diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index 0adf009..60e18dc 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,76 @@ pipeline:
     image: bats/bats
     commands:
       - /opt/bats/bin/bats test
+
+  release-prep: # prepare changelog and version information for release candidate
+    when:
+      event: tag
+      tag: v*
+    image: alpine
+    commands:
+      - sed -ne 's/bm_version=\(.*\)/\1/p' bemoji > NEWEST_VERSION.txt
+      - awk '/^## \[\d/{p++} p==2{print; exit} p>=1' CHANGELOG.md | head -n -1 | tail -n+3 > NEWEST_CHANGES.txt
+
+  versioncompare: # ensure we correctly bumped versions
+    when:
+      event: tag
+      tag: v*
+    image: alpine
+    secrets: [ github_release_token, github_repo ]
+    commands:
+      - apk add jq curl
+      - "lastversion=$(curl -X GET -H \"Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json\" -H \"Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_RELEASE_TOKEN\" https://api.github.com/repos/$GITHUB_REPO/releases/latest | jq -r '.name')"
+      - "programversion=$(cat NEWEST_VERSION.txt)"
+      - changelogversion=$(sed -ne 's/^## \[\([0-9].*\)\].*$/\1/p' CHANGELOG.md | head -n1)
+      - echo "Last version - $lastversion"
+      - echo "New version - $programversion"
+      - echo "Changelog version - $changelogversion"
+      - "if [ \"$changelogversion\" != \"$programversion\" ]; then { echo \"VERSION MISMATCH: Changelog - $changelogversion, Program - $programversion\" && exit 1; }; fi"
+      - "if [ \"$lastversion\" = \"$programversion\" ]; then { echo \"RELEASE DUPLICATE: Last release already had version - $programversion\" && exit 1; }; fi"
+
+  build:
+    when:
+      event: tag
+      tag: v*
+    image: savant/md2man
+    commands:
+      - apk update && apk add zip
+      - BM_VERSION=$(cat NEWEST_VERSION.txt)
+      - mkdir -p build/doc dist
+      - cp bemoji build
+      - md2man -in README.md -out bemoji.1 && gzip bemoji.1
+      - cp LICENSE README.md bemoji.1.gz build/doc
+      - tar -czvf bemoji-$BM_VERSION.tar.gz build/*
+      - zip -r bemoji-$BM_VERSION.zip build/*
+      - mv bemoji-$BM_VERSION.tar.gz bemoji-$BM_VERSION.zip dist
+
+  release-gitea:
+    group: release
+    when:
+      event: tag
+      tag: v*
+    image: plugins/gitea-release
+    settings:
+      api_key:
+        from_secret: gitea_release_token
+      base_url: https://git.martyoeh.me
+      files: dist/*
+      title: NEWEST_VERSION.txt
+      note: NEWEST_CHANGES.txt
+
+  release-github:
+    when:
+      event: tag
+      tag: v*
+    image: alpine
+    secrets: [ github_release_token, github_repo ]
+    commands:
+      - apk add file jq curl
+      - BM_VERSION=$(cat NEWEST_VERSION.txt)
+      - BM_CHANGED=$(sed -e 's|#||g' -e 's|^.*$|\0 <br />|' NEWEST_CHANGES.txt) # display newlines workaround
+      - echo "{\"tag_name\":\"$BM_VERSION\",\"target_commitish\":\"main\",\"name\":\"$BM_VERSION\",\"body\":\"$BM_CHANGED\",\"draft\":false,\"prerelease\":false,\"generate_release_notes\":false}" > data.json
+      - "response=$(curl -X POST -H \"Accept:\\ application/vnd.github+json\" -H \"Authorization:\\ Bearer $GITHUB_RELEASE_TOKEN\" https://api.github.com/repos/$GITHUB_REPO/releases -d \"@data.json\")"
+      - "uploadurl=$(echo $response | jq -r '.upload_url' | cut -d'{' -f1)"
+      - "[ $uploadurl = null ] && { echo $response; exit 1; }"
+      - "curl -X POST -H \"Accept:\\ application/vnd.github.v3+json\" -H \"Authorization:\\ Bearer $GITHUB_RELEASE_TOKEN\" -H \"Content-Type:\\ $(file -b --mime-type dist/bemoji-$BM_VERSION.zip)\" -H \"Content-Length:\\ $(wc -c <dist/bemoji-$BM_VERSION.zip | xargs)\" -T dist/bemoji-$BM_VERSION.zip \"$uploadurl?name=bemoji-$BM_VERSION.zip\""
+      - "curl -X POST -H \"Accept:\\ application/vnd.github.v3+json\" -H \"Authorization:\\ Bearer $GITHUB_RELEASE_TOKEN\" -H \"Content-Type:\\ $(file -b --mime-type dist/bemoji-$BM_VERSION.tar.gz)\" -H \"Content-Length:\\ $(wc -c <dist/bemoji-$BM_VERSION.tar.gz | xargs)\" -T dist/bemoji-$BM_VERSION.tar.gz \"$uploadurl?name=bemoji-$BM_VERSION.tar.gz\""