diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+Antoine Cezar
 Daniele Serafini
 Ishan Bhanuka
-Antoine Cezar
+Kumar Shivendu
diff --git a/swh/model/cli.py b/swh/model/cli.py
--- a/swh/model/cli.py
+++ b/swh/model/cli.py
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
+from enum import Enum
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
+from stat import S_ISFIFO
 import sys
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional
 
@@ -26,6 +29,14 @@
 }
 
 
+class TerminalColor(Enum):
+    BLUE = "\033[94m"
+    GREEN = "\033[92m"
+
+    def colorize(self, text):
+        return self.value + text + "\033[0m"
+
+
 class CoreSWHIDParamType(click.ParamType):
     """Click argument that accepts a core SWHID and returns them as
     :class:`swh.model.identifiers.CoreSWHID` instances """
@@ -184,6 +195,12 @@
     default=True,
     help="show/hide file name (default: show)",
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--recursive", "-r", is_flag=True, help="Show computed SWHIDs recursively",
+)
+@click.option(
+    "--color/--no-color", "color", default=None, help="Colorize the output",
+)
 @click.option(
     "--type",
     "-t",
@@ -210,7 +227,14 @@
 )
 @click.argument("objects", nargs=-1, required=True)
 def identify(
-    obj_type, verify, show_filename, follow_symlinks, objects, exclude_patterns,
+    obj_type,
+    verify,
+    show_filename,
+    recursive,
+    color,
+    follow_symlinks,
+    objects,
+    exclude_patterns,
 ):
     """Compute the Software Heritage persistent identifier (SWHID) for the given
     source code object(s).
@@ -246,14 +270,50 @@
     if verify and len(objects) != 1:
         raise click.BadParameter("verification requires a single object")
 
-    results = zip(
-        objects,
-        map(
-            partial(identify_object, obj_type, follow_symlinks, exclude_patterns),
-            objects,
-        ),
+    partial_identify_obj = partial(
+        identify_object, obj_type, follow_symlinks, exclude_patterns
     )
 
+    is_piped = S_ISFIFO(os.fstat(0).st_mode)
+
+    if recursive:
+
+        def out(path: Path):
+            is_dir = path.is_dir()
+            swhid = partial_identify_obj(str(path))
+            path_out = path.name
+            if is_piped:
+                if color is True:
+                    path_out = (
+                        TerminalColor.BLUE.colorize(path_out)
+                        if is_dir
+                        else TerminalColor.GREEN.colorize(path_out)
+                    )
+            else:
+                if color is None or color is True:
+                    path_out = (
+                        TerminalColor.BLUE.colorize(path_out)
+                        if is_dir
+                        else TerminalColor.GREEN.colorize(path_out)
+                    )
+            return f"{path_out} {swhid}"
+
+        for obj in list(objects):
+            obj = Path(obj)
+            for root, _, files in os.walk(str(obj)):
+                root = Path(root)
+                rel_depth = str(root.relative_to(obj)).count(os.sep) + 1
+                if root == obj:
+                    rel_depth = 0
+                click.echo(f"{(rel_depth) * ' │ '} {out(root)}")
+                for filename in files:
+                    filepath = Path(os.path.join(root, filename))
+                    click.echo(f"{(rel_depth + 1) * ' │ '} {out(filepath)}")
+            click.echo("")
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    results = zip(objects, map(partial_identify_obj, objects))
+
     if verify:
         swhid = next(results)[1]
         if str(verify) == swhid: