diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35b6795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: denoland/setup-deno@v1
+        with:
+          deno-version: v1.x
+      - uses: eifinger/setup-rye@v3
+        with:
+          version: latest
+      - run: |
+          rye build
+          rye publish
+      - run: deno run -A 'npm:changelogithub@0.13'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f993706..65b0143 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,3 +46,6 @@ select = [
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
 "tests/*.py" = ["D", "S"]
+
+[tool.hatch.build.hooks.custom]
+path = "scripts/hatch_build.py"
diff --git a/scripts/hatch_build.py b/scripts/hatch_build.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9923002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/hatch_build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+"""A Hatchling plugin to build the quak frontend."""
+
+import pathlib
+import subprocess
+
+from hatchling.builders.hooks.plugin.interface import BuildHookInterface
+
+ROOT = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / ".."
+
+
+class QuakBuildHook(BuildHookInterface):
+    """Hatchling plugin to build the quak frontend."""
+
+    PLUGIN_NAME = "quak"
+
+    def initialize(self, version: str, build_data: dict) -> None:
+        """Initialize the plugin."""
+        if not (ROOT / "src/quak/widget.js").exists():
+            subprocess.check_call(["deno", "task", "build"], cwd=ROOT)