diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2c09e164..8791c51f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ erl_crash.dump
 # secrets files as long as you replace their contents by environment
 # variables.
 /config/*.secret.exs
+/config/releases.exs
 
 /setup_db.psql
 
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 73ba72c5..cc6f55fd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ stages:
   - test
   - deploy
   - docker
+  - release
 
 variables:
   MIX_ENV: "test"
@@ -20,6 +21,11 @@ variables:
   MOBILIZON_DATABASE_HOST: $POSTGRES_HOST
   GEOLITE_CITIES_PATH: "/usr/share/GeoIP/GeoLite2-City.mmdb"
   MOBILIZON_INSTANCE_REGISTRATIONS_OPEN: "true"
+  # Release elements
+  PACKAGE_REGISTRY_URL: "${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/generic/${CI_PROJECT_NAME}/${PACKAGE_VERSION}"
+  ELIXIR_ASSET: "${CI_PROJECT_NAME}-standalone-${CI_COMMIT_TAG}.tar.gz"
+  FRONTEND_ASSET: "${CI_PROJECT_NAME}-frontend-${CI_COMMIT_TAG}.tar.gz"
+
 
 cache:
   key: ${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}
@@ -81,7 +87,8 @@ exunit:
     - mix deps.get
     - MIX_ENV=test mix ecto.create
     - MIX_ENV=test mix ecto.migrate
-  dependencies:
+  needs:
+    - deps
     - lint-elixir
   script:
     - mix coveralls
@@ -170,3 +177,74 @@ build-docker-tag:
     - tags
   variables:
     DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME: framasoft/mobilizon:$CI_COMMIT_TAG
+
+build-release-frontend:
+  stage: release
+  image: node:14-alpine
+  before_script:
+  - apk add --no-cache python build-base libwebp-tools bash imagemagick ncurses
+  script:
+  - yarn --cwd "js" install
+  - yarn --cwd "js" run build
+  artifacts:
+    expire_in: 1 day
+    paths:
+    - priv/static
+
+
+build-release-elixir:
+  stage: release
+  image: elixir:alpine
+  before_script:
+  - apk add --no-cache build-base git cmake
+  variables:
+    MIX_ENV: "prod"
+  script:
+  - mix local.hex --force
+  - mix local.rebar --force
+  - mix deps.get
+  - cp docker/production/releases.exs ./config/
+  - mix phx.digest
+  - mix release
+  needs:
+  - build-release-frontend
+  artifacts:
+    expire_in: 1 day
+    paths:
+    - _build/prod/rel
+
+build-release-upload:
+  stage: release
+  image: curlimages/curl:latest
+  # rules:
+  #   - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+  script: |
+    ls -R _build
+    tar czf /tmp/${ELIXIR_ASSET} -C _build/prod/rel mobilizon
+    tar czf /tmp/${FRONTEND_ASSET} -C priv/static .
+    ls -al /tmp/*.tar.gz
+
+    curl --header "JOB-TOKEN: ${CI_JOB_TOKEN}" --upload-file "_build/${ELIXIR_ASSET}" ${PACKAGE_REGISTRY_URL}/${ELIXIR_ASSET}
+    curl --header "JOB-TOKEN: ${CI_JOB_TOKEN}" --upload-file "_build/${FRONTEND_ASSET}" ${PACKAGE_REGISTRY_URL}/${FRONTEND_ASSET}
+  artifacts:
+    expire_in: 1 day
+    when: on_success
+    paths:
+      - _build/${ELIXIR_ASSET}
+      - _build/${FRONTEND_ASSET}
+  needs:
+  - build-release-elixir
+
+build-release-create:
+  stage: release
+  image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+  script: |
+    release-cli create  --name "Release $CI_COMMIT_SHA" \
+                        --tag-name "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" \
+                        --assets-link "{\"name\":\"${ELIXIR_ASSET}\",\"url\":\"${PACKAGE_REGISTRY_URL}/${ELIXIR_ASSET}\"}" \
+                        --assets-link "{\"name\":\"${FRONTEND_ASSET}\",\"url\":\"${PACKAGE_REGISTRY_URL}/${FRONTEND_ASSET}\"}"
+  needs:
+  - build-release-upload
+