diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b7064a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*
+
+jobs:
+  linux:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        build-type: ['', portable]
+        include:
+          - build-type: ''
+            build-flag: ''
+            suffix: ''
+          - build-type: portable
+            build-flag: --portable
+            suffix: _portable
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+      - run: pip install -Ur requirements.txt pyinstaller
+      - run: pyinstaller tagstudio.spec -- ${{ matrix.build-flag }}
+      - run: tar czfC dist/tagstudio_linux_x86_64${{ matrix.suffix }}.tar.gz dist tagstudio
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: tagstudio_linux_x86_64${{ matrix.suffix }}
+          path: dist/tagstudio_linux_x86_64${{ matrix.suffix }}.tar.gz
+
+  macos:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os-version: ['11', '14']
+        include:
+          - os-version: '11'
+            arch: x86_64
+          - os-version: '14'
+            arch: aarch64
+    runs-on: macos-${{ matrix.os-version }}
+    env:
+      MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: '11.0'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+      - run: pip install -Ur requirements.txt pyinstaller
+      - run: pyinstaller tagstudio.spec
+      - run: tar czfC dist/tagstudio_macos_${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz dist TagStudio.app
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: tagstudio_macos_${{ matrix.arch }}
+          path: dist/tagstudio_macos_${{ matrix.arch }}.tar.gz
+
+  windows:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        build-type: ['', portable]
+        include:
+          - build-type: ''
+            build-flag: ''
+            suffix: ''
+            file-end: ''
+          - build-type: portable
+            build-flag: --portable
+            suffix: _portable
+            file-end: .exe
+    runs-on: windows-2019
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+      - run: pip install -Ur requirements.txt pyinstaller
+      - run: PyInstaller tagstudio.spec -- ${{ matrix.build-flag }}
+      - run: Compress-Archive -Path dist/TagStudio${{ matrix.file-end }} -DestinationPath dist/tagstudio_windows_x86_64${{ matrix.suffix }}.zip
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: tagstudio_windows_x86_64${{ matrix.suffix }}
+          path: dist/tagstudio_windows_x86_64${{ matrix.suffix }}.zip
+
+  publish:
+    needs: [linux, macos, windows]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          files: |
+            tagstudio_linux_x86_64/*
+            tagstudio_linux_x86_64_portable/*
+            tagstudio_macos_x86_64/*
+            tagstudio_macos_x86_64_portable/*
+            tagstudio_macos_arm64/*
+            tagstudio_macos_arm64_portable/*
+            tagstudio_windows_x86_64/*
+            tagstudio_windows_x86_64_portable/*
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5f5f4002..f20f8b1c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ MANIFEST
 #  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
 *.manifest
 *.spec
+!tagstudio.spec
 
 # Installer logs
 pip-log.txt
diff --git a/tagstudio.spec b/tagstudio.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4b9d9fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tagstudio.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+# -*- mode: python ; coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vi: ft=python
+
+
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+import sys
+from PyInstaller.building.api import COLLECT, EXE, PYZ
+from PyInstaller.building.build_main import Analysis
+from PyInstaller.building.osx import BUNDLE
+
+
+parser = ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument('--portable', action='store_true')
+options = parser.parse_args()
+
+
+name = 'TagStudio' if sys.platform == 'win32' else 'tagstudio'
+icon = None
+if sys.platform == 'win32':
+    icon = 'tagstudio/resources/icon.ico'
+elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
+    icon = 'tagstudio/resources/icon.icns'
+
+
+a = Analysis(
+    ['tagstudio/tag_studio.py'],
+    pathex=[],
+    binaries=[],
+    datas=[('tagstudio/resources', 'resources')],
+    hiddenimports=[],
+    hookspath=[],
+    hooksconfig={},
+    excludes=[],
+    runtime_hooks=[],
+    noarchive=False,
+    optimize=0,
+)
+
+pyz = PYZ(a.pure)
+
+include = [a.scripts]
+if options.portable:
+    include += (a.binaries, a.datas)
+exe = EXE(
+    pyz,
+    *include,
+    [],
+    bootloader_ignore_signals=False,
+    console=False,
+    hide_console='hide-early',
+    disable_windowed_traceback=False,
+    debug=False,
+    name=name,
+    exclude_binaries=not options.portable,
+    icon=icon,
+    argv_emulation=False,
+    target_arch=None,
+    codesign_identity=None,
+    entitlements_file=None,
+    strip=False,
+    upx=True,
+    upx_exclude=[],
+    runtime_tmpdir=None
+)
+
+coll = None if options.portable else COLLECT(
+    exe,
+    a.binaries,
+    a.datas,
+    name=name,
+    strip=False,
+    upx=True,
+    upx_exclude=[],
+)
+
+app = BUNDLE(
+    exe if coll is None else coll,
+    name='TagStudio.app',
+    icon=icon,
+    bundle_identifier='com.github.tagstudiodev',
+    version='0.0.0',
+    info_plist={
+        'NSAppleScriptEnabled': False,
+        'NSPrincipalClass': 'NSApplication',
+    }
+)