diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 59d60cb068654d8ecc5b6215f03a4d594395d128..1c9c34dab61104c25c54685f79a3fb26a249daba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ dist
 dist-ssr
 target
 *.local
+release
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c2b562b5d5b4acb10265d83449219c2e9d1b5595
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+yarn build
+VERSION=$(cat package.json | jq -r .version)
+cd target
+mkdir -p ../release
+tar -czvf ../release/chatterbox-v$VERSION.tar.gz *