results } of runFile("program.metta")) console.log(query, results);
 ```
 `runFileAllDirectives` also reports non-`!` atoms · `readImports(src, dir, root)` resolve a program's imports to atoms yourself · `importRootPragma(src)` read its `!(pragma! import-root …)` · `ParallelFlatMatcher` SharedArrayBuffer worker scan · plus all of `core` (`runProgram` `format` `analyzeSource` …).
-**CLI** `metta run program.metta` (`metta program.metta` is shorthand) · `metta check program.metta` static analysis (`--json`, `--undefined-symbols`) · `metta debug --file program.metta why '(main)'` engine debugger (why/eval/run) · `metta graph program.metta -o out.gif` render the reduction · `metta fuzz suite.metta` / `metta reach suite.metta` property + reachability suites · `metta --version`. No global install: `npx -p @mettascript/node metta run program.metta`. Flags: `--max-steps=N` `--max-stack-depth=N` `--import-root=DIR` `--hash-cons`. Aliases `metta-ts` (run) and `metta-debug` (debug) still work.
+**CLI** `metta run program.metta` (`metta program.metta` is shorthand) · `metta check program.metta` static analysis (`--json`, `--undefined-symbols`) · `metta debug --file program.metta why '(main)'` engine debugger (why/eval/run) · `metta graph program.metta -o out.gif` render the reduction (`--scale=N` upscales resolution) · `metta fuzz suite.metta` / `metta reach suite.metta` property + reachability suites · `metta --version`. No global install: `npx -p @mettascript/node metta run program.metta`. Flags: `--max-steps=N` `--max-stack-depth=N` `--import-root=DIR` `--hash-cons`. Aliases `metta-ts` (run) and `metta-debug` (debug) still work.
 **Lazy hosts** `metta run --py program.metta` Python via pythonia · `metta run --prolog program.metta` Prolog via a local `swipl`. Without these flags Python/Prolog and their optional deps are never loaded. `metta graph` likewise loads `grapher` only when invoked (`npm i @mettascript/grapher gifenc sharp`).
 **Imports** A module name resolves **beside the importing file**: from `app/main.metta`, `(import! &self lib)` is `app/lib.metta`. A *relative* path may reach outside that directory only as far as the import root allows, and the root defaults to the file's parent — so `../lib` resolves, `../../lib` does not. Widen the root from inside the program (no CLI flag needed); `--import-root=DIR` overrides the pragma.
 ```metta
diff --git a/packages/node/README.md b/packages/node/README.md
index a5506a3..4ee97d1 100644
--- a/packages/node/README.md
+++ b/packages/node/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ metta run program.metta       # run a program (metta program.metta is shorthand)
 metta check program.metta     # static analysis (--json, --undefined-symbols)
 metta debug --file program.metta why '(main)'   # engine debugger (why/eval/run)
 metta graph program.metta -o out.gif            # render the reduction as an animated GIF
+metta graph --scale 2 program.metta -o out.gif  # upscale the GIF resolution by 2×
 metta --version
 ```
 
diff --git a/packages/node/src/graph-main.ts b/packages/node/src/graph-main.ts
index 35d89fa..d82f8a3 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/graph-main.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/graph-main.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ function parseView(value: string | undefined): GifView | undefined {
   throw new Error(`--view must be blocks, graph, or side-by-side, got ${value}`);
 }
 
+function parseScale(value: string | undefined): number | undefined {
+  if (value === undefined) return undefined;
+  const n = Number(value);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(n) || n <= 0)
+    throw new Error(`--scale must be a positive number, got ${value}`);
+  return n;
+}
+
 /** The `metta graph` command. `argv` is the argument list after `graph`. Reads the file, renders its
  *  reduction (the last non-definition atom, `!`-marker accepted) to GIF bytes, and writes them. May
  *  `process.exit(2)` on a usage error; throws (for the dispatcher to report) if the grapher is not
@@ -31,17 +39,19 @@ export async function runGraphMain(argv: string[]): Promise<void> {
       out: { type: "string", short: "o" },
       view: { type: "string" },
       width: { type: "string" },
+      scale: { type: "string" },
       "max-steps": { type: "string" },
     },
   });
   const file = positionals[0];
   if (file === undefined) {
     process.stderr.write(
-      "usage: metta graph <file.metta> [-o out.gif] [--view blocks|graph|side-by-side] [--width N] [--max-steps N]\n",
+      "usage: metta graph <file.metta> [-o out.gif] [--view blocks|graph|side-by-side] [--width N] [--scale N] [--max-steps N]\n",
     );
     process.exit(2);
   }
   const view = parseView(values.view);
+  const scale = parseScale(values.scale);
   const src = readFileSync(resolve(file), "utf8");
 
   let renderReductionGif: typeof import("@mettascript/grapher/node").renderReductionGif;
@@ -57,6 +67,7 @@ export async function runGraphMain(argv: string[]): Promise<void> {
   const gif = await renderReductionGif(src, {
     ...(view !== undefined ? { view } : {}),
     ...(values.width !== undefined ? { width: Number(values.width) } : {}),
+    ...(scale !== undefined ? { scale } : {}),
     ...(values["max-steps"] !== undefined ? { maxSteps: Number(values["max-steps"]) } : {}),
   });
   const out = values.out ?? `${basename(file, extname(file))}.gif`;
diff --git a/packages/node/src/metta-cli.test.ts b/packages/node/src/metta-cli.test.ts
index 19b7af2..b19df46 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/metta-cli.test.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/metta-cli.test.ts
@@ -94,4 +94,19 @@ describe("unified metta CLI", () => {
     expect(bytes.subarray(0, 3).toString("latin1")).toBe("GIF");
     rmSync(out, { force: true });
   });
+
+  it("graph --scale upscales the rendered resolution", () => {
+    const file = mettaFixture("metta-graph-scale-", "!(+ 10 (* 25 2))\n");
+    const out = `${file}.gif`;
+    run(METTA, ["graph", file, "-o", out, "--scale", "0.5", "--max-steps", "60"]);
+    expect(existsSync(out)).toBe(true);
+    const small = readFileSync(out);
+    expect(small.subarray(0, 3).toString("latin1")).toBe("GIF");
+    rmSync(out, { force: true });
+  });
+
+  it("graph --scale 0 rejects a non-positive scale", () => {
+    const file = mettaFixture("metta-graph-scale-bad-", "!(+ 1 2)\n");
+    expect(status(METTA, ["graph", file, "--scale", "0"])).toBe(1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/node/src/metta-cli.ts b/packages/node/src/metta-cli.ts
index af21a82..d8c74d8 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/metta-cli.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/metta-cli.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ usage:
   metta run <file.metta> [options]     run a program, printing each !-query's results
   metta check <file.metta> [options]   statically analyze a program (--json, --undefined-symbols)
   metta debug (--file <p> | --source '<m>') <why|eval|run> [--llm]   debug the engine
-  metta graph <file.metta> [-o out.gif] [--view blocks|graph|side-by-side]   render a reduction GIF
+  metta graph <file.metta> [-o out.gif] [--view blocks|graph|side-by-side] [--width N] [--scale N] [--max-steps N]   render a reduction GIF
   metta fuzz <file.metta> [--exhaustive] [--json]   run declared (FuzzTest ...) properties
   metta reach <file.metta> [id]         run declared (FuzzReachTest ...) searches
   metta --version | --help