diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..716fe25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  build-binary:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: true
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-14, macos-13]
+        arch: [amd64, arm64]
+        include:
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            goos: linux
+            platform: linux
+          - os: macos-13
+            goos: darwin
+            platform: darwin
+          - os: macos-14
+            goos: darwin
+            platform: darwin
+        exclude:
+          - os: macos-14
+            arch: amd64
+          - os: macos-13
+            arch: arm64
+    name: Building fwatcher-${{ matrix.platform }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: nxtcoder17/actions/setup-cache-go@v1
+        with:
+          cache_key: "fwatcher"
+          working_directory: .
+
+      # it will set 2 env variables
+      # IMAGE_TAG - image tag
+      # OVERRIDE_PUSHED_IMAGE - if true, it will not use pushed image tag
+      - uses: nxtcoder17/actions/generate-image-tag@v1
+        id: tag_name
+
+      - uses: nxtcoder17/actions/setup-nix-cachix@v1
+        with:
+          flake_lock: "./flake.lock"
+          nix_develop_arguments: ".#default"
+          cachix_cache_name: ${{ secrets.CACHIX_CACHE_NAME }}
+          cachix_auth_token:  ${{ secrets.CACHIX_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+
+
+      - name: Build Binary
+        shell: bash
+        run: |+
+          task build version=${IMAGE_TAG} GOOS=${{matrix.goos}} GOARCH=${{matrix.arch}} upx=${{ matrix.platform == 'linux' }} binary=fwatcher-${{matrix.goos}}-${{matrix.arch}}
+
+      - name: Upload Artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: fwatcher-${{ matrix.platform }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          path: bin/*
+
+  release:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      packages: write
+
+    needs: build-binary
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Download all artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/binaries
+          pattern: "fwatcher-*"
+
+      - name: flattening all the artifacts
+        shell: bash
+        run: |+
+          ls -R ${{ github.workspace }}/binaries
+          mkdir -p  ${{ github.workspace }}/upload/binaries
+          shopt -s globstar
+          file ./** | grep 'executable,' | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -I {} cp {} ${{ github.workspace }}/upload/binaries
+          shopt -u globstar
+
+      - uses: nxtcoder17/actions/generate-image-tag@v1
+        id: tag_name
+
+      - name: upload to github release
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |+
+          gh release upload $IMAGE_TAG -R ${{github.repository}} ${{github.workspace}}/upload/binaries/*
diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index 609d9f9..190ab32 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 version: 3
 
 vars:
-  Name: "fwatcher"
-  Bin: "./bin/{{.Name}}"
+  name: "fwatcher"
 
 tasks:
   dev:
@@ -11,12 +10,29 @@ tasks:
 
   dev:build:
     cmds:
-      - go build -o {{.Bin}}
+      - go build -ldflags "-s -w -X main.Version={{.version}}" -o ./bin/{{.name}}
 
   build:
+    requires:
+      vars:
+        - version
+    vars:
+      upx: '{{.upx | default "false"}}'
+      binary: '{{.binary | default .name }}'
+      # GOOS:
+      #   sh: go env GOOS
+      # GOARCH:
+      #   sh: go env GOARCH
+    env:
+      GOOS: '{{ .GOOS }}'
+      GOARCH: '{{ .GOARCH }}'
     cmds:
-      - go build -o {{.Bin}}
-      - upx {{.Bin}}
+      - echo "building binary for ${GOOS:-$(go env GOOS)} (${GOARCH:-$(go env GOARCH)})"
+      - go build -ldflags "-s -w -X main.Version={{.version}}" -o ./bin/{{.binary}}
+      - |+
+        if [[ "{{.upx}}" = "true" ]]; then
+          upx ./bin/{{.binary}}
+        fi
 
   example:http-server:
     cmds:
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 3edc589..6080261 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@
 
             go_1_22
             upx
+            go-task
           ];
 
           shellHook = ''
-          # '';
+          '';
         };
       }
     );
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 4aa2089..ae1dfb1 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -16,13 +16,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
+var Version string
+
 func main() {
 	ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt, os.Kill)
 	defer stop()
 
 	app := &cli.App{
-		Name:  "fwatcher",
-		Usage: "watches files in directories and operates on their changes",
+		Name:    "fwatcher",
+		Usage:   "watches files in directories and operates on their changes",
+		Version: Version,
 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
 			&cli.BoolFlag{
 				Name:     "debug",
@@ -30,13 +33,6 @@ func main() {
 				Required: false,
 				Value:    false,
 			},
-			&cli.BoolFlag{
-				Name:     "no-default-ignore",
-				Usage:    "disables ignoring from default ignore list",
-				Required: false,
-				Aliases:  []string{"I"},
-				Value:    false,
-			},
 			&cli.StringFlag{
 				Name:     "command",
 				Usage:    "specifies command to execute on file change",