diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f4df5af00cc23c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Publish Package
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*" # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
+      - "plugin-*" # Push events to matching plugin-*, i.e. plugin-(vue|vue-jsx|react|legacy)@1.0.0
+      - "create-vite*" # # Push events to matching create-vite*, i.e. create-vite@1.0.0
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    # prevents this action from running on forks
+    if: github.repository == 'vitejs/vite'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: Release
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Install pnpm
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2
+        with:
+          version: 6
+
+      - name: Set node version to 16.x
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: 16.x
+          cache: "pnpm"
+
+      - name: Install deps
+        run: pnpm install
+
+      - name: Publish package
+        run: pnpm run ci-publish -- ${{ github.ref_name }} --dry
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b059c0bfa35bc0..00000000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-name: Release
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      branch:
-        description: "branch"
-        required: true
-        type: string
-        default: "main"
-      package:
-        description: "package"
-        required: true
-        type: choice
-        options:
-          - vite
-          - plugin-legacy
-          - plugin-vue
-          - plugin-vue-jsx
-          - plugin-react
-          - create-vite
-      type:
-        description: "type"
-        required: true
-        type: choice
-        options:
-          - next
-          - stable
-          - minor-beta
-          - major-beta
-          - minor
-          - major
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    # prevents this action from running on forks
-    if: github.repository == 'vitejs/vite'
-    name: Release
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    environment: Release
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        # pseudo-matrix for convenience, NEVER use more than a single combination
-        node: [16]
-        os: [ubuntu-latest]
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          # This makes Actions fetch all Git history so that Changesets can generate changelogs with the correct commits
-          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
-        with:
-          node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
-      - run: git config user.name vitebot
-      - run: git config user.email vitejs.bot@gmail.com
-      - run: npm i -g pnpm@6
-      - run: npm i -g yarn # even if the repo is using pnpm, Vite still uses yarn v1 for publishing
-      - run: yarn config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org # Yarn's default registry proxy doesn't work in CI
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
-        with:
-          node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
-          cache: "pnpm"
-          cache-dependency-path: "**/pnpm-lock.yaml"
-      - name: install
-        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --prefer-offline
-      - name: Creating .npmrc
-        run: |
-          cat << EOF > "$HOME/.npmrc"
-            //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN
-          EOF
-        env:
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Release
-        run: pnpm --dir packages/${{ github.event.inputs.package }} release -- --quiet --type ${{ github.event.inputs.type }}
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 63c7e38d0d0652..72b7076ee65d01 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
     "docs": "vitepress dev docs",
     "build-docs": "vitepress build docs",
     "serve-docs": "vitepress serve docs",
+    "release": "ts-node scripts/release.ts",
+    "ci-publish": "ts-node scripts/publishCI.ts",
     "build": "run-s build-vite build-plugin-vue build-plugin-react",
     "build-vite": "cd packages/vite && npm run build",
     "build-plugin-vue": "cd packages/plugin-vue && npm run build",
diff --git a/packages/create-vite/package.json b/packages/create-vite/package.json
index 6ff118b7793840..5d873b83fe515b 100644
--- a/packages/create-vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-vite/package.json
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@
     "template-*"
   ],
   "main": "index.js",
-  "scripts": {
-    "changelog": "conventional-changelog -p angular -i CHANGELOG.md -s --commit-path . --lerna-package create-vite",
-    "release": "ts-node updateVersions && ts-node ../../scripts/release.ts --skipBuild"
-  },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=12.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/create-vite/updateVersions.ts b/packages/create-vite/updateVersions.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7125fce9119f07..00000000000000
--- a/packages/create-vite/updateVersions.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import { readdirSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'
-import { join } from 'path'
-
-const latestVersion = require('../vite/package.json').version
-const isLatestPreRelease = /beta|alpha|rc/.test(latestVersion)
-
-;(async () => {
-  const templates = readdirSync(__dirname).filter((dir) =>
-    dir.startsWith('template-')
-  )
-  for (const template of templates) {
-    const pkgPath = join(__dirname, template, `package.json`)
-    const pkg = require(pkgPath)
-    if (!isLatestPreRelease) {
-      pkg.devDependencies.vite = `^` + latestVersion
-    }
-    if (template.startsWith('template-vue')) {
-      pkg.devDependencies['@vitejs/plugin-vue'] =
-        `^` + require('../plugin-vue/package.json').version
-    }
-    writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2) + '\n')
-  }
-})()
diff --git a/packages/plugin-legacy/package.json b/packages/plugin-legacy/package.json
index 45c09f607fdfab..e464c18b4dca1d 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-legacy/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-legacy/package.json
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
   ],
   "main": "index.js",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
-  "scripts": {
-    "changelog": "conventional-changelog -p angular -i CHANGELOG.md -s --commit-path . --lerna-package plugin-legacy",
-    "release": "ts-node ../../scripts/release.ts --skipBuild"
-  },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=12.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/plugin-react/package.json b/packages/plugin-react/package.json
index 1047a390865f4f..67df1d30b89b0c 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-react/package.json
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
     "build-bundle": "esbuild src/index.ts --bundle --platform=node --target=node12 --external:@babel/* --external:@rollup/* --external:resolve --external:react-refresh/* --outfile=dist/index.js && npm run patch-dist",
     "patch-dist": "ts-node ../../scripts/patchEsbuildDist.ts dist/index.js viteReact",
     "build-types": "tsc -p . --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir temp && api-extractor run && rimraf temp",
-    "changelog": "conventional-changelog -p angular -i CHANGELOG.md -s --commit-path . --lerna-package plugin-react",
-    "release": "ts-node ../../scripts/release.ts"
+    "prepublishOnly": "npm run build"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=12.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/plugin-vue-jsx/package.json b/packages/plugin-vue-jsx/package.json
index c26a343c9c4227..dff19a227804d1 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-vue-jsx/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-vue-jsx/package.json
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
   ],
   "main": "index.js",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
-  "scripts": {
-    "changelog": "conventional-changelog -p angular -i CHANGELOG.md -s --commit-path . --lerna-package plugin-vue-jsx",
-    "release": "ts-node ../../scripts/release.ts --skipBuild"
-  },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=12.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/plugin-vue/package.json b/packages/plugin-vue/package.json
index f54042da5bf948..ca8836d8e81d36 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-vue/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-vue/package.json
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
     "build-bundle": "esbuild src/index.ts --bundle --platform=node --target=node12 --external:@vue/compiler-sfc --external:vue/compiler-sfc --external:vite --outfile=dist/index.js & npm run patch-dist",
     "patch-dist": "ts-node ../../scripts/patchEsbuildDist.ts dist/index.js vuePlugin",
     "build-types": "tsc -p . --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir temp && api-extractor run && rimraf temp",
-    "changelog": "conventional-changelog -p angular -i CHANGELOG.md -s --commit-path . --lerna-package plugin-vue",
-    "release": "ts-node ../../scripts/release.ts"
+    "prepublishOnly": "npm run build"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=12.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/vite/package.json b/packages/vite/package.json
index 2f57fb3f59164d..9bd14ca89a4d16 100644
--- a/packages/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite/package.json
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@
     "roll-types": "api-extractor run && rimraf temp",
     "lint": "eslint --ext .ts src/**",
     "format": "prettier --write --parser typescript \"src/**/*.ts\"",
-    "changelog": "conventional-changelog -p angular -i CHANGELOG.md -s --commit-path .",
-    "release": "ts-node ../../scripts/release.ts"
+    "prepublishOnly": "npm run build"
   },
   "//": "READ CONTRIBUTING.md to understand what to put under deps vs. devDeps!",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/scripts/publishCI.ts b/scripts/publishCI.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7df0893a15b788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/publishCI.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { args, getPackageInfo, publishPackage, step } from './releaseUtils'
+
+async function main() {
+  const tag = args._[0]
+
+  if (!tag) {
+    throw new Error('No tag specified')
+  }
+
+  let pkgName = 'vite'
+  let version
+
+  if (tag.includes('@')) [pkgName, version] = tag.split('@')
+  else version = tag
+
+  if (version.startsWith('v')) version = version.slice(1)
+
+  const { currentVersion, pkgDir } = getPackageInfo(pkgName)
+  if (currentVersion !== version)
+    throw new Error(
+      `Package version from tag "${version}" mismatches with current version "${currentVersion}"`
+    )
+
+  step('Publishing package...')
+  await publishPackage(pkgDir, version.includes('beta') ? 'beta' : undefined)
+}
+
+main().catch((err) => {
+  console.error(err)
+  process.exit(1)
+})
diff --git a/scripts/release.ts b/scripts/release.ts
index e24f539547f014..6ec929a1d3a340 100644
--- a/scripts/release.ts
+++ b/scripts/release.ts
@@ -1,134 +1,54 @@
-/**
- * modified from https://github.com/vuejs/core/blob/master/scripts/release.js
- */
-import colors from 'picocolors'
-import type { ExecaChildProcess, Options as ExecaOptions } from 'execa'
-import execa from 'execa'
-import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'
-import path from 'path'
 import prompts from 'prompts'
-import type { ReleaseType } from 'semver'
 import semver from 'semver'
+import colors from 'picocolors'
+import {
+  args,
+  getPackageInfo,
+  getVersionChoices,
+  isDryRun,
+  logRecentCommits,
+  packages,
+  run,
+  runIfNotDry,
+  step,
+  updateTemplateVersions,
+  updateVersion
+} from './releaseUtils'
 
-const args = require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(2))
-
-// For GitHub Actions use
-// Regular release   : release --type next --quiet
-// Start beta        : release --type (minor-beta|major-beta) --quiet
-// Release from beta : release --type stable --quiet
-
-const pkgDir = process.cwd()
-const pkgPath = path.resolve(pkgDir, 'package.json')
-const pkg: { name: string; version: string } = require(pkgPath)
-const pkgName = pkg.name.replace(/^@vitejs\//, '')
-const currentVersion = pkg.version
-const isDryRun: boolean = args.dry
-const skipBuild: boolean = args.skipBuild
-
-const versionIncrements: ReleaseType[] = [
-  'patch',
-  'minor',
-  'major',
-  'prepatch',
-  'preminor',
-  'premajor',
-  'prerelease'
-]
-
-const inc: (i: ReleaseType) => string = (i) =>
-  semver.inc(currentVersion, i, 'beta')!
-
-type RunFn = (
-  bin: string,
-  args: string[],
-  opts?: ExecaOptions<string>
-) => ExecaChildProcess<string>
-
-const run: RunFn = (bin, args, opts = {}) =>
-  execa(bin, args, { stdio: 'inherit', ...opts })
-
-type DryRunFn = (bin: string, args: string[], opts?: any) => void
+async function main(): Promise<void> {
+  let targetVersion: string | undefined
 
-const dryRun: DryRunFn = (bin, args, opts: any) =>
-  console.log(colors.blue(`[dryrun] ${bin} ${args.join(' ')}`), opts)
+  const { pkg }: { pkg: string } = await prompts({
+    type: 'select',
+    name: 'pkg',
+    message: 'Select package',
+    choices: packages.map((i) => ({ value: i, title: i }))
+  })
 
-const runIfNotDry = isDryRun ? dryRun : run
+  if (!pkg) return
 
-const step: (msg: string) => void = (msg) => console.log(colors.cyan(msg))
+  await logRecentCommits(pkg)
 
-async function main(): Promise<void> {
-  let targetVersion: string | undefined = args._[0]
+  const { currentVersion, pkgName, pkgPath, pkgDir } = getPackageInfo(pkg)
 
   if (!targetVersion) {
-    const type: string | undefined = args.type
-    if (type) {
-      const currentBeta = currentVersion.includes('beta')
-      if (type === 'next') {
-        targetVersion = inc(currentBeta ? 'prerelease' : 'patch')
-      } else if (type === 'stable') {
-        // Out of beta
-        if (!currentBeta) {
-          throw new Error(
-            `Current version: ${currentVersion} isn't a beta, stable can't be used`
-          )
-        }
-        targetVersion = inc('patch')
-      } else if (type === 'minor-beta') {
-        if (currentBeta) {
-          throw new Error(
-            `Current version: ${currentVersion} is already a beta, minor-beta can't be used`
-          )
-        }
-        targetVersion = inc('preminor')
-      } else if (type === 'major-beta') {
-        if (currentBeta) {
-          throw new Error(
-            `Current version: ${currentVersion} is already a beta, major-beta can't be used`
-          )
-        }
-        targetVersion = inc('premajor')
-      } else if (type === 'minor') {
-        if (currentBeta) {
-          throw new Error(
-            `Current version: ${currentVersion} is a beta, use stable to release it first`
-          )
-        }
-        targetVersion = inc('minor')
-      } else if (type === 'major') {
-        if (currentBeta) {
-          throw new Error(
-            `Current version: ${currentVersion} is a beta, use stable to release it first`
-          )
-        }
-        targetVersion = inc('major')
-      } else {
-        throw new Error(
-          `type: ${type} isn't a valid type. Use stable, minor-beta, major-beta, or next`
-        )
-      }
-    } else {
-      // no explicit version or type, offer suggestions
-      const { release }: { release: string } = await prompts({
-        type: 'select',
-        name: 'release',
-        message: 'Select release type',
-        choices: versionIncrements
-          .map((i) => `${i} (${inc(i)})`)
-          .concat(['custom'])
-          .map((i) => ({ value: i, title: i }))
-      })
+    const { release }: { release: string } = await prompts({
+      type: 'select',
+      name: 'release',
+      message: 'Select release type',
+      choices: getVersionChoices(currentVersion)
+    })
 
-      if (release === 'custom') {
-        const res: { version: string } = await prompts({
-          type: 'text',
-          name: 'version',
-          message: 'Input custom version',
-          initial: currentVersion
-        })
-        targetVersion = res.version
-      } else {
-        targetVersion = release.match(/\((.*)\)/)![1]
-      }
+    if (release === 'custom') {
+      const res: { version: string } = await prompts({
+        type: 'text',
+        name: 'version',
+        message: 'Input custom version',
+        initial: currentVersion
+      })
+      targetVersion = res.version
+    } else {
+      targetVersion = release
     }
   }
 
@@ -139,44 +59,37 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
   const tag =
     pkgName === 'vite' ? `v${targetVersion}` : `${pkgName}@${targetVersion}`
 
-  if (!args.quiet) {
-    if (targetVersion.includes('beta') && !args.tag) {
-      const { tagBeta }: { tagBeta: boolean } = await prompts({
-        type: 'confirm',
-        name: 'tagBeta',
-        message: `Publish under dist-tag "beta"?`
-      })
-
-      if (tagBeta) args.tag = 'beta'
-    }
+  if (targetVersion.includes('beta') && !args.tag) {
+    args.tag = 'beta'
+  }
 
-    const { yes }: { yes: boolean } = await prompts({
-      type: 'confirm',
-      name: 'yes',
-      message: `Releasing ${tag}. Confirm?`
-    })
+  const { yes }: { yes: boolean } = await prompts({
+    type: 'confirm',
+    name: 'yes',
+    message: `Releasing ${colors.yellow(tag)} Confirm?`
+  })
 
-    if (!yes) {
-      return
-    }
-  } else {
-    if (targetVersion.includes('beta') && !args.tag) {
-      args.tag = 'beta'
-    }
+  if (!yes) {
+    return
   }
 
   step('\nUpdating package version...')
-  updateVersion(targetVersion)
-
-  step('\nBuilding package...')
-  if (!skipBuild && !isDryRun) {
-    await run('pnpm', ['run', 'build'])
-  } else {
-    console.log(`(skipped)`)
-  }
+  updateVersion(pkgPath, targetVersion)
+  if (pkgName === 'create-vite') updateTemplateVersions(targetVersion)
 
   step('\nGenerating changelog...')
-  await run('pnpm', ['run', 'changelog'])
+  const changelogArgs = [
+    'conventional-changelog',
+    '-p',
+    'angular',
+    '-i',
+    'CHANGELOG.md',
+    '-s',
+    '--commit-path',
+    '.'
+  ]
+  if (pkgName !== 'vite') changelogArgs.push('--lerna-package', 'plugin-vue')
+  await run('npx', changelogArgs, { cwd: pkgDir })
 
   const { stdout } = await run('git', ['diff'], { stdio: 'pipe' })
   if (stdout) {
@@ -186,59 +99,27 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
     await runIfNotDry('git', ['tag', tag])
   } else {
     console.log('No changes to commit.')
+    return
   }
 
-  step('\nPublishing package...')
-  await publishPackage(targetVersion, runIfNotDry)
-
   step('\nPushing to GitHub...')
   await runIfNotDry('git', ['push', 'origin', `refs/tags/${tag}`])
   await runIfNotDry('git', ['push'])
 
   if (isDryRun) {
     console.log(`\nDry run finished - run git diff to see package changes.`)
+  } else {
+    console.log(
+      colors.green(
+        '\nPushed, publishing should starts shortly on CI.\nhttps://github.com/vitejs/vite/actions/workflows/publish.yml'
+      )
+    )
   }
 
   console.log()
 }
 
-function updateVersion(version: string): void {
-  const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(pkgPath, 'utf-8'))
-  pkg.version = version
-  writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2) + '\n')
-}
-
-async function publishPackage(
-  version: string,
-  runIfNotDry: RunFn | DryRunFn
-): Promise<void> {
-  const publicArgs = [
-    'publish',
-    '--no-git-tag-version',
-    '--new-version',
-    version,
-    '--access',
-    'public'
-  ]
-  if (args.tag) {
-    publicArgs.push(`--tag`, args.tag)
-  }
-  try {
-    // important: we still use Yarn 1 to publish since we rely on its specific
-    // behavior
-    await runIfNotDry('yarn', publicArgs, {
-      stdio: 'pipe'
-    })
-    console.log(colors.green(`Successfully published ${pkgName}@${version}`))
-  } catch (e: any) {
-    if (e.stderr.match(/previously published/)) {
-      console.log(colors.red(`Skipping already published: ${pkgName}`))
-    } else {
-      throw e
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 main().catch((err) => {
   console.error(err)
+  process.exit(1)
 })
diff --git a/scripts/releaseUtils.ts b/scripts/releaseUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c2626a083552d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/releaseUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+/**
+ * modified from https://github.com/vuejs/core/blob/master/scripts/release.js
+ */
+import colors from 'picocolors'
+import type { Options as ExecaOptions } from 'execa'
+import execa from 'execa'
+import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, existsSync, readdirSync } from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+import type { ReleaseType } from 'semver'
+import semver from 'semver'
+
+export const args = require('minimist')(process.argv.slice(2))
+
+export const isDryRun = !!args.dry
+
+if (isDryRun) {
+  console.log(colors.inverse(colors.yellow(' DRY RUN ')))
+  console.log()
+}
+
+export const packages = [
+  'vite',
+  'create-vite',
+  'plugin-legacy',
+  'plugin-react',
+  'plugin-vue',
+  'plugin-vue-jsx'
+]
+
+export const versionIncrements: ReleaseType[] = [
+  'patch',
+  'minor',
+  'major'
+  // 'prepatch',
+  // 'preminor',
+  // 'premajor',
+  // 'prerelease'
+]
+
+export function getPackageInfo(pkgName: string) {
+  const pkgDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../packages/' + pkgName)
+
+  if (!existsSync(pkgDir)) {
+    throw new Error(`Package ${pkgName} not found`)
+  }
+
+  const pkgPath = path.resolve(pkgDir, 'package.json')
+  const pkg: {
+    name: string
+    version: string
+    private?: boolean
+  } = require(pkgPath)
+  const currentVersion = pkg.version
+
+  if (pkg.private) {
+    throw new Error(`Package ${pkgName} is private`)
+  }
+
+  return {
+    pkg,
+    pkgName,
+    pkgDir,
+    pkgPath,
+    currentVersion
+  }
+}
+
+export async function run(
+  bin: string,
+  args: string[],
+  opts: ExecaOptions<string> = {}
+) {
+  return execa(bin, args, { stdio: 'inherit', ...opts })
+}
+
+export async function dryRun(
+  bin: string,
+  args: string[],
+  opts?: ExecaOptions<string>
+) {
+  return console.log(
+    colors.blue(`[dryrun] ${bin} ${args.join(' ')}`),
+    opts || ''
+  )
+}
+
+export const runIfNotDry = isDryRun ? dryRun : run
+
+export function step(msg: string) {
+  return console.log(colors.cyan(msg))
+}
+
+export function getVersionChoices(currentVersion: string) {
+  const currentBeta = currentVersion.includes('beta')
+
+  const inc: (i: ReleaseType) => string = (i) =>
+    semver.inc(currentVersion, i, 'beta')!
+
+  const versionChoices = [
+    {
+      title: 'next',
+      value: inc(currentBeta ? 'prerelease' : 'patch')
+    },
+    ...(currentBeta
+      ? [
+          {
+            title: 'stable',
+            value: inc('patch')
+          }
+        ]
+      : [
+          {
+            title: 'beta-minor',
+            value: inc('preminor')
+          },
+          {
+            title: 'beta-major',
+            value: inc('premajor')
+          },
+          {
+            title: 'minor',
+            value: inc('minor')
+          },
+          {
+            title: 'major',
+            value: inc('major')
+          }
+        ]),
+    { value: 'custom', title: 'custom' }
+  ].map((i) => {
+    i.title = `${i.title} (${i.value})`
+    return i
+  })
+
+  return versionChoices
+}
+
+export function updateVersion(pkgPath: string, version: string): void {
+  const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(pkgPath, 'utf-8'))
+  pkg.version = version
+  writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2) + '\n')
+}
+
+export async function publishPackage(
+  pkdDir: string,
+  tag?: string
+): Promise<void> {
+  const publicArgs = ['publish', '--access', 'public']
+  if (tag) {
+    publicArgs.push(`--tag`, tag)
+  }
+  await runIfNotDry('npm', publicArgs, {
+    stdio: 'pipe',
+    cwd: pkdDir
+  })
+}
+
+export async function getLatestTag(pkgName: string) {
+  const tags = (await run('git', ['tag'], { stdio: 'pipe' })).stdout
+    .split(/\n/)
+    .filter(Boolean)
+  const prefix = pkgName === 'vite' ? 'v' : `${pkgName}@`
+  return tags
+    .filter((tag) => tag.startsWith(prefix))
+    .sort()
+    .reverse()[0]
+}
+
+export async function logRecentCommits(pkgName: string) {
+  const tag = await getLatestTag(pkgName)
+  if (!tag) return
+  const sha = await run('git', ['rev-list', '-n', '1', tag], {
+    stdio: 'pipe'
+  }).then((res) => res.stdout.trim())
+  console.log(
+    colors.bold(
+      `\n${colors.blue(`i`)} Commits of ${colors.green(
+        pkgName
+      )} since ${colors.green(tag)} ${colors.gray(`(${sha.slice(0, 5)})`)}`
+    )
+  )
+  await run(
+    'git',
+    [
+      '--no-pager',
+      'log',
+      `${sha}..HEAD`,
+      '--oneline',
+      '--',
+      `packages/${pkgName}`
+    ],
+    { stdio: 'inherit' }
+  )
+  console.log()
+}
+
+export async function updateTemplateVersions(version: string) {
+  if (/beta|alpha|rc/.test(version)) return
+
+  const dir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../packages/create-vite')
+
+  const templates = readdirSync(dir).filter((dir) =>
+    dir.startsWith('template-')
+  )
+  for (const template of templates) {
+    const pkgPath = path.join(dir, template, `package.json`)
+    const pkg = require(pkgPath)
+    pkg.devDependencies.vite = `^` + version
+    if (template.startsWith('template-vue')) {
+      pkg.devDependencies['@vitejs/plugin-vue'] =
+        `^` + require('../packages/plugin-vue/package.json').version
+    }
+    writeFileSync(pkgPath, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2) + '\n')
+  }
+}