diff --git a/bin/release-_post.sh b/bin/release-_post.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6f98fa09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/release-_post.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+git diff --exit-code
+npm run package
+git push
+git push --tags
+gh-release
diff --git a/bin/release-_pre.sh b/bin/release-_pre.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c7d3b3a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/release-_pre.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+git pull
+npm run update-authors
+git diff --exit-code
+npm install
+npm test
diff --git a/bin/release-major.sh b/bin/release-major.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..85efc1d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/release-major.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+BIN=`dirname $0`
+
+$BIN/release-_pre.sh
+npm version major
+$BIN/release-_post.sh
diff --git a/bin/release-minor.sh b/bin/release-minor.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8c1cbd36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/release-minor.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+BIN=`dirname $0`
+
+$BIN/release-_pre.sh
+npm version minor
+$BIN/release-_post.sh
diff --git a/bin/release-patch.sh b/bin/release-patch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..62fd7fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/release-patch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+BIN=`dirname $0`
+
+$BIN/release-_pre.sh
+npm version patch
+$BIN/release-_post.sh
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a3fa6bad..c6f6e1a7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "electron-osx-sign": "^0.3.0",
     "electron-packager": "^5.0.0",
     "electron-prebuilt": "0.37.2",
+    "gh-release": "^2.0.2",
     "path-exists": "^2.1.0",
     "plist": "^1.2.0",
     "rimraf": "^2.5.2",