diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 9c848933..0e3d52d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -41,3 +41,31 @@ jobs:
           platforms: linux/amd64  # ,linux/arm64
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}
+
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      -
+        name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - 
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v1
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.17'
+      - 
+        name: test
+        run: go test -cpu 4 -coverprofile .testCoverage.txt $(go list ./... | grep -v model/ent | grep -v mock)
+        env:
+          GIN_MODE: release
+      - 
+        name: build
+        run: sh ./scripts/build-cli.sh
+      - 
+        name: release
+        uses: "marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases@latest"
+        with:
+          repo_token: "${{ github.token }}"
+          prerelease: true
+          files: |
+            release/gitploy_*.tar.gz
+            release/gitploy_checksums.txt
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 10737b4c..9533f9a2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@
 # Dependency directories (remove the comment below to include it)
 # vendor/
 .env
-*.db
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+*.db
+
+release/
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diff --git a/scripts/build-cli.sh b/scripts/build-cli.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0baa3fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-cli.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+set -x
+
+# disable CGO for cross-compiling
+export CGO_ENABLED=0
+
+# compile for all architectures
+GOOS=linux   GOARCH=amd64   go build -ldflags "-X main.Version=${GITHUB_REF_NAME##v}" -o release/linux/amd64/gitploy       ./cmd/cli
+GOOS=linux   GOARCH=arm64   go build -ldflags "-X main.Version=${GITHUB_REF_NAME##v}" -o release/linux/arm64/gitploy       ./cmd/cli
+GOOS=linux   GOARCH=ppc64le go build -ldflags "-X main.Version=${GITHUB_REF_NAME##v}" -o release/linux/ppc64le/gitploy     ./cmd/cli
+GOOS=linux   GOARCH=arm     go build -ldflags "-X main.Version=${GITHUB_REF_NAME##v}" -o release/linux/arm/gitploy         ./cmd/cli
+GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64   go build -ldflags "-X main.Version=${GITHUB_REF_NAME##v}" -o release/windows/amd64/gitploy.exe ./cmd/cli
+GOOS=darwin  GOARCH=amd64   go build -ldflags "-X main.Version=${GITHUB_REF_NAME##v}" -o release/darwin/amd64/gitploy      ./cmd/cli
+GOOS=darwin  GOARCH=arm64   go build -ldflags "-X main.Version=${GITHUB_REF_NAME##v}" -o release/darwin/arm64/gitploy      ./cmd/cli
+
+# tar binary files prior to upload
+tar -cvzf release/gitploy_linux_amd64.tar.gz   -C release/linux/amd64   gitploy
+tar -cvzf release/gitploy_linux_arm64.tar.gz   -C release/linux/arm64   gitploy
+tar -cvzf release/gitploy_linux_ppc64le.tar.gz -C release/linux/ppc64le gitploy
+tar -cvzf release/gitploy_linux_arm.tar.gz     -C release/linux/arm     gitploy
+tar -cvzf release/gitploy_windows_amd64.tar.gz -C release/windows/amd64 gitploy.exe
+tar -cvzf release/gitploy_darwin_amd64.tar.gz  -C release/darwin/amd64  gitploy
+tar -cvzf release/gitploy_darwin_arm64.tar.gz  -C release/darwin/arm64  gitploy
+
+# generate shas for tar files
+sha256sum release/*.tar.gz > release/gitploy_checksums.txt
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