diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a30bdf14dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+    - '*'
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+jobs:
+  all:
+    name: All
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        target:
+        - x86_64-apple-darwin
+        - x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+        - x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+        include:
+        - target: x86_64-apple-darwin
+          os: macos-latest
+          target_rustflags: ''
+        - target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+          os: windows-latest
+          target_rustflags: ''
+        - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+          os: ubuntu-latest
+          target_rustflags: ''
+
+    runs-on: ${{matrix.os}}
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Install Rust Toolchain Components
+      uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+      with:
+        override: true
+        target: ${{ matrix.target }}
+        toolchain: stable
+
+    - name: Install Linux Dependencies
+      if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install musl-tools libssl-dev pkg-config
+
+    - name: Release Type
+      id: release-type
+      run: |
+        if [[ ${{ github.ref }} =~ ^refs/tags/[0-9]+[.][0-9]+[.][0-9]+$ ]]; then
+            echo ::set-output name=value::release
+        else
+            echo ::set-output name=value::prerelease
+        fi
+
+    - name: Package
+      id: package
+      env:
+        TARGET: ${{ matrix.target }}
+        REF: ${{ github.ref }}
+        OS: ${{ matrix.os }}
+        TARGET_RUSTFLAGS: ${{ matrix.target_rustflags }}
+      run: ./bin/package
+      shell: bash
+
+    - name: Publish Archive
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v0.1.5
+      if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
+      with:
+        draft: false
+        files: ${{ steps.package.outputs.archive }}
+        prerelease: ${{ steps.release-type.outputs.value == 'prerelease' }}
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 69917d70d4..be32d8af85 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ord"
-version = "0.0.1"
+version = "0.0.2"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a75b6631c8..d29108bc53 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "ord"
 description = "Bitcoin satoshi ordinal number utility"
-version = "0.0.1"
+version = "0.0.2"
 license = "CC0-1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 autotests = false
diff --git a/bin/package b/bin/package
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..842c89c376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/package
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+VERSION=${REF#"refs/tags/"}
+DIST=`pwd`/dist
+
+echo "Packaging ord $VERSION for $TARGET..."
+
+test -f Cargo.lock || cargo generate-lockfile
+
+echo "Building ord..."
+RUSTFLAGS="--deny warnings $TARGET_RUSTFLAGS" \
+  cargo build --bin ord --target $TARGET --release
+EXECUTABLE=target/$TARGET/release/ord
+
+if [[ $OS == windows-latest ]]; then
+  EXECUTABLE=$EXECUTABLE.exe
+fi
+
+echo "Copying release files..."
+mkdir dist
+cp \
+  $EXECUTABLE \
+  Cargo.lock \
+  Cargo.toml \
+  LICENSE \
+  README.md \
+  $DIST
+
+cd $DIST
+echo "Creating release archive..."
+case $OS in
+  ubuntu-latest | macos-latest)
+    ARCHIVE=$DIST/ord-$VERSION-$TARGET.tar.gz
+    tar czf $ARCHIVE *
+    echo "::set-output name=archive::$ARCHIVE"
+    ;;
+  windows-latest)
+    ARCHIVE=$DIST/ord-$VERSION-$TARGET.zip
+    7z a $ARCHIVE *
+    echo "::set-output name=archive::`pwd -W`/ord-$VERSION-$TARGET.zip"
+    ;;
+esac
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index bc756e6c0b..ea47928598 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -45,3 +45,17 @@ generate-paper-wallets:
 print-paper-wallet path:
   wkhtmltopdf -L 25mm -R 25mm -T 50mm -B 25mm {{path}} wallet.pdf
   lp -o sides=two-sided-long-edge wallet.pdf
+
+# publish current GitHub master branch
+publish:
+  #!/usr/bin/env bash
+  set -euxo pipefail
+  rm -rf tmp/release
+  git clone git@github.com:casey/ord.git tmp/release
+  VERSION=`sed -En 's/version[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*"([^"]+)"/\1/p' Cargo.toml | head -1`
+  cd tmp/release
+  git tag -a $VERSION -m "Release $VERSION"
+  git push origin $VERSION
+  cargo publish
+  cd ../..
+  rm -rf tmp/release