diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+name: Create release and upload assets
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  linuxbuild:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: make linux-package
+      - name: Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        with:
+          draft: 'true'
+          make_latest: 'true'
+          generate_release_notes: 'true'
+          files: |
+            target/*linux.tar.gz
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+ifndef VERBOSE
+.SILENT:
+endif
+
+TAG = `git describe --tag 2>/dev/null`
+
+REV = git`git rev-parse HEAD | cut -c1-7`
+
+NAME = cert-tools
+
+package-all: win-installer win-package linux-package
+
+.PHONY: win-installer
+win-installer: win-binary-x86_64
+	makensis installer.nsi
+	mv target/$(NAME)-installer.exe target/$(NAME)-installer-$(TAG).exe || ren target/$(NAME)-installer.exe target/$(NAME)-installer-$(TAG).exe
+
+.PHONY: win-package
+win-package: win-binary-x86_64
+	mkdir $(NAME) || true
+	cp target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/cert-tools.exe $(NAME)/
+	cp target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/cert-tools-ui.exe $(NAME)/
+	cp LICENSE $(NAME)/
+	# first try (linux) zip command, then powershell sub command to create ZIP file
+	zip target/$(NAME)-$(TAG)_win64.zip $(NAME)/* || powershell Compress-ARCHIVE $(NAME) target\$(NAME)-$(TAG)_win64.zip
+	rm -rf $(NAME) || true
+
+.PHONY: linux-package
+linux-package: linux-binary-x86_64
+	mkdir $(NAME) || true
+	cp target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/cert-tools $(NAME)/
+	cp target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/cert-tools-ui $(NAME)/
+	cp LICENSE $(NAME)/
+	tar -czvf target/$(NAME)-$(TAG)_linux.tar.gz $(NAME)/
+	rm -rf $(NAME) || true
+
+binary-all: win-binary-x86_64 linux-binary-x86_64
+
+.PHONY: win-binary-x86_64
+win-binary-x86_64:
+	cargo build --release --target=x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
+	cargo build --release --package cert-tools-ui --target=x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
+
+.PHONY: linux-binary-x86_64
+linux-binary-x86_64:
+	cargo build --release --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+	cargo build --release --package cert-tools-ui --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+.PHONY: install
+install:
+	cargo install --path .
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	cargo clean
+	rm -rf osc-variant 2>/dev/null || true
+	rm *_win64.zip 2>/dev/null || true
+	rm *_linux.tar.gz 2>/dev/null || true
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