diff --git a/.woodpecker/release.yml b/.woodpecker/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d42e9a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.woodpecker/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+when:
+  - event: tag
+
+steps:
+  build:
+    image: rust:1
+    commands:
+      - cargo run --release
+
+  publish:
+    image: alpine:3.23
+    commands:
+      - apk add --no-cache nodejs
+      - node ci/release.js target/release/sustenance
+    environment:
+      GITEA_RELEASE_TOKEN:
+        from_secret: gitea_release_token
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d89c6fe..36a7649 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,3 +25,9 @@ tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 url = "2"
 webauthn-rs = "0.3"
+
+[profile.release]
+opt-level = "z"
+strip = true
+lto = true
+codegen-units = 1
diff --git a/ci/release.js b/ci/release.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9118771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/release.js
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import * as fs from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { basename } from 'node:path';
+
+function getEnv(name) {
+    const val = process.env[name];
+    if (!val) {
+        throw new Error(`Environment variable ${name} is empty`);
+    }
+    return val;
+}
+
+async function fetchJSON(url, options) {
+    const resp = await fetch(url, options);
+    if (!resp.ok) {
+        throw new Error(`Unexpected HTTP status: ${resp.status}`, {
+            cause: {
+                status: resp.status,
+                body: await resp.text(),
+            },
+        });
+    }
+    return await resp.json();
+}
+
+async function postJSON(url, token, payload) {
+    return fetchJSON(url, {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: {
+            "Authorization": `token ${token}`,
+            "Content-Type": "application/json",
+        },
+        body: JSON.stringify(payload),
+    });
+}
+
+async function postFile(url, token, files) {
+    const formData = new FormData();
+    for (const [name, path] of Object.entries(files)) {
+        const fileBuffer = await fs.readFile(path);
+        const fileObject = new File([fileBuffer], basename(path), { type: 'application/octet-stream' });
+        formData.append(name, fileObject)
+    }
+    return await fetchJSON(url, {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: {
+            "Authorization": `token ${token}`,
+        },
+        body: formData,
+    });
+}
+
+async function canRead(path) {
+    try {
+        await fs.access(path, fs.constants.R_OK);
+        return true;
+    } catch {
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+async function main() {
+    const path = process.argv[2];
+    if (!path || !canRead(path)) {
+        throw Error(`Path ${path} is undefined or inaccessible, use node release.js <path>`);
+    }
+    const token = getEnv("GITEA_RELEASE_TOKEN");
+    const tag = getEnv("CI_COMMIT_TAG");
+    const repo = getEnv("CI_REPO");
+
+    console.log("Creating release...");
+    const releaseData = await postJSON(`https://git.sbstp.ca/api/v1/repos/${repo}/releases`, token, {
+        name: `Release ${tag}`,
+        tag_name: tag,
+        target_commitish: tag,
+        draft: false,
+        prerelease: false,
+    });
+    console.log(`Created release ID ${releaseData.id}`);
+
+    console.log("Uploading asset...");
+    const assetData = await postFile(`https://git.sbstp.ca/api/v1/repos/${repo}/releases/${releaseData.id}/assets?name=${basename(path)}`, token, {
+        attachment: path,
+    });
+    console.log("Asset uploaded:", assetData);
+}
+
+try {
+    await main();
+} catch (err) {
+    console.error(err);
+}