diff --git a/cli/src/utils.zig b/cli/src/utils.zig
index 1408f23..fd1b1b0 100644
--- a/cli/src/utils.zig
+++ b/cli/src/utils.zig
@@ -1,16 +1,40 @@
-// Utilities module - exports all utility modules
+// Utilities module - exports all utility modules with flattened re-exports
+
+// Core modules
 pub const auth = @import("utils/auth.zig");
-pub const colors = @import("utils/colors.zig");
 pub const crypto = @import("utils/crypto.zig");
 pub const flags = @import("utils/flags.zig");
 pub const hash = @import("utils/hash.zig");
 pub const history = @import("utils/history.zig");
 pub const io = @import("utils/io.zig");
 pub const json = @import("utils/json.zig");
-pub const logging = @import("utils/logging.zig");
 pub const manifest = @import("utils/manifest.zig");
+pub const storage = @import("utils/storage.zig");
+
+// Consolidated into io.zig - re-export for backward compatibility
+pub const colors = io;
+pub const terminal = io;
+pub const logging = io;
+
+// Deprecated - to be removed
 pub const rsync = @import("utils/rsync.zig");
 pub const rsync_embedded = @import("utils/rsync_embedded.zig");
 pub const rsync_embedded_binary = @import("utils/rsync_embedded_binary.zig");
-pub const storage = @import("utils/storage.zig");
-pub const terminal = @import("utils/terminal.zig");
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Flattened Re-exports - Common utilities accessible directly from utils
+// ============================================================================
+
+// Terminal utilities
+pub const isTTY = io.isTTY;
+pub const getWidth = io.getWidth;
+pub const getPager = io.getPager;
+
+// Color utilities
+pub const reset = io.reset;
+pub const red = io.red;
+pub const green = io.green;
+pub const yellow = io.yellow;
+pub const blue = io.blue;
+pub const bold = io.bold;
+pub const shouldUseColor = io.shouldUseColor;