diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+name: build release 
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*.*.*"
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: builds
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macOS-latest]
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: install D compiler
+        uses: dlang-community/setup-dlang@v2
+        with:
+          compiler: ldc
+          dub: latest
+
+      - name: build executable
+        shell: bash
+        run: ./release.sh
+
+      - name: release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          files: releases/dtimer-*.tar.gz
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
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+++ b/release.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+UNAME_OS="$(uname -s)"
+arch="$(uname -m)"
+
+mkdir -p releases
+
+case "${UNAME_OS}" in
+    Linux*)  os=linux;;
+    Darwin*) os=macos;;
+    *)       os="${UNAME_OS}";;
+esac    
+
+dub build -b release
+tar czvf releases/dtimer-$os-$arch.tar.gz ./dtimer