diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 1f7418f..9d4a9ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -11,73 +11,57 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: build
 
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform.os }}
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        target:
-          - x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-          # - x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
-          # - aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
-          # - aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
-          - x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
-          # - i686-pc-windows-msvc
-          - x86_64-apple-darwin
-          # - aarch64-apple-darwin
-
-        include:
+        platform:
           - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
             os: ubuntu-latest
             target-apt-arch: amd64
-          # - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
-          #   os: ubuntu-latest
-          #   target-apt-arch: amd64
-          # - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
-          #   os: ubuntu-latest
-          #   target-apt-arch: arm64
-          # - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
-          #   os: ubuntu-latest
-          #   target-apt-arch: arm64
+          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            target-apt-arch: arm64
           - target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
             os: windows-latest
-          # - target: i686-pc-windows-msvc
-          #   os: windows-latest
+          - target: i686-pc-windows-msvc
+            os: windows-latest
           - target: x86_64-apple-darwin
             os: macos-latest
-          # - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
-          #   os: macos-latest
+          - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
+            os: macos-latest
 
     env:
       PROJECT_NAME: autocrap
-      CARGO_BUILD_TARGET: ${{ matrix.target }}
+      CARGO_BUILD_TARGET: ${{ matrix.platform.target }}
       CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
       MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 10.12
+      RUSTFLAGS:
 
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: cache apt packages
-        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
+        if: startsWith(matrix.platform.os, 'ubuntu')
         uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
         with:
           packages: libasound2-dev
           version: 1.0
 
-      - name: setup rust toolchain
-        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
-        with:
-          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
-          rustflags:
-
       - name: build
-        run: cargo build --verbose
+        uses: houseabsolute/actions-rust-cross@v0
+        with:
+          command: build
+          target: ${{ matrix.platform.target }}
+          args: "--release --verbose"
+          strip: true
 
       - name: upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: ${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}-${{ matrix.target }}
+          name: ${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}-${{ matrix.platform.target }}
           path: |
-            target/${{ matrix.target }}/debug/${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}
-            target/${{ matrix.target }}/debug/${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}.exe
+            target/${{ matrix.platform.target }}/release/${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}
+            target/${{ matrix.platform.target }}/release/${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}.exe
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acdde1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# inspired by https://github.com/shssoichiro/oxipng/blob/15ecc9ed00199f1fbfe0989d67a43ff3e6faff6a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+name: release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*'
+
+permissions:
+  actions: read
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: release
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # Prevent job from running on forks
+    if: ${{ !github.event.repository.fork }}
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        platform:
+          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            name: linux-x86_64
+          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            name: linux-aarch64
+          - target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+            name: windows-x86_64
+          - target: i686-pc-windows-msvc
+            name: windows-i686
+          - target: x86_64-apple-darwin
+            name: macos-x86_64
+          - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
+            name: macos-aarch64
+
+    env:
+      PROJECT_NAME: autocrap
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout source
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: get version
+        id: meta
+        run: |
+          version=$(cargo metadata --format-version 1 --no-deps | jq -r '.packages[] | select(.name == "'"$PROJECT_NAME"'").version')
+          echo "version=$version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: retrieve ${{ matrix.platform.target }} binary
+        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v6
+        with:
+          workflow: build.yml
+          commit: ${{ env.GITHUB_SHA }}
+          name: ${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}-${{ matrix.platform.target }}
+          path: target
+
+      - name: build archives
+        working-directory: target
+        run: |
+          ARCHIVE_NAME='${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}-${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}-${{ matrix.platform.name }}'
+          echo "ARCHIVE_NAME=$ARCHIVE_NAME"
+
+          mkdir "$ARCHIVE_NAME"
+
+          cp -a ../config "$ARCHIVE_NAME/config"
+
+          case '${{ matrix.platform.target }}' in
+            *-windows-*)
+              cp -a "${PROJECT_NAME}.exe" "$ARCHIVE_NAME"
+              zip "${ARCHIVE_NAME}.zip" "$ARCHIVE_NAME"/*
+              ;;
+            *)
+              cp -a "$PROJECT_NAME" "$ARCHIVE_NAME"
+              # fix permissions https://github.com/actions/toolkit/issues/1722
+              chmod ugo+x "$ARCHIVE_NAME"/"$PROJECT_NAME"
+              tar czvf "${ARCHIVE_NAME}.tar.gz" "$ARCHIVE_NAME"/*
+              ;;
+          esac
+
+      - name: create release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          name: v${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
+          # body_path: RELEASE_NOTES.txt
+          files: |
+            target/*.zip
+            target/*.tar.gz
diff --git a/Cross.toml b/Cross.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2896af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cross.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+pre-build = [
+    "export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR_x86_64_unknown_linux_gnu=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig",
+    "dpkg --add-architecture $CROSS_DEB_ARCH",
+    "apt-get update && apt-get install --assume-yes libasound2-dev:$CROSS_DEB_ARCH"
+]
+
+[target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+pre-build = [
+    "export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR_aarch64_unknown_linux_gnu=/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig",
+    "dpkg --add-architecture $CROSS_DEB_ARCH",
+    "apt-get update && apt-get install --assume-yes libasound2-dev:$CROSS_DEB_ARCH"
+]