diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 022f1af8f..0712f9ebd 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 This document attempts to list user-visible changes and any major internal
 rearrangements of Notcurses.
 
+* 1.6.1 (not yet released)
+  * Added `notcurses_render_file()` to dump last rendered frame to a `FILE*`.
+
 * 1.6.0 (2020-07-04)
   * Behavior has changed regarding use of the provided `FILE*` (which, when
     `NULL`, is assumed to be `stdout`). Both Notcurses and `ncdirect` now
diff --git a/USAGE.md b/USAGE.md
index f6995e69c..c1b5948cb 100644
--- a/USAGE.md
+++ b/USAGE.md
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ updated to reflect the changes:
 // successful call to notcurses_render().
 int notcurses_render(struct notcurses* nc);
 
+// Write the last rendered frame, in its entirety, to 'fp'. This is not valid
+// until notcurses_render() has been successfully called at least once.
+int notcurses_render_to_file(struct notcurses* nc, FILE* fp);
+
 // Retrieve the contents of the specified cell as last rendered. The EGC is
 // returned, or NULL on error. This EGC must be free()d by the caller. The
 // attrword and channels are written to 'attrword' and 'channels', respectively.
diff --git a/doc/man/man3/notcurses_render.3.md b/doc/man/man3/notcurses_render.3.md
index e8f5ee7c6..cd0ff7944 100644
--- a/doc/man/man3/notcurses_render.3.md
+++ b/doc/man/man3/notcurses_render.3.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ notcurses_render - sync the physical display to the virtual ncplanes
 
 **char* notcurses_at_yx(struct notcurses* nc, int yoff, int xoff, uint32_t* attrword, uint64_t* channels);**
 
+**int notcurses_render_to_file(struct notcurses* nc, FILE* fp);**
+
 # DESCRIPTION
 
 **notcurses_render** syncs the physical display to the context's prepared
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ render (see notcurses_stats(3)), and screen geometry is refreshed (similarly to
 
 While **notcurses_render** is called, you **must not call any other functions
 on the same notcurses context**, with the one exception of **notcurses_getc**
-(and its input-related helpers).
+(and its input-related helpers; see **notcurses_input(3)**.).
 
 A render operation consists of two logical phases: generation of the rendered
 scene, and blitting this scene to the terminal (these two phases might actually
@@ -86,8 +88,9 @@ purposes of color blending.
 
 **notcurses(3)**,
 **notcurses_cell(3)**,
-**notcurses_plane(3)**,
+**notcurses_input(3)**,
 **notcurses_output(3)**,
+**notcurses_plane(3)**,
 **notcurses_refresh(3)**,
 **notcurses_stats(3)**,
 **console_codes(4)**,
diff --git a/include/notcurses/notcurses.h b/include/notcurses/notcurses.h
index 7de08bc34..b72c20ba2 100644
--- a/include/notcurses/notcurses.h
+++ b/include/notcurses/notcurses.h
@@ -993,6 +993,10 @@ API int notcurses_stop(struct notcurses* nc);
 // successful call to notcurses_render().
 API int notcurses_render(struct notcurses* nc);
 
+// Write the last rendered frame, in its entirety, to 'fp'. This is not valid
+// until notcurses_render() has been successfully called at least once.
+API int notcurses_render_to_file(struct notcurses* nc, FILE* fp);
+
 // Return the topmost ncplane, of which there is always at least one.
 API struct ncplane* notcurses_top(struct notcurses* n);
 
diff --git a/python/src/notcurses/build_notcurses.py b/python/src/notcurses/build_notcurses.py
index 792e6c2ef..106abc929 100644
--- a/python/src/notcurses/build_notcurses.py
+++ b/python/src/notcurses/build_notcurses.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ struct notcurses* notcurses_init(const notcurses_options*, FILE*);
 int notcurses_lex_margins(const char* op, notcurses_options* opts);
 int notcurses_stop(struct notcurses*);
 int notcurses_render(struct notcurses*);
+int notcurses_render_to_file(struct notcurses* nc, FILE* fp);
 struct ncplane* notcurses_stdplane(struct notcurses*);
 const struct ncplane* notcurses_stdplane_const(const struct notcurses* nc);
 int ncplane_set_base_cell(struct ncplane* ncp, const cell* c);
diff --git a/src/demo/mojibake.c b/src/demo/mojibake.c
index b6acf2cec..6e40975ab 100644
--- a/src/demo/mojibake.c
+++ b/src/demo/mojibake.c
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ unicode1emoji1(struct ncplane* title, int y){
   if(n == NULL){
     return NULL;
   }
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 1, 1, "\u2764 (\u2764\ufe0f) \u2709 (\u2709\ufe0f)"
-                             "\u270f (\u270f\ufe0f) \u2712 (\u2712\ufe0f)"
-                             "\u2195 (\u2195\ufe0f) \u2194 (\u2194\ufe0f)"
-                             "\u2716 (\u2716\ufe0f) \u2733 (\u2733\ufe0f)"
-                             "\u2734 (\u2734\ufe0f) \u2747 (\u2747\ufe0f)");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 2, 1, "\u2660 (\u2660\ufe0f) \u2665 (\u2665\ufe0f)"
-                             "\u2666 (\u2666\ufe0f) \u2663 (\u2663\ufe0f)"
-                             "\u260e (\u260e\ufe0f) \u27a1 (\u27a1\ufe0f)");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 1, 1, "\u2764 \u2764\ufe0f \u2709 \u2709\ufe0f"
+                             "\u270f \u270f\ufe0f \u2712 \u2712\ufe0f"
+                             "\u2195 \u2195\ufe0f \u2194 \u2194\ufe0f"
+                             "\u2716 \u2716\ufe0f \u2733 \u2733\ufe0f"
+                             "\u2734 \u2734\ufe0f \u2747 \u2747\ufe0f");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 2, 1, "\u2660 \u2660\ufe0f \u2665 \u2665\ufe0f"
+                             "\u2666 \u2666\ufe0f \u2663 \u2663\ufe0f"
+                             "\u260e \u260e\ufe0f \u27a1 \u27a1\ufe0f");
   return n;
 }
 
@@ -54,20 +54,20 @@ unicode52(struct ncplane* title, int y){
   if(n == NULL){
     return NULL;
   }
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 1, 1, "\u26ea (\u26ea\ufe0f) \u26f2 (\u26f2\ufe0f)"
-                             "\u26fa (\u26fa\ufe0f) \u2668 (\u2668\ufe0f)"
-                             "\u26fd (\u26fd\ufe0f) \u2693 (\u2693\ufe0f)"
-                             "\u26f5 (\u26f5\ufe0f) \u2600 (\u2600\ufe0f)");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 2, 1, "\u26c5 (\u26c5\ufe0f) \u2614 (\u2614\ufe0f)"
-                             "\u26a1 (\u26a1\ufe0f) \u26c4 (\u26c4\ufe0f)"
-                             "\u26be (\u26b3\ufe0f) \u26d4 (\u26d4\ufe0f)"
-                             "\u2b06 (\u2b06\ufe0f) \u2b07 (\u2b07\ufe0f)");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 3, 1, "\u2b05 (\u2b05\ufe0f) \u26ce (\u26ce\ufe0f)"
-                             "\u203c (\u203c\ufe0f) \u2049 (\u2049\ufe0f)"
-                             "\xf0\x9f\x85\xbf (\xf0\x9f\x85\xbf\ufe0f)"
-                             "\xf0\x9f\x88\xaf (\xf0\x9f\x88\xaf\ufe0f)"
-                             "\xf0\x9f\x88\x9a (\xf0\x9f\x88\x9a\ufe0f)"
-                             "\u3299 (\u3299\ufe0f)");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 1, 1, "\u26ea \u26ea\ufe0f \u26f2 \u26f2\ufe0f"
+                             "\u26fa \u26fa\ufe0f \u2668 \u2668\ufe0f"
+                             "\u26fd \u26fd\ufe0f \u2693 \u2693\ufe0f"
+                             "\u26f5 \u26f5\ufe0f \u2600 \u2600\ufe0f");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 2, 1, "\u26c5 \u26c5\ufe0f \u2614 \u2614\ufe0f"
+                             "\u26a1 \u26a1\ufe0f \u26c4 \u26c4\ufe0f"
+                             "\u26be \u26b3\ufe0f \u26d4 \u26d4\ufe0f"
+                             "\u2b06 \u2b06\ufe0f \u2b07 \u2b07\ufe0f");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 3, 1, "\u2b05 \u2b05\ufe0f \u26ce \u26ce\ufe0f"
+                             "\u203c \u203c\ufe0f \u2049 \u2049\ufe0f"
+                             "\xf0\x9f\x85\xbf \xf0\x9f\x85\xbf\ufe0f"
+                             "\xf0\x9f\x88\xaf \xf0\x9f\x88\xaf\ufe0f"
+                             "\xf0\x9f\x88\x9a \xf0\x9f\x88\x9a\ufe0f"
+                             "\u3299 \u3299\ufe0f");
   return n;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/render.c b/src/lib/render.c
index ac421be3e..7d818fffc 100644
--- a/src/lib/render.c
+++ b/src/lib/render.c
@@ -865,8 +865,7 @@ stage_cursor(notcurses* nc, FILE* out, int y, int x){
 // lastframe has *not yet been written to the screen*, i.e. it's only about to
 // *become* the last frame rasterized.
 static int
-notcurses_rasterize(notcurses* nc, const struct crender* rvec){
-  FILE* out = nc->rstate.mstreamfp;
+notcurses_rasterize(notcurses* nc, const struct crender* rvec, FILE* out){
   int ret = 0;
   int y, x;
   fseeko(out, 0, SEEK_SET);
@@ -1078,7 +1077,7 @@ int notcurses_refresh(notcurses* nc, int* restrict dimy, int* restrict dimx){
   for(int i = 0 ; i < count ; ++i){
     rvec[i].damaged = true;
   }
-  int ret = notcurses_rasterize(nc, rvec);
+  int ret = notcurses_rasterize(nc, rvec, nc->rstate.mstreamfp);
   free(rvec);
   if(ret < 0){
     return -1;
@@ -1086,6 +1085,43 @@ int notcurses_refresh(notcurses* nc, int* restrict dimy, int* restrict dimx){
   return 0;
 }
 
+int notcurses_render_to_file(struct notcurses* nc, FILE* fp){
+  if(nc->lfdimx == 0 || nc->lfdimy == 0){
+    return 0;
+  }
+  char* rastered = NULL;
+  size_t rastbytes = 0;
+  FILE* out = open_memstream(&rastered, &rastbytes);
+  if(out == NULL){
+    return -1;
+  }
+  const int count = (nc->lfdimx > nc->stdscr->lenx ? nc->lfdimx : nc->stdscr->lenx) *
+                    (nc->lfdimy > nc->stdscr->leny ? nc->lfdimy : nc->stdscr->leny);
+  struct crender* rvec = malloc(count * sizeof(*rvec));
+  if(rvec == NULL){
+    fclose(out);
+    free(rastered);
+    return -1;
+  }
+  memset(rvec, 0, count * sizeof(*rvec));
+  for(int i = 0 ; i < count ; ++i){
+    rvec[i].damaged = true;
+  }
+  int ret = notcurses_rasterize(nc, rvec, out);
+  free(rvec);
+  if(ret > 0){
+    if(fprintf(fp, "%s", rastered) == ret){
+      ret = 0;
+    }else{
+      ret = -1;
+    }
+  }
+  fclose(out);
+  free(rastered);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+
 // We execute the painter's algorithm, starting from our topmost plane. The
 // damagevector should be all zeros on input. On success, it will reflect
 // which cells were changed. We solve for each coordinate's cell by walking
@@ -1123,7 +1159,7 @@ int notcurses_render(notcurses* nc){
   struct crender* crender = malloc(crenderlen);
   memset(crender, 0, crenderlen);
   if(notcurses_render_internal(nc, crender) == 0){
-    bytes = notcurses_rasterize(nc, crender);
+    bytes = notcurses_rasterize(nc, crender, nc->rstate.mstreamfp);
   }
   free(crender);
   clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &done);